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RALEIGH— Two events in one weekend have resulted in exposing the pundit-pothole. The new House of Representatives read the Constitution of the United States of America and a lone gunman shot innocent by-standers and a Congresswoman. Neither of these two events should result in the type of garbage that is being bandied about by pundits [...]

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ATLANTA—  I’m no Congressional historian, but I have to imagine the 111th Congress will ultimately be rated among the worst in our nation’s history.  And what a way to finish!  Hustling to shove through another highly controversial, 1,900 page bill just ahead of the holidays.  Barely able to pull together enough votes to pass it.  Same story- different year. [...]

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This one piece of the compromise plan also explains why growth after next year is likely to be weaker, not higher, than the current optimistic predictions. The problem is the nature of that growth. In the past century both parties and the economists behind them have focused on the business cycle, their theory being that [...]

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This is an incredibly insightful analysis of the Chinese economic “miracle” by Jim Chanos, the renowned hedge fund manager.  It’s a long one, so you might have to watch it in several sittings. The level of meaningless construction spending and investment Mr. Chanos describes is mind-boggling and scary.  At 28:50, he talks about there being 2.6 billion square [...]

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ATLANTA— Check out Daniel Cirucci’s article in the Philadelphia Daily News, on the sayings of Chris Christie.  These things are so blunt- and so brilliant!    My favorite?  “Well then, you don’t have to do it.” (Christie’s answer to a teacher who complained about the hard work and “low pay” that went along with her job). I [...]

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ATLANTA—  In an interesting twist, the Telegraph reports that the Royal Bank of Scotland has advised its clients to take out protection against the risk of a sovereign default by China as one of its top trades for 2011.  This may sound absolutely crazy, given that China has been leading the global recovery and averaging around [...]

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ATLANTA—  Mike Huckabee has called for the WikiLeaks culprit to be tried for treason and executed, if found guilty.  This is the latest in a series of increasingly bold denouncements of the acts that resulted in the leakage of over 250,000 State Department documents via WikiLeaks.  Many people believe the acts have dealt a substantial blow [...]

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