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Ron Paul: Healthcare Reform is a Lump of Coal
Veritas Vos Liberabit —
Authority: 425
By Ron Paul, Last week on Christmas Eve, after many backroom deals were made, the Senate passed the healthcare reform bill with a strictly partisan vote. I was pleased that my colleagues in the GOP are on the right side of this bill. Although this vote was a major step in healthcare reform becoming reality, they ...1 day ago -
1984: The Year Capitalism Saved Christmas
Big Hollywood —
Authority: 751
If you’re a first generation watcher of MTV, you must remember the year 1984 and Band Aid. Bob Geldof and other musicians from Duran Duran, Genesis, Culture Club, The Police and U2 teamed up to make a record which would raise money to buy food for starving people in Africa. How? Through record sales. In other ...1 day ago -
Calling Claude Raines: Study Finds Politics in TARP Bailout
The Foundry —
Authority: 735
A late end-of-year entry for the 2009 Claude Raines Award goes to a study just released by two economists at the University of Michigan finding that banks with political connections were more likely to get TARP funds than those without them. “Our results show that political connections play an important role in ...1 day ago -
Letter to U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
On the BorderLine —
Authority: 130
Senator Bennet , My family has been here in America since the late 1600’s, I love my country and its foundational premise that government at all levels, particularly the federal level, is subordinated to the rights of the individual. Indeed, government at its best is singularly focused on the protection of those ...2 days ago -
The everything yours is mine mentality of communism
Commonsense & Wonder —
Authority: 151
Venezuelas Chavez threatens to kick out carmakers This shows the kind of special stupid Chavez is in matters of the marketplace. If they leaves, which I sincerely hope they do, Venezuela does not have the currency to import cars so theyll become another Cuba...hows that 55 Chevy doin for ya. Belarus ...2 days ago -
Obama On Cutting Red Tape: No We Can’t
The Foundry —
Authority: 735
For the past week or so, President Obama has been trying to jawbone banks into lending more in order to jump start the economy. He continued the push yesterday, meeting with a group of small community bankers to urge them to open up the spigots. Interestingly, he acknowledged that federal regulation is itself a ...4 days ago -
Is kleptocracy a relevant term for discussion about the origins of the crisis?
Fuck Bankers —
Authority: 170
By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns Yesterday, I indicated I would write a few thematic posts as a look back at some of the more important economic topics that this credit crisis has uncovered. Tying posts together in a theme definitely gives a better holistic view of a the themes than the posts do in ...4 days ago -
Is kleptocracy a relevant term for discussion about the origins of the crisis?
Gulag Blog —
Authority: 170
By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns Yesterday, I indicated I would write a few thematic posts as a look back at some of the more important economic topics that this credit crisis has uncovered. Tying posts together in a theme definitely gives a better holistic view of a the themes than the posts do in ...4 days ago -
Is kleptocracy a relevant term for discussion about the origins of the crisis?
naked capitalism —
Authority: 729
By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns Yesterday, I indicated I would write a few thematic posts as a look back at some of the more important economic topics that this credit crisis has uncovered. Tying posts together in a theme definitely gives a better holistic view of a the themes than the posts do in ...4 days ago -
The True ‘Person of the Year’: the American Activist
RedState —
Authority: 774
Note from Erick: Tim Phillips is president of Americans for Prosperity, one of the organizations I think actually does a good and effective job of harnessing grassroots energy for free markets and free people. It’s more than clear who the real Person of the Year is: the grassroots American activist. Just listen ...4 days ago -
Creative Destruction: Composition Of The Top 25 Global Companies Over The Decade
prudent investor newsletters —
Authority: 129
This should be a sequel to our March post A Tectonic Shift In The Global Banking Industry! But this time, our BEFORE (1999) and TODAY chart, covers the 25 largest global companies in terms of market capitalization. From Wall Street Journal Some highlights shown above: -technology companies dominated ...4 days ago -
Stealing the American Soul…
Rich Hand for Governor —
Authority: 418
It seems that every effort is being made by the current politicians to appeal to the worst of human character. The efforts seem to focus on creating dependency on government, a movement away from individual responsibility and liberty, communalism over individualism, forced compassion over true compassion, fear over ...5 days ago -
John Mackey – An American Hero?
On the BorderLine —
Authority: 130
I think so.. As much as I detest the Christian News Channel, aka FoxNews (btw, I detest CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC more) they do occasionally have some excellent guest appearances. One such appearance recently was John Mackey. Oh, the scum bags tag on this one is in reference to some of the members of the audience, and a ...1 week ago -
Environmentalists Target Toilet Paper
Conservative Compendium —
Authority: 133
The latest assault on the western lifestyle by the loony green fringe finds our soft toilet paper in the cross-hairs: The issue over tissue in the bathroom — the really super-soft stuff — is more like the fight about the big SUVs loved by many Americans. Anti-green, according to environmentalists. Politically ...1 week ago -
Audacity
Get the Flick —
Authority: 428
Marion Blakey has it. Look at the latest . ”"(We) have folks looking at it right now because we were encouraged by how ... forward-leaning they are being in Europe on this, and perhaps it is a model for us," said Blakey, a prominent Republican. Her remarks contained an unusually warm endorsement for ...1 week ago -
Sixty-six percent (66%) of U.S. voters prefer a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes
The Ridgewood Blog —
Authority: 143
Sixty-six percent (66%) of U.S. voters prefer a smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes over a more active government with more services and higher taxes. Thats the second highest finding of the year: In August at the height of the congressional town hall controversies over the health care plan, 70% ...1 week ago -
Newspapers Endangered…By the Telegraph
The Foundry —
Authority: 735
With the advent of new technology, newspapers are being threatened. Many are expected to go out of business, and the rest will have to change substantially. Many observers fear that journalism will become too driven by speed, and that judgment and deliberation will be lost. Others said that news reporting would be ...1 week ago -
Be Happy!: Why This Is the Best Holiday Season Ever.
Big Government —
Authority: 817
default.jpg">a/default.jpg"> default.jpg">a/default.jpg"> We’re going through some tough economic times right now, but this holiday season, take a moment to appreciate how good we really have it. Need proof? Just think about how much Christmas presents sucked in the 1970s compared to today. Thanks ...1 week ago -
Reimagining the welfare state
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen —
Authority: 635
I have come more and more to believe that America is need of a stronger set of safety-nets and public investment in general. Beyond the need for a more robust safety-net apparatus including some form of universal health coverage, we’re badly in need of infrastructure investment. Water lines across much of the ...1 week ago -
Michael Medved Defends Capitalism
Doug Bandow —
Authority: 133
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