I have a conspiracy theory that I’ve been tossing around, involving Colin Powell. The selection of Powell as Secretary of State in 2000 seemed odd to me. Powell’s politics never seemed to align well with those of Bush, and Bush never seemed particularly interested in putting moderates into any position of power, even with his [...]
Archive for April 29th, 2004
My Conspiracy Theory
Posted in Flame Bait, Politics on April 29, 2004 | 12 Comments »
The Dollar Coin
Posted in Culture, Economics on April 29, 2004 | 18 Comments »
The US Mint is weighing in on plans to get the dollar coin to catch on: Putting the faces of U.S. presidents on dollar coins would entice collectors and breathe interest into the dollar coin, the chief of the U.S. Mint said Wednesday. But Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore said there still would be challenges [...]
More Bad News for Bush
Posted in Iraq, Politics on April 29, 2004 | 1 Comment »
His approval ratings are at an all-time low: The poll found that if the presidential election due in November was held today, 46 percent of Americans would vote for Democrat John Kerry and 44 percent would vote for Bush — if independent Ralph Nader stayed out of the race. The poll, with a sampling error [...]
US to give Fallujah to Ex Saddam Commander
Posted in Iraq on April 29, 2004 | 4 Comments »
This comes very close to a complete and total defeat for the United States: U.S. Marines announced Thursday an agreement to end a bloody, nearly four-week-old siege of Fallujah, saying American forces will pull back and allow an all-Iraqi force commanded by a former Saddam Hussein-regime general to take over security. This is probably the [...]
SEIU: Wal-Martization Fight
Posted in Economics on April 29, 2004 | Comments Off
I’ll have more on this later, but the SEIU discussion about Wal-Mart is continuing at their site: Part One and Nathan Newman has also contributed
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