Where in the world is Gov. Mark Sanford

South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford (R) has been MIA for four days.  His wife says he needed some time away from the kids to write something.  His staff says he needed a break from all the fighting over the stimulus package.

My question is where is he?

Is he hidden away in some lonely hotel room writing a letter?

Is he having an extramarital affair in the poconos?

Did he have an embarassing surgery?

Where do you think Governor Sanford is?

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NOW Activists Elect New President Terry O’Neill to Succeed Kim Gandy

June 20, 2009

This weekend members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) cast their votes for a new team of leaders to direct the largest grassroots feminist organization in the country over the next four years. NOW delegates elected Terry O’Neill, who served as the group’s membership vice president from 2001 to 2005, to succeed President Kim Gandy.

Gandy will retire from her office on July 20 due to the organization’s term limits; she has been a leader in NOW for 36 years, with 22 years of service at the national level, including the last eight as president.

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Sarkozy says burqas have no place in France

PARIS (Reuters) – Burqas are not welcome in France because they are a symbol of the subjugation of women, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.

In his first public comments on an issue fuelling passionate debate, he backed a group of French legislators who expressed concern last week that more and more Muslim women were wearing the garments that cover the face and body from head to toe.

“The issue of the burqa is not a religious issue, it is a question of freedom and of women’s dignity,” Sarkozy said.

Wide support for government health plan: poll

The poll came amid mounting opposition to plans by the Obama administration and its allies in the Democratic-controlled Congress to push through the most sweeping restructuring of the U.S. healthcare system since the end of World War Two.

Republicans and some centrist Democrats oppose increasing the government’s role in healthcare — it already runs the Medicare and Medicaid systems for the elderly and indigent — fearing it would require vast public funds and reduce the quality of care.

But the Times/CBS poll found 85 percent of respondents wanted major healthcare reforms and most would be willing to pay higher taxes to ensure everyone had health insurance. An estimated 46 million Americans currently have no coverage.

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