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...going to get stuck too. By the estimate of William Poole, former head of the St. Louis Fed, bailing out the creditors of the two big mortgage firms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, could cost taxpayers $300 billion. Think of that as about a year and a half in Iraq...
Introducing Sarah Palin Although I am not a republican and do not agree with Senator John McCain's policy on Iraq - my son was killed there - I respect Sarah Palin for her decision to keep her Down-syndrome baby [Sept. 15]. I am the father of a 28-year-old Down-syndrome daughter, whom I've cared for almost single-handedly since the death of her mother 16 years ago. My daughter has been a source of joy and hope in the midst of family setbacks. Even if Palin does not win the election, she at least...
...Klein reports that Palin "called the Iraq War 'a task from God.'" This is a distortion. Speaking to ministry students at her former church in June, Palin said: "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [those soldiers] out on a task that is from God." By excising all but the last seven words, Klein turned a sincere expression of hope into a flat declaration of fact. He needs to check his own facts more carefully. Nina Peters, Mclean, Virginia...
...women TIME polled disagreed with Palin's suggestion that humans are not responsible for global warming; two-thirds took exception to her opposition to abortion in all circumstances except when the life of the mother is in danger; and a majority did not share her support of the Iraq war. What's more, they overwhelmingly - 54% vs. 37% - say Joe Biden is better prepared than Palin to take over as President. "At the end of the day, this is going to be about Obama and McCain and change," says one top Obama aide. "The novelty of Sarah Palin will wear...
...Saleh al-Ammari, the Yemeni man who opened fire on the U.S. embassy in Sana'a in 2006. Still, U.S. officials acknowledge that the government faces a formidable challenge. The country is home to a large number of veterans of the anti-Soviet jihads in Afghanistan and the Iraq insurgency; local militants have links to powerful Yemeni tribes; the country's rugged terrain provides safe havens; and Yemen's gun-crazy population of 23 million is estimated to own anywhere between 6 million and 60 million firearms. Yemen also has a history of tolerating radical theology; an Islamic school...