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Writer Says ‘Something Monumentally Large Afoot’

November 13th, 2008 · 31 Comments

“There is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis,” reads a comment published today at PatDollard.com. “Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.” [...]

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Real Losers in Election Could Be American Workers

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

If Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats win next Tuesday’s election, they will likely have far more negative impact on the economy and American jobs than most voters realize, said Peter A. List, editor and chief blogger of EmployerReport.com, in a news release today. “Very few Americans realize that Democrats have become the bought-and-paid for [...]

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‘Burning Down the House’ Explains Economic Crisis

September 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis is, perhaps, the best video yet to explain the current economic crisis and offers details about the political players involved, including presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama and several of the folks most responsible for the crisis. UPDATE 9/29/08:  It appears the video that is [...]

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It’s Time to Hold Elected Officials Accountable

September 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A story from my father’s self-published autobiography, Some Events in One Life: Mine!, illustrates my contention that, if ever there was a time for Americans to stop behaving like sheep and start holding their elected officials accountable, that time is now. The brief story below is true and based upon my father’s life on a [...]

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Obama Stoking Fears Amidst Economic Crisis

September 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Barack Obama is out on the campaign trail stoking fears that another Great Depression, complete with bread lines and high unemployment, is just around the bend.  While the financial crisis is indeed serious, the differences between the economy of the 1930s and today are vast. BREAD LINES In a piece earlier this year for the [...]

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St. Louis Celebrates 75th Year Since Prohibition

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

While many Americans are marking the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition on beer in the United States today, no one is doing more to commemorate the event than the folks at Anheuser-Busch World Headquarters in St. Louis. An A-B news release about the commemoration recalls the events of April 6-7,1933: On the night [...]

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UK Newspaper Attempted to Deceive Readers

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

When it comes to members of the mainstream news media and their penchant for making dire predictions about the economy, no one describes the phenomenon better than world-famous salesman and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “The media has accurately predicted ten of the last two recessions.” One news outlets, The Independent, opted to take this approach [...]

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