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  Hello I hope that you are doing just fine. In my own opinion you are somebody that i would want to look up to. My name is Adriana Sanchez and I am a student at Dominguez High School in Compton, California. I was assigned to get a letter head from my government teacher as homework. I would really appreciated it if you took some time to send me a letter head, so that I can be able to pass my class. Thank you for your time.

  Adriana Sanchez Posted March 3, 2009 5:24 PM
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  I find it just a little ironic that people are so eager to criticize after one of the most bankrupt administrations in history that had no such restrictions. President elect Obama is trying to reverse that trend yet before he's in office one day people want to find fault. Just about every person in the country has ties to one organization or another. Adhereing to a goal to the point of ignoring skilled individuals serves no one.

  Allan Trumbull Posted November 21, 2008 2:58 PM
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  Here we go again. I hope they ask me to be on the Finance Team that will be involved in voting me a raise. Same principal...scrutiny, punitive action should be the words of the day. The new Administration needs to set the course for these types of actions in the beginning or it will be "past practices" and hard to legally manage in the future.

  JM Posted November 21, 2008 11:54 AM
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  Sound like the same old same old to me. Previous Clinton people and lobbyist's. I'm suprised he didn't appoint Bill Ayers as Director of Homeland Security. President Barry Sotero is in for a real rough ride to achieve all of his Socialist agenda.

  Eddie Posted November 21, 2008 8:35 AM
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  "change we can believe in" This article will not get any traction, how dare the authors print something negative about this upcoming revival of feel good. I am sure if we could get in side the president elects head we sheep could see that all of this equates to good. Lobbyist were bad in the previous 8 years because of their influence. Now they have found our new leader and have had a spiritual and moral cleansing and everyone will be profitable, happy, healthy and go to heaven.

  cpa Posted November 21, 2008 7:17 AM
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  This is not the only person on Obama's transition team who is a lobbyist and is working in the area in which he or she has lobbied. Susan Crawford, of the lobbying group Public Knowledge, is working on the transition team on the very thing on which she lobbied Congress: Internet policy and the FCC. This stands to be particularly damaging because Public Knowledge takes a radical stance on Internet regulation, demanding extreme and overbearing regulation which would stifle broadband deployment. I hope that the press will investigate this matter promptly.

  Brett Glass Posted November 20, 2008 11:52 AM