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Though the hoopla has died down over the last couple years, the battle is still simmering. As Blumenthal notes, on Dec. 2 a Utah state senator sponsored a resolution encouraging stores to greet shoppers with a hearty "Merry Christmas." And last month, James Dobson's Focus on the Family group published a list of retailers divided into three categories: "Christmas-friendly"; "Christmas-negligent"; and "Christmas-offensive." The war rages...
...about how 'we're all in this together,'" says Jeff Van Gundy, former coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets and now an ABC/ESPN analyst. "In reality, not really. Unless your name is [nine-time title winner] Phil Jackson, [four-time title winner] Gregg Popovich, [21-year Utah Jazz coach] Jerry Sloan or ['08 champ] Doc Rivers, if you lose three games in a row, you're instantly on the hot seat. I really do believe that...
...have consequences that will not be easily reversed. The new laws would allow: ? Federal agencies to develop land without scientific oversight ? Farms to dump waste into nearby waterways ? Weaker standards for safe drinking water ? Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and oil drilling in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming ? Increased emissions for coal-fired stations ? Loaded, concealed firearms in national parks...
...which makes coming to a deal in a lame-duck session particularly difficult. Other options Democrats are exploring include asking the Federal Reserve to supply the loans or requiring the banks that the government is currently bailing out to loan the money to the Big Three. As an alternative, Utah Senator Bob Bennett suggested Thursday that those banks getting money from the Treasury be required to convert any carmaker debt that they hold into equity, thereby easing the Big Three's cash crunch...
...work," Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli argued back. At another point in the hearing, Nardelli told Dodd that the weakest of the Big Three can survive alone and that $7 billion is all it will need "to avoid, Mr. Chairman, having to come back and again ask you for support." Utah's Bennett broached the idea of Congress writing into any package a proviso forcing GM and Chrysler to merge. UAW chief Gettelfinger questioned the benefits of such a move, saying, "In terms of synergies, it's debatable about how effective it would be." Wagoner said he was open to looking...