Category Archives: money

Limitless Turbo Spending

October 19, 2010 – 7:45 pm

DrudgeReport.com headlined a menu of bad news from the Democrats. 336 HOURS: SPEAKER FACES FORECLOSURE ON HOUSE White Republican men stand out in early voting… Republicans target ‘witch’ Pelosi… LAST GASP: I won’t run again for Speaker… GOP takes aim at Reid for living at Ritz-Carlton… Angle ad shows Reid ‘hanging out with supermodels’… The […]

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Spend Spend Spend

October 18, 2010 – 8:32 pm

New York City’s 2009 mayoral election was highlighted by the record spending by the incumbent to defeat an unknown. Mayor Bloomberg shelled out over $100 million to convince New Yorkers that former comptroller Bill Thompson didn’t stand a chance against his money juggernaut. The strategy succeeded and Bloomberg eked out 50% to 46% victory over […]

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We The People

October 3, 2010 – 1:14 pm

Those three simple words opened the preamble the US Constitution. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this […]

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No Pizza Ovens for the Poor

September 21, 2010 – 10:32 am

Any traveler over the mountains in Asia or South America will be greeted by the hacking cough of impoverished villagers. The chorus of hacks could easily be mistaken for a plague of tuberculosis, except the underlying cause is smoke inhalation from crude household stoves. Secretary of State Clinton has proposed funding $50 million to combat […]

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The Wealth of One Man

August 12, 2010 – 10:09 pm

The Thai military ousted Prime Minister Thaksin in 2006. His assets were seized by the Thai court and yesterday the Supreme Court rejected his appeal to return his fortune. The government has been left with the decision as to what to do with the 46 billion baht. Most politicians want to establish a multitude of […]

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