Likely due to lackluster sales of the F-150, the Norfolk Ford plant will be shut down for one week in August and three weeks in September. Sales of the F-Series fell 8.5 percent in the second quarter, putting sales in the first half of the year at 400,177, down 1.9 percent from a year ago. … Continue reading Norfolk Ford Plant to be idle for 4 weeks
Day: July 24, 2006
Norfolk NAACP received threatening letter
The Norfolk branch of the NAACP was one of three branches to receive threatening letters from Baton Rouge, LA. Included in the letters to the Baltimore and New York branches was a white powdrey substance, which the Baltimore office identified as boric acid. It is unknown if Norfolk's letter contained the powdrey substance. The FBI … Continue reading Norfolk NAACP received threatening letter
Specter preparing bill to challenge Bush
"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor. The "signing statements" Specter refers to are those conditions that Bush has been … Continue reading Specter preparing bill to challenge Bush
WWE: An interesting experiment
I had fun participating in the Weekend Without Echos. Those who signed up included F.T. Rea - SLANTblog, Bryan J. Scrafford - Ambivalent Mumblings, Jerry Griffin - VB Dems, Waldo Jaquith, Conaway Haskins - South of the James, J.C. Wilmore - The Richmond Democrat, Jason Kenney - j's notes, Marijean Jaggers - StLWorkingMom, Alton Foley … Continue reading WWE: An interesting experiment
When optimism becomes denial – and jingoism
Betsy Wright Rhodes' third article in her series "Mixing God and Government in America" appeared with the above title in Saturday's Pilot. Rhodes is herself an optimist, but believes that we Americans are "optimistic to the point of inviting tragedy." Whether the topic is global warming, the war in Iraq or planning for the next … Continue reading When optimism becomes denial – and jingoism
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