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To: JakeStraw who wrote (280598)	3/17/2006 10:37:21 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 1575310

Moody's may downgrade New York Times ratings (Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert) Marketwatch.com ^ \| March 17, 2006 \| Carolyn Pritchard SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Friday placed New York Times Co.'s (NYT) A2 senior unsecured long term debt, and P-1 commercial paper ratings on review for possible downgrade. The agency said the review is prompted by Moody's growing concerns about the media company's high financial leverage, deteriorating operating margins and weak free cash flow available for debt reduction, combined with concerns over intensifying cross media competition, including the Internet, and growing event risk in the newspaper sector. A multi-notch ratings transition will be considered in light of the company's financial and operating challenges, Moody's said.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (280598)	3/17/2006 11:09:19 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575310

Spiffy new jail too expensive to open PORTLAND, Ore., March 16, 2006 (UPI) -- A $59 million jail featuring art and flat screen TVs in Portland, Ore., has been sitting unused for more than a year as the city can't afford to open it. The Wapato Facility took two years to construct and can house 525 inmates at a cost of $20 million per year, which would please Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto to no end. But the county says it doesn't have that kind of money, and expects to be in the hole at least $32 million next year. The county spent more than $600,000 on art for the jail, including a sculpture out front by the circular driveway. There are 30-foot vaulted ceilings and private showers. "I love coming to an empty $59-million jail," Giusto told the Los Angeles Times. "I get tired of telling people how dumb we are." Further frustrating Giusto is a shortage of jail beds that has forced police around the city to systematically release inmates early to make room for new ones.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (280598)	3/18/2006 6:23:28 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575310

LOL! What is American Spirit (sic) your leader? I guess that kind of figures... So what if I like to tease partisan nut cases like you and AS... Because that's not what this thread is all about.......and for all your criticism of AS and even if you don't like his ideology, he knows a hell of a lot more what's going on this country than you do. In fact, you don't know enough to even argue the issues with him.....the best you can do is catcall. Hey, you girls set yourself up for ridicule with your all your one sided partisan blather and drivel. Huh? What are you 14??? If you think you demeaned me by calling me a girl, well think again. I guess you don't know......but girls are kicking boys butts these days. They are scoring better in school, taking more science and math, playing more athletics and more of them are going to college than the boys. And its not surprising with fathers like you. Thanks for the compliment, dude!