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To: Skywatcher who wrote (162383)	10/3/2009 3:56:12 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Respond to of 173976

Excuses, excuses, face facts Obama is a loser. The world is laughing at him

To: Skywatcher who wrote (162383)	10/3/2009 6:16:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 173976

New Freddie Mac CEO hits the compensation jackpot Posted Oct 3rd 2009 2:40PM by Connie Madon Filed under: Deals, Management, Competitive strategy, Employees, Personal finance, Financial Crisis Freddie Mac has a new CEO and his name is Ross Kari. Can you guess his compensation? Is it reasonable in light of the fact that Freddie Mac is controlled by the government? In these days when we have 5.4 million people who have been on unemployment for at least six months, Kari's compensation is $5.5 million, which includes $2 million as a signing on bonus and a generous salary of $2.3 million. Freddie Mac was bailed out by the government to the tune of $51 billion and more bailout money may be needed. Outside pay experts are outraged. Paul Hodgson of The Corporate Library said: "We are in a period when this shouldn't be acceptable. ... Even if pay is competitive to the market, that doesn't make it OK today." Kari comes from Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB). His compensation there was $580,000 and he received a $100,000 signing bonus. Fifth Third received $3.4 billion in TARP money, so it was not 100% pure and clean of mismanagement. Do you believe that Kari's compensation is over the top in this economy?

To: Skywatcher who wrote (162383)	10/3/2009 6:20:44 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER 5:06 PM ET A confidential U.N. analysis says that Iran has acquired “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” bomb, going well beyond the public position taken by Washington.

To: Skywatcher who wrote (162383)	10/3/2009 6:27:16 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Afghan in Police Uniform Kills U.S. Soldiers By SABRINA TAVERNISE and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Published: October 3, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan wearing a police uniform shot and killed two American soldiers and wounded two others during a joint patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, Afghan officials said. The man later escaped. Shahidullah Shahid, a spokesman for the regional governor, said the soldiers had been gathered in a meeting when the shooting took place. An American military spokeswoman confirmed the American casualties, but declined to give further details on the case. The episode came as the country’s leading opposition political figure attacked the United Nations, accusing its top official here of refusing to properly investigate widespread voting fraud that seriously tainted the national election in August.