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Part Three: FEMA During the Bush Years (2001 – 2004)
President Bush jokes with FEMA Director Joe M. Allbaugh before he addresses FEMA employees in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2001 and thanks them for their ongoing role in …
Did Tenet Hide Key 9/11 Info?
Bulletin for those of you who get your information only from the New York Times, the Washington Post and other outlets of the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM): Former White …
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Higher Retirement Age? Lower Benefits? The President Says You Won’t “Notice“
Back in my corporate days I sat in a boardroom with one of the most powerful and fearsome CEOs in the country. He had called in the executives that …
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Brother Can You Spare Two Million Jobs? Emergency Jobs Bill Proposed
Responding to the continuing massive jobs deficit,Chicago Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky proposed to create 2 million jobs,introducing the “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act.” Surrounded by Chicago …
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Pakistan Demands Veto on US Drone Strikes
Islamabad - Pakistani civilian and military leaders are insisting on an effective veto over which targets U.S. drone strikes hit, according to well-informed Pakistani military sources here. …
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Two Wisconsin Democrats Retain Seats in Recall Elections
Two Democrats kept their seats in the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday, drawing an end to an unprecedented series of recall elections that had distracted the state all summer. …
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Tea Party Tim and Plutocrat Pete
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Bachmann Income Disclosure Lists Income From Farm That Got Subsidies
Washington - Despite repeatedly asserting that she has never received income from a family farm that has drawn federal subsidies in the past, Rep. Michele Bachmann again listed the …
Keeping a Curious Bush Secret
More than three decades ago, on Oct. 19, 1980, then-Republican vice presidential candidate George H.W. Bush supposedly took an afternoon trip to visit a family friend in Washington, an …
“Reverse Racism”: A Sad Misnomer for a Tragic Mississippi Murder
The “double-r words” have been invoked again. I bristle every time I hear the term “reverse racism” applied in a new context. It’s kind of like the blogger at …