Gee, and to think he could have spent all of that time playing basketball

Sorry Frank, spike won't allow your article into conversation since it's a commentary.
 
Gonz will only allow opinions that agree with his own. Otherwise they are not real journalism. Although if they do agree with his own they are perfectly legitimate.
 
All opinions are allowed. Incorrect ones will be treated as such & corrected.
 
Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. :thumbup:


(CNN) -- Questions continued to swirl Thursday over the president's decision to withdraw a pardon for a New York developer involved in a Long Island mortgage fraud scheme.
President Bush withdrew the pardon of Isaac Toussie after a firestorm of criticism.

Isaac Toussie, 36, was convicted in 2001 of mail fraud and of making false statements to the Department of Housing and Urban Development that stemmed from the mortgage scheme.

The White House initially announced the pardon Tuesday afternoon, immediately setting off a firestorm of criticism from angry homeowners and investors, as well as government watchdog organizations quick to note Toussie's ties to prominent Republican officeholders.

Among the questions now being asked are:

• Why didn't the White House conduct a more thorough investigation of Toussie's background?

• Why did White House Counsel Fred Fielding circumvent the typical pardon application process by directly considering Toussie's clemency request instead of leaving it to the Justice Department?

• Did Toussie get special treatment because of his political connections?
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/25/bush.pardon/
 
Frank Probity said:
Please note the following quote: "For the first time, the federal government is intervening in the process." says Robert Hall, an economist at Stanford University and the conservative Hoover Institution who since 1978 has chaired the NBER panel of seven prominent economists who make the actual decision.

As Paul Harvey would say: and now, for the rest of the story:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_08/b3871044.htm

My apology for not knowing how to post the article in its entirety. One day I'll learn the procedure. :)
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Desperate, but droll. The start date of a recession is the first day of the third quarter AFTER the official two quarters of NEGATIVE growth. That would mean that the first quarter would be the fourth quarter of 2000 and the second would be the first quarter of 2001. March would be the official start of the recession after two quarters had been experienced. After all, wouldn't it be quite prescient of those who declare such things to do so before the quarter had ended?

Keep trying.
 
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