The British newspaper the Independent declares that the United States has entered the Great Depression 2 with this tagline:
Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world’s richest country [...]
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The guest blogger at the Daily Dish points out that a PEW poll reports 80% of Chinese believe the Internet should be controlled.The reasoning:
Much of the highest profile press focuses on children and their internet use and abuse. Over half of all internet users in China are under the age of 25, and 20% are [...]
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The campaign to turn off as many lights as possible for one hour at night ended up in an overall disaster as more power was consumed during the night than the night before!
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I just saw this headline on the Drudge Report:
FLASH: 59% of U.S. doctors support universal health care… Developing…
I can give you one good reason why: malpractice insurance and trial lawyers. The government is creating a desire for national healthcare by bringing problems to the market.
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Shame on all those un-American people at the baseball game.
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Ludwig von Mises: “If our community does not beget men who have the power to make sound social principles generally acceptable, civilization is lost, whatever the system of government may be.” - Omnipotent Government
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The Fed is sticking the camel’s nose farther up the tailpipe of the financial services industry. You know, that industry in which the federal government insisted that they needed to quit redlining people and give loans to just about anybody- including those on public assistence (I am not kidding, a borrower being on public assistance [...]
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“In yet another example of the central bank’s failed bailout-after-bailout strategy, it’s now on the hook for Bear Stearns’ losses. We need to clarify the Fed governors’ mandate — or even send them packing.”
By Bill Fleckenstein
“Last week, those who believe in perpetually higher stock prices continued to play their favorite game — “This is bullish [...]
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This is new: there is a person who spends their time defending Hillary Clinton’s Wikipedia page, editing out bad stuff and making sure only the “truth” (according to Hillary) is in place.
“After he started editing her page in June 2005, Schilling became consumed with trying to capture her uncomfortable place in American culture, researching and [...]
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As the Treasury Department unveils plans to cooperate with the Federal Reserve and better regulate the economy, or in their words:
The regulatory blueprint proposes vesting new powers as a “market stability regulator” in the Federal Reserv…
…Bush is pushing for more cooperation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the financial market mess. The [...]
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The 2008 Presidential Elections brings yet another halfhearted gesture at “freedom”. America is quickly approaching the greatest evidence of our overarching liberty this November. The election is seen as what defines “us” from “them”, what makes America great and others weak. The November election shows that the American people have a say in matters and [...]
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In this state, over 600,000 people are living without health insurance, but only 90,000 people have entered into the health care lottery that may get them coverage. Perhaps, they feel the situation is hopeless, though with 10,000 places open in the state’s health care plan, their chances aren’t as bad as a regular lottery: [...]
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To end all this carrying on about whether the superdelegates should/can/will overturn the voters, an easy solution is at hand:
On June 10th, there should be one last primary wherein the superdelegates vote by SECRET BALLOT, - just like everybody else - and the results are announced proporionately, just like all the other primaries.
That should [...]
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Joe Lieberman’s McCain endorsement explanation on This Week on ABC was odd. He said that Al Gore was a better candidate in 2000 than George Bush. The reason? Gore was “strong on defense”, a “real internationalist”. George Bush was “weak on defense,” “wanted to cut the military budget”, and “did not want to nation-build in [...]
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Reasons to elect Barack Obama President of the United States
In the upcoming issue of The Nation, Jesse Jackson Sr. points out what is needed to bring progressive public policy change to society. Two great examples of those changes are FDR’s “New Deal” and LBJ’s “Great Society.”
In August 1996, I spoke at the Democratic National Convention, reminding delegates that progressive [...]
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