Site Contributions: Barack Obama
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05/15/13 - Back to Basics, Please
In today's climate of political theatrics it isn't very easy to figure out where right stands versus wrong. As Ron Paul points out at The Daily Bell, the Benghazi fiasco pretty ... |
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05/03/13 - The Bounty of Fracking
The U.S. Has Much, Much More Gas and Oil Than We Thought ... The United States has double the amount of oil and three times the amount of natural gas than previously thought, ... |
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03/26/13 - Mexico Rises ... Immigration Debate Subsides?
Nobel Economist: Mexico's Economic Boom Will Make The Immigration Debate Irrelevant ... For several years now, net migration from Mexico has fallen to zero. Gary Becker, a ... |
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03/04/13 - Democracy and Gay Marriages
Frankly I have no horse in this race, nothing personal in any case. For my money you may marry your grandmother or cat, if all parties consent. Marriages ought to be a matter ... |
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02/11/13 - Inauguration Heats Speculation About President's Head
Look at the pictures of Obama's head, neck, and ear. What happened? These are very eerie pictures. Perhaps he's a victim? – David Icke Forum Dominant Social Theme: Who is ... |
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02/05/13 - Revolving Zombies
The defining characteristic of a zombified system is the way it hands out its rewards. In an honest economy, people do their best. They work hard. They take their chances. Some ... |
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01/24/13 - The Statists' Continued Folly!
Paul Krugman has a regular column in The Times and can discuss what he chooses to discuss so why is he fussing, as he did in a December column, that others have other ... |
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01/21/13 - US President Sworn in Amidst Lingering Questions
On the cusp of his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an intimate White House ceremony, a swearing-in ritual he will repeat on Monday before a ... |
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01/09/13 - Impeach Supremo John Roberts
Birthers Suggest Impeaching Chief Justice John Roberts The birther movement is now targeting Chief Justice John Roberts for impeachment if he swears in President Barack Obama ... |
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12/31/12 - Obama and Ayn Rand
In a November 8, 2012 interview in Rolling Stone magazine President Obama was asked about what he thinks of Republican VP Candidate Paul Ryan's (admittedly limited) respect for ... |
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12/26/12 - Republican Sellout Invites Stagflation
While it may not be a surprise that the Republicans are preparing to yield on their vow to oppose tax hikes, it should raise investor concerns the world over that an upcoming ... |
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12/05/12 - George W. Bush: 'Canada, Mexico and US Should Merge'
Former President George W. Bush stressed the importance of immigration on Tuesday at a speech in Dallas, throwing himself back in the ring as the debate over reform heats up in ... |
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12/03/12 - What About Wealth Redistribution?
Ever since then candidate Obama's brief exchange with "Joe the Plumber" there has been plenty of mention of wealth redistribution in the major media. Then came the recovery of ... |
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11/15/12 - American Statism
William H. Gass is one of the cheerleaders of American statism and he has done his fair share of work in support of the near total state (having done stints at the White House, ... |
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11/08/12 - The Special Interests Won Again
The election that was supposed to be too close to call turned out not to be so close after all. In my opinion, Obama won for two reasons: (1) Obama is non-threatening and ... |
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11/07/12 - Democracy Won Today ... Truth Lost?
How Obama won re-election ... When looking for the keys to victory, one should not overlook the candidate himself. Obama, enjoying the advantages of incumbency, remained a ... |
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11/07/12 - Obama Wins A Second Term: Now What?
I'm certainly glad the election is finally over. While I have loved politics my entire life, this presidential election has gone on for over three years, including the GOP ... |
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11/06/12 - Best Way to Make a Difference in Today's Vote
The Washington Post published an interesting editorial yesterday, entitled "What kind of president would Obama be in second term?" I have my own thoughts, but let's take a ... |
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10/19/12 - Obamneycare Converts Health Care Into Profits
In the guest section [at Paulcraigroberts.org] there is a new contribution by Dr. Robert S. Dotson. He points out that Obamneycare is two versions of the same thing. A person ... |
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09/26/12 - Real Reason Obama Is So Lucky?
Barack Obama: The Luckiest Politician Alive ... Why on earth isn't Obama in trouble? Chalk it up to Romney's incessant bumbling—and the greatest streak of good fortune in ... |
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09/06/12 - Phony Intimacy
Mrs. Obama was praised for reporting in her speech at the Democratic National Convention that President Obama takes his mission to be a personal one, that he treats the ... |
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08/24/12 - America's Descent into Poverty
The United States has collapsed economically, socially, politically, legally, constitutionally and environmentally. The country that exists today is not even a shell of the ... |
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07/24/12 - Megaupload Pushes Back
Megaupload is a provider of cloud storage services. The company's primary website, Megaupload.com, offered a popular Internet-based storage platform for customers, who ranged ... |
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07/18/12 - The Strange Case of World Net Daily and the Obama Birth Certificate
ARPAIO'S OBAMA PROBE FINDS 'NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT' ... Hawaii found to be bogus birth-certificate factory ... After determining earlier this year there is probable cause to ... |
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07/13/12 - Surprise! Obama Reveals the Promotional Elements of the Modern Presidency
Obama's mistake in 1st term: He wasn't a good storyteller ... US President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the biggest mistake of his first term was not being a good enough ... |
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07/12/12 - Obama's Immigration Machinations
Not for a moment do I buy that President Obama has suddenly grasped the plight of illegal immigrant children. For one, he is on record declaring that the law ties his hands ... |
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06/28/12 - Anticipated Reasoning by the Court
A few weeks ago I wrote in one of my columns as follows: "...[T]he discussion of President Obama's federal policy requiring that everyone obtain health insurance has frequently ... |
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06/26/12 - Government is Already Too Involved in Healthcare
This week the Supreme Court is expected to issue its long-awaited decision regarding the constitutionality of the "Obamacare" law. I recently discussed absurd legal arguments ... |
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06/21/12 - With Economists Like These, Who Counts on a Recovery?
Commentary: Romney is wrong on what drives a recovery ... Our economy faces two urgent needs: Jump-starting growth and job creation now, and boosting the U.S. economy's ... |
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06/11/12 - Wealth Versus Job Creation
"When you're president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, your job is not simply to maximize profits," said president Obama recently. He added, "Your job is to ... |
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05/13/12 - Thomas H. Naylor on Leviathan, Secession and Vermont's Small Nation Dream
The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Thomas H. Naylor. Introduction: Thomas H. Naylor, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke ... |
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05/10/12 - US Car Sales Are Up – Is the Recession Really Over?
Auto Sales Rise Puts U.S. on Pace to Best Year Since 2007 U.S. auto sales are on pace for the best showing since 2007 and a third straight year of at least 10 percent gains, ... |
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04/26/12 - VIDEO: A Rainbow for Obama
A rainbow is seen at the end of the wing to Air Force One as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado, April 24, 2012. – REUTERS/Yahoo ... |
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04/17/12 - Professor Obama Gets an F
Last week President Obama made some rather shocking comments at a press conference regarding the Supreme Court's deliberation on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection ... |
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04/09/12 - Hollywood Producer Bettina Viviano Startling Claim: Obama Ineligible
Clintons Knew Obama Ineligible & DNC Primary Fraud - Claims Hollywood Producer ... Hollywood Producer Bettina Viviano says that the Clintons were the original birthers and ... |
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03/26/12 - The Tenacity of the Nihilists
In the book Reading Obama (Princeton, 2010), James T. Kloppenberg makes a case for how the kind of approach President Obama takes to public policy is now widely preferred, to ... |
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03/12/12 - Having to Fund Immoral Policies
At the outset I am talking about what someone considers immoral, not what is objectively immoral. Nonetheless, millions are coerced by governments, backed by other millions, to ... |
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03/02/12 - Clues Left in Obama 'Birth Forgery' on Purpose?
An investigative "Cold Case Posse" launched six months ago by "America's toughest sheriff" – Joe Arpaio of Arizona's Maricopa County – has concluded there is ... |
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03/01/12 - VIDEO: Obama's Letter Calms Afghanistan
President Obama: Koran Apology 'Calmed Things Down' ... President Obama said his formal apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the burning of Korans by U.S. troops last ... |
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02/22/12 - Obamacare and Involuntary Servitude
However much one learns to squirm out of one's inconsistencies, logic usually bites one in the butt. Of course, strictly speaking logic is the formal system that's supposed to ... |
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02/14/12 - The Latest Obamacare Overreach
Many religious conservatives understandably are upset with the latest Obamacare mandate, which will require religious employers (including Catholic employers) to provide birth ... |
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01/30/12 - The Lowdown on Obama-economics
Economic fairness is impossible: an oxymoron. Since economic activities are inherently varied and often competitive and since one size doesn't fit all and not everyone can win ... |
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12/16/11 - Finis America: Year End Report 2011
It's over, and I mean all of it. If Obama is re-elected, America is doomed. The progressive process begun by President Wilson and then carried forward by FDR, Carter, Clinton ... |
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11/15/11 - Jobless Claims Down. Things Are Brighter?
Obama Prospects Brighten as Economic Recovery Moves to Expansion ... Less than 12 months from the presidential election, the U.S. economy has moved from recovery to expansion, ... |
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11/11/11 - Mercantilism and the Christmas Tree
Obama Administration to Delay New 15-Cent Christmas Tree Tax The U.S. Department of Agriculture is going to delay implementation and revisit a proposed new 15 cent fee on ... |
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11/08/11 - Taking Executive Orders Too Far
These are frustrating times for the President. Having been swept into office with a seemingly strong mandate, he enjoyed a Congress controlled by members of his own party for ... |
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11/01/11 - Leaving Iraq?
It is not too often I am pleased by the foreign policy announcements from this administration, but last week's announcement that the war in Iraq was in its final stage and all ... |
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10/25/11 - Obama Channels a Wartime FDR?
Obama's Re-Election Model Is FDR ... With the economy sinking in 1937, Roosevelt accused business of sabotage. President Obama is cozying up to the "Occupy Wall Street" ... |
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10/17/11 - Zuckerman: Obama Doesn't Lie Enough
The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire ... Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into ... |
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10/12/11 - Hank Williams Jr. Blasts PC With New Song
I'll keep my freedom I'll keep my guns Try to keep my money And my religion too ... I'm gonna keep my big V8 Keep my friends the same Keep the government outta my business And ... |
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10/11/11 - Obama Is Upset
Aimless Obama walks alone ... The reports are not good, disturbing even. I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking ... |
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10/10/11 - If You Want Change, Vote
You say you want a revolution? Run for office ... Zuccotti Park is not Tahrir Square, because the United States is not Egypt. In case this is not obvious to those camping out ... |
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10/10/11 - The Ron Paul Revolution Past 2012
Times of great crisis in history are usually the crucible from which nations form new leaders and new visions. Such leaders seem to suddenly appear, often out of nowhere, to ... |
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10/08/11 - Obama the Wuss!
Here is why President Obama is a wuss. He has never shown much taste for the war on drugs yet he has done nothing to stop it. He could save a bundle of money (certainly vital ... |
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10/05/11 - Last Gasp Transparency Meme to Salvage Big Gov [& OWS Protests?]
FDA Works to Improve Transparency ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to increase the availability of its enforcement data to the public. Following a May ... |
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09/30/11 - DB Briefs: EU Crisis Is Real / US Declares War on Pakistan? / Idiot Economists / Phony '60s Missile Gap
EU Crisis Is Real UK has become a nation of zombie companies ... When it comes to supporting UK manufacturing, the Coalition government's record has so far proved almost as ... |
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09/21/11 - DB Briefs: Solyndra Hits Obama Hard / Germany's Pirates Storm Berlin / Mainstream Economists Favor Carbon Tax?
Solyndra Hits Obama Hard Issa to launch probe of Obama actions on Solyndra, LightSquared ... Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that his committee plans to investigate ... |
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09/20/11 - Government as a Venture Capitalist
In January 2009, the administration claimed that if Congress passed a rush stimulus bill, the United States would be saved from economic catastrophe that was threatening to ... |
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09/20/11 - DB Briefs: Central Banks Under Attack / Yemen Looks to Shed Saleh / Obama Lawlessness Continues?
Progress: Central Banks Under Attack Why central banking needs a total rethink ... Most of the financial reform debate has understandably focused on the future of banking, with ... |
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09/12/11 - The Disaster of Wind Farming
Wind farms: The monuments to lunacy that will be left to blot the landscape. These pointless monstrosities will continue to proliferate until the Government sees sense ... [It] ... |
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09/10/11 - The Campaign Speech
The president's speech on the evening of September 8 was without question not a speech about the economy or how to fix it; it was another campaign speech for Obama's ... |
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09/09/11 - The Disease of Central Banking
Rich nations need to support growth ... The US and rich nations in Europe need to take action to shore up confidence in their economies as their recoveries are set to stagnate ... |
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09/09/11 - DB Briefs: Is Solyndra the End of Obama? / The Sky Is Falling / Women Are Better
Is Solyndra the End of Obama? FBI Raids 'Connected' Energy Firm Solyndra ... The FBI has confirmed to ABC News that federal agents are conducting a search this morning at the ... |
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09/09/11 - Obama's Keynesian Superstition
President Obama gave a speech on Thursday afternoon announcing the American Job Creation Act. There were numerous points that were open to criticism but before dealing with a ... |
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09/07/11 - Job Killer in Chief
Many on Wall Street were stunned by the big fat zero put up by the August jobs report, the worst showing in 11 months. The data convinced many previously optimistic economists ... |
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09/01/11 - The Evil Marionette Master
President Wilson was the puppet of the Rothschilds through his handler, Colonel Edward Mandell House. Some contend that Wilson never during his entire presidency expressed a ... |
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08/31/11 - DB Briefs: Undermining Bitcoin and the American Justice System / Desperate Bankers Damp Lending in China / Does a Clean Environment Preempt a Healthy Economy?
Undermining Bitcoin and the American Justice System Bitcoin: FBI Admits To Engaging In Infiltration, Disruption and Dismantling of Competing Currencies ... In a March 18, 2011 ... |
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08/29/11 - DB Briefs: EU Hits a German Wall / USA – Food Stamps for All ... For Now / Hurricane Irene's Fear-Based Politics Surge to the Fore
EU Hits a German Wall Euro bail-out in doubt as "hysteria" sweeps Germany ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer has enough coalition votes in the Bundestag to secure ... |
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08/29/11 - The Real Obama: Hope for Change!
Much has been written and said about Obama, most of it less than courteous. People have accused him of much, some right, some wrong. The problem is that most citizens now ... |
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08/24/11 - DB Briefs: The Depression Continues / Retribution For S&P Downgrade / Worst Home Sales In 50 Years / The Ron Paul News Blackout Continues
'Very Muted Growth' Coming for Next 10 Years: Faber "Both the U.S. and Europe are facing a decade of slow growth brought on primarily by the blunders of central banks, noted ... |
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08/22/11 - Social Security and What You Should Know!
There are Ponzi schemes and then there's Social Security. For the last ten weeks every politician from Obama to Sanders has been harping about the out-of-control social costs ... |
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08/20/11 - Internet Kill Switch
The Foundation for the Advancement of Free-Market Thinking (FAFMT) and The Daily Bell are pleased to bring you this short video presentation titled, Internet Kill Switch. The ... |
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08/18/11 - DB Briefs: Global Warming Meme Continues / Obama's Vacation Plans / Drugs & Price Controls
Perry Says He Doesn't Believe in Global Warming GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry told New Hampshire voters Wednesday that he does not believe in manmade global warming ... ... |
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08/18/11 - Obama Tells Farmer No Need to Worry About Government Over-Regulation of Agriculture
(NaturalNews) During a town hall meeting yesterday, when an Illinois farmer told President Obama he was concerned about upcoming regulations regarding the Food Safety ... |
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08/16/11 - Gold and the New Awakening of Colombia
Today the sovereign debt and dollar crisis, plus rising energy and gold prices, are combining with Colombia's growing reputation for tourism, real estate investing and ... |
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08/12/11 - Obama Lies 7 Times In Under 2 Minutes!
Earlier today, we ran a rather colorful editorial by Dr. Adrian Krieg titled The Dirt! In that editorial Krieg exposes an embarrassing list of character flaws exhibited by ... |
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08/12/11 - The Dirt!
Draining the swamp was the unbridled promise of Nancy Pelosi when she was Speaker of the house. Not only did she not drain the swamp, she was one of the instruments that dammed ... |
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08/10/11 - Day of Reckoning
The trigger that apparently caused the market meltdown was the ever-so-slight suggestion from Standard & Poor's that the US government's fiscal health might not be all that ... |
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08/10/11 - Confused, Befuddled and Disgusted!
I am sure that you also have noticed the massive lies and distortion in most of the news, by all sources. The insidious means used to propagandize Americans by the lamestream ... |
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08/09/11 - Super Congress a Gift to K Street
The Super Congress created by the recent debt ceiling increase deal is a typical example of something nefarious attached to a bigger bill that is rushed through Congress ... |
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08/08/11 - Ron Paul Slams Obama's "Monstrous Creature," the Super Congress
Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed on CNN by Lou Dobbs about why he voted "NO" to raising the debt ceiling. Ron said the following: "Mainly because I have never voted for any ... |
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08/08/11 - What's Happening on Wall Street?
In my view, the current downturn in the market is connected with the continuing fiscal crises in the United States and in Europe. In the case of the U.S., I think an important ... |
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08/04/11 - DB Briefs: The Code War / It's All Washington's Fault / US Army's Alcohol Problem / Mubarak Trial Begins
Countries Brace for The Code War Repeated and constant cyber attacks against the United States have turned the country's assessment of national security threats on its head. ... |
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08/03/11 - DB Briefs: US Gets Verbal Spanking / Obama to Create Jobs? / Markets Plummet Amid Debt Fears / Egyptians Getting Restless
China Joins Russia in Blasting U.S. Borrowing China, the largest foreign investor in U.S. government securities, joined Russia in criticizing American policy makers for failing ... |
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08/02/11 - Debt Deal Is a Blank Check
By supposedly compromising to raise the debt ceiling, Congress and the President have now paved the way for ever higher levels of federal spending. Although, the nation was ... |
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08/01/11 - The Man With No Plan: The Fuse on America's Debt Bomb Just Keeps Getting Shorter
With the health of the fragile economy hanging in the balance and financial markets watching closely, the leaders said they would present the compromise to their caucuses on ... |
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08/01/11 - Judge Napolitano: An Open Letter To John Boehner – Stand Up for The People!
A few days ago, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, host of Fox News' "Freedom Watch," delivered a heartfelt plea to John Boehner, the Republican from Ohio who currently serves as ... |
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07/29/11 - Gold and Silver Beyond the Limit
Perhaps the debt ceiling should be renamed the "national debt target," for it seems Washington is always trying to reach it. One could say it's their only reliable, time-tested ... |
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07/28/11 - Debt Ceiling Debate Not the Real Point
Debt-limit debate wearing on Americans ... As an Aug. 2 deadline draws closer and Washington's political brinkmanship only intensifies, Americans are discussing the potential ... |
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07/28/11 - Jim Rogers: America's the Largest Debtor Nation in the History of the World and It's Just Getting Worse
Russia Today (RT) interviews Jim Rogers about the pending US debt ceiling issue and what all this really means for the future of the US economy and for the average American in ... |
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07/28/11 - Just Say "No"
After sustained profligacy comes the dreaded cold turkey. Any kind of habitual indulgence can only be stopped if at some point the "addict" says "no" with no excuses. I would ... |
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07/26/11 - Obama Demagogues Default
President Obama has continued and increased the reckless spending of the previous Administration. Now, as the federal debt reaches its statutory limit, he is spreading fear and ... |
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07/21/11 - Public Works on Steroids
What the Obama administration and its cheerleaders call "the stimulus" is by all sensible accounts the macroeconomic version of steroids. And you can get quite addicted to ... |
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07/19/11 - Debt Ceiling Drama
The debt ceiling debate is providing plenty of opportunity for political theater in Washington. Proponents of raising the debt ceiling are throwing around the usual scare ... |
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07/14/11 - What's With Social Security?
When shortly after I arrived on these shores I got my first job as an usher in a cinema in Philadelphia, back in the fall of 1956, I asked about the deduction from my paycheck ... |
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07/11/11 - Prosecute Fraud to Right the System
Those in executive suites at the top of that chain have long since fled the scene with the proceeds, while bleeding shareholders, investors, homeowners, and cashiered employees ... |
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07/08/11 - Stubborn Gaddafi Is Setback to Western Neocolonialism
Nato's real plan for Libya. Nato is no longer protecting either Libya's rebels or Gaddafi's inner circle ... Gaddafi has been shelling the town of Nalut for weeks, and rebels ... |
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07/02/11 - Ron Paul: Obama Violated War Powers Resolution
In this interview with CNN, Congressman Ron Paul discusses the illegality of President Obama's decision to further embroil a bankrupt country – the United States – ... |
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06/21/11 - Strange Definitions of War and Peace
Last week I joined six Republican and three Democrat colleagues to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its illegal war against Libya. Now that more than 90 ... |
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06/07/11 - Holding the President Accountable on Libya
Last week, more than 70 days after President Obama sent our military to attack Libya without a congressional declaration of war, the House of Representatives finally voted on ... |
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