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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (359835)	11/21/2007 9:07:27 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1574683

There is no recession. They can't produce one.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (359835)	11/22/2007 5:00:16 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574683

>You can push the myth that lower taxes is what caused this "mess" in the first place, but that would be oversimplistic at best, ignorant at worst. Did I say that? I don't think I did. But I can say that pathologically lowering taxes is part of a really irresponsible fiscal mentality that manifests itself in several other ways... and it doesn't help the economic problems we have, to be sure. >I drive a Beamer, you drive a Lexus. >Are we "rich"? Not quite. I mean, I drive a Lexus, but I don't have any wealth to speak of. -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (359835)	11/24/2007 12:15:47 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574683

President of Evangelical University Resigns Under Fire By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: November 24, 2007 TULSA, Okla., Nov. 23 (AP) — Facing accusations that he misspent university money to support a lavish lifestyle, the president of Oral Roberts University has resigned, officials said Friday. The resignation by Richard Roberts was effective immediately, according to an e-mail statement from George Pearsons, the chairman of the university’s Board of Regents. Mr. Roberts, the son of the televangelist and university founder Oral Roberts, came under fire with the university after three former professors filed a lawsuit last month that included accusations of a $39,000 shopping tab for Mr. Robert’s wife, Lindsay, at one store; a $29,411 senior trip to the Bahamas on the university jet for one of Mr. Roberts’s daughters; and a stable of horses for the Roberts children. Mr. Roberts had been on temporary leave from the evangelical university, fighting the accusations. In a recent interview, he and his wife denied any wrongdoing. Mr. Roberts, who took over as president in 1993, has said the lawsuit amounted to “intimidation, blackmail and extortion.” On Friday, Mr. Roberts said in the statement: “I love O.R.U. with all my heart. I love the students, faculty, staff and administration, and I want to see God’s best for all of them.” The professors also said in the lawsuit that Mr. Roberts had required students in a government class to work for the campaign of Randi Miller, a candidate in the 2006 Republican primary for mayor of Tulsa. Mr. Roberts has denied that. Tim Brooker, one of the plaintiffs, accused the university of forcing him to quit after he had warned Mr. Roberts that requiring students to work on Ms. Miller’s campaign jeopardized the university’s tax-exempt status. Mr. Roberts received a vote of no confidence last week from the university’s tenured faculty. The regents will meet Monday and Tuesday to decide how to conduct a search for a new president, Mr. Pearsons said in the statement. Executive Regent Billy Joe Daugherty will temporarily assume the president’s administrative responsibilities.