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Stocks dive on worries of recession The Dow
Jones Industrial Average fell 733 points as new data
provided more evidence that the U.S. economy is heading into a recession -- and possibly a lengthy one. Oil: Prices down again on weak demand Retail ...
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Murtha: You know who’s pretty racist? My constituents
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... two years ago being cold-blooded killers, convictions or no convictions. Click the first image for the racism comments and the second for his continuing nuance about Haditha. [image] ...
re: Murtha
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Wednesday, October 15, 2008 [image] re: Murtha [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Here's the charming video. 10/15 07:53 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us
Murtha's Freddie/Fannie Distortions
Weekly Standard Blog —
John Murtha has taken some pretty stiff criticism for slandering his constituents as racists -- and deservedly so. But it's worth looking at the rest of his recent interview to get a sense of how he views the credit crunch. Here's how Murtha describes how we got into this financial mess:
Six months ago they said to me... Paul Kanjorski - who's on the Banking Committee said 'Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren't going to make it. A hundred banks are going to go bankrupt.' I said 'well what the hell are we doing about it? What do you mean?' I could hardly believe that. Finally the president kept saying things are all ...
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