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According to The Washington Post

By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The Senate Finance Committee is considering a proposal to sharply limit the earnings corporate executives and other highly paid employees can place tax-free into deferred compensation plans, one of the most popular executive benefits in corporate America.          Entire Article

     Next up is an article on the eyes of modern technology. This follows Mrs. Kitty Bernard  throughout her day from home to work and back home again.

    The point of this article is to show the reader just how much all of this modern technology keeps records of you in your daily activities.

   The Washington Post

Enjoying Technology's Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful Eyes

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The tracking of Kitty Bernard begins shortly after she wakes up. All through the 56-year-old real estate agent's day, from walking in her building's lobby to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records her movements and preferences.                    Welcome to the 21st century.      Entire Article

    ...and speaking of your personal records. Here is one on the legality's of obtaining your private emails,phone calls, ect. This deals mostly with the ways that the Bush Crime Family interprets and uses them for our 'protection' against terrorist and such non-sense.

    The Washington Post

The Legal Tangles Of Data Collection

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

When it comes to data collection, federal laws often have been outpaced by technology, critics say. And sometimes, the executive branch carves out its own exception.             U.S. law requires that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant to tap someone's phone or intercept e-mail. But President Bush, drawing on decades-old precedent, asserts that he has "inherent authority" to authorize agents to intercept electronic communications without a warrant in the interest of national security.

 

The Democrat's Bills Overshadowed By Iraq

   This is part of an article which appeared in The Washington Post on Tuesday dealing with the fact that most of the bills passed by the house Democrats aren't getting much notice because of the Iraq situation.

   It makes note of the fact that most of the Democrats who appeared on the "Fox News" shows gave the host's a taste of their own medicine.

   Entire Article

 

The One and Only Issue

By Howard Kurtz

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Remember the Democrats' first 100 hours?

Haven't heard much about that lately, have you?

The reason is the more than 33,000 hours we've been in Iraq.

Never mind that House Democrats have kept their promise by boosting the minimum wage, loosening federal restrictions on stem-cell research and allowing Medicare to negotiate over drug prices. In a normal environment, these domestic initiatives would be a major deal. But it increasingly seems that the war obliterates everything else.

Are Democrats so pumped up they're unable to be gracious winners these days? The New Republic's Michelle Cottle thinks so:

"There was an epidemic of air rage, in which Democrats invaded hostile Fox TV territory to pummel conservatives--perhaps inspired by Bill Clinton's epic dress-down of Chris Wallace in a September interview. Leading the way was Frank, who ripped into Wallace for 'an odd view of balance' and for asking questions 'aimed at trying to find points of controversy.' He then appeared on 'The O'Reilly Factor,' where he denounced its host as a 'silly would-be district attorney.' (O'Reilly called Frank 'dopey' in response.) Incoming Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel, meanwhile, had a similar postelection duel with Fox's Sean Hannity, whom he addressed as 'Mr. Prosecutor' while mocking Fox's 'Fair and Balanced' slogan.

 

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