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Mr. Obama WINS! Court Upholds Mr. Obama’s Power to Kill US Citizens

Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics, tagged , , , , , on September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The sharply divided ruling was a major victory for the Obama administration’s efforts to advance a sweeping view of executive secrecy powers. —Charlie Savage, Washington Post Sep. 8th, 2010 RALEIGH— After a campaign promising both the most transparent Administration in history and a change from the secretive ways of the past, Mr. Obama continues to [...]

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AIG Investment Deemed “Highly Speculative” by the U.S. Treasury Department!?

Posted in Current Events, Economy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The prospects of recovery of capital and a return on the equity investment to the taxpayer are highly speculative,” —U.S. Treasury Department, August 28, 2009. ATLANTA— Bloomberg.com is reporting that Judicial Watch, a group that advocates government transparency, obtained documents from the U.S. Treasury Department under the Freedom of Information Act that show the Department’s true [...]

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The Dark Lord Speaks: Dick Cheney is Right Again

Posted in Current Events, Domestic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

ATLANTA— I just finished watching Dick Cheney’s speech to the American Enterprise Institute on YouTube.  It was a profound and focused polemic against the Obama Administration that I think anyone interested in the debate over enhanced interrogation techniques should watch.   Mr. Cheney is not one to mince words. 

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Nancy Pelosi Approved Torture!? Is Barack Obama Making the Country WEAKER?

Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics, tagged , , , , , on May 12, 2009 | 19 Comments »

In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was given a virtual tour of the CIA’s [...]

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Bank Stress Tests: Nouriel Roubini’s Case for Letting Big Banks Fail

Posted in Current Events, Domestic Affairs, Economy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

…the question we really should be asking is: why keep insolvent banks afloat? We believe there is no convincing answer; we should instead find ways to manage the systemic risk of bank failures,” Nouriel Roubini and Matthew Richardson, May 6, 2009. ATLANTA— From the beginning, I have been opposed to the government bailouts of major financial [...]

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Top 3 WORST Decisions Barack Obama Has Made in His First 100 Days

Posted in Current Events, Domestic Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

ATLANTA— Barack Obama has now been in office for 100 days, which marks the traditional starting point for assessing how his presidency is doing. Mr. Obama’s first 100 days have been incredibly active.  In reality, they have had to be.  He faces two ongoing wars and a crippling, global financial crisis. Additionally, he is a [...]

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INFLATION WATCH: Wholesale inflation takes biggest jump in 6 months!

Posted in Economy, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »

  [Ben Bernanke] also dismissed concerns that expanding the Fed’s balance sheet would stoke inflation, pointing out that with global economic activity so weak and commodity prices low, there was little risk of unacceptably high inflation in the near term.” —At the National Press Club, February 18, 2009. From the Great Depression, to the stagflation [...]

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