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    Washington lies …

    October 24, 2005

    The more I read about the infamous Plame scandal [or should I call it the Rove/Libby/Cheney/Rumsfeld scandal?], the more annoyed I get. The Republicans are already trying to spin this as a minor affair. They are saying that it is a case of politics as usual and that indictments would cramp politics rather than punish […]

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    Washington Grinds to a Halt?

    October 24, 2005

    The various ongoing investigations into corruption and criminal activities that are swirling through Washington have ground government to a virtual halt. President Bush is surrounded by scandal: DeLay being booked for breaking campaign laws; Frist lying about his profiteering on stocks he was not supposed to know he had [the lies have been confirmed by […]

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    New Fed Chairman

    October 24, 2005

    President Bush has nominated Ben Bernanke as the new Federal Reserve Board Chairman. Bernanke is a heavyweight standard economics academic from Princeton and has all the right credentials for the job: he has been in Washington before, he knows the Fed from the inside, and is well respected by both sides of the ideological divide. […]

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