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Bush Links Minimum Wage to Tax Break
President Bush speaks during a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
GAUNTLET THROWN: President Bush called for the top 15 greenhouse gas producing nations, including the U.S., to set a goal for reducing the pollution by the end of 2008.
HOT TOPIC: The announcement could deflect criticism during next week's summit of leading industrialized nations, where global warming is sure to be discussed.
CLEARING THE AIR: The countries would begin talks this fall, but each would be able to develop its own strategy.
No Cancer for Bush
CANCER FREE: Doctors found no cancer in the five small growths removed from President Bush's colon, the White House said Monday.
POLYPS DISCOVERY: The growths, called polyps, were found during a cancer scan that Bush underwent Saturday at Camp David.
ROUTINE PROCEDURE: Usually harmless, polyps are extra pieces of tissue that grow inside the large intestine. To be safe, doctors typically remove the polyps and test them.
Bush Says Iraqi Government Must Do More
TEPID ENDORSEMENT: President Bush acknowledged frustration with Iraqi leaders' inability to bridge political division.
CALLS FOR REMOVAL: Bush, at a news conference in Quebec, brushed off a Democratic senator's call for the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
IRAQIS' DECISION: Bush said only the Iraqi people can decide whether to sideline the troubled prime minister.
Bush Refines Take on Prime Minister
REITERATE: President Bush, seeking to show he has not abandoned Iraqi's prime minister, offered a fresh endorsement Wednesday of Nouri al-Maliki.
AFFIRMATION: Bush's words of support were intended to dispel the impression he gave some people Tuesday that he was distancing himself from al-Maliki before a new assessment of conditions in Iraq.
BACKLASH: The prime minister, chafing over Bush's earlier comments, said on Wednesday that his government "can find friends elsewhere."
Bush Defends Iraq War Effort
DEFENSIVE SPEECH: President Bush gave a ringing defense of the war effort Tuesday in a speech that sounded like he'd already made up his mind to stay and fight.
HIGHLIGHTS: Bush hailed security gains, defended middling progress by Iraqi leaders and argued that the future of the Middle East depended on the outcome.
HIS TIMING: Bush's speech to the American Legion comes two weeks before he receives a major assessment of the war in Iraq.
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Is Bush saying, "Pull my finger," in this picture?
- 4 votes
#1 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:05 AM ESTNo, he's telling Cheney to point the shotgun the other way.
- 4 votes
No, he's saying:
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!
O! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town !!
- 3 votes
Bush: Iraq Insurgents Hurt U.S. Efforts
AP Headline next week: Bush: Looking at the Sun Hurts Eyes.
- 8 votes
#2 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:43 AM ESTSports Headline January 9th: Ohio State Hurts Florida's Efforts At National Championship
- 1 vote
Seriously. I read that a few times trying to figure out if their was some subtext.
- 1 vote
They just changed the headline a second ago, which is no fair. I just linked it and commented on how Bush has gone from denying the blantantly obvious to stating the blantantly obvious, but when I clicked the link, it was a totally different title. Change it back!
AP Headline 6 months ago: Bush: Looking at the Sun Does Not Hurt Eyes
- 5 votes
Um.... I just read the article again. Bush doesn't say anything about wanting to increase the size of the Army. I second the motion to go back to the old headline.
- 1 vote
Just six months ago, the Bushies opposed increases of this kind.
And 2 years ago when Kerry proposed increases like this, Bush's lackey Mehlman said it would make America less safe.
Flip-flop alert! Or rather, hypocrite alert - it's a bad idea when a Democrat proposes it, but when Bush does it, it's wonderful.
- 5 votes
#3 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:09 PM ESTHmm, that's weak. I included 2 links to support my assertations when I made my original post, but they seem to have been edited out. Is that a new Newsvine "feature"?
- 1 vote
I don't think trying to mask the minimum wage problematic effect is a good idea, let it hurt let it fail and then we can fix it. Prop it up and make the negative effect harder to see will only help it stick around longer.
#4 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:47 PM ESTYeah, workers definitely had it better before the minimum wage laws.
The Bush Dynasty represents CORPORATE GREED. Nothing more. Can we get this guy out of office, please?
- 2 votes
#5 - Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:46 AM ESTThe headline for this story has changed at least three times.
- 1 vote
#6 - Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:18 AM ESTWeird. The headlines:
Bush: Iraq Insurgents Hurt U.S. Efforts
Bush Wants To Increase Size of Army (paraphrasing, don't remember exactly)
Bush Links Minimum Wage to Tax Break
I didn't even recognize what this story was in my conversation tracker. I hadn't posted anything on any minimum wage articles yesterday.
Wait a minute. What the hell is going on? They not only changed the headline. They changed the entire story. None of this talk about taxes was in here at all yesterday. And today, there's no mention of Iraq except saying the talk was "dominated by it", but no other reference at all. Did the administration or the press secretary lean on AP to change their story? I've seen a headline change by them before, but never a full-text replacement of an article. The only thing that's the same is the picture.
The text about Mary Cheney was completely changed too. Yesterday it said "I'm sure she'll make a fine mother", today it says "we ought to review law to make sure that people are treated fairly".
Color me baffled. I have no faith in anything stated in this article at this point.
- 2 votes
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