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...WILLIAM HURT Hurt next appears in the indie film The King, playing a well-to-do Christian minister in Texas whose life takes a sudden turn toward the unholy...
...Constitution. They can overturn the President, amend the Constitution, and put money into the pockets of anyone who can convince them it's a good idea. As my staffer friend said, "So you have these nobodies - and believe me, there are plenty of them - who all of a sudden think they are running the country, because in a lot of ways they are." It's this power that makes them the target of lobbyists and influence peddlers, and it's their lack of status that makes them such easy prey...
Which raises the inevitable question: If New Orleans is such a dangerous place, what in the world are we doing there--or, for that matter, anywhere else on the perilous Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas? Soggy soil, eroding shorelines and sudden storms make the whole region an unstable mess even without human intervention. And the more we build there, the worse we seem to make things, clawing away the natural river routes and marshlands that replenish the land and sucking out the oil and other subterranean resources that hold up the surface. Now, many experts warn, with greenhouse gases...
...with growing interest payments. If you can't sell before your initial low rates expire, you may want to refinance into a new kind of hybrid loan, such as an adjustable-rate mortgage that eventually converts into a fixed 25-year loan. "You'll moderate the shock of a sudden doubling of your monthly payments," says Christopher Cagan, director of research for First American Real Estate Solutions...
...they're going to be enormously surprised and upset," says Pollack. "When they're in the doughnut hole and they pay 100% of their drug costs, they still have to pay the monthly premium. So this is like going to a gas station and all of a sudden there's no gas going into your car, but the dollar signs keep on going up." If frustration with the Medicare drug program reaches anywhere near the anger at the pumps, the Bush administration's celebration could turn out to be premature...