Political news, yo.

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Originally Posted by Big Swami

Well, I give the guy a lot of credit - he was sincere and good-hearted. He was a big player during an era (the 80's) when the GOP had a ton of credibility, and he was a big reason for that credibility. By all accounts, he was an intellectual to be reckoned with even during his athletic career. He was kind of like Bill Buckley Jr. but more down-to-earth. The 1996 presidential race might have ended differently if he had gotten top billing instead of Dole.

You're not likely to get this kind of praise out of me for a modern Republican, so take it for what it's worth. He was the kind of Republican politician I could still respect and that says a lot. May he find sublime peace.

Me either.

Newspapers asking for taxpayer bailout.

Stop the spending please. If they were something peeps wanted they'd subscribe for them. So they try to do an end around get the Gov't to steal our money from us and give it to them.

Not going to be popular here in Detroit, but I supported the banks. They are a backbone of the economy and could/have damamged unrelated, innocent sectors in the process. Now, I would have seen to it that the perpetrators who made shady loans were undone if such power existed, but whatever.

Papers are cars on the other hand have failed in the US, and will fail futher the longer we support them. Give that money to an emerging, technologically forward industry in the form of tax breaks and purchase incentives. We need a new assembly line/PC every 20 years to support this monster, let's go find it before China does.

If banks hold that special status, shouldn't they be treated seperately in the economic markets then?

I supported some of the bank bailouts too, it just got way out of hand, imo.

I don't know what to do about the newspapers. I think maybe the best thing to do is to let them fold. It's not like the economy's going to improve in the future and the newspapers are suddenly going to be swimming in cash.

I wish we could keep them, but I don't know if it's feasible at all.

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"If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd choose Rush Limbaugh," Cheney said when asked about whose vision of the GOP he'd side with. "My impression was that Colin was no longer a Republican."

Way to go Dick! Dick picks a Republican over a Dem.

Attaboy!

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Originally Posted by Fool

If banks hold that special status, shouldn't they be treated seperately in the economic markets then?

Expound please. Regulation or direct control?

That's supposed to be news?

Here's another bit of news -- Dick Cheney is a Republican!

Who knew?!?

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

That's supposed to be news?

Here's another bit of news -- Dick Cheney is a Republican!

Who knew?!?

Well according to my friends who are libs its all the talk in the lib circles. Y'all need to get with it.