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Where has the government been? Remember Ronald Reagan's mantra: Regulation is bad. The Reagan, Bush I and Bush II administrations believed in three main things: deregulation, tax cuts that provide little relief for most Americans and government subsidies for huge corporations. John McCain now has a "comprehensive" plan for the economy that begins with firing the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yet in September his initial response to this crisis was, once again, to make the Bush tax cuts permanent and to increase Federal Government support for corporate America. Maybe McCain hasn't noticed, but this...
Ferrari eventually became the head of Alfa Romeo's racing department but left the company in 1940 to design his own luxury race car. Deterred by World War II, he waited until the 1947 Grand Prix to see the first victory with the Ferrari 125S. The car quickly earned its pedigree as the fastest there was, and it wasn't long before it went from the racetrack to roadways. By the 1980s, Ferrari had become the ultimate status symbol, drawing collectors as diverse as Prince Bernhard of Holland (who owned 14), Eric Clapton (8) and Ralph Lauren...
...children out of wedlock, and go to prison, the wealthy can shake their heads at the undeserving poor with no place in our society. We begrudge them cigarettes and cell phones, alcohol and drug use, unmarried sex, and even their ability to have children, forgetting King Lear in Act II: “O, reason not the need!... / Allow not nature more than nature need, / Man life’s as cheap as beast’s.” Instead, let’s look to Act III: “Take physic, pomp; / Expose thyself to feel what...
...want to do. It’s not really a calculated decision.” When asked what role she would pick if she could be in any movie currently in production, Dennings replied, “I would be Samuel Jackson in ‘Iron Man II.’” Cera, however, said that a change of roles for him might be in the works. “I’m currently working on a project where I kidnap a young boy and proceed to smack him around,” he said.References...
...accessories-with-a-message trend in 2004 with the $1 yellow LiveStrong bracelet. The rubbery adornment has become this decade's AIDS ribbon and can indicate support for causes from bipolar disorder to Darfur. At HeroBracelets.org started in 2004--friends and family can honor servicemen from World War II to Iraq with personalized metallic bracelets. President Bush has received two from military moms. McCain got his at a New Hampshire campaign stop; Obama's came from Wisconsin. More than 50,000 bracelets have been sold so far, and since the debate, HeroBracelets founder Chris Greta says he has received numerous...