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    Palin for Prez in 2012

    Too bad, if this is true. Was really hoping Palin for Pres in ‘12.

    Palin's Pad

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    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]



    time to name names and put the blame where it belongs

    On Hank Paulson’s bald head.

    When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]



    The Campaign System is Broken and Everyone Knows It

    Political fundraising has often been viewed as a corrupting influence in politics. Now it’s increasingly being seen by politicians as a roadblock to doing their jobs well. Republican Senator George Voinovich has had enough. Will stories like his breathe new life into the reform movement?

    It is nice to see a Republican Senator admit that the campaign finance system is broken and is [...]



    Pay to Play

    Blagojevich

    That’s how it works in America.  Want a Senate seat?  What are you going to give me in return.  He is just playing the game the way it’s played.  Right?

    In the transcripts, on 3 November Mr Blagojevich said the seat was a “[expletive] valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing”.

    The day after the presidential election, according to the affidavit, Mr Blagojevich [...]



    hulk bad

    Hulk convicted:

    Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was convicted on all seven charges of making false statements on Senate financial documents about gifts he received from contractor Bill Allen, oil services company VECO Corp., and others.

    Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty.

    I like the sound of that.

    How about you, Don Young?

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