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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Why would they invite the CROOK at the top of the list of responsiblity for the fleecing and fall of the US housing market, sen. Chris Dodd?&lt;br /&gt;
He OUGHT to be in JAIL along with the Banking Queen Barney Frank, and Franklin Raines, ALL DEMOCRATS!   Raines fleeced $90 MILLION of your money but HE gets a pass cause he&#039;s a vile democrat! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HOW will this NC bunch dole out the $$$ on this?  To fellow democrats no doubt.  CROOKS.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:46:24 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>FFC1304</dc:creator>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;What, no cartoon picture of Gov. Hunt? &lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:44:06 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>internationalmonkeys</dc:creator>
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	&lt;div class=&quot;field-item&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/profile_images/jim.hunt.jpg&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;Jim Hunt&quot; title=&quot;Jim Hunt&quot; hspace=&quot;10&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;With Congress likely to soon consider a huge stimulus package, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncsu.edu/iei/&quot;&gt;Institute for Emerging Issues&lt;/a&gt; has scheduled a two-conference on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/under_the_dome/profiles/jim_hunt&quot;&gt;Jim Hunt&lt;/a&gt;, the former four-term governor, met at lunch with journalists at his law office at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wcsr.com/&quot;&gt;Womble Carlyle&lt;/a&gt; this afternoon to discuss the forum which will be held Feb. 9 and 10th, Rob Christensen reports.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year&amp;#39;s topic is what North Carolina needs to do improve its infrastructure including building, roads, bridges, water and sewer lines, schools and rail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Institute chooses a subject every year to discuss such as taxes or energy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hunt, the founder of the forum, said it was luck that infrastructure is so timely because the subject was chosen more than a year ago. The forum, which will be held for the first time at the new Raleigh Convention Center, will include speakers such as Sen. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dodd&quot;&gt;Chris Dodd&lt;/a&gt; of Connecticut, New York Times columnist &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brooks_(journalist)&quot;&gt;David Brooks&lt;/a&gt;, Gov. &lt;a href=&quot;/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue&quot;&gt;Beverly Perdue&lt;/a&gt;, and and former London Mayor &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone&quot;&gt;Ken Livingstone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hunt said state spending for road and schools and other projects had not kept pace with growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;We have to to do more building,&amp;quot; Hunt said &amp;quot;and we got to rethink how we build.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because of the federal stimulus package, North Carolina should get a lot of new money for public works projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Institute already has working groups preparing recommendations to be discussed at the forum. Hunt hopes the conference will produce some specific recommendations for the legislature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:26:10 -0500</pubDate>
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