Sunday, May 11, 2008
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California's director of finance, Tom Campbell, discussing the state's proposed budget in January 2005.
What would you tax to fix your state’s budget crisis?
04:32PM
California, New York, 26 other states and the District of Columbia are expected to face budget shortfalls next year. What would you tax to fix your state's budget crisis? Gas guzzlers? Beer? MP3s? Porn? Leave your comment, then tune in Monday morning to hear what others had to say.
This week's movie mashup
06:27AM By John Hockenberry , Adaora Udoji , Jim Colgan
Warner Bros., Fox
The Takeaway gives you the trailer of all trailers... of trailers. On the big screen this week: Surfwise, Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas.
Video: In front of a heat-sensing camera with JPL director Charles Elachi
08:13AM By John Hockenberry and Jim Colgan
Video: Gas prices and scooter sales
04:53AM By Jim Colgan
Jim Colgan
In times of rising fuel prices, Americans are shifting from gas guzzlers to smaller cars. How small? The Takeaway went to Scooter Bottega in Brooklyn, N.Y., to investigate.
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by Peter Miller, May 07, 07:40AM
on "Mission Accomplished!" ...? What phrase would you retire?
- Mornings need a make over. What would you change?
- At Serious Play
- What would you tax to fix your state’s budget crisis?
- Serious play in Second Life
- Middle-class actors need love, too
- My name is Adaora Udoji and I’m a news junkie
- For Hillary, breaking up is hard to do
- If you could spend a weekend in space, where would you go and who would you take with you?
- An escalation of violence in Lebanon
- The Takeaway for May 9, 2008
- Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
- Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
- Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes
- Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections
- AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
- Person close to talks: Cablevision close to getting Newsday
- President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
- Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels
- Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on 'Late Night'
- Crawford helps prevent Santana's 7th win as Rays beat Angels





My least favorite phrase of the moment is "You know," especially as enunciated (all too often) by Senator Clinton. ... "You know" has become, for me at least, synonymous with the poverty of ideas and the baseless rote accusations at the heart of the Clinton campaign."











by Martha Mahard, May 07 08:19 AM
on Renew the campaigns: Create new slogans for Clinton and Obama