In a post one year ago today, I introduced the nation to “Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection.” Today, I share updated details about the unique and collectible coin set that continues to remind Americans of the seven mystery states that, on May 9, 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama said he had visited while [...]
‘Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection” Marks One-Year Anniversary
January 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Will Bulldozing Homes Follow Cash for Clunkers?
August 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments
The National Inflation Association today released the following statement to its members: “The United States government’s “cash for clunkers” program, which was just expanded by $2 billion on Thursday, exemplifies the stupidity of politicians in Washington today. It’s insane to think that destroying perfectly good and valuable assets, cars that people can drive, will help [...]
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Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB (Updated)
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in the video above — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president. What he needs to [...]
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Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause
June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT: Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped selling Chrysler products, one of the 789 franchises Chrysler [...]
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‘Great Depression Cooking’ Tops Google Trends
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
President Barack Obama speaks. The stock market slides. Jobs are lost. It shouldn’t surprise anyone to find the video series, Great Depression Cooking with Clara: Episode 1, at the top of the Google Trends 100 most-popular search trends. You know things are getting bad when people are interested in videos that star a 91-year-old woman [...]
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Is Inflation About to Slap the Economy?
January 25th, 2009 · No Comments
I’m not an economist, but I do share an interest in the health of this nation’s economy. When I saw the chart above, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, I couldn’t help but notice the blue line near the right margin of the chart. Going straight up, the line signals a sizable [...]
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Report Explains Why Immigration Reform Wanes
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Why does Congress do so little to enact real immigration reform legislation? A new report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform offers answers. The report, Immigration Lobbying: A Window into the World of Special Interests (pdf), is the first and only study of lobbying on immigration policy and reveals a scope of influence previously [...]
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