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More good news tonight from the Treasury Department....minimum credit card payments are going up 100 per cent with the blessing of the US Treasury. The average American card holder, according to MSNBC cable news, has a credit card balance of $9,000 and most pay a minimum of $200 per month...today. When the new minimum goes into effect, that minimum will be $400 per month. Who will be the beneficiary of such drastic action?
The circumstantial evidence is mounting daily, exceeded only by (…)

It’s hard to imagine that all things bad with america and americans can be personified by one person " George Bush ". All I can say is the more you rant and rave that only the president is at fault and to blame for an "act of God ", the more apparent and ridiculouse you cry babies appear. All I can say is listen to reason or no one will hear your stupidity. Why not throw away another election or any chance at one.
Consider this. 1) The moron that released the prisoners into the Superdome, (…)

It is impossible for me, as it is for most Americans, to watch the horror and suffering from Hurricane Katrina and not feel physically sore, pained, bereft, empty, heartbroken. And angry.
The Katrina tragedy should become a watershed in American politics. This was when the usually invisible people suddenly appeared in all the anguish of their lives — the impoverished, the old, the infirm, the kids and the low-wage workers with no cars, TVs or credit cards. They showed up on America’s (…)

Incompetence, cronyism, accountability, corruption, leveling with the American people, honesty and integrity are all words that we expect get a "hot button" response in political focus groups. In fact, these were words used by Bush in the disputed 2000 race that got him within 540,000 votes of beating Al Gore.
So why then are the Democrats always so timid about using them in relation to Bush? Because he is incompetent; engages in rampant cronyism and corporate campaign contributor (…)

(This is a continuation of “Correction: Venezuela’s Chavez Fuels a Class War”. For the full string please refer to that article and the posted responses.)
At least five generations of the Jaramillo family have been born and bred in the farmlands of Tucupido, right down the road from Barbacoa, the village where Hugo Chavez was born.
My grandfather, “Abuelo Pancho”, was a farmer (in those days farming was done with a burro and rastro) who worked very hard to provide for his wife and six (…)

Rep McKinney Special Order Censored??? By Rep Cynthia McKinney
I mentioned the word impeachment on the House Floor Thursday late afternoon, but I don’t see it in the official Congressional Record transcript. I was chided by the Speaker that it was out of order to question the President’s motives. I didn’t question motives, I questioned actions: from lack of actions on Katrina to cutting the budget of safety net programs, to rewarding the rich to the detriment of all the rest of us. This (…)

Congressman’s gavel was tempting...but
by Greg Lloyd Smith
NEW YORK, NY — (OfficialWire) — 09/12/05 — I got a call Friday from a representative of the Business Advisory Council on behalf of Representative Thomas M. Reynolds (shown here), 26th District of New York. To say the least, I was surprised. Anyone who knows me, knows that these are not my people. So why were they calling me?
Anyway, today, I returned the call and spoke to someone who played a recorded message from Congressman (…)

By Scott Ritter Sunday 11 September 2005, 18:06 Makka Time, 15:06 GMT
In the complicated world of international diplomacy surrounding the issue of Iran’s nuclear program, there is but one thing that the United States, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the so-called EU-3 (Germany, France and Great Britain) and Iran can all agree upon:
Iran has resumed operations of facilities designed to convert uranium into a product usable in enrichment processes. From that point forward (…)

By BILL HUGHES whughes@thejournalnews.com THE JOURNAL NEWS Related news from the Web Latest headlines by topic: • Second Circuit Court of Appeals • Personal Finance • Social Security • George Bush • US News
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YONKERS - Until last week, all Frank Langella wanted was his day in court, a chance to have a jury hear his case against the U.S. government, with President Bush named as the lead defendant.
Now the 73-year-old (…)

President signs executive order allowing contractors to pay below prevailing wage in affected areas.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush issued an executive order Thursday allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage.
In a notice to Congress, Bush said the hurricane had caused "a national emergency" that permits him to take such action under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act in ravaged areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and (…)