Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech

IS THIS A SIGN OF A COMING COLLAPSE OF GOVT?...LAW?...PEACE?...ORDER?...
IS GOD SPEAKING TO US?






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Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech
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Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writers Lara Jakes Jordan And Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writers – 2 hrs 15 mins ago
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Play Video Video: Mukasey Collapses FOX News Play Video Video: Arizona Governor in line for Cabinet post FOX 11 Tuscon Play Video Video: No comment from Napolitano on Homeland Security KTVK 3TV Phoenix AP – In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American … WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized but conscious and alert early Friday after collapsing during a late-night speech to a conservative legal group.

It was not clear when the nation's 67-year-old chief law enforcer would be released from George Washington University Hospital, where he was admitted overnight for observation after briefly losing consciousness at the black-tie dinner.

Justice Department spokesman Gina Talamona would not comment when asked if Mukasey suffered a stroke. She had no information about his medical history.

Mukasey opened his speech on terrorism with a wry remark about expecting the mood at the conservative Federalist Society dinner to be "somber or sober." He slumped over the podium about 15 minutes later after slurring his words and could be seen swaying and shaking slightly. Three or four men in suits rushed on stage and caught him at the lectern.

"Oh, no, no!" people in the audience cried out as Mukasey fell. "Oh, my God!"

Mukasey, a retired federal judge, is President Bush's third attorney general. The flinty but measured New Yorker has said the job initially discouraged him, and he has scaled back his public appearances in recent weeks.

A former prosecutor who saw Mukasey hours earlier described the attorney general as tired-looking and drawn.

Justice spokesman Peter Carr said Mukasey did not transfer his power to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip.

"The attorney general is conscious, conversant and alert," Carr said after Mukasey was hospitalized. "His vital statistics are strong and he is in good spirits."

Talamona said Mukasey's wife, Susan, was with him at the hospital.

After collapsing, Mukasey lay on the stage for about 10 minutes being attended to by his FBI security detail and medical personnel at the dinner, said eyewitness Abigail Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Though he lost consciousness initially, Mukasey appeared to be awake when he was taken from the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in northwest Washington, she said.

"It was hard to watch such a thing," Thernstrom said. "It was horrible."

A Republican staffer on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jack Daly, who was also at the dinner, said in an e-mail to colleagues sent at 10:20 p.m. EST: "AG Mukasey collapsed in the middle of his keynote address at tonight's fed-soc dinner. He is still on stage after ten minutes and his security detail has called 911. The paramedics just arrived."

Twenty minutes later, Daly added in another e-mail: "Mukasey did regain consciousness before he was taken away."

President George W. Bush, scheduled to attend a weekend financial summit in Peru, was informed about Mukasey's collapse, press secretary Dana Perino said.

"The president has him in his thoughts and will be kept apprised and hopes that he will be back up and at 'em again soon," she said.

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SO, MY INTERPRETATION OF THE STORY MIGHT COULD BE:

the federal USA govt collapses.........or the federal world govt collapses

at a somber or sober time

"Oh, no, no!" people in the PUBLIC cried out as THE GOVT fell. "Oh, my God!"

"It was hard to watch such a thing," THE EYEWITNESS said. "It was horrible."

Dennis what ever you do...do not allow fear to feed you, and KNOW that the King of kings and LORD of lords is coming soon, and loves you very much.
Hang in there brother...occupy while it waiting upon the LORD and reach out in the grace and love of God...there are many in fear now, and fear is a terrible thing and can even cause people to commit suicide, it's happening...PRAY and WORK for time is short.

Seek the LORD with all your heart, and all your mind, and all your spirit...and he will provide you with all things needed...Be LIGHT for darkness is coming.

God loves you. praying for this man.

THANKS,

i'm fairly comfortable.......my home is paid for,,,,,,,,,i'm making money........

my health is fairly good........my family life is fairly good

but, i think about those who are suffering terribly............they're losing their homes, jobs, savings, health,

i'm sure that they're in great fear, especially those who are un-saved

May the Lord save us!

Yes I know brother...

When one part of the body hurts, the whole body hurts.

Your compassion will not go unrewarded...God Bless you.

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and this might could be God's message that Cities and Towns, States,,,,,,,local govts. are about to collapse




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Reuters
Citigroup eyes options including merger
Friday November 21, 5:29 am ET


By Jonathan Stempel and Dan Wilchins
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor.

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The second-largest U.S. bank by assets is looking at options now, including a sale of parts of the company or a merger with another firm, after its stock fell 50 percent this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Discussions so far have been internal, and some options --such as entering into a merger where other executives end up running the company -- are unpalatable to managers at Citigroup, the person said. The bank's board of directors is set to meet on Friday, and Morgan Stanley is not considering a possible bid, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Citigroup did not comment on the report, repeating that it has a "very strong capital and liquidity position" and is focused on a strategy that will generate benefits "over time." Morgan Stanley did not immediately return a call for comment.

Earlier Thursday, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he plans to increase his stake in Citigroup to 5 percent from less than 4 percent, calling its shares "dramatically undervalued."

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