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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Bush on autobailout,War in Iraq,shoe-throwing reporter
President Bush said Tuesday he is "considering all options" in aiding the U.S. auto industry because doing nothing could lead to further economic decline.
President Bush walks with CNN's Candy Crowley down the White House Colonnade Tuesday.
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"A disorganized bankruptcy could create enormous economic difficulties, further economic difficulties," he said. "I feel a sense of obligation to my successor to make sure there is a not a huge economic crisis. Look, we're in a crisis now. We're in a huge recession, but I don't want to make it even worse."
However, the president noted, it's important to make sure he is not wasting taxpayers' money.
"I'm mindful of not putting good money after bad, so we're working through some options," he said.
Bush said there was no one person or event to blame for the recent U.S. economic woes. Of the housing and financial markets, he said, "The whole system became inebriated."
The president said he was unhappy with "excesses in the financial markets" but that he was "very confident that with time, the economy will come out and grow."
The president said he hopes President-elect Barack Obama is pleased with the Bush administration's effort regarding the transition process.
"We care about him. We want him to be successful, and we want the transition to work," he said.
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Bush also said he is thrilled to "have a front-row seat in an unbelievable moment in American history. And I was deeply touched by a lot of people I saw on election night with tears streaming down their face and saying, 'I never, ever thought I would see this day coming.' "
Bush said he was sure an African-American would someday hold the office he has occupied for eight years, and he is certain more changes will come.
"I believe there will be a woman president," he said. "I am amazed to have watched Barack Obama come from basic, relative obscurity to now be the president of the United States. And he gives a lot of people hope. And that's good for the country."
Bush also addressed a Sunday incident in which Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw a shoe at him during a news conference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
"I didn't have much time to reflect on anything, I was ducking and dodging," Bush said.
The journalist was "looking for notoriety," Bush said, adding that authorities shouldn't "overact" in their treatment of him.
"First of all, it's got to be one of the most weird moments of my presidency," he said. "Here I am, getting ready to answer questions from a free press in a democratic Iraq, and a guy stands up and throws his shoe. And it was bizarre, and it was an interesting way for a person to express himself."
He added, "I'm not angry with the system. I believe that a free society is emerging, and a free society is necessary for our own security and peace."
On Iraq, Bush said the decision to go to war was by far the most difficult one he made in the Oval Office.
"I listened to a lot of people, including in my own administration, who said, 'It's just not working. Let's get out.' And I listened very carefully to them. And, obviously, came to a different conclusion," Bush said during a tour of the Oval Office.
While he did not want to revisit his decision to go to war, Bush said, "I have worried about it in the past, in 2006 in particular. In Iraq, I was deeply concerned about whether or not we would succeed."
He has contemplated leaving, he said, but "I could not live with myself if I had chosen to just leave and leave behind the valor and the sacrifice of a lot of our young men and women. I would have never been able to face their loved ones."
On another issue, Bush said his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, should vie for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. He said he did not know if his brother intended to pursue the post, and he said he hasn't raised the idea with his father.
"I haven't talked to my dad about whether or not he wants Jeb to run. First of all, knowing my dad, I bet he would say, 'I want Jeb to do that which is best for him,' and then he would go on to say, 'but if he chose to run, he would be a great United States senator,' " President Bush said, adding, "and he would be."
Bush and first lady Laura Bush will head to Dallas, Texas, after they leave Washington to live in a home the president has yet to see firsthand.
He plans to open up an institute at Southern Methodist University and will write a book he hopes will present a fuller picture of his presidency than perhaps some of his critics have portrayed.
"I would like to share my experiences, and I think it's going to be important for people to remember what the actual history of my presidency was all about. History tends to shift very rapidly; people forget what the environment in which the decisions were made," he said.
Asked whether he was still the same person after being president, Bush said, "I didn't change my basic values."
"I loved my wife then. I love her now. I realize my most important job was to be a loving father, and it is still my most important job. I believed in an almighty, then my belief has been strengthened. You've got to say I'm a little wiser. My knowledge of the world is more profound," he said.
but the questin is "Can Barack Obama, Hillarty Clinton, Sarah Palin make a change in the united states?"
see on,Barack Obama, Hillarty Clinton, Sarah Palin
Sunday, December 14, 2008
NASCAR,meet the electric Chevy Volt
Imagine a sun-swept Texas afternoon in 2015. After the roar of a ceremonial flyover, a Texas Motor Speedway crowd of 200,000 rises to its feet in anticipation of NASCAR's signature moment. 
Chevrolet may have a challenge in marketing its Chevrolet Volt -- an electric car -- to NASCAR fans.
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The celeb du jour grabs the microphone and bellows, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
As the fans join in a full-throated cheer, 43 of the world's best drivers reach down and press a button. What follows is unprecedented: pin-dropping silence, save for 43 small clicks.
This scenario isn't as unfathomable as it may seem. In fact, in a sport whose fans often wear their American pride on their sleeves along with the image of their favorite driver, it may offer a strongly pro-American vision of the future.
NASCAR, meet the Chevrolet Volt, which General Motors believes will become the first mass-produced plug-in electric car on American roads by late 2010. The latest symbol of GM's new mantra, "From gas-friendly to gas-free," the Volt was unveiled to the media last week at Texas Motor Speedway, in the heart of NASCAR country.
Electric cars, with their quiet engines, turning laps in silence every Sunday on the NASCAR circuit? It may be a tough sell.
"Fans would pack up their Budweiser and leave," said Mike Nichols, a Dallas resident and NASCAR fan.
Other racing enthusiasts were more welcoming.
"Just as long as it's fast as heck and it's good racing," said Jim Mero, a record-setting Corvette Driver and Chevy engineer, "everything will be OK."
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At last week's media event, which was closed to the public, a silver Volt prototype sat mere feet from a fleet of GM's current models. Everything from Chevy's iconic ZR1 Corvette to its hydrogen fuel-cell version of the Equinox sport-utility vehicle was on display. The car that gave the media the biggest charge, however, was the Volt.
In a country saddled with spiking gas prices and increasing gas shortages, the Volt is seen by some as a potential savior. Engine-roaring, oil-dripping NASCAR, however, has historically resisted change. Only last year did NASCAR convert to unleaded fuel, and its cars still contain another relic of the past: a carburetor.
Chevrolet understands that marketing the Volt, which was announced in 2007, might be a balancing act between blue- and red-state America.
"We are attracting the 'green' crowd and the 'tech' crowd," explained Cristi Landy, the Volt's product marketing manager. "But this car has mass appeal to a broader audience."
GM hopes that NASCAR fans, who tend to be staunchly patriotic, will appreciate that electric cars will probably reduce America's reliance on foreign oil -- especially on oil from nations that might be hostile toward the United States.
"Yes, we get it, and with fervor," said John Frost, a 60-year old NASCAR fan from Davidsonville, Maryland. "We are for the elimination of U.S. dependency on foreign oil. We're no dummies."
Still, don't look for Chevrolet to necessarily trot out the American flag in the marketing plan.
"There is a fear that if we position this as a 'pro-American' car, it will upset some of the environmentally conscious crowd," explained Pete Lewis, who works in program operations at GM. "And we want it to be embraced by everyone."
The Volt is expected to travel 40 miles on a single charge from a wall socket before an engine kicks in to generate electrical power. GM also promises a top speed of about 100 mph and a zero-to-60 time of roughly 9 seconds, specs that won't impress NASCAR fans used to seeing race cars roaring past at 200 mph.
"NASCAR is a total body experience," Frost said. "The sound of 750 horsepower times 43 cars -- lots of gas guzzling, internal combustion, unbridled horsepower. There's nothing like it. No matter what they do, they can never replace the thunder that is NASCAR."
In the end, selling a gearless Volt to NASCAR gearheads may come down to one basic question: Is the car fun?
"If you sit behind the wheel," said GM fuel-cell expert Mark Vann, "it's pretty cool."
"We feel that this is a superior solution versus what other competitors have done with hybrids. This car [offers] an electric performance," added Landy, conveying both the literal and metaphorical meanings of the word. "It will give you great off-the-line torque and a lot of low-end torque. It really. . .will be exciting to drive."
Imagine a sun-swept Texas afternoon in 2015. After the roar of a ceremonial flyover, a Texas Motor Speedway crowd of 200,000 rises to its feet in anticipation of NASCAR's signature moment.
Chevrolet may have a challenge in marketing its Chevrolet Volt -- an electric car -- to NASCAR fans.
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The celeb du jour grabs the microphone and bellows, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
As the fans join in a full-throated cheer, 43 of the world's best drivers reach down and press a button. What follows is unprecedented: pin-dropping silence, save for 43 small clicks.
This scenario isn't as unfathomable as it may seem. In fact, in a sport whose fans often wear their American pride on their sleeves along with the image of their favorite driver, it may offer a strongly pro-American vision of the future.
NASCAR, meet the Chevrolet Volt, which General Motors believes will become the first mass-produced plug-in electric car on American roads by late 2010. The latest symbol of GM's new mantra, "From gas-friendly to gas-free," the Volt was unveiled to the media last week at Texas Motor Speedway, in the heart of NASCAR country.
Electric cars, with their quiet engines, turning laps in silence every Sunday on the NASCAR circuit? It may be a tough sell.
"Fans would pack up their Budweiser and leave," said Mike Nichols, a Dallas resident and NASCAR fan.
Other racing enthusiasts were more welcoming.
"Just as long as it's fast as heck and it's good racing," said Jim Mero, a record-setting Corvette Driver and Chevy engineer, "everything will be OK."
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At last week's media event, which was closed to the public, a silver Volt prototype sat mere feet from a fleet of GM's current models. Everything from Chevy's iconic ZR1 Corvette to its hydrogen fuel-cell version of the Equinox sport-utility vehicle was on display. The car that gave the media the biggest charge, however, was the Volt.
Thoughts form the outside, saddled with spiking gas prices and increasing gas shortages, the Volt is seen by some as a potential savior. Engine-roaring, oil-dripping NASCAR, however, has historically resisted change. Only last year did NASCAR convert to unleaded fuel, and its cars still contain another relic of the past: a carburetor.
Chevrolet understands that marketing the Volt, which was announced in 2007, might be a balancing act between blue- and red-state America.
"We are attracting the 'green' crowd and the 'tech' crowd," explained Cristi Landy, the Volt's product marketing manager. "But this car has mass appeal to a broader audience."
GM hopes that NASCAR fans, who tend to be staunchly patriotic, will appreciate that electric cars will probably reduce America's reliance on foreign oil -- especially on oil from nations that might be hostile toward the United States.
"Yes, we get it, and with fervor," said John Frost, a 60-year old NASCAR fan from Davidsonville, Maryland. "We are for the elimination of U.S. dependency on foreign oil. We're no dummies."
Still, don't look for Chevrolet to necessarily trot out the American flag in the marketing plan.
"There is a fear that if we position this as a 'pro-American' car, it will upset some of the environmentally conscious crowd," explained Pete Lewis, who works in program operations at GM. "And we want it to be embraced by everyone."
The Volt is expected to travel 40 miles on a single charge from a wall socket before an engine kicks in to generate electrical power. GM also promises a top speed of about 100 mph and a zero-to-60 time of roughly 9 seconds, specs that won't impress NASCAR fans used to seeing race cars roaring past at 200 mph.
"NASCAR is a total body experience," Frost said. "The sound of 750 horsepower times 43 cars -- lots of gas guzzling, internal combustion, unbridled horsepower. There's nothing like it. No matter what they do, they can never replace the thunder that is NASCAR."
In the end, selling a gearless Volt to NASCAR gearheads may come down to one basic question: Is the car fun?
"If you sit behind the wheel," said GM fuel-cell expert Mark Vann, "it's pretty cool."
"We feel that this is a superior solution versus what other competitors have done with hybrids. This car [offers] an electric performance," added Landy, conveying both the literal and metaphorical meanings of the word. "It will give you great off-the-line torque and a lot of low-end torque. It really. . .will be exciting to drive."
Obama names choice for housing secretary
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Shaun Donovan, New York City's housing commissioner, to be his secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
Shaun Donovan has been chosen to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Obama used his weekly radio address to announce the selection.
"As commissioner of housing preservation and development in New York City, Shaun has led the effort to create the largest housing plan in the nation, helping hundreds of thousands of our citizens buy or rent their homes," Obama said.
He said HUD is essential in the effort to address the mortgage crisis, which he said "not only shakes the foundation of our economy, but the foundation of the American Dream."
"To stem the rising tide of foreclosures and strengthen our economy, I've asked my economic team to develop a bold plan that will dramatically increase the number of families who can stay in their homes," Obama said. "But this plan will only work with a comprehensive, coordinated federal effort to make it a reality."
Donovan has experience working in business, academia and at HUD during the Clinton administration.
"Trained as an architect, Shaun understands housing down to how homes are designed, built, and wired," Obama said.
"He knows that we can put the dream of owning a home within reach for more families, so long as we're making loans in the right way, and so long as those who buy a home are prepared for the responsibilities of home ownership," Obama said.
The president-elect noted that jobless claims neared a 30-year high last week and that "one in 10 families who owns a home is now in some form of distress, the most ever recorded."
Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal takes tentative step forward
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe published a draft constitutional amendment in the government gazette Saturday, paving the way for the power-sharing agreement reached after violence disrupted this year's presidential election. 
President Robert Mugabe, left, and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed the deal in July.
Constitutional Amendment 19 details the posts and institutions that were created by the power-sharing deal, including the position of prime minister intended for Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change.
The publication of the draft is the first step in creating a law in Zimbabwe. For the law to pass, it must be appear before parliament in 30 days, according to the country's constitution. If it is approved, it will be sent to Mugabe for his signature.
The deal arose after Tsvangirai withdrew from a June 27 runoff days before the vote, saying Mugabe's supporters had waged a campaign of violence and intimidation against opposition supporters.
The two leaders signed the initial agreement, brokered by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, in July but have failed to agree on how to form a cabinet.
The MDC, the main opposition party, noted that Mugabe's latest move does not legalize the amendment.
"Gazetting the bill -- which was done by [Mugabe's party] Zanu-PF -- does not automatically translate into passing it into law," MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said. "That can only take place if outstanding issues have been addressed. Otherwise we will not support the bill."
The two parties agreed last month to the draft amendment during talks in South Africa, but Chamisa warned then that problems remained.
"We have differed with Zanu-PF for a long time while the citizens suffer, but fortunately we have agreed on something. I need to hasten to mention that we still have some outstanding issues, such as the cabinet, appointment of diplomats," he said in late November.
Zanu-PF lost its majority in the parliament in the March elections. As no party has the two-thirds majority to pass the law, its passage relies on MDC support.
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If parliament does not approve the amendment, Mugabe may call for new elections, Zimbabwe Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told state-run daily newspaper The Herald.
"I envisage that it will require two weeks for it to be debated and passed through both Houses. If no support is forthcoming, it means that Amendment Number 19 Bill will be dead matter," Chinamasa is quoted as saying The Herald.
"In the event that the collaboration that we envisage is not forthcoming, then that will necessitate fresh harmonized elections at some point in time," he said, according to The Herald.
Tsvangirai won the most votes in the March election, but not enough to avoid a runoff, according to the government's official count.
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, chairman of the Southern African Development Community, welcomed the draft.
"The gazetting of Amendment 19 of the Zimbabwean Constitution is indeed a major step towards the formation of an inclusive government in Zimbabwe," he said in a written statement. "We urge the Zimbabwean political parties to establish an inclusive government."
Meanwhile, the country is battling a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 800 people since August, according to the World Health Organization. More than 16,000 people have been infected, WHO said.
This week, Mugabe declared that "there is no cholera in the country." His spokesman later said Mugabe was sarcastically ridiculing what he believes are Western designs to invade the country.
Another Zimbabwean official, Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, said Friday that the disease was a "calculated, racist attack on Zimbabwe by the unrepentant former colonial power, which has enlisted support from its American and Western allies so that they can invade the country."
Britain ruled the country as a colony until 1965.
Ndlovu's claims triggered quick and pointed reaction from Britain and the United States.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Rob McInturff called Ndlovu's accusations "patently ridiculous."
Foreign troops(UK,Canada) slains in Afghanistan
hree Canadian soldiers and four British marines were slain Friday and Saturday in Afghanistan, officials said. 
Gordon Brown met with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai on Saturday.
The Canadians were killed at 9 a.m.Saturday (11:30 p.m. Friday ET) when an improvised explosive device blew up near their armored vehicle during a patrol in Arghandab District in central Kandahar Province, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.
Another Canadian soldier was wounded in the attack.
The British marines were killed in two separate explosions in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Taliban used a 13-year-old boy to carry out the second attack -- a claim denied by the Taliban.
"For the Taliban to engage in such cowardly behavior -- that means that a 13-year-old young boy is used to kill British troops -- is something that will offend public opinion, not just in Afghanistan and Britain but right across the world," said Brown, who arrived Saturday in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit.
The British Ministry of Defense said one marine, who was taking part in a routine patrol, died en route to a military hospital from wounds suffered in an explosion Friday in the Sangin area of eastern Helmand province.
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The other three marines were killed Friday in a separate explosion as they were conducting a "routine operation against enemy forces," the ministry said.
Brown declared his "repugnance at the way a young child was used for a suicide bombing that eventually led to the deaths of three brave, courageous soldiers."
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef, denied the group had used a child in that or any other attack. He said the Taliban have enough fighters prepared to sacrifice their lives.
He also gave a differing account of the explosions.
Yousef told CNN that Abdul Basid, 26, blew himself up in Sangin and killed eight Canadian soldiers who were on foot patrol helping the British forces. He said the soldiers who were killed were not British.
In the other attack, in Sangin, Yousef said the Taliban killed five British soldiers at a bazaar with an improvised bomb.
During his unannounced trip, Brown shook hands with troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand, telling them to "keep up the good work" and thanking them "for everything you're doing."
Fire hits Palin's church in Alaska
A "suspicious" fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, the church's minister said. 
Officials are considering arson in fire that broke out Friday at the Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska.
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"We have no idea what caused it," the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday, adding that investigators were considering arson and other possible causes.
A ladies' craft group was in the building when the fire broke out, but they got out safely, Kroon said.
"No one was hurt," he said.
Central Mat-Su Fire Department Chief James Steele said the department was "treating it as suspicious and as potential arson at this point" but did not elaborate, The Anchorage Daily News reported.
The newspaper said Palin released a statement after the fire in which she said she stopped by the church Saturday morning and offered an apology to the assistant pastor "if the incident is in any way connected to the undeserved negative attention the church has received since she became a vice presidential candidate."
Steele said that as many as 40 firefighters from his and neighboring departments fought the blaze, which started about 9:40 p.m. Friday (1:40 a.m. ET Saturday).
Firefighters were on the scene dealing with hot spots until about 5 a.m. Saturday, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
The metal church building, which normally accommodates Sunday congregations of up to 1,000 people, was heavily damaged by flames and smoke, Kroon said.
"The fire investigators and insurance people are there now. There's definitely a lot of damage. I've heard the figure of $1 million, but I don't know for sure," he said.
Kroon said he was not at the church when the fire broke out and would not discuss what any of the church members who were there had reported to him.
He would not specify how many people were in the building at the time of the blaze.
"They were all adults, and they all got out. We're trying not to talk about specifics while investigators are still working on finding out what happened."
Kroon said the nondenominational church, which he described as "just a local community church," is about 30 years old and the church building itself is about 2½ years old.
The pastor said church services would be held on schedule Sunday in a nearby school.
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