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...think of Barack Obama as a reincarnated JFK, but his congressional colleagues reached further back in time Monday to resurrect FDR and his pump-priming New Deal jobs program to help bolster a wobbly economy. "We need to address the fragility of markets, the stability of our economy," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as she prepared to meet behind closed doors to talk about the contours of a $150 billion stimulus plan with a high-powered squad of liberal economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Lawrence Summers, both of whom held senior posts during the Clinton Administration...
...Citizen Services Inc. - a consulting firm affiliated with ACORN - for what the New York Times called "get-out-the-vote efforts", and erroneously reported it on campaign filings. It's interesting to note that John McCain has connections to ACORN as well; he was the keynote speaker at a 2006 rally co-sponsored by the organization, to build support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill that he co-sponsored with Sen. Edward Kennedy...
...Martin Luther King, Jr., who had been killed that April, was supposed to be the Commencement speaker...
...Bill Gates, the other keynote speaker of the summit, emphasized that American business leaders should use their innovative skills to better understand the plight of the indigent, including the state of American education and global health...
...While protesters decried Bank of America for funding the coal industry, the bank has publicly made environmental strides. Since 2006, Bank of America has provided funding for Harvard’s Center for the Environment, which is currently hosting the “Future of Energy” speaker series. Bank of America is also constructing a 54-story high rise in Bryant Park that is striving to be one of the world’s most environmentally responsible office buildings In addition to financial and environmental concerns by the protesters, other activist groups, such as City Life/Vida Urbana, also...