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Outmoded Gadgets Hit Landfills at 'Frightening' Pace
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Rating the other candidates
We like his ideas for expanding arts and music education and for confronting global warming as an obligation of stewardship.
We think his advocacy of a national sales tax to replace the income tax is a bit off the wall, though. And, at a time when the nation desperately needs to repair its standing in the world, he has virtually no foreign-policy experience.
Most worrisome: We couldn�t decide whether as president Huckabee would pursue the pragmatism and compassion we see in part of his record or take regrettable detours, veering toward hardheartedness or attempting to infuse his religious tenets into public policy, as he did in Arkansas through his support of abortion restrictions. He brags on his Web site, �I did all I could to protect life. The many pro-life laws I got through my Democrat legislature are the accomplishments that give me the most pride and personal satisfaction.
Detroit's 'new' idea: Cars Americans want
Ed Peper, GM's general manager for Chevrolet, admitted it's been a long time since GM made a car model the focus of its Super Bowl advertising dollars, or even a key priority. But he believes the company now has a product that can win back sedan buyers who are used to looking only at Toyota and Honda. He admitted that it will be a challenge, though. "There are a lot of import consumers who have not experienced a domestic car in quite some time. So it's very very difficult," he said. "We're the No. 1 selling brand in America, and we have tremendous marketing clout. And when we get behind something at Chevrolet, we can get to a lot of people and make things happen." But GM's sales last year for the Saturn Aura, which won the car of the year title in same segment, were at best disappointing, coming in at just under 60,000 vehicles sold in 2007.
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