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ANALYSIS-U.S. economists see long-term ills from Iraq war
Post Date: 2008-03-14 21:28:03 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - What's over $100 billion a year in Iraq war costs to a $14 trillion U.S. economy? Not much now, but the tab is growing on a "buy-now-pay-later" plan that threatens long-term problems. Money was not much of an issue five years ago when President George W. Bush led the country into war in Iraq. Instead, all eyes were on allegations, later proven unfounded, that then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and could use them against the United States. But $500 billion later, experts worry about the impact on the world's biggest economy, already facing a crippling housing crisis. "The short-term economic ...
The Fed Ropes Nothing - You All Hung Yourselves
Post Date: 2008-03-14 10:17:49 by A K A Stone
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The Fed Ropes Nothing - You All Hung Yourselves The top controls all the markets of the world...The top sells and all the speculators (Bottom) get taken to the cleaners...The top, you know people with wealth? Well you all (Speculators) bid up their wealth...It's a bet speculators are making...when is the top going to sell? They sell when they sell...and they buy when they buy...speculators are along for the ride... Bottoms are formed where the top buys and tops are formed where they sell...The stories about individual speculators and or free markets are lies and always have been...The SEC? Set up by the top...Look everyone we nailed Martha...She was only doing what everyone does on ...
Why The United States Has Really Gone Broke
Post Date: 2008-03-12 16:27:12 by A K A Stone
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Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month’s stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble and the prospect of recession: 60 years of misallocation of resources, and borrowings, to the establishment and maintenance of a military-industrial complex as the basis of the nation’s economic life The military adventurers in the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups thought that they were the “smartest guys in the room” — the title of Alex Gibney’s ...
How Low Can The Dollar Go? Zero Value
Post Date: 2008-03-09 19:10:03 by A K A Stone
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The corporate controlled media is finally starting to talk about the economic problems that the alternative media and assorted precious metals advocates have been talking about for years now. We are facing a potential inflationary depression. Independent estimates of the M3 money supply show that we are seeing an annual increase in the M3 money supply by around 16 to 17 percent. The Federal Reserve chose to stop producing this report right around the time when these figures began going parabolic on their chart showing a massive increase in the money supply. An increase in the money supply results in a devalued currency and that’s one of the primary reasons why we are seeing the price ...
Ohio you have sinned
Post Date: 2008-03-05 07:30:31 by A K A Stone
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I am ashamed of my fellow Ohioans today. The day after the 2008 presidential primary. My fellow citizens have given the most votes to a woman who is for killing babies. To a woman who has to lie and say that she is against NAFTA. To a woman whose ideology is the same as Karl Marx. To a woman who voted to send our soldiers to war against Iraq. To a woman who wants to steal money from some people and give it to others. Yes she promises health care for all. But that is also a promise to pick others pocket. Hillary Clinton is an evil woman who should never be allowed to represent the United States. She is all that is wrong with America. The people who voted for her are lazy and want other ...
Howard Stern endorses Ron Paul
Post Date: 2008-01-08 09:38:30 by A K A Stone
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Sirius satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up to GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul on his program today, saying the maverick congressman is "fantastic." "I've got to tell you about this guy Ron Paul," Stern said on his show. "This guy – he's a Republican – and he says listen, when I become president, I'm taking us out of Iraq, I'm taking us out of everywhere in the world. … "What good has it done us being in these f---ing Middle Eastern countries?" Still paraphrasing Paul, Stern said: "I'm not an isolationist. I'm not afraid to use the military where it's needed. But to ...
Buchanan: Reagan Coalition Dead
Post Date: 2008-01-06 13:15:29 by A K A Stone
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The stunning results of last week's Iowa caucuses prove that Republicans are in deep trouble and it's nobody's fault but their own, says columnist and two-time presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. In his latest syndicated column, "Last Hurrah For Reagan Coalition?" Buchanan, a top White House aide in both the Nixon and Reagan White Houses, warned that the huge Democratic turnout in Iowa Caucuses, more than double that of the Republicans, coupled with what he called "the stampede by independents to vote in the Democratic precincts,” could mean that that Iowa, "a swing state carried by President Bush in 2004, may be lost irretrievably to the GOP in 200 ...
CLINTONS NO LONGER THE LIFE OF PARTY
Post Date: 2008-01-04 10:53:10 by A K A Stone
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January 4, 2008 -- DES MOINES, Iowa - Awaiting her coronation here last night, Hillary Rodham Clinton instead faced a seething revolt within her own party. More than 70 percent of Iowa Democrats rejected her bid to get back into the White House. And so, after 15 years of domination, the Clinton dynasty has finally lost its grip on the Democratic Party. More than anything else, Clinton's campaign was built upon the aura of inevitability. That's now shattered and left in Iowa's frozen cornfields. What's devastating to her is that she lost so badly to such a political novice. Sure, Barack Obama is an incredibly impressive and appealing figure. He has magically turned the ...
Should Ron Paul be allowed at Sunday's debate?
Post Date: 2008-01-01 12:07:54 by A K A Stone
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There seems to be a debate going on between Fox News and New Hampshire Republicans over precisely who will participate in this weekend's presidential debate. Rumor has it that online fundraising sensation and Texas congressman Ron Paul and San Diego congressman Duncan Hunter will be excluded because their N.H. poll numbers are not in double digits, although Paul's fourth quarter fundraising numbers were way into double digits, nearing $20 million, according to his website. In the first 240 minutes of the new year, nearly $11,000 more came in. Over the weekend a Fox News spokeswoman told Top of the Ticket that the New Hampshire Republican Party was making the choice of candidates ...
A View of AmeriKans From South Africa
Post Date: 2007-12-24 21:27:10 by barkentine
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AmeriKan Shopping Malls Saturday, December 22, 2007 Stay Out of Azania's Shops [Siegfried: Christmas is a great time to enjoy time with family and friends. In the New South Africa, it is also a time for extra vigilance. I wonder how many robberies will take place or how many people will return to their homes from holiday to find the place ransacked by burglars. Incidentally, I plan to avoid shopping malls and large stores like the plague, not because of crime, but because they are flooded with the most insipid and shallow human beings imaginable. Going to the shopping mall around Christmas is a nightmare. One has to deal with crowds, long lines, and stupid people. The stupid people ...
Giuliani Snuck 2,000 Boxes of Records Out of New York's City Hall
Post Date: 2007-12-23 14:13:26 by A K A Stone
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Let's see how his campaign responds to this. The AP reports that, while NY government only allows a former mayor to keep a few token gifts when they clean out their desks, Rudy Giuliani would have needed several U-Hauls to remove all the paperwork he whisked out of City Hall, Gracie Mansion and other offices. That doesn't square with his claim that he believes in "open government." Or maybe it depends on the meaning of the word "open." Under an unprecedented agreement that didn't become public until after he left office, Giuliani secreted out of City Hall the written, photographic and electronic record of his eight years in office - more than 2,000 boxes. ...
The new world order that threatens Uncle Sam
Post Date: 2007-12-23 14:09:09 by A K A Stone
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The new world order that threatens Uncle Sam America's next President faces the daunting task of countering Russia and China as they aggressively challenge struggling Western liberal democracies Henry Porter Sunday December 23, 2007 Observer Two events last week make me wish I could have just a few words with American thinker Francis Fukuyama. The first was Time magazine giving Vladimir Putin the accolade of person of the year. The second was the purchase by the China Investment Corp of nearly 10 per cent of American bank Morgan Stanley as it announced the write-off of $9.4bn in bad debts In 1992, I met Francis Fukuyama when he was touring his book The End of History and the Last Man ...
HILLARY’S PARTING WORDS: GET AN ABORTION
Post Date: 2007-12-22 23:35:10 by A K A Stone
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They were not stated in public. But when she left New Hampshire she gave as her last three parting words: “You. Go. Girl,” per AP’s Philip Elliott. By speaking in silence, Hillary was telling all women to support You Go Girl to the abortuary if you need to. Hillary is an outright enthusiast for killing womb babies. She always has been. Therefore, by not retracting that she challenges all women in the Republic to follow her example—femininity in favor of slaying the defenseless unborn boys and girls in women’s bodies. That is devilment of the first order. It is sin. It is evil. Hillary harks back to her old-fashioned Methodist roots. She is a hypocrite. She ...
What to do about unwarranted police tasering?
Post Date: 2007-12-21 13:13:53 by FuhQuePunk
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Find out where the mofo’s live and assassinate members of their family, youngest first. End of tour.
If Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination, I'd vote for him...MUD
Post Date: 2007-12-21 08:58:29 by A K A Stone
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18. To: bluedogtxn (#13) If Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination, I'd vote for him...MUD Mudboy Slim posted on 2007-12-20 16:21:08 ET Reply Trace
Poster Comment:Mud vote for him in the primaries. What do we have to gain from being in Iraq? Nothing. But we gain a whole lot of freedom and money in our pockets if Ron Paul becomes president. All other candidates will be a tremendous dissappointment. Worse than Bush.
Fox News Subliminal Message?
Post Date: 2007-12-20 21:07:11 by A K A Stone
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Right now Fox News is flashing stuff on the right of their screen. They keep flashing up a "47 days" then it switches to "Super Tuesday" then it switches to the date that super tuesday is on. The Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primaries are much closer. Why is Fox promoting Super Tuesday now.? Do they know something we don't know about what is going to happen in those early primaries and caucus. Is this an effort to subliminally downplay those events by flashing that over and over on the right of the screen so you think about Super Tuesday? How do subliminal messages work?
Who Are These Kooks?
Post Date: 2007-12-20 19:59:49 by A K A Stone
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According to the Associated Press, "Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term congressman's campaign for the White House." The AP report also said, "The [Paul] campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million." According to the Paul campaign website, "In a 24-hour period on December 16, the campaign raised $6.026 million dollars, surpassing the one-day record of $5.7 million held by John Kerry. "During the day, over 58,000 people contributed to Dr. Paul's campaign, including 24,940 first-time donors. Over 118,000 Americans have donated to the campaign in the fourth quarter. ...
An Open Letter to Pro-War Libertarians on Behalf of Ron Paul
Post Date: 2007-12-19 09:59:58 by A K A Stone
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An Open Letter to Pro-War Libertarians on Behalf of Ron Paul Posted by Stephan Kinsella at December 18, 2007 08:55 PM To my fellow libertarians who happen to be war-mongerers and Objectivists (or do I repeat myself?): I know you hate Ron Paul. He's against the Iraq war. And he's skinny, to boot. And a Christian. And likes babies. Yuck. But hear me out. I'm giving you a chance to save face. I know many of you are a bit embarrassed by your previous pro-Iraq war stance, and by being lumped in with the likes of Bill Maher and Christopher Hitchens. You want a way to save face, but still look macho. Here's why you are wrong to oppose Ron Paul for President. First, other than ...
Non-News Highlighted Over Paul's Historic Success
Post Date: 2007-12-18 07:33:02 by A K A Stone
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The corporate controlled media continue to show the world that they are not in the business of covering real news. Instead they prove yet again that they are in the business of creating a false reality for their viewers. Yesterday, the Ron Paul presidential campaign managed to raise over $6 million in one day, breaking John Kerry's previous one day fundraising record. Despite the amazing success, the corporate controlled media decided that it was more important to focus in on Hillary Clinton's image, Joe Lieberman's endorsement of John McCain and various banter being thrown back and forth between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Even when the media did talk about the Ron Paul ...
The Huckster's Foreign Policy Talk to Tehran – and invade Pakistan
Post Date: 2007-12-17 20:46:45 by A K A Stone
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The word-bite coming out of Mike Huckabee's Foreign Affairs manifesto is "arrogant bunker mentality," this in reference to the Bush administration, a mindset which, the new Republican front-runner avers, "has been counterproductive at home and abroad." Mitt Romney is demanding an apology from Huckabee to the president, but this grasping at straws only confirms Huckabee's status as the front-runner. Huckabee appears to have won what Chris Matthews calls "the authenticity debate," in part because of his quick wit and sense of humor – yet he's also a wily politician who knows that this election is about change. In order to win the nomination, and ...
Tempest in a Teapot Free Michael Vick and Barry Bonds
Post Date: 2007-12-15 19:50:41 by A K A Stone
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The sports world is fascinating. It is a complete culture in and of itself, and the cultural doyens of this niche have had their chins wagging mightily over the last week what with Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, and the Mitchell report on sports doping. Upon closer examination I find that it is much ado about nothing, yet the consequences of this circus should be disturbing to critical-thinking Americans everywhere, as it represents yet another degradation of the right to private property and concomitant right to freely choose private behavior. The beginning of the week saw Michael Vick plea bargain a sentence for his alleged "criminal dog ring" activities. Michael Vick is a ...
The Sky Already has Fallen
Post Date: 2007-12-14 11:06:07 by A K A Stone
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CompUSA going out of business. Possible big discounts starting Wednesday. Normally, when a store goes out of business, it means an "everything must go" sale, and CompUSA's will be no exception. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2230322,00.asp http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/default.asp http://www.gearlog.com/2007/02/cheap_geek_compusa_closures_me.php http://www.compusa.com/clearance/default.asp?N=500463&Cn=Clearance http://www.compusaauctions.com/ CompUSA is a big chain. Time was, this would be front-page news all over America. Bet you don't hear about it at all, except from this single email. Lots of companies this size are going under now, but you don't ...
How a 'Third-Tier' Candidate Wins the Primary
Post Date: 2007-11-10 21:04:29 by A K A Stone
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Ron Paul's record fund-raising on Monday got me thinking about what the media polls say about his chances of getting the GOP nomination. Clearly, Ron Paul supporters are more motivated than any of the other candidates' 33; this is a direct consequence of a successful grassroots campaign since it relies on volunteers who choose to actively participate. Historically, primaries are a non-starter for political action: voter turnout rates are typically around 10% of registered voters for the relevant party. So can the combination of a successful grassroots campaign and general ambivalence at the polls make for a successful nomination run? I crunched the numbers and I was surprised ...
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