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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (106325)	8/30/2007 11:17:17 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Democrats Turn From Big Donor Who’s Fugitive By MIKE McINTIRE and LESLIE WAYNE Published: August 31, 2007 From $62,000 for Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York to $10,000 for the Tennessee Democratic Party, the full extent of fund-raising by Norman Hsu came into focus yesterday, as campaigns across the country began returning his money in light of revelations that he is a fugitive in a fraud case. Beyond the hundreds of thousands of dollars he raised from others for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Mr. Hsu personally contributed more than $600,000 to federal, state and municipal candidates in the last three years, a review of campaign finance records shows. It was a startling amount of money for someone whose sources of income remained far from obvious yesterday, as visits to addresses he has provided for his businesses found no trace of Mr. Hsu. In interviews with Democrats, a picture emerged of Mr. Hsu as a valued and reliable rainmaker, someone who was frequently tapped at all levels of politics to make a contribution, bundle checks or hold an event. In addition, Mr. Hsu donated about $100,000 to the New School, where he is a board member and where a scholarship is offered in his name, according to Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska who is president of the university. John Liu, a New York City councilman who said he last spoke to Mr. Hsu a few months ago at a gathering of Asian-American Clinton supporters in Washington, said Mr. Hsu “certainly had a strong reputation” for being able to raise lots of money. “He actually told me he doesn’t get involved in municipal elections the first time I met him, but then he went ahead and gave to my campaign, and others,” Mr. Liu said, adding that he refunded Mr. Hsu’s $4,950 donation yesterday. The Clinton campaign has said it will give to charity $23,000 that Mr. Hsu contributed, and yesterday representatives of Mr. Spitzer and Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, who received $50,000 from Mr. Hsu, said they would do the same. A spokesman for Senator Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who is a rival of Mrs. Clinton for the party’s presidential nomination, said Mr. Obama intended to give away $7,000 that Mr. Hsu contributed to his committee

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (106325)	8/31/2007 9:38:26 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 173976

Kenneth did you kow that the longest hot spell in the world occurred in Marble Bar, west Australia? It was 100° F (37.8° C) (or above) for 162 consecutive days, Oct. 30, 1923 to Apr. 7, 1924. BTW, have you started that weather thread yet?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (106325)	8/31/2007 2:05:42 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Consumer Spending Rebounded in July By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: August 31, 2007 Filed at 10:47 a.m. ET Skip to next paragraph The New York Times The New York Times WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers returned to the malls in July after taking a breather in June, although worries about the future could make the rebound short-lived. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending rose by 0.4 percent in July, double the June increase. The spending was supported by a solid 0.5 percent rise in incomes, the best showing in this area in four months. The gain in spending was right in line with expectations, while the increase in incomes was double what analysts had expected. However, economists cautioned that the July increases could be temporary given recent weakness in consumer confidence caused by a prolonged slump in housing and the past several weeks of financial market turbulence. In another strong report, the Commerce Department said that orders to factories jumped by 3.7 percent in July, even better than the 3.3 percent increase that had been expected. The increase, which followed three months of lackluster gains, was led by an 11 percent jump in demand for transportation goods, including the biggest leap in orders for cars in more than four years. The report on factory orders showed that demand for big-ticket durable goods rose by 6 percent, slightly better than the 5.9 percent estimate the government made last week. Demand for nondurable goods, items such as gasoline and food, was up 1.3 percent in July.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (106325)	9/4/2007 11:50:26 AM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 173976

This article is incorrect, Kenneth... From your article: In January, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center reported that 2006 was the warmest year on record over the 48 contiguous states with an average temperature 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal and 0.07 degree warmer than 1998, the previous warmest year on record. In May, however, NOAA revised the 2006 ranking to the second warmest year after updated statistics showed the year was actually .08 F cooler than 1998. Hate to break it to you Kenneth, but the data from your article is incorrect: The "hottest year on record" is no longer 1998, but 1934. Something rather odd happened the other day. If you go to NASA's Web site and look at the "U.S. surface air temperature" rankings for the lower 48 states, you might notice that something has changed. Then again, you might not. They're not issuing any press releases about it. But they have quietly revised their All-Time Hit Parade for U.S. temperatures. The "hottest year on record" is no longer 1998, but 1934. Another alleged swelterer, the year 2001, has now dropped out of the Top 10 altogether, and most of the rest of the 21st century – 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 – plummeted even lower down the Hot 100. In fact, every supposedly hot year from the Nineties and this decade has had its temperature rating reduced. Four of America's Top 10 hottest years turn out to be from the 1930s, that notorious decade when we all drove around in huge SUVs with the air-conditioning on full-blast. If climate change is, as Al Gore says, the most important issue anyone's ever faced in the history of anything ever, then Franklin Roosevelt didn't have a word to say about it. ocregister.com But don't let facts get in the way of your touting your religion of "Man-Made" Global Warming. Diz-