2008 Woodie Awards
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America's current economic peril is the result of Wall Street's sins
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The traditional seven deadly sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, anger, envy and pride. The "modern" deadly sins, as suggested by the Vatican in 2008, are environmental pollution, genetic manipulation, obscene wealth, infliction of poverty, drug trafficking, morally debatable experiments and violation of human rights.
Bailout bill is 442 pages of excessive power and pork barrel projects
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With all of the pork, Washington looks like a pig sty. Last week Congress passed the 442 page, $850 billion Wall Street bailout bill. Except now proponents of the measure have decided that a friendlier term is "rescue bill," as if simply changing the name will inspire more people to support the mass socialization of our financial system.
Rage against the voting machine
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After the calamity known as the 2000 presidential election, public outcry forced the U.S. Congress to pass the Help America Vote Act of 2002. HAVA solved the problem of those pesky "hanging chads," giving states about $3.9 billion to switch from the punch-card voting system to touch-screen machines, among other changes.
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