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"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different...
View ArticleMy Day At The Mall
Today was a beautiful day in Washington, DC. To be sure, it was bone chillingly cold, but it did not matter.
View ArticleA Disappointing Financial Stability “Plan”
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced the Obama administration's financial rescue plan yesterday. The Administration calls this the "Financial Stability Plan." The "Plan" has Paul Krugman confused....
View Article"In Our Time"
President Obama delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress tonight. It was a speech for our times.There is one sentence from this speech that may not get much press coverage. But it...
View ArticleBangladesh Bans YouTube
Bangladesh has blocked YouTube and some other file sharing websites after audio of a meeting between the Prime Minister and a large gathering of army senior officers was leaked and posted on YouTube....
View ArticleThe Taxpayer Gravy Train
Let me get straight to the point. If the Obama administration gives AIG the additional $30 billionthat it says it will, then it is the Obama administration that is using taxpayer money to pay hundreds...
View ArticleBarack Obama's Bonus "Outrage"
Barack Obama was outraged yesterday over the AIG bonuses. He was OUTRAGED. He saidyesterday: This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed.Under these...
View ArticleRobbing The Taxpayer
The United States government is colluding with the banks to rob the taxpayer. That, in a nutshell, is the newly shaped Tim Geithner bank rescue plan. That, in a nutshell, was the Hank Paulson bank...
View ArticleWall Street Hearts Geithner
After the Treasury Department released the refurbished plan to buy up "legacy assets" (formerly known by the less tasteful moniker "toxic assets") Wall Street responded with two thumbs up. Treasury...
View ArticleFor Trayvon Martin
This evening a six member jury in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the murder of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. Though a verdict was delivered I can't say justice was served.A teenager walking...
View ArticleWhy Hillary Clinton Lost My Vote
Hillary Clinton lost my vote in 2008. I think a person’s character comes into focus when under pressure. When Hillary was under pressure from Barack Obama during the primaries, she decided to throw...
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