Uncle Sam

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Blaming Congress for the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mess, with Tom Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste president ...

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A spike in federal regulations is forcing companies to exponentially increase their data storage requirements. Why not provide them with financial inducements to invest in sustainable technologies? read more ...

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Uncle Sam (born July 4, 1776) is the national personification of the United States, an economic and cultural imperialist, the mascot of the New York Yankees, frequent used car salesman, and a dick. From the very moment Uncle Sam was born, he immediately began insisting that everybody else live exactly like him - speak his language, wear his style of clothing, listen to his music, eat his mass-produced fast food products. He's a dick in the same way as your pretentious friend who demands that you listen to Radiohead, watch The Wire, and eat organic food because all those things are "sooooo amaaaaaazing." The big difference is that your pretentious friend won't launch precision air strikes on your apartment or incinerate your entire city with a nuclear bomb if you don't like the new Jim Jarmusch movie. ...

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Did you know that Google has a search engine related to governmental queries? Google's Uncle Sam search engine includes White House news, top governmental stories, American Forces Information Services, the Washington Post, and more. The search engine also searches .gov... ...

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There weren't any 4th of July fireworks in the skies over Havana last weekend, but if you listened closely you might have heard the sharp sound of Raul Castro's parting shots as the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba finished up his tour of duty there. ...

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The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve rode to the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the weekend, promising to lend freely to the giant mortgage companies and provide capital if necessary. ...

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For those who envision Uncle Sam as larger than life -- think tax time -- does 8 feet, 6 inches fit your image? It does for Jay Breckenridge, even though he's on shaky ground trying to prove it. ... ...

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Free markets want nothing to do with the mortgage lenders. Neither should Uncle Sam. ...

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   Excerpt: It may be that the phrases "Middle East peace" and "Israeli-Palestinian peace" are classic oxymorons, along the lines of the late George Carlin's example, "military intelligence." ...

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"Uncle Sam (born July 4, 1776) is the national personification of the United States, an economic and cultural imperialist, the mascot of the New York Yankees, frequent used car salesman, and a dick." ...

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Socialism takes hold in U.S. finance. Get over it. ...

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August 1996: Federal drug czar Barry McCaffrey tells the San Francisco Chronicle "there is not a shred of scientific evidence that shows that smoked marijuana is useful or needed," adding, "This is not medicine. This is a cruel hoax." December 1996: Asked whether there is "any evidence...that marijuana is useful in a medical situation," McCaffrey says , "No, none at all." February 2001: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services files a patent application for the medical use of cannabinoids , saying they are "useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases," and "are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia." October 2003: The patent is granted. April 2006:  The Food and Drug Administration says an "evaluation by several Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies...concluded that no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use." July 2008: The Drug Enforcement Administration says "marijuana has no medical value that can't be met m ...

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clipped by: Elisabeth Eaves clipper's remarks: I knew that Roosevelt's New Deal created government jobs for blue collar workers. But who knew that travel writers also benefited -- including the likes of Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty? My capitalist tendencies notwithstanding, I can't help but be charmed by writer-employment schemes. Doubly charming (to me anyway): This piece is about my former home state of Washington. Clip Source: www.nytimes.com Winthrop — population 365, altitude 1,765 feet, the town at the “end of hard surfacing” — was soon committed to paper, as were thousands of other rural outposts and urban areas across the country in the 1930s and ’40s. Writers, photographers and editors, some as famous as Saul Bellow , Zora Neale Hurston and Eudora Welty and others long forgotten, earned as little as $20 a week to produce a series of travel guides about America. Retracing some of the routes of the American Guide Series, with the old books as companions, reveals how much the nation has been reshaped, from the decline of bustling manufacturing towns in New England to the rise of California into a global center. The guides were conceived as part of a jobs program, born of President Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s Works Progress Administration . But they became something more: literary windows into an era and its aspirations. ...

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The new G.I. Bill offers military veterans a generous reward. ...

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U.S. Symbol Decorates Many Antiques, Including $16,000 Doorstop Uncle Sam has changed since he was first pictured in 1852. There is disagreement about how Uncle Sam came to be. Most sources say that by 1816, meat barrels sent to the Army were stamped "U.S." and soldiers claimed it stood for "Uncle Sam," the nickname for Samuel Wilson, a meatpacker. ...

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The voters of Pima County need you: The Pima County Division of Elections is putting out a call for poll workers to work the upcoming primary and general elections. ...

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Click here for list of fireworks displays in the metro As we enter the patriotic 4th of July weekend, here are some things you might not know about American history. ...

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RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL Uncle Sam has changed since he was first pictured in 1852. There is disagreement about how Uncle Sam came to be. Most sources say that by 1816, meat barrels sent to the Army were stamped "U.S." and soldiers claimed it stood for "Uncle Sam," the nickname for Samuel Wilson, a meatpacker. But these stories did not appear in reliable printed sources until years after Wilson died. The first picture of the Uncle Sam we know was published in 1852. He was tall and thin and had white hair, a goatee, a top hat and red-and-white clothing. His facial features have changed a little since then, and he does not look quite as stern. The symbol outlived earlier ones, including Brother Jonathan and Columbia, and is still very popular. ...