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Disney CEO Drops F-Bomb at Shareholder Meeting

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Washington, DC - Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger scowled at and said "f--- you" to Tom Borelli, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, at Tuesday's annual Disney shareholder meeting. Iger's remark came after ...
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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 on House Floor – 170 Bills in One; Half Have Had No Hearings

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By R.J. Smith: S. 22, the giant Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, will go to the House floor today (Wednesday, March 11) under suspension of rules. This means debate will be limited to a mere 40 minutes and ...
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Disney Censors Webcast of Shareholder Meeting; Report of “F-Bomb” from CEO Iger to Conservative Activist Edited Out

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Washington, DC - The Walt Disney Company has edited out of the webcast version of its March 10 annual shareholder meeting an incident in which Disney CEO Robert Iger dropped the "f-bomb" on conservative activist and Disney investor Tom Borelli ...
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Supreme Court Decision Against Racial Gerrymandering Hailed

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today hailed a new U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting the use of the Voting Rights Act to supercede other laws to create predominantly black voting districts, saying the decision is a new ...
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Hurricane Katrina Hypocrisy, by Kevin Martin

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Hurricane Katrina Hypocrisy by Kevin Martin (bio) Since Hurricane Katrina, liberal critics have hung the plight of New Orleans around the neck of former President Bush like an albatross. These critics relentlessly hounded the Bush Administration for its "inadequate" response ...
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Real Stimulus: Reform How Banks Shop Credit Cards, by Bishop Council Nedd II

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Americans are justifiably distraught over the home foreclosure crisis and the glut of delinquent debt.  They are also upset and perplexed by the capricious nature of the government's rush to rescue the financial institutions central to the problem. It's not ...
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Maxine Waters’ Leaky Argument Can’t Wash Away Banking Scandal Dirt, by Kevin Martin

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Banks pushed risky loans to people who could not afford them.  Homeownership was promoted as a right for all instead of one for those who saved. Since the mortgage bubble burst, leaving many in financial trouble, a lot of anger ...
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Obama, the Pickens Plan and the Potential Fire Next Time, by Deneen Borelli

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In July of 1967, Detroit and Newark were bathed in fire and blood.  Anguished and hurt, people in poor and minority communities in these cities had had enough of crippling policies foisted on them by the ruling political establishment.  They ...
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Banking Bailout Money in Lobbyists’ Pockets: TARP Money Used to Push for a New “Green Bubble”

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Washington, DC - Wall Street firms bailed out by the American taxpayer are now financing an extensive lobbying campaign to promote the costly federal regulation of greenhouse gases and putting the American public at risk of facing yet another costly ...
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Protest of New York Post’s Chimp Cartoon is an Attack on Rupert Murdoch, Black Activist Says

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Washington, D.C. - Three apologies were offered by New York Post editors and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, for an editorial cartoon said to compare President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee.  None of these apologies were accepted.  Project 21 Chairman Mychal ...
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