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Corrupt Russians ‘Redistribute’ Corporate Wealth

October 11th, 2009 · No Comments

In a post nine months ago,  I wrote that hammer-and-sickle thinking is gaining ground in the United States, thanks largely to then-president-elect Barack Obama and the people he selected to serve in his administration.  If you don’t think such thinking is dangerous, take a look at the video and story below about what happened to [...]

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Writer Wrong About Obama’s Defense Positions

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

In the second paragraph of his Salon.com piece today, writer Glenn Greenwald claims President Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of increased defense spending. One needs only visit the Obama-Biden campaign web site or watch a campaign-trail video of Obama to see that the ever-so-hopeful writer is mistaken.
In Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama, [...]

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Shoe-Throwing Incident Prompts ‘Sole’ Searching

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

“I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue,” said President George W. Bush following a June 2001 meeting during which he met for the first time with then-Russian President Vladimir Putin in Slovenia.  “I was able to get a [...]

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Freedom of the Press to Suffer Under Obama (Updated)

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Freedom of the press is likely to suffer under the administration of Barack Obama.  How do I know this?  A look back at issues and events that arose during the 2008 presidential campaign reveals as much.
Two weeks prior to the Nov. 4 election, Obama running mate Joe Biden faced tough questions from interviewers at local [...]

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Three Reasons Not to Bail Out General Motors

November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

After reading an article in today’s edition of The Moscow Times (see graphic at right), I came up with three good reasons why at least one of the “Big Three” automakers — General Motors — should NOT receive any portion of a proposed $50 billion bailout from the federal government:

Reason #1: GM is, according to [...]

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