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...genie is out of the bottle. He is not going back in. Most highly paid bankers have used their money to fund their expensive lifestyles. In other words, the money is gone...
Star Trek's GENE RODDENBERRY to have ashes shot into space for second time. Will boldly go where he's already gone before...
Governor Rod Blagojevich's 47-min. closing statement at his impeachment trial was the only real hiccup in the state senate hearings that had gone very smoothly in his absence. "It's painful to hold your tongue," Blagojevich said of the accusations leveled at him in December. But he insisted that he did not commit a criminal act, adding, "I didn't resign then, and I'm not resigning now." He went on, "You haven't been able to show wrongdoing in this trial," said Blagojevich, who called the proceedings an "improper impeachment not based on evidence" and hinted that...
...vacant U.S. Senate seat), the trial is focusing on the governor's alleged "abuse of power": ignoring the wishes of the legislature by vastly expanding health care and other programs at a time when his critics say the state could least afford it. The governor is alleged to have gone around the legislature by simply ordering departments to carry out his directives - including bringing in prescription drugs from Canada and purchasing a flu vaccine outside of FDA supervision...
Nursing homes, domestic-violence shelters and alcohol- and drug-treatment centers are closing. "Once these things, these agencies, close, even if you turn the money back on, they don't spring back up," says Radogno. "They're gone, and we're damaging the human services infrastructure in the state." The cash flow at free clinics is drying up. And to make matters worse, the state's credit rating is sinking - and there hasn't been a balanced budget in years. As a result, the state has had to take out emergency loans to cover the deficit, and those payments - amounting...