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To: tejek who wrote (324261)	2/2/2007 10:51:12 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578133

Hispanic fight Rep. Loretta Sanchez is accusing the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus of calling her a "whore." According to the Associated Press, Rep. Joe Baca denied uttering the insult, which Mrs. Sanchez cited among grievances that led her to announce this week that she was quitting the group. "Let me be clear: Her comments are categorically untrue," Mr. Baca said. "He said it. For him to deny it is just a silly thing," Mrs. Sanchez said in an interview. She and Rep. Hilda L. Solis said that Mr. Baca made the comment at an event in Sacramento, Calif., in the summer and that it was repeated to them by people they declined to identify. All three lawmakers are California Democrats. The furor became public with a report Wednesday on the Web site politico.com about the "whore" comment.

To: tejek who wrote (324261)	2/2/2007 10:55:50 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578133

Newsom's apology San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom apologized yesterday for having a sexual relationship with his former campaign manager's wife. "I'm deeply sorry," Mr. Newsom said during a brief press conference at City Hall. He did not take questions, the Associated Press reports. Alex Tourk, 39, resigned Wednesday after confronting the mayor about his relationship with Ruby Rippey-Tourk, 34, who once worked as the mayor's appointment secretary. Mr. Newsom, 39, is seeking a second four-year term in November.

To: tejek who wrote (324261)	2/2/2007 12:24:31 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578133

a thread on your profession Message 23245544

To: tejek who wrote (324261)	2/2/2007 7:12:52 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578133

Inequality is "discounted" because it reasonably is considered less important that the absolute level of wealth which has continued to grow across a broad segment of society and because we don't have a rigid class structure where you level of wealth and status is locked in based on who your parents and grandparents where. Re: Conservatives supposedly not caring about the poor. However, that was not my point in the current exchange of posts. Read back a bit - "while wanting very much to discourage any generosity to the poor." Message 23220944 Then later my point - "In fact, the data do not tell us that conservatives are uncaring; they actually tell us that conservatives are optimists." Message 23236589 Which you call "the biggest bit of horse puckey I have heard since Bush told us the Iraqis would greet American soldiers with open arms and champagne." You also say "Over the past six years, conservatives have shown very clearly that they only care about themselves." --- So it very much was what you where saying in the current exchange of posts. Where does he present credible data to support his position? In the book and in the study it references. I've seen links to the data, after the study came out, but I couldn't find them in a quick search during our recent conversation. I should have bookmarked them, but I didn't know it would be much of an issue. I had no plans to go around trumpeting "conservatives care more than liberals", but the study does provide strong evidence against the claim that they give less (and in fact shows that they tend to give more).