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...Texas Tantrum," Nancy Gibbs failed to mention that for 10 years Texas was a country--which successfully fought for independence from Mexico in 1836--before choosing to join the U.S. Do not compare Texas to Vermont, Hawaii and California. Mike Gallagher, HOUSTON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...refuse to torture their children. Think about it: you're a kid. You take a trip to heaven, a.k.a. Toys "R" Us, once every two months or so. And with all those bikes, trains and video games surrounding you, Mom brings you to the Clorox aisle? Talk about temper-tantrum central. "As you can see, he doesn't want to be here," says Jennifer Meade, whose 7-year-old son Logan is fiddling with a Nerf Blaster in a shopping cart, looking like he'd rather be anywhere but the food aisle (though he did perk up when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toys "R" Us Sell Toilet Paper? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...protests’ muddled message diluted their efficacy and enhanced the perception that the movement was more a tantrum thrown by a disgruntled conservative base than a national uprising against federal excess. The confusion was further exacerbated by the ubiquity of hyperbole and innuendo...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Rebels Without a Cause | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...Once Congress has worked itself into a snit, there's no reasoning with them The best recourse, which the Obama Administration successfully employed, is to treat the House and Senate like a 2-year-old having a temper tantrum. Utter a few reassuring words: "Today's vote rightly reflects the outrage that so many feel over the lavish bonuses AIG provided its employees at the expense of taxpayers," Obama said in a statement Thursday after the House passed a bill to tax back 90% of the bonuses - a bill he later effectively came out against. It may also be necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Lessons from the AIG Bonus Blowup | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

Vitter, Sen. David • airport tantrum is thrown by, leading to much reporting on the story that invariably includes unwelcomed-by reminder of the inclusion of the name of on phone records of the "D.C. Madam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

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