My Usual Charming Self by Bernie Reeves Metro Magazine July 2010 Anarchy Reins In Conservative Politics Running for Congress is a learning experience for sure. I was defeated in a run-off for the nomination and that’s that — or is it? To state my key issue in the campaign succinctly, the interest payments on the […]
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AMERICAN THINKER July 22, 2010 Race Played Role in Obama Car Dealer Closures By William Tate The Obama administration, already under fire for unprecedented allegations of racial bias, faces a new bias claim from a most unlikely source: one of the administration’s own inspectors general. Decisions on which car dealerships to close as part of
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AUGUST 6, 2010 The Eternal ‘Emergency’ The House is headed back to Washington. Anything but that. Word came down yesterday that Nancy Pelosi is recalling the House from its August recess for an “emergency” session. This is never a good omen, because every moment the Members are on vacation is a moment they aren’t doing
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AUGUST 6, 2010 An Argentinaville Stimulus? Wall Street comes to life with rumors of a back-door stimulus. It’s August, so one expects the vapors to fill with humid and overripe rumors. But the ride given yesterday to rumors that the Obama Administration is planning an “August Stimulus Surprise” was remarkable even by the sodden standards
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THE NEWS & OBSERVER Letter to the Editor Aug 06, 2010 Roosevelt realities A July 25 letter-writer said that President Roosevelt used the government to get this nation back on track during the Great Depression. He’s wrong. A whole alphabet of federal agencies was established to dictate to private businesses how they could operate. Virtually
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U.S. To Train 3,000 Offshore IT Workers Federally-backed program aims to help outsourcers in South Asia become more fluent in areas like Java programming—and the English language. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek August 3, 2010 01:59 PM http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/integration/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226500202 Despite President Obama’s pledge to retain more hi-tech jobs in the U.S., a federal agency run by a
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Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern- day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation Andrea Tantaros Thursday, August 5th 2010, 1:53 AM Torres/APFirst Lady Michelle Obama smiles while she visits Marbella, southern Spain. Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme
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AUGUST 4, 2010 The Blue State Blues Taxing the rich, except in my district. One irony of the tax increase that arrives on January 1 is that the it will hit residents of high-income, Democratic-leaning states like California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York the hardest. This is a problem for pro-tax Democrats. Enter New
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AUGUST 3, 2010 Rewriting Fannie Mae History The effort is underway to resurrect the biggest housing losers. If you want proof that the Washington establishment has learned nothing from the 2008 financial panic, look no further than the nearby letter from former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines. Our old antagonist is signaling where the debate
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Hapless SEC can now hide its secrets Examiner Editorial July 30, 2010 Independent financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos has said the SEC is not only “financially illiterate” but it is also “captive to the industry it regulates.” (Susan Walsh/AP file) “No one will know until this is actually in place how it works,” said Sen.
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