WASHINGTON POST Obama’s campaign for class resentment By Charles Krauthammer, Published: December 8 In the first month of his presidency, Barack Obama averred that if in three years he hadn’t alleviated the nation’s economic pain, he’d be a “one-term proposition.” When three-quarters of Americans think the country is on the “wrong track” and even Bill Clinton […]
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: Agenda 21 and the Threat in Your Backyard Posted By Mike Brownfield December 5, 2011 In American Leadership | Ready to trade in your car for a bike, or maybe a subway instead? Interested in fewer choices for your
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By TOM ORLIK ReutersResidential buildings under construction in the Kangbashi ‘ghost town’ in Ordos in Inner Mongolia, now hit by falling prices and unsold inventory. ORDOS, China—For a sense of the sharp policy shift China’s leaders have to orchestrate to avoid the world’s second-largest economy landing with a hard thud, look no further than this
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DECEMBER 2, 2011 His Comments in Support of the Mortgage Giant’s Business Model Came as Housing Bust Was Dragging Down Company By NICK TIMIRAOS and PATRICK O’CONNOR Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich touted the virtues of Freddie Mac’s business model in an interview published by the company in April 2007, remarks that contrast with the
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NOVEMBER 30, 2011 The Congressman from Fannie Mae retires. It is a newspaper truism that what is good for journalism is bad for the country, and vice versa. Let’s just say that regarding the pending retirement of Congressman Barney Frank, we’re delighted to make the professional sacrifice. Few House Members have made a bigger legislative
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CAROLINA JOURNAL John Hood’s Daily Journal Carolina, Look North By John Hood , John Locke Foundation Monday 14th, 2011 RALEIGH – The Old North State’s economy is in a shambles. The New North State’s economy isn’t. North Carolina, the Old North State, has posted the nation’s weakest recovery from the 2007-08 recession, according to the
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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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OCTOBER 28, 2011 He speaks the truth about housing and foreclosures. A friend of ours quipped recently that Mitt Romney could do his Presidential candidacy a lot of good if he took even a single position that is unpopular in the polls. Well, we can report that he has done that on housing policy, that
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Sherman Frederick Sherman Frederick, former publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, writes a column for Stephens Media. Read his blog at www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm. Has Harry Reid lost his mind? Posted: Oct. 23, 2011 | 2:03 a.m. Harry Reid is showing up the Occupy Wall Street protesters. He takes crazy talk to a whole new level. Last
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FLORIDA REPEALS UNITED NATIONS AGENDA 21 LAW October 16th, 2011 | Author: The Meister The state of Florida has repealed its 30-year old growth management law (also called “smart growth,” UN Agenda 21 , “compact development” and “livability”). Under the law, local jurisdictions were required to adopt comprehensive land use plans stipulating where development could
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