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A Look at Projected Surplus Numbers By The Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office's latest official surplus projections, made in January, and how some private economists are guessing they will change when CBO releases its update later this month. Fiscal 2001 runs through Sept. 30. CBO (January): Projected fiscal 2001 surplus: $281 billion. Projected 2002 surplus: $313 billion. Projected surplus 2002 through 2011: $5.6 trillion. Ethan Harris, Lehman Brothers: 2001 surplus: $160 billion. 2002 surplus: $220 billion. <>P>2002 through 2011 surplus: $3.9 trillion. Jim Glassman, Chase Securities Inc. 2001 surplus: $180 billion. 2002 surplus: $220 billion. 2002 through 2011: $4 ...

IUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — For illegal immigrants the world over, the narrow river that marks Mexico's southern border has long been a backdoor to the United States. All it takes to understand why is an afternoon view of the homemade rafts that swarm across the lazy currents. At the river's edge in Guatemala, immigrants board the rafts along with housewives and day laborers going across the border to shop or work. The passengers get off less than 10 minutes later on the banks of Mexico, and never pass a single checkpoint or customs station. The crossing is as easy as ...

And so we head once more - bloodied but pumped up - into the great tax rebellion of 2001: The Tax Rebate Rebellion. When we first entered the fray some weeks ago, the rebate revolt was simmering on the Internet. We were among those who decided - as TV chef Emeril Lagasse would say - to kick it up a notch. We challenged those who opposed the Bush tax cut to put their rebate where their politics were. Those who didn't really need it could donate some or all of the $300 to $600 to fund their own personal public ...

On Sunday, July 22nd, Mike "Spikey" Isikoff SCOOPED the world, by revealing that Condit met with Cheney on May 1st. Isikoff didn't realize for some reason, that Condit's own timeline released on June 28th, already revealed that he met with Cheney at 12:30. On Sunday, July 29th, Spikey shocked the world again, by stating that a source who looked at phone records proved that the affair started in December. This despite the fact that Chandra had her heart to heart talk with Aunt Linda during her trip to Linda's place for Thanksgiving, and while watching C-Span on Nov 24th, Chandra ...

SoCal Edison says settles with most power suppliers NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Nearly insolvent utility Southern California Edison said on Friday it has reached agreements to keep at bay most of the power generators that sued it because they weren't getting paid. In a conference call with holders of its defaulted debt, the utility unit of Rosemead, California-based Edison International said it has settlements in place with three big power generators, and was near agreement, perhaps as soon as Friday afternoon, with the fourth. SoCal Edison had earlier agreed with more than 100 other power suppliers, collectively known ...

Psalm 92 1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. 4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands. 5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts! 6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand, 7 that though the wicked spring up like grass ...

Here on the Free Republic board I found that there are lists which help to organize different topics. The Bang_list is an example and it has threads pertaining to gun control and related issues. To organize a list all you have to do is reply to a post and in the “To:” field put the name of the list. For example, Bang_list In the body of the reply you may put anything you want but I usually put the name of the list if I have nothing else to say. This will bump it to the list. To search for ...

Gunman Opens Fire on Bus at Port Authority Terminal in New York, Four Injured Saturday, August 04, 2001 NEW YORK — A passenger opened fire on a Greyhound coach Friday night after it pulled into the midtown Manhattan bus terminal, authorities said. Four people were wounded, but their injuries weren't life-threatening. The guman, whose name was not immediately released, was found by Port Authority police sitting alone in the back of the bus, which had come from Boston. He was arrested and a handgun was recovered, said Port Authority Police Chief William Hall. "I was standing there when the bus ...

Due to the lack of tolerance by this board's operator, I'll have to just paste a link here rather than actually saying anything that will get this thread destroyed immediately. A new window will open. Enjoy! click here

Prosecutors Seek Records for Roger Clinton's 'Concert' Cash When the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee revealed in June that former first brother Roger Clinton had deposited $200,000 in travelers checks into his personal account; checks that were drawn on banks in Hong Kong and Venezuela, Clinton's attorney Bart Williams said his client had earned the tidy sum performing as a rock'n' roll singer. But as anyone who has heard Roger vocalize can attest, his limited talent is unlikely to warrant many six-figure concerts fees. And so prosecutors in the office U.S. Attorney for New York's Southern District Mary ...

Moral Dilemma Stem Cell Research May Help Paralyzed Teen By Erin Hayes O D E S S A, Texas, Aug. 3 — Ever since Joe Beene, 17, a high school football star, was paralyzed last November, his religious family and community have been morally divided over stem-cell research. "He was just the most lively kid you ever saw in your life, going 100 miles per hour all the time," says T.J. Mills, his football coach. Beene snapped his neck during football practice last November, which paralyzed him from the chest down. "I can't be angry," says Joe, who is immobilized ...

Aug. 3, 2001, 9:23PM Secret deal broke rules, judge says El Paso says discount pact followed FERC protocol Staff and News Reports >>>"FERC is looking into why the average price of natural gas jumped almost fivefold in California and why prices are higher there than anywhere else in the nation. Wagner has until Sept. 24 to present his initial decision to the five-member Energy Commission. Natural gas is used to fire electricity generating plants. The higher gas prices have been blamed for prompting much of the rise in electricity prices that have so plagued California over the last year". WASHINGTON ...

Friday August 3 10:16 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. productivity data due out on Tuesday could shatter the belief in a ``new paradigm'' economy of high growth and low inflation, triggering a stock market crash, a leading investment bank has predicted. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein said in a note to clients that revisions included with second quarter productivity numbers will revise away the ``productivity miracle'' of recent years, cited has a major factor in the bull market of the 1990's. ``Investing in the U.S. miracle will in retrospect be seen as a sick joke. The markets will be forced to ...

US envoy's gaffe shocks Bonn By Hannah Cleaver in Berlin (Filed: 04/08/2001)THE German government said yesterday that it was "astounded" by comments by the new American ambassador to Berlin, who criticised low levels of German defence spending weeks before arriving to take up his post.Dan Coats, a former soldier and Republican senator, said in his appointment acceptance speech to the US Senate this week that Germany needed to spend more on its armed forces. He said: "Clearly there has to be a recognition on the part of the Federal Republic of Germany that if they are to maintain a central ...

JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH ARE YOU ALL GETTING OR HAVE YOU NOT RECIEVED THE CHECK YET.

The state criminal statutes concerning drunk driving are unjust, and are so vague and broad that certainty of compliance with the law is impossible. The law threatens anyone who mixes drinking, no matter how temperate, with the operation of a vehicle. I should know. I worked briefly as a deputy district attorney in a rural California county, prosecuting DUI cases. And I sincerely regret having had anything to do with the enforcement of the drunk driving laws. Here follows a brief outline of California's drunk driving system (which resembles the systems of most other states, thanks to federal dictates): First, ...

Legalize Drunk Driving by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [Note: This column was written before the news came out last night that George W. Bush was arrested on a DUI charge 24 years ago. He was stopped in Maine for driving too slowly and briefly veering onto the shoulder of the road] Clinton has signed a bill passed by Congress that orders the states to adopt new, more onerous drunk-driving standards or face a loss of highway funds. That’s right: the old highway extortion trick. Sure enough, states are already working to pass new, tighter laws against Driving Under the ...

PETA protest hits Salem PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has erected this billboard protesting the March of Dimes in Salem. The billboard is on 25th Street SE near McGilchrist Street SE. A billboard targets the March of Dimes for funding animal testing. BY LORRAINE-MICHELLE FAUST Statesman Journal August 4 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the group known for its shocking billboards around the country, has come to Salem to introduce a campaign targeting the March of Dimes in Oregon. The animal rights group says March of Dimes donations are used for cruel animal research. ...

BURGAW, N.C. | A mysterious sinkhole on Friday halted eastbound traffic on Interstate 40, the primary access to the state's southeastern coast. Engineers called for a sonar unit to scan the 30-foot-wide, 1-foot-deep depression to find out what caused it. Officials said the roadway was unsafe for traffic until the problem was analyzed and corrected. The highway was closed in Pender County and traffic to Wilmington was rerouted through Castle Hayne. State Department of Transportation officials said the lanes might be closed into the weekend, which would hamper normal traffic to beaches near Wilmington. "It's bigger than a dip but ...

With that hair, he lacks the civility aspect Is the cad a now-defunct male life form? We hear about leches, losers, creeps and louts all the time. And you don't have to look very far for a jerk, schmuck, bozo or idiot. As for men with "issues," who are "commitmentphobes," or "sex addicts," well, who hasn't met a few of those? But there appears to be a lamentable shortage of impeccably mannered men who know how to order a fine Burgundy from a good year and seduce a woman with witty repartee and a few lines from Byron before ...