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Gregg Gordon: The Year of Living Irrelevantly (4 comments) President Bush went to the Middle East to show that he's still relevant and ended up proving just the opposite. Don't let it get you down, George. I know just how you feel. Wednesday, January 23: Steven Leser: *Economic Woes a Result of the Iraq War and Bush Tax Cuts (1 comments) You can talk about the housing bubble and sub-prime mortgages and the lending crisis, but without the loss of $1.7 trillion dollars in revenue and without the expenditures of $600 Billion on the Iraq war, I feel confident in saying we could have dealt with those issues. Tuesday, January 22: Allen L Roland: *PANIC ON WALL STREET AND WORLD MARKETS / BLAME BUSH ! (10 comments) George W Bush's ineptitude, arrogance and greed is not only bringing down the American economy, like every business he has been associated with, but also the global economy which bought into and financed Bush's economic pipe dreams: Allen L Roland Saturday, January 19: Marc McDonald: Bush's Absurd Tax Rebate Scheme Won't Save Economy With the titanic cost of the Iraq War fiasco, along with his reckless tax cuts for the wealthy, George W.
'Sea city' loses it poet laureate
One of Gloucester's most lyrical, passionate and pointed voices is now silent, with the passing of the city's poet laureate, Vincent Ferrini.
But it is this region's and the world's good fortune that his voice will remain in the volumes of poetry he leaves behind.
Ferrini, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 94, was born and raised in Lynn. Nearly 60 years ago he moved to Gloucester where he and friend-rival Charles Olson helped put the city on the literary map.
Ferrini was an unabashed radical when it came to political, economic and social issues. But through that philosophy ran a moral code that his friend John Bell, the outgoing mayor, said made him "the conscience of Gloucester ... the one who asked us to think about who we are."
He was also transparent.
McCain Gets Schwarzenegger Nod
Mitt Romney, square off in 21 primaries and caucuses next week with more than 1,000 delegates at stake. At a news conference, Schwarzenegger said McCain has the national security credentials to do the job, and is a ``crusader against wasteful spending.'' Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani also attended the event, one day after he dropped out of the race and threw his support behind his longtime friend. McCain is counting on both men - Schwarzenegger in California and Giuliani in New York - to help propel him to victory in the two biggest states holding primaries next week. Combined, they offer 271 delegates, more than a quarter of the 1,023 at stake in a Super Tuesday slew of primaries and caucuses. Schwarzenegger delivered his endorsement after a tour of a solar-energy company.
Pakistan delays election decision
Jan. 01 - The election commission says holding parliamentary polls as scheduled on January 8 "looks impossible". The commission's spokesman says it's looking likely that parliamentary elections will be postponed but a final decision won't be made for another day. The campaign was thrown into doubt by the last Thursday's (December 27) assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and the violence that's followed. Susan Flory reports. .
In son's finest hour, father battles heroin
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- I hand Reuben Droughns a letter. It is from his heroin-addicted father, an inmate at Cook County Jail back in their hometown of Chicago, pleading that I personally deliver a message to his son. ``I haven't spoken to him in a long time,'' writes the elder Droughns, also named Reuben. ``I want (him) to know I think about him often and wish him well. I wish life had been different for us, that I could be or could have been more a part of his life. ``If you see him, please tell him his father loves him and would love it if he could could find a way to come and see him.'' .
AP Executive Morning Briefing
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Friday, Feb. 1, 2008:Motorola Mulls Breakup, Phone Unit SaleCHICAGO (AP) - Less than two years past the most successful stretch in its 80-year history, Motorola Inc. is considering a sale or spinoff its now free-falling cell phone business. Even a breakup of the troubled company may not head off another proxy fight with billionaire financier Carl Icahn.---Google's Earnings Miss Raises WorriesSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss. Concerns about how the feeble U.S. economy might affect Google contributed to a nearly 20 percent decline in the company's stock during January.---Marketers Make Call on Super Bowl TV AdsCINCINNATI (AP) - The nation's biggest advertiser is running some options for the nation's biggest football game.
Kinstonian inducted into society
FAYETTEVILLE — Andrea Williams of Kinston was inducted Nov. 30 into the Fayetteville State University chapter of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in psychology. Williams is a student at FSU with a grade-point average of 3.67 and has been named on both the chancellor’s and dean’s lists. To be eligible for Psi Chi, a student majoring in psychology must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0. Williams is a 2005 graduate of Kinston High School and is the daughter of Cynthia Redmond Backman and the granddaughter of Marie Williams and the late Willie Williams, and Kathleen Redmond and the late William Redmond. .
TOPIC: Re: Thankful grieving for President Kennedy
I read the article in The Daily Herald"Thankful Grieving" (Nov. 20 issue) dealing with families sitting down at the Thanksgiving table who are missing someone dear they lost.Our whole nation can relate to that sentiment of torn emotions this year, since Thanksgiving fell on November 22nd -- the day that President John F.Read more... .
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