The 1,500-page cap-and-trade climate legislation, also known as Waxman-Markey, passed by a narrow margin late in the day on June 26. Members of Congress added 300 of those pages early in the morning on the day of the vote. It is safe to assume that hardly any of the 435 Members of Congress read the [...]
Author: Ernie Fitzpatrick
I remember the days of stopping before the TV to hear Barack Obama speak to my HEART. He reminded me of John and Bobby (Kennedy). I not only wanted to BELIEVE- I DID! Could it be true? Was there a man that was different and would break the D.C. partisan politics of FEAR? [...]
Article Source – www.telegraph.co.uk
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard,
Cheng Siwei, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee and now head of China’s green energy drive, said Beijing was dismayed by the Fed’s recourse to “credit easing”.
“We hope there will be a change in monetary policy as soon as they have positive growth again,” he said at the Ambrosetti Workshop, [...]
Author: Ernie Fitzpatrick
They say that where there is smoke there is fire. They also say that the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree. And they say that Obamas past affiliations with ACORN is a “troubling issue”. Hey, there have been so many troubling issues with “past associations” that Obama has had, what’s another one [...]
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What is a highly indebted nation to do when faced with the difficult task of managing over $11 trillion in “reported” debt, while at the same time finding new foreign buyers for an expected $2 trillion yearly deficit? The answer has been discussed at length in the news over the last week, [...]
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By Sheppard Mullin
The Administration has conceded that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA”) has not worked as planned. With unemployment numbers continuing to climb, the Administration now acknowledges it “misread the economy.” But from the beginning not everyone believed ARRA would achieve the desired stimulative effect. After all, $787 billion cannot [...]
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ATLANTA – Health officials say the first doses of swine flu vaccine will be the nasal spray version.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that about 3.4 million doses of nasal spray vaccine will be available the first week of October.
The government expects 195 million doses will be shipped out [...]
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California, Nevada and Rhode Island hit record-high unemployment rates, Labor Department says.
By Julianne Pepitone, CNNMoney.com staff reporter
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Five states posted jobless rates above 12% in August, according to federal data released Friday.
California, Nevada and Rhode Island each hit record-high rates, the Labor Department said.
Michigan led the nation in unemployment, [...]