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Though he coupled his announcement with a call for comprehensive climate legislation, Salazar essentially made the same argument that his predecessors had: that the ESA was meant to deal with local threats to species, not global ones. It would be impossible, for example, to directly link the increase in carbon emissions caused by a new coal plant to the polar bears' melting habitat. But environmental groups, several of which had fought in the courts for years to force the Bush Administration to list the polar bear, found Salazar's logic faulty. "From a scientific standpoint they're wrong," says John...
...already made the case the Henry Paulson virtually forced him to close the Merrill deal because it was in the best interests of the country's troubled financial system. If that transaction is at the heart of B of A's capital shortfall, the firm has a legitimate argument that because it helped the government when it was in a jam, it is time for the government to repay the favor...
Next is a letter to True Love Revolution, everyone's favorite repressed "nonsectarian" group, and then H-Bomb's response. Humorously, H-Bomb staff placed a picture of two half-naked people making out to go along with the TLR''s article. This doesn't seem to be an argument that is going to be resolved any time soon...
...Medicare-like, government-run coverage option for the uninsured - that has become one of the most contentious issues in the debate thus far. But in the face of criticism that a government plan would have an unfair advantage over private insurance, Obama has indicated sympathy for that argument. "Private insurance plans might end up feeling overwhelmed," he said. "So I recognize that there's that concern. I think it's a serious one and a real one. And we'll make sure that it gets addressed...
...find peace with both. It is hard for John, I can see, because it is something about which he is ashamed. But his willingness to open up is a statement that he trusts me, too. For quite a long time, I used whatever he admitted in the next argument and he was hesitant to say anything. That is, gratefully, behind us. There is still a great deal of sorting through to do - the lies went on for some time. And we both understand that there are no guarantees, but the road ahead looks clear enough, although from here it looks...