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September 29, 2011
Unemployment became the top concern of Americans in September, according to Gallup. The Sept. 8-11 poll found that unemployment overtook "the economy" as "the most important problem facing this country today."It makes sense since the month began…
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September 28, 2011
Drop that plastic spork (it's made from petroleum), let your babies go diaper-free (ewww!), give up air travel and join the movement. Defining "the movement" might be a wee bit tricky, but it's there and if you have a heart (brain not required) and…
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September 21, 2011
The Solyndra scandal is certainly an "embarrassment" for the White House, as some network news reports have called it. But somehow those same reports have still failed to criticize Obama's green jobs programs for fiscal waste, even the government…
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September 16, 2011
If you're a Tweeter, here's the Charlatan-In-Chief's speech last week in the Twitter idiom:
No News. Lie More. Spend More. Tax More. Borrow More. Print More. Four Years More.
84 characters left over, but nothing more to say.
Perhaps you'd like a…
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September 15, 2011
The Washington Post might be a day late and $38 billion short, but it's being honest about Barack Obama's failed green jobs program. According to the Post, the "$38.6 billion loan guarantee program" has created just "3,545 new, permanent jobs" "…
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September 14, 2011
When Sarah Palin ran for vice president, journalists provided some Alaska-sized examples of character assassination, attacking her by a factor of 18-to-1, calling her McCain's "problem" and her views "incendiary." So far this election, the media are…
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September 12, 2011
The pundit universe was afire this past week over Gov. Perry's characterizing Social Security as a Ponzi scheme, one of the oldest forms of financial fraud, well-defined.
The Boston Globe, in its review of a book titled 'The Looting of Social…
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September 8, 2011
The huge noise you just heard was the sound of … nothing.
A bit of nothing that was quite something - the latest job numbers. Total jobs gained: zero. Zilch. Nada. Dictionary.com lists 25 such synonyms for such a monumental failure. That's not even…
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September 7, 2011
Just like in Groundhog Day when Bill Murray wakes up to the same day each and every morning, it appears Americans will feel a frustrating sense of déjà vu listening to President Obama's jobs speech on Sept. 8.
According to Bloomberg, Obama's not-so…
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September 2, 2011
Sad to say, this isn't shocking news. The pesident's first official, post-vacation act on Monday was nominating Alan Krueger, a Princeton academic, to head his council of economic advisers (a herd of other academics.)
And who wouldn't? It might…