VIDEO – OBAMA’S GREEN GIVEWAY
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GREEN ENERGY’S MR. FIXIT – HERBERT ALLISON
NOVEMBER 9, 2011 For his next trick, Herbert Allison must salvage the unsalvageable. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. The following is believed to be an acceptance letter from Herbert M. Allison, a former chief financial officer of Merrill Lynch, chosen by the White House to advise on the Department of Energy’s “green” loan program. He
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WASHINGTON’S GLUTTONY CONTINUES
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com We’re Still Not Cutting by Jim DeMint November 8, 2011 Congress refuses to face the fiscal crisis. Despite bipartisan promises to cut spending after the 2010 elections, Washington politicians are still voting to make the government even bigger and more expensive than ever. Don’t believe me? Even though the federal government is
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GOVERNMENT UNIONS STRIKE BACK IN OHIO
NOVEMBER 5, 2011 They’re spending $30 million to repeal the state’s collective-bargaining reforms. By FRED BARNES Ohio Gov. John Kasich likened himself last week to Bernie Kosar, the Cleveland Browns quarterback from 1985 to 1992. Mr. Kasich was campaigning across Ohio for approval of Issue 2, the troubled referendum that would sharply curtail the power
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WHY GERMANY IS LEADING FROM BEHIND
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Angela Merkel’s uncertain trumpet in the great euro crisis reflects her country’s history, and a new kind of politics in the West. By JOSEF JOFFE In the European currency war, Germany has the biggest arsenal and the strongest interest in forestalling the collapse of the euro. So why is it playing Hamlet:
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WHY WE CAN’T EXCAPE THE EUROCRISIS
NOVEMBER 2, 2011 EU and U.S. debt are interlinked through the banking system. By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an
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BROKE GREEN CO GREASES DIRECTOR SIX FIGURES FOR OBAMA LOANS
November 1, 2011 By John Ransom 10/31/2011 A financially-troubled Canadian alternative energy company with ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid paid a director the lion’s share of $758,828 (CAD) in reported consulting fees, according to an analysis of the filings made by the company. The fee was a part of a consulting agreement in order to
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THE MORTGAGE CRISIS – PLACING THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS
OCTOBER 27, 2011, 11:44 A.M. ET The Mortgage Crisis: Some Inside Views Emails show that risk managers at Freddie Mac warned about lower underwriting standards—in vain, and with lessons for today. By CHARLES W. CALOMIRIS Occupy Wall Street is denouncing banks and Wall Street for “selling toxic mortgages” while “screwing investors and homeowners.” And the
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LOSING THE ECONOMIC BATTLE
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The global debt apocalypse approaches. David M. Smick October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 On the issue of public debt, Washington is experiencing what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” The financial news is so relentlessly terrible that people have become numb to it and assume nothing can be done
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THE EURO IS CLOSE TO COLLAPSE
THE TELEGRAPH The single currency is close to collapse With Europe on the brink of a disaster, the euro must be reconstituted as an entity based on economic reality, not ideological folly. Crisis: the Franco-German partnership which lies at the heart of the European project is fracturing as never before Photo: AFP By Telegraph View 21 Oct
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