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"[US troops should leave Iraq a]s soon as possible, as far as we're concerned. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes." Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in interview with Der Spiegel July 19.

“[US troops should leave Iraq a]s soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes.” Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in interview with Der Spiegel July 19.

"In economics, we define labor exploitation as paying people less than their marginal value product. I recently told Ed Whitacre [former CEO of AT&T, who retired with a $158 million pay package] he was probably the most exploited worker in American history because he took Southwestern Bell, which was

“In economics, we define labor exploitation as paying people less than their marginal value product. I recently told Ed Whitacre [former CEO of AT&T, who retired with a $158 million pay package] he was probably the most exploited worker in American history because he took Southwestern Bell, which

"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president." ---Gen. Wesley Clark Read the whole conversation here. On the Subj

"Under the legislation before us, the district court would simply decide whether or not the telecommunication companies received documentation stating that the President authorized the program and that there had been some sort of determination that it was legal.

"What kind of a country is it where, when the head of state asks you to do something that may well be illegal, but assures you that he considers it legal, you can't be held accountable for doing it? Welcome to the new U.S. of A.

"Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline?" George W. Bush, White House Press Conference, January 28, 2008, quoted here. Technorati Tags: Bushco, Economics, HubbertsPeak, Oil, QuoteOfNote

An excellent description of life in my house growing up, by Garrison Keillor of Salon magazine: A college graduate just sent me an e-mail asking about a band that "one" a contest, wishing she had been "their" to see it. Misspelling drives me nuts. You young people learned spelling by the Close Enough method.

An excellent description of life in my house growing up, by Garrison Keillor of Salon magazine: A college graduate just sent me an e-mail asking about a band that "one" a contest, wishing she had been "their" to see it. Misspelling drives me nuts. You young people learned spelling by the Close Enough method.