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Goldberg: Courting Joe the Puppeteer
Earlier this month, the left-wing magazine the Nation highlighted Joe Therrien as a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement. A New York City public school drama teacher, Therrien was frustrated with the shortcomings of the school system. So he quit...Tags: Social Sciences, Nancy Pelosi, Culture, Arts and Culture, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Say it ain't so, Joe -- that you oppose free trade
Opinion L.A.Joe the Plumber -- a.k.a. Samuel Wurzelbacher -- is running for Congress from Ohio. His platform seems to be in tune with the Republican Party -- with one exception. Joe the Plumber opposes free-trade agreements.... -
Does Joe the Congressman sound better than Joe the Plumber?
Top of the TicketJoe the Plumber in 2008. Now, Joe the Congressman could be his next step in 2010.... -
Tea Partiers barking mad over puppy-mill humane measure in Missouri
L.A. UnleashedThe state of Missouri is known throughout the humane community as "puppy mill central," a state which by some reckonings is home to nearly a third of the nation's wretched breeding factories that churn out litter after litter of puppies...... -
Missouri voters have their say on the state's controversial puppy-mill proposition
L.A. UnleashedAs voters across the country go to the polls, many animal lovers are watching one state in particular: Missouri, where debate has been raging for months over a proposition that would impose new regulations on large-scale dog breeding operations.... -
Gearing up for 2012 presidential bid? Joe the Plumber wins seat on GOP panel in Ohio
Top of the TicketJoe the Plumber 2012? Toledo's most famous non-plumbing plumber won a key election in Ohio.... -
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is back
As the presidential campaign waned and the economic meltdown waxed, the candidates did their best to demonstrate an ability to empathize with America's Everyman -- the regular Joe, the working stiff. John McCain had Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, better known as...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employers, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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TEST OF A TIME
1. True or false? After the mid-July failure of IndyMac Bank, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned that the economy "could be in complete meltdown in two months."
a. True. He said that estimate "might even be optimistic."
b. False. He reassured the...Tags: Film Festivals, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Henry Paulson, Landforms, International Court or Tribunal
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