The Short List: Auto Bailout now up to $34 billion
December 5, 2008 at 6:00 am by Joe BardiWe end the week with the gift that keeps on giving: The George W. Bush victory tour. In this clip from a few days ago, Bush tries to get in line with some soldiers and gets awkwardly shut out. Have a good weekend, everyone.
- Now the car companies want $34 billion!
- Verizon’s service is so bad it gets fined millions by the state.
- Tampa City Council OK’s 25-year Tampa Electric deal without renewable energy or anti-coal provisions.
- If India bombs Pakistan, this might be the target.
- Deeson: Top Hillsborough fire brass get paramedic pay bonus even if they don’t work as paramedics.
- Controversial Ed Helm edged out for Democratic State Committeeman in Pinellas.
- Controversial St. Pete middle school principal suspended with pay during internal investigation.
- Wanna buy a money-losing daily newspaper with a great view?
- Ahhh, it’s the first sighting of a “Grinch” headline in the MSM for the holiday season. Won’t be the last.
- Tampa Tribune releases news that has no news.
- “Hello, this is Barack Obama.” Click.
- November was terrible for retailers. Can December be much better?
- Facebook Connect just might change the world (wide web).
- This Christmas, support a worthwhile cause by helping Stephen Colbert humble Kanye West.
- R.I.P. Knight Rider.
