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...unfolded, click here.) Finally, the UC certified John F. Bowman ’11 and Hysen as the Council’s President and Vice President, and the UC voted to censure McLeod for her role in the scandal. According to the censure resolution, McLeod "did knowingly abuse the power of her office" by collaborating with Holoshitz and former UC presidential candidate Benjamin P. Schwartz '10 to send the "unsubstantiated e-mail." By "officially distributing biased viewpoints as fact and therefore severely damaging the reputation of the [UC]...[McLeod] did violate ethical standards," the resolution stated...
...will see "Mexico on a different trajectory toward development and progress." Calderón tried to get the ball rolling this month with a major political reform proposal that would allow re-election for Mexican office holders like mayors and legislators, a change he insists will give voters more power. It would still limit Presidents to one six-year term; but the move is significant, especially on the eve of 2010, because the ban on re-election was a pillar of the 1910 revolution...
...Instead, we hear this blather from President Obama: "The American people should be assured that we are doing everything in our power to keep you and your family safe and secure during this busy holiday season." He forgets that Americans have never really wanted the government to do "everything in its power" to keep us safe. That would make this a terrible place to live. And yet, after eight years of paternalistic bluster from President George W. Bush, we have grown accustomed to the cycle of absurd promises followed by failure and renewed by fear. Bush liked to say that...
...legions of loyal African Americans, union members, Jews, women and Latinos are. In the end, the sillier left-village practitioners are stoking the same populist exaggeration - the idea that Washington is controlled by crooks and sellouts - that conservative strategists like Bill Kristol believe will bring the Republicans back to power. The perversity of this is beyond comprehension...
...will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us," the President said. "It's absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism." He also noted, "We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will ... do more than simply strengthen our defenses." (See pictures of world leaders on vacation...