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...problem for the Republican is voters like Paul Blackburn, a 65-year-old bus driver from Eupora who shook hands with Childers at the Mathiston diner. Blackburn voted for Bush twice--and would a third time if he could. He believes that all news stations are biased except Fox, which is where he says he learned that the Clinton Administration created the current economic meltdown by coddling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I believe in God, I believe in the war in Iraq, and I don't have a lot of use for Nancy Pelosi," he says. "But Travis, well...
...Gore, a Prius driver, spoke at length on Wednesday about achieving energy independence. But one third of America’s fossil fuel consumption is used solely to raise animals for meat, according to the estimate of E, an environmental magazine...
Mazhar Hussain could scarcely conceal his delight. Revving the engine of his white pickup truck laden with over a ton of rice and spices, the 35-year-old driver from Pakistan-administered Kashmir says his dream would soon be realized. "I've never been to the other side of Kashmir. It is the land of my forefathers, our land," he says, with rising emotion...
...Minutes later, Hussain would become the first driver whose truck would cross the Line of Control dividing Kashmir since Pakistan and India first clashed over this plush valley of vast hills and deep gorges over sixty years ago. As the battle with Taliban insurgents rages on its Western frontier and its economy is roiled by rampant inflation and capital flight, Kashmir - and the gentle thaw in relations with India - has emerged as an unlikely bright spot on Pakistan's dark horizon...
...kick-starting the economy: Finding the new driver of our economy is going to be critical. There is no better potential driver that pervades all aspects of our economy than a new energy economy ... That's going to be my No. 1 priority when I get into office, assuming obviously that we have done enough to just stabilize the immediate economic situation. We've got a boat with a lot of leaks, and we need to get it into port. That's what the financial rescue package is about. But once we get it into port, once the credit markets...