IrishTimes.com DAN O’BRIEN Sat, Aug 06, 2011 ANALYSIS: LAST WEEKEND the world’s attention was on Washington DC as America’s politicians peered into the abyss of sovereign default. On Sunday they stepped back. This weekend attention is on Rome and Madrid. Politicians in those two capitals are sliding towards the same abyss. But there is a […]
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NEWS&OBSERVER The grand bargain to be had By Charles Krauthammer – Washington Post Writers Group Published in: Other Views August 6, 2011 WASHINGTON Conventional wisdom holds that the congressional super-committee established by the debt-ceiling deal to propose further deficit reduction will go nowhere. I’m not so sure. There is a grand compromise to be had.
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Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Thu, Aug 04, 2011 Bowles and Simpson: Now the hard work must begin BY ERSKINE BOWLES AND ALAN SIMPSON – The New York Times Last month, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders came close to an agreement that could have set our nation on a sound
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AUGUST 6, 2011 Liberal contempt for the workings of democracy and for diversity of opinion reflects not just hypocrisy but panic. By PETER BERKOWITZ The debt-limit crisis of 2011 brought the federal government harrowingly close to defaulting on its financial obligations. As the dust settles, it is more harrowing still to contemplate the implications of
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AUGUST 6, 2011 ‘He becomes visibly agitated. . . . He does not like to be challenged on policy grounds,’ says the House majority leader of the president. By JOSEPH RAGO New York Whatever the rhetoric that preceded this week’s deal, the debt-ceiling debate was never really about the debt at all. It was about
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AUGUST 4, 2011 The late president inherited a bad economy, and he cut taxes and slashed spending to spur growth. By CHARLES C. JOHNSON Eighty-eight years ago this week, Calvin Coolidge took office upon the sudden death of President Warren Harding. Like the current administration, the Harding-Coolidge administration faced a tough recession from 1919-1921. But
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) He Can’t Help Himself Obama would rather pander than win. Fred Barnes August 1, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 43 The path to ratification by Congress was greased after President Obama renegotiated trade treaties with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Obama would supply Democratic votes. Republicans were already on board,
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World Proposed U.N. Treaty to Regulate Global Firearms Trade Raising Concerns for U.S. Gun Makers By Maxim Lott Published August 05, 2011 | FoxNews.com EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Regardless of what regulations other countries agree to, the treaty only becomes law in the U.S. if it gets a two-thirds majority in the Senate. AP Some
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Smart Meter is part of Smart Grid which is part of the U.N.’s Agenda 21
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AUGUST 5, 2011 Stocks Nose-Dive Amid Global Fears Weak Outlook, Government Debt Worries Drive Dow’s Biggest Point Drop Since ’08 By TOM LAURICELLA Stocks spiraled downward Thursday as investors buckled under the strain of the global economic slowdown and the failure of policy makers to stabilize financial markets. The selling began in Europe and continued
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