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Slugging It Out
I see lots of people enthusiastic about my candidacy strongly supporting me. But that's the way the campaign goes. I know there are lots of undecideds. This is a fluid campaign; one guy won Iowa, another won New Hampshire. I think we'll have a new winner in South Carolina. I see McCain moving ahead, and Giuliani falling back. But the state is tailor-made for a consistent conservative. I'm just out there telling the people the truth about important issues. Rob Bluey: Are you following the debate over earmarks in Washington? As president, would you issue an executive order to disregard non-mandatory earmarks in appropriations reports? Thompson: Yes, yes. The earmarks are not part of the legislation. If they are not debated and voted up and down, they're not part of the law.
Clinton Offers Economic Stimulus Plan
Clinton's plan comes as Democrats controlling Congress look at tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and more food stamps to stimulate the sagging economy. The White House also is examining broad-based tax rebates comparable to the $300 to $600 checks sent to taxpayers in 2001, as well as bigger tax breaks for businesses that invest in new equipment. According to the campaign, the plan includes: -Establishing a $30 billion housing crisis fund to help states and localities deal with the fallout of foreclosures. -Setting a 90-day moratorium on subprime mortgages of at least five years, or until housing lenders have converted mortgages into loans families can afford. -Providing $25 billion in emergency energy assistance for families facing rising heating bills.
Now global warming is even affecting The Rooney Bin
Late-night talk show hosts have had fun spoofing the climate change issue. Jay Leno suggested that global warming was the current administration's way to offset rising heating bills. But I didn't realize just how serious the situation was until David Letterman pointed out that experts "are predicting now that by the year 2050, we will be out of party ice." Well, that certainly could cool down the social scene on Florida's First Coast. - Ponte Vedra Beach writer Pat Bright summed up the controversy in her poem Conference on Global Warming: It was deemed necessary to cancel, The Conference On Global Warming. The reason that they gave: Snow and ice were forming. Pat, whose witty verse is oft reminiscent of the late Dorothy Parker, recently self-published Sailors and Women on the Prowl, No.
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