Katie Couric discussed her infamous interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday night on the "Late Show with David Letterman." Couric took Letterman inside the process of scheduling Palin's interviews — the campaign actually rushed an interview because "they didn't want a week to go by without hearing anything from Governor Palin," as Couric put it — and said the campaign was "very generous" and gave her "tremendous access" to Palin.
Couric said that Palin may have gotten tripped up because she was not prepared to answer more general questions during their interview following her visit to the UN.
"I started by asking her who most impressed her as Vice President and why, what was the best and worst things Dick Cheney had done as Vice President, why was Roe v. Wade an ill-conceived or a bad Supreme Court decision," Couric told Letterman. "And I think she really hadn't anticipated those kinds of questions, so I think it might've thrown her off a bit. And then we got into foreign policy — because, after all, she was at the UN meeting with world leaders — and clearly she was struggling with some of those answers."
While Couric did note that, in Palin's defense, they were not easy questions to answer, Letterman reminded her that the "What newspapers and magazines do you read?" question was an easy one that Palin blew. Couric explained how it came about and said that she disagrees with the way Palin is characterizing the question in post-election interviews.
"We we doing one of these walk-and-talks, it was a casual part of the interview, and I just said, 'I'm curious, what do you read? What has helped you shape your worldview? What do you read to stay informed?'" Couric explained.
"A good question but an easy question," Letterman said.
"It was just really something I was curious about," Couric said, "and I'm not sure whether she was afraid to offend certain people, if she would offend conservatives by saying she read the New York Times....Even in the post-election interviews, Dave, that she's done, nobody's really asked her, 'Why didn't you answer that question?' She claims that I said, 'What do you read up there in Alaska?' as if people in Alaska don't read or don't have access to reading materials. I never said that. I'm aware people in Alaska have access."
Couric also shared one question she asked both Palin and Biden that didn't air — what they missed most on the campaign trail. Palin missed running every day, while Biden missed being Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/katie-couric-talks-palin_n_145115.html
If you can't handle an interview with Couric then you are not ready. It's back to the tundra with Palin. You betcha!
What's up with all these leaks? No objections to Janet Napolitano for that job if true.
CNN is reporting Wednesday night that Obama has chosen Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity.
One source said he believed the final decision depends on the vetting of the Democratic governor, much like the selection of Eric Holder for attorney general.
Politico has more details on the Napolitano pick:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/janet-napolitano-homeland_n_145093.html
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If anyone wants to come out and visit beautiful California, please leave two things at home, 1; your matches, and 2; your relative that has any sexual aberrations and tortures animals (that's the criminal profile of an arsonist).
The new contract demands that Deetroit's BIG 3 changesw its operational strategies and starts to design and market the world's most fuel efflicient cars ASAP. Any loans or govt. assistance will depend on the Big Three ageeing to and signing the deal.
The contract shud be drawn up by congerssional staffers from noth parties (Dems and GOP) and presented as a fait accompli , a final offer, to the BIG Three and of course, all negotiations shud be transparent and widely publicized.
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They have been added some more notable features. Some are listed below:
New Continent: Northrend There's a brand new continent to explore in Wrath of the Lich King, the frigid realm of Northrend. Also known as "the roof of the world," Northrend is the home of the eponymous Lich King as well as the infamous Scourge. Northrend will provide plenty of high-content between 70 and 80. For the players who want to adventure in the WOW , they need to Wrath of the Lich King Power Leveling, Along the way, in addition to a huge array of new quests, players will also get to tangle with new dungeon and raid content for all sorts of armor, items, World of Warcraft Power Leveling, and weaponry.
Hero Class: The Death Knight Wrath of the Lich King will introduce the first hero class to World of Warcraft the Death Knight. Hero classes are elite, high WOTLK Power Leveling classes that you have to earn; there's no way to create a Death Knight character at level 1 with a new character. Instead, you must have an existing level 55 character or higher in order to create a Death Knight who starts at level 55. Armed with their signature runeswords, Death Knights are essentially front-line tanks, capable of absorbing a lot of damage while also dishing out plenty of hurt in return. Cloaked in dark robes, Death Knights are an ominous sight on the battlefield. Death Knights rely on a unique resource system that's based on runes rather than mana or rage. They build up runic power as they're in combat, and this lets them use some of their more powerful abilities. They also have access to runes that have different abilities; like skills, these runes have cooldown timers that must reset before they can be used again.
New System: Achievements An interesting addition to the game in that they have little to do with the actual gameplay. Like achievements earned through Xbox Live on Microsoft's console, tasks and goals you complete in the game earn you a points that feed into a total score. The notifications you receive for completing an achievement bear a very similar appearance to the Xbox Live or Steam counterparts as, once you complete the appropriate task, they blossom onto the bottom of your screen with an accompanying sound effect. It's a satisfying notification, something designed along the lines of the WoW Power Leveling up sound and visual effect that adds that extra level of a sense of accomplishment.
As a customer service said, these days Lord of the rings online power leveling selling not well, also someone said that because world of craft will pull the new power leveling so this caused.
The analyse man point out: this financial crisis the game network company face the little influence. The reason is that the produce price is cheap, and develop room definitely.
There has another saying that Lotro power leveling present in a gray area. This financial crisis must be letting it died. However, you see, Lotro powerleveling not develop like this says. So players do not worried this and could play it enjoyable.
Other game also like this, not influence by this financial crisis. But I think if the game network have not solid team and worthy trust service next financial crisis I could not guarantee not influence to that.
* You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong.
* You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot build character and courage, by taking away men's initiative and independence.
* You cannot help men permanently, by doing for them what they could and should, do for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
A student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them."
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They put it into the shoes. The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the War power leveling. Astonishment for this and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the power leveling, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put it into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other one. His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom the timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.
My BF was the friend of Clarkson’s BF. On Singles day, we met each other, and fell in love quickly. For we all had the same hobby, net game. We bought the World of Warcraft CD Key on Singles Day. And we all had the same roles in game hit the monster together. We all fought for the gold together.
Some of my friend has said that the day we met each other is an unlucky day, for its Singles day! It means that we would apart with each other one day .However, I don’t believe that, I believe that the love should be found by the both of couple, any one of us ignore it , it would be die by carelessness. Sometimes, I think that the love should be compared with flowers; they need water, sunshine and air.
Today is the second Singles Day till we met .I wanna present another WoW CD Key for his gift.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, November 19, 2008 – HEY, CONGRESS . . . STOP THE POSTURING!
If you don’t want to bail out Detroit, don’t!
If you do, do.
But whatever you do, stop the public posturing!
You’ve only been grilling Detroit bigwigs for one day but we’re already sick of your ‘sound-bite’ complaints . . . Okay?
Besides, though you may not believe it, we don’t need you to tell us what’s wrong with Detroit.
We know what’s wrong with Detroit; they’re not selling enough cars.
And, because they’re not selling enough cars, General Motors is burning through cash at the rate of $2 billion a month.
We understand that at that rate, GM will soon run out of money . . . who wouldn’t?
We’ve also figured out that Chrysler is on its last legs.
And, we know that although Ford may not be in as bad shape as its ‘brothers-in-arms’, that big blue ain’t exactly sittin’ in high cotton.
We know that bankruptcy filings are possible, but we wonder, why would you push the Big Three that far?
What’s the gain?
Sure, you get to make political points and let us know how tough you are, but though the posturing is important to you, it isn’t to us.
We don’t care about how tough you are, we care about 3 million Americans who will lose their jobs; we care about thousands of Big Three vendors that will fail; we care about thousands of Chrysler, Ford, and GM dealerships that will lose even more customers if one or more of the Big Three file for bankruptcy protection; and we care about the ‘rumble’ effect that will take away tax revenues from entire states, counties, cities, and towns if the Big Three go down.
You want guarantees that the Big Three will become more efficient to be more competitive?
Okay . . . spell out those guarantees . . . chapter and verse!
You want the Big Three to build more fuel efficient cars and trucks?
Okay . . . tell them what you want and when you want it!
You want the Big Three to renegotiate union contracts?
Okay . . . tell them how much you think the unions should give up and when.
Just lay it out . . . tell them . . . and us . . . the truth about what you want.
Detroit will either do what you want or it won’t.
Don’t forget that the current crisis isn’t entirely the fault of the Big Three; after all, for the past eight years you and the Bush Administration overspent the nation into virtual bankruptcy, diluting capital available for consumer lending; causing unprecedented small business failures; helping to cause the Wall Street Meltdown and subsequent credit crunch and huge job losses.
So, what do you plan to do now about easing credit and what do you plan to do now about creating more jobs so more Americans can buy more of those more efficient cars Detroit will produce after your new rules and regulations kick in?
Huh?
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GO TO bothsidesnowbiz.blogspot.com/ AND SPEAK UP . . .Today- I don't really care who caused this mess with the economy. I don't want to hear anybody testify about the cause, the plan ,the change of plan, or any industry or business ask for money. Nor am I interested in the G7 then G20 meetings. I think the best plan is to stop trading on the stock market immediately,before the average American has nothing left. If we continue to lose at the current rate, it won't matter if loans are available or the auto,financial ,housing,insurance or any other business has been saved. The bottom line is ,We won't have any money to buy anything but the absolute essentials-and maybe not those.
I know today, I decided there will be no Holiday spending.I had planned to purchase gifts, but that will not happen now. Do you think other citizens are making the same decision. As the market began to fall, the advice from all those who were supposed to know- advised that people just wait it out. Now--my investment is almost completely gone.I was waiting ,as was the common advice. I know many people in the same situation. So now, I don't care who caused it- I think we need to stop the stock market until things settle. It has been done before.
How much does it affect your life and how sure are you of that answer?
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Sen. Ted Stevens the 40-Year; longest-serving (Republican) senator (and most powerful in Washington) in Alaskan history; CONCEDES DEFEAT to Anchorage moderderate-conservative DEMOCRATIC Mayor MARK BEGICH.
It is a glorious and bright new dawn for Alaska. It a glorious and bright new dawn for the United States Senate. It is a glorious and bright new dawn for UNION.
GOD BLESS MARK BEGICH; and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Brett A. Encelewski,
Secretary, Disrict-33 Alaska Democratic Party
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