Duh for the Day:
Jan. 23rd, 2003 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tzikehToday's headlines from various places:
White House Dismisses Allies Oppostion to War With Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 10:30 AM ET
The White House today shrugged off French and German opposition to the possibility of a U.S.-led war on Iraq.
Weekly jobless claims edge higher
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 last week, the government reported Thursday, signaling the weak economy is still leading companies to hold down costs by laying off workers.
Bush Plans to Let Religious Groups Get Building Aid
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
The policy shift significantly expands the administration's contentious religion-based initiative.
Diplomatic Strategy: U.S. Set to Demand (emphasis mine) That Allies Agree Iraq Is Defying U.N.
FBI May Have Aided Pentagon Data Project
Wed Jan 22, 4:45 AM ET
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
Possible FBI involvement in a high-tech Pentagon project that sifts through Americans' personal information raises new concerns about privacy and civil liberties, Sen. Charles Grassley said Tuesday.
And then this curious little item:
NBC-WSJ Poll: Bush support drops
Jan. 22 — President Bush’s popularity ratings — once among the highest of any president in the past 60 years — are eroding across the board, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll. Bush is losing ground in several key areas, including foreign policy, the economy and his handling of the war on terrorism. And as the escalation of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf continues, the poll finds a growing number of Americans oppose military action to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power.
Gee, ya think?
White House Dismisses Allies Oppostion to War With Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 10:30 AM ET
The White House today shrugged off French and German opposition to the possibility of a U.S.-led war on Iraq.
Weekly jobless claims edge higher
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose by 18,000 last week, the government reported Thursday, signaling the weak economy is still leading companies to hold down costs by laying off workers.
Bush Plans to Let Religious Groups Get Building Aid
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
The policy shift significantly expands the administration's contentious religion-based initiative.
Diplomatic Strategy: U.S. Set to Demand (emphasis mine) That Allies Agree Iraq Is Defying U.N.
FBI May Have Aided Pentagon Data Project
Wed Jan 22, 4:45 AM ET
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
Possible FBI involvement in a high-tech Pentagon project that sifts through Americans' personal information raises new concerns about privacy and civil liberties, Sen. Charles Grassley said Tuesday.
And then this curious little item:
NBC-WSJ Poll: Bush support drops
Jan. 22 — President Bush’s popularity ratings — once among the highest of any president in the past 60 years — are eroding across the board, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll. Bush is losing ground in several key areas, including foreign policy, the economy and his handling of the war on terrorism. And as the escalation of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf continues, the poll finds a growing number of Americans oppose military action to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power.
Gee, ya think?
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Date: 2003-01-23 11:12 am (UTC)About damn time. You gotta love these national wake-up calls.