The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it....
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The real problem is Washington and many of these individuals themselves. I like Boehringer in general. But between Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, total corruption in Housing these people had better do what needs to be done and quickly. And if we are opening the gate to taxpayer rescue, they had best spend $200-$300 B on job creation prog...
Posted 102 days ago
link http://www.nytimes.com
Last evening at 9:00, President Bush gave a State of the Union Speech. I was disappointed with the speech because it failed to fully educate America on how we got into this predicament, what hardships or true risks we face in our economic future, what the bailout being recommended by Washington is specifically going to be used for....
Posted 103 days ago
as a Featured Article
Fire up the drill ship, the offshore oil ban is dead. Maybe. Barring a last-minute shift, it looks like Congress will allow its 26-year-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling to expire at the end of the month. Congressional Democrats had been scrambling to put together a compromise energy bill that would have opened up...
Posted 103 days ago
link http://blogs.wsj.com
The T. Boone Pickens wind plan seems more about natural gas. This indeed may be a decent alternative energy option but why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi personally investing in these companies and considering taxpayer money to subsidize this plan, while refusing to allow a vote on offshore drilling as an additional energy option?...
Posted 133 days ago
link http://ragingdebate.com
I'm not sure of his position although there can be some elbow rubbing occurring here, it's not hard to connect a dot.
Politics appear to embrace backscratching in effort to maintain power. Is this a position "for the people"?...
Politics appear to embrace backscratching in effort to maintain power. Is this a position "for the people"?...
Posted 104 days ago
link http://www.thenewstribune.com
WOW, I never figured TIME to publish something this edgy and RIGHT ON THE MARK! HOLY SHIT, our society is changing right in front of our eyes! I hear ramblings of socialism, and imperialism, but it's sheer collapse, with the U.S.A. following suit to the U.S.S.R. (Remember them?) We need to make sure our children are fed, much less ...
Posted 105 days ago
link http://www.time.com
Many Americans today are asking themselves how the economy got to be in such a bad spot. For years they thought the economy was booming, growth was up, job numbers and productivity were increasing. Yet now we find ourselves in what is shaping up to be one of the most severe economic downturns since the Great Depression. Unfortunatel...
Posted 105 days ago
link http://www.cnn.com
If the States are not allowed to participate and receive a revenue opportunity, why would they participate? This looks like another dodge at NOT drilling our own resources. Drilling may not be the end all but doing nothing is deadly. There will be casualties this winter as many cannot afford oil heat and with there credit frozen, ca...
Posted 105 days ago
link http://online.wsj.com
