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BUSH VISITS MIDDLE EAST
And all he got was this lousy t-shirt. |
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WORLD NEWS |
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Iran Will Buy Advanced Russian Antiaircraft System
Putin thanks the United States. |
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Bush, Rice Look for New Slogan to
Replace “Roadmap To Peace”
Leading contender: “Roadblock to Peace.” |
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LINGUISTICS |
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“Subprime” Named Word of the Year
Barely beats out “predatory.” |
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ALSO IN THE NEWS ... |
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Michael Bloomberg Named 44th
President of the United States
Transaction involves mostly cash, some stock options. |
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U. S. NEWS |
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Fed to Continue Cutting Interest Rates
Will keep cutting until homeowners can't
afford not to take out a second mortgage. |
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Report: Wiretaps Dropped Because
FBI Failed to Pay Phone Bill
Agency had been monitoring groups that didn't
pay their phone bill. |
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REMINDER |
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If you have to ask, you can't afford to vote. |
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Declassified Documents Reveal
1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Never Happened
Administration rushes to have documents reclassified. |
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State of New Jersey Officially Apologizes for Slavery
And, to a lesser extent, the mob. |
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POLITICS |
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GOP Candidates Dividing Wingnuts
Some support Huckabee, others prefer Romney, Giuliani. |
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