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...because I just sort of took my time and was dicking around. And then as the deadlines started looming and a year turned into five months, I started getting a little panicky. So I was like, "Can I get an extension on this?" And the publishers were like, "Yeah, sure," and reset the doomsday clock...
With little more than three months till the U.N. summit, however, things are in doubt. To be sure, the Obama Administration is pushing for a global-warming deal, and a cap-and-trade bill that was passed by the House and is now up for debate in the Senate would finally commit the U.S. to real carbon reductions. But under the new law - if it passes - U.S. emissions would fall only 13% from 1990 levels by 2020. The European Union, meanwhile, has pledged to make cuts of 20% from 1990 levels by 2020, meaning there is still considerable daylight between...
...apologize for a joke about Palin's daughter, but his obvious distaste for the former Alaska governor is evident in the wisecracks that have continued ever since.) In fact, Letterman's monologues have doubled in length - from eight jokes a night to 16 or more - in the past year. "Sure, we'd love to see Obama trip on an Oriental rug," says Letterman writer Bill Scheft. "But there's plenty there. Have you seen those town-hall meetings...
...Sure, it's easy to toss around reasons it's always better to be a homeowner (that mortgage-interest deduction) or it's always better to be a renter (no property taxes, and who wants to fix his own garbage disposal?). The more complicated truth is that at certain times it makes more sense to be one or the other. (See high-end homes that won't sell...
...course, Kerry is now the head of the Massachusetts delegation, which is currently scrambling to fill the gaping hole left by Kennedy. "And all of us in our delegation, and a number of us have talked about it - I mean we've got to make sure that there's not a gap here," Kerry says, referring to the effort to change the current state law, which doesn't allow an interim appointment until the seat is filled with a special election early next year. But don't ask Kerry who will fill Kennedy's seat. "There'll be a spirited...