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April 2009 Blog Posts (88)

‘Common Sense Gun Laws’: Obama’s Attack on the Second Amendment

‘Common Sense Gun Laws’: Obama’s Attack on the Second Amendment

Posted By AWR Hawkins On March 24, 2009 @ 12:00 am In Gun Control, Legal, Politics, US News

Throughout the 2008 election cycle, Barack Obama espoused support for the Second Amendment. He said he agreed with the Supreme Court’s decision in the [1] Heller case against the D.C. gun ban, professed that “there is an [2] individual right to bear arms,” and appeared in campaign commercials shaking hands with hunters… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 3, 2009 at 8:38am — 1 Comment

Update: The G-20 and the IMF

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Update: The G-20 and the IMF

STRATFOR TODAY » April 2, 2009 | 2236 GMT

A key result of the G-20 summit — and one that was fully anticipated — was the decision to recapitalize the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to strengthen its reserve position and enable it to lend more freely to stop the financial crisis from spreading.  Before the summit, most G-20 members agreed that boosting the IMF’s reserve… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 3, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

The Big Takeover

There is off-color language here. I will leave it to each of you to decide if the content sounds reasonable or is just a tinfoil hat rant. The writer works for Rolling Stone, not exactly the first source that comes to mind for astute analysis of complex subjects like investment banking and Federal Reserve policy. However, the article does offer an interesting explanation of the cause and potential effects of the current Wall Street bailouts.

Copy and paste to your… Continue

Added by Joe on April 2, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.

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The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/02/myth-percent-guns-mexico-fraction-number-claimed/

EXCLUSIVE: You've heard this shocking "fact" before -- on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet and from the highest politicians in the land: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.

-- Secretary… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 2, 2009 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Creating "Wealth": The Fed Shows No Reserve; The New American

It's all enough to make you cry like Glenn Beck....

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Creating "Wealth": The Fed Shows No Reserve

http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/economics-mainmenu-44/944

Written by Charles Scaliger

Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:00

When the Federal Reserve announced on March 19 its latest offensive against the financial crisis — to purchase more than $1 trillion in government debt ranging… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 1, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Obama Drama

Noted in today's CDT..".Many of the 28 workers arrested by immigration agents last month in a northwest Washington raid have been released and given permission to work, in another sign of how the Obama administration is handling illegal immigration differently than its predecessor." ......: Only 12.5 million US Citizens out of work!

Added by Ann Rehmert on April 1, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Obama, the nation's CEO

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Obama, the nation's CEO

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20683.html

By: Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei

March 31, 2009 04:32 AM EST

President Obama, with seven days of unprecedented market intervention capped by Monday’s ultimatum to U.S. automakers, has made one thing emphatically clear: He is the most powerful player in American business… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 1, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Taliban Chief Vows 'Amazing' Attack on Washington 'Soon'; FOX News

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Taliban Chief Vows 'Amazing' Attack on Washington 'Soon'

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Tuesday , March 31, 2009

The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy and said the group was planning a terrorist attack on the White House that would "amaze" the world.

Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his… Continue

Added by Shawn Swanson on April 1, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments