blog.wired.com - 1/14/2009
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HOLLYWOOD — The Prisoner's bold ambition and cult
celebrity earned the '60s show a spot in TV
history. Now the creative team rebooting the sci-fi spy classic for the 21st century is hoping to recapture both the dystopian fear and...
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The Prisoner Reboots the Panopticon for 21st Century
change.gov - 1/8/2009
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change.gov —
“The time has come to build a 21st
century economy in which hard work and responsibility are
once again rewarded,” President-elect Obama said in a speech this morning, making the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and ...
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Obama's Economic Speech
The Caucus —
In an unusually direct and pointed appeal in remarks at George Mason University in northern Virginia, President-elect Barack Obama continued Thursday to build on a campaign for economic action that he has conducted for weeks now in ever-sharper terms. Read More… Full Transcript
Obama: The only thing we have to fear is a sustained depression; Update: McConnell response added
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Obama: The only thing we have to fear is a sustained depression; Update: McConnell response added posted at 1:00 pm on January 8, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly He actually used the D-word, albeit in reference to what earlier generations had to face. Which is fitting: Aside from the passage about green energy, this is pure FDR, right down to the nod at “fear itself.” Full transcript at Politico : Now, the very fact that this crisis is largely of our own making means that it is not beyond our ability to solve. Our problems are rooted in past mistakes, not our ...
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