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Willard’s World – Pouring Gasoline On The Smoldering Fire
Friday a rather disappointing jobs report came out. It said the American economy only created about 80,000 jobs in June. That sent the right wing into hysterics and calling for the election of “business hero” Willard Mitt Romney. This sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, asset-backed securities, credit derivatives, deregulation, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, Dodd-Frank Act, economy, Financial Times, George W. Bush, Great Recession, jobs, JPMorgan Chase, Mitt Romney, Obama, politics, regulation, Republicans, Supreme Court, taxes, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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Apples And Oranges In The Other Guy’s Orchard
The best friends of a disinformation campaign are repetition and massive dissemination. No industry on earth has more of the resources needed to execute a disinformation campaign than the energy industry and they prove it every day.
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Tagged American Petroleum Institute, big oil, Canada, ConocoPhillips, Dimock Pennsylvania, energy, environment, environmental impact, ExxonMobil, fracing, fracking, gas, gas prices, gasoline, government regulation, health care, hyrodolic fracturing, Keystone XL, Keystone XL pipeline, Middle East, natural gas, North America, Obama, oil, oil futures, oil industry, oil production, oil sand, oil spills, Pennsylvania, politics, pollution, regulation, Saudi Arabia
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Political Charades
There is an old adage; you can’t judge a book by looking at the cover. Well equally true is that you can’t judge a political group by its name.
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2010 mid-term elections, American Crossroads, Americans for Job Security, Arkansas, Bill Hatcher, Blanche Lincoln, Bob Etheridge, Colorado, Democrats, FEC, Federal Election Commission, Government regulations, Harry Teague, House, insurance industry, jobs, Joe Sestak, John Boozman, Karl Rove, Ken Buck, Massachusetts, Michael Arcuri, Michael Bennet, money in politics, Morgan Griffith, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pat Meehan, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, regulation, Renee Ellmers, Republicans, Richard Hanna, Rick Boucher, Scott Brown, Scott Tipton, Senate, Steve Pearce, taxes, Tea Party, Virginia
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Dead Man Talking
Last week I looked at my calendar and planned out some of my articles. I planned on monitoring election results on Tuesday night and then writing a piece for Wednesday. On Wednesday night I planned on watching the Republican Presidential … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 9-9-9, CNBC, Dan Quayle, Democrats, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Drill Baby Drill, economy, Government regulations, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton, Jim Cramer, jobs, Jon Huntsman, Lloyd Bentsen, Maria Batrilomo, Michele Bachmann, Michigan Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, North Carolina, Oakland University, Obama, politics, regulation, Renee Ellmers, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Rick Lazio, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, sexual harassment, taxes, Tea Party, Theodore Roosevelt, tort reform, unemployment
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The Phantom Of The Legislature
America has been stuck in a serious economic rut since the summer of 2008. To use President Obama’s metaphor, the George W. Bush administration and his anti-tax, anti- regulation policies and allies drove this country into a ditch. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 111th Congress, 112th Congress, 2010 mid-term elections, 2012 election, 5th Amendment, abortion, Democrats, Do Harm Congress, drug testing, economy, Eric Cantor, filibuster, Florida, flouride, George W. Bush, Glen Bradley, Hernando County, House, jobs, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, North Carolina, Obama, Pinellas County Florida, politics, regulation, Republicans, Rick Scott, Senate, Sharia Law, St. Petersburg Times, taxes, Tea Party, The American Jobs Act, underemployment, unemployment, USA Today, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, women's health issues, women's rights
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The Apes Were Smarter
Congress is back in session today after a five week break. I wish I could say that I anticipated major legislation to put a dent into the unemployment numbers and get the economy moving faster toward a recovery. Instead I … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, budget, C SPAN, Congress, continuing resolution, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, economy, FY 2011, FY 2012, House, Jan Schakowsky, jobs, John Boehner, Keith Ellison, Obama, Paul Ryan, Raul Grijalva, regulation, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Plan, Senate, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment
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Happy Birthdays
August 4th is a red letter day for me every year. It is currently the birthday of the most important person in America, President Barack Obama, and always the birthday of the most important person in my life, my wife. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1948 election, Affordable Health Care Act, budget, Civil Rights, Constitution, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, FAA, Franklin Roosevelt, FY 2012, greed, Harry Truman, health care, jobs, John Kennedy, Lilly Ledbetter, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Obamacare, progressive, racism, regulation, Republicans, Social Security, START, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, United States Constitution
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Why Make The Children Pay?
I am venturing into dangerous territory. I’m a big city boy who is going to discuss an agriculture bill. This is an illustration of what we expect from our members of Congress – we expect them to be experts on … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Democrats, Department of Agriculture, family farm, food safety, Great Depression, House, HR 2112, Michele Bachmann, Obama, regulation, Republicans, Senate, unemployment, WIC
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