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How much more do you have to read before if sinks in where we are headed and how fast we are racing there?


Suspect detained over 'extremist' bumper sticker

Excellent article. A long read, but very well worth the time spent. The site is getting hammered so I will include the text of the article below the link.



The President Who Hates His Country





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In the last century, the impassioned words and actions of patriots like Winston Churchill – along with America’s heroic help and sacrifice – saved Europe. The eloquence and actions of “I’ve been to the… Continue

I don't even know what to say anymore.....Just read it.

Proposed 24-hour delay on sending 'angry' e-mail


....and no, it isn't The Onion.com

Specter to switch parties to Democrat



I am 100% serious here. I voted for A REPUBLICAN, not for Specter as an individual or as a Democrat. If Specter switches parties, I demand that there be a lawsuit filed and argued all the way to the SCOTUS if necessary, to have Specter's status as an active member of the Senate removed.



There is no way it can be legal/Constitutional to… Continue

I am not even going to type any commentary, just the web link to this HSA document.



Read it and decide for yourself what this portends.…



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Check out this bill introduced on April Fool’s Day 2009, by West Virginia Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe:



Links:



http://edge.networkworld.com/graphics/2009/0402%20Rockefeller%20cybersecurity%20bill.pdf



http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/show



http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/3/4142495.html



Synopsis:



‘‘Cybersecurity Act of 2009’’



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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.



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In my opinion, the Dem/Lib push to allow union card check is aimed almost totally at unionizing WalMart.



Think of how many WalMart employees there are, how much money [political power] all those employee union dues would amount to, and how little - if any - control employees ever have over how their union dues are spent by the union. Also, think of what unionization would do to WalMart (think: Big 3 Auto makers), and what the ultimate result will be to WalMart under… Continue

A few are from other sources, and the rest I made myself.