When I read John Bambenek’s story about Rafael Correa published Sunday at BigGoverment.com, I was disgusted, disappointed and slightly disheartened, but not at all surprised. After all, it was the alumni association at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that honored their alum-turned corrupt Ecuadoran president with the 2009 Madhuri and Jagdish Sheth International Alumni Award [...]
University of Illinois Alums Honor Ecuadoran Crook
April 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments
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Wyoming Billionaire Speaks Truth to Power
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments
A writer for BusinessWeek once suggested Foster Friess “may be the longest-surviving successful growth-stock picker, having navigated markets for 36 years, in his own firm since 1974.” I consider the Wyoming billionaire a staunch advocate for private-sector solutions and a great source for sound advice that comes from a Christian world view. [Note: I used [...]
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Obama Proposals Put Six Million Jobs at Risk (Updated)
March 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama will increase U.S. reliance on foreign oil by eliminating the deduction for drilling in the U.S. and put at risk up to 6 million jobs directly and indirectly reliant on the industry. That’s the message being delivered to all who will hear it by official and unofficial representatives of the American Petroleum [...]
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Obama Finance Chair Tied To Subprime Scandal
February 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Recently, I was encouraged by a Bob McCarty Writes reader to look into the background of Penny Pritzker, a Chicago billionaire who now serves as the National Finance Chair for Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign. When I did investigate, I found details that should not only cause “Obamaniacs” to question their candidate’s judgment, but should — [...]
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