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Do You Approve of China's Cheating?

Last post by Brooke « Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:52 pm
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by Brooke » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:10 pm
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oceanvue asked:

OK, the moderators sometime suck.....Tariffs are just another tax on the American consumer. Why would a manufacturer move to America...
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Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:52 pm
The WORK Act: Affirms Mothers or Keeps them in Bondage?

Last post by GOODave « Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:15 am
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by GOODave » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:36 am

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Democrat Representatives John Lewis (Ga.), Gwen Moore (Wis.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Jim McDermott (Wash.), Lynn...

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Last post by GOODave
Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:15 am
NYTimes: Obama’s economic growth among the poorest in 100 ye

Last post by kramer « Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:25 am
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by kramer » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:57 am

OFF THE CHARTS
What Stocks and G.D.P. Say About Obama's Chances
By FLOYD NORRIS
Published: March 24, 2012

AS the presidential election campaign...

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Last post by kramer
Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:25 am
Infosys: Americans are Stupid

Last post by Brooke « Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:49 am

by Brooke » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:49 am

April 12, 2012

Whistleblower calls out IT giant over U.S. jobs

By John Miller

(CBS News) We've all had this happen: you call an American...

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Last post by Brooke
Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:49 am
Gradual insolvency about to speed up

Last post by Wabash « Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:07 am
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by Troglodyte » Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:39 am

Gradual insolvency about to speed up

Published: OC Register March 25, 2012 12:00 a.m.
By Mark Steyn

I was in Australia earlier this month, and...

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Last post by Wabash
Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:07 am
Shortage of Skilled Labor

Last post by afan95 « Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:38 am
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by oceanvue » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:13 am

This is was on the front page of the Austin paper today and it resonates what I've been touting. And yes, Melo but they'd have to move to Texas...

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Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:38 am
It's Jobs, stupid (apologies to Bill Clinton)

Last post by Troglodyte « Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:02 am
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by GOODave » Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:08 am

This is the part of the CBS news report most ardent Obama supporters read:
The Labor Department says the economy added 120,000 jobs in March...The...

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Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:02 am
The Second Oil Revolution

Last post by Brooke « Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:37 pm
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by Brooke » Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:27 pm

The second oil revolution

By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON / Tribune Media Services

The world was reinvented in the 1970s by soaring oil prices and massive...

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Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:37 pm
Jobseekers Get Asked for Facebook Passwords.

Last post by seeinred « Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:45 am
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by Tommy Tar » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:45 pm

When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references.

So he was astonished when the...

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Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:45 am
AIER: Everyday prices are up some 8% over the past year

Last post by kramer « Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:07 am

by kramer » Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:07 am

Forget the modest 3.1 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index, the government's widely used measure of inflation. Everyday prices are up some 8...

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Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:07 am
Dow Closes Above 13K. Obama's Recovery Plan Continues to...

Last post by oceanvue « Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:42 pm
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by Wabash » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:33 pm

Work. Much to the dismay of the GOP.

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The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday reclaimed the last of the ground it held before...

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Last post by oceanvue
Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:42 pm
Crony capitalism 102.

Last post by GOODave « Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:27 am
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by Tar Pit » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:51 pm
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2500 Government Foreclosures Up for Bulk Sale.

Barely six hours after billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that if he could he’d like to buy “a...
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Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:27 am
America’s Per Capita Government Debt Worse Than Greece

Last post by Wabash « Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:01 am
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by kramer » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:00 pm
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In a nutshell;

-Greece is a socialist country.
-Greece is massively in debt due to the greed of it's leftist unions and the economic ignorance of...
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Last post by Wabash
Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:01 am
The Proposed Budget

Last post by GOODave « Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:12 am
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by GOODave » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:49 am

O.k., Obama came out with his budget yesterday and now Congress has it and is supposed to review it (even though it's the House of Representatives...

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Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:12 am
Developments Get Back to the Plan

Last post by Troglodyte « Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:13 am
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by Hanna » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:06 pm
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From the Wall St. Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Developments Get Back to the Plan
As more financing and private-equity investments begin to flow into...
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:13 am
Obama Budget to Get the US Back on Track

Last post by Wabash « Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:49 pm
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by Wabash » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:55 am

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WASHINGTON — Proclaiming a “once in a generation” opportunity, President Obama proposed a 10-year budget on Thursday that reflects...

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Last post by Wabash
Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:49 pm
Fracking idiot or fracking fools?

Last post by Vilepagan « Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:28 pm
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by Luca » Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:16 pm
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The realization that oil extraction technology had improved to the point where the US could access huge amounts of previously unrecoverable oil...
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:28 pm
The New American Elite

Last post by GOODave « Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:22 am

by GOODave » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:22 am

Just read this Op/Ed piece from CNS News:

The New American Elite By Alan Caruba contrasts the world in which he grew up with the world today. He...

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Last post by GOODave
Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:22 am
Food Stamps

Last post by oceanvue « Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:12 pm
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by Red » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:39 am

I heard 12,000,000 Americans on FOOD STAMPS since Chairman obaMAO took over. Is that true?

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Last post by oceanvue
Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:12 pm
Green Energy Industry and the Stimulus Money

Last post by GOODave « Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:16 am

by GOODave » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:16 am

Lesson learned from Solyndra, according to Politico :

AURORA, Colo. — President Barack Obama isn’t letting Solyndra scare him away from pushing a...

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Last post by GOODave
Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:16 am
Putting things in persrective

Last post by Troglodyte « Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:34 am
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by Troglodyte » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:47 am

From an Email a friend sent me;

Lesson # 1:
Why the U.S. was downgraded:
U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000.
Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000.
...

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Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:34 am
Is it fair that the top 5-10% pay the majority of taxes?

Last post by kramer « Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:44 pm
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by Charles » Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:47 pm

This question appears to be one that sparks a very distinct reaction from everyone, in every field and at all ranges and levels of the political,...

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Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:44 pm
The Unsustainable Growth of Welfare

Last post by Troglodyte « Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:53 pm
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by Brooke » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:18 pm
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One of Robert Rector's areas of expertise is welfare.

THE FACTS:

* Welfare on the Rise. The growth of welfare spending is unsustainable and will...
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Last post by Troglodyte
Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:53 pm
The economy is improving

Last post by GOODave « Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:08 am
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by Vilepagan » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:24 am
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More signs the economy is on the upswing today...
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Last post by GOODave
Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:08 am
U.S. Exports more Oil than Imports

Last post by Troglodyte « Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:16 am
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by tLIB » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:08 pm

Just as the average price for gas is set to hit $4 a gallon this week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports February was the third...

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Last post by Troglodyte
Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:16 am
Very odd OC Register poll

Last post by Troglodyte « Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:11 pm
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by John Q. Public » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:07 am

Here's the entire post - and the survey question:

Poll: Has the economy turned around?
January 6th, 2012, 8:00 am · · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn...

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Last post by Troglodyte
Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:11 pm
The United States: A third world country?

Last post by GOODave « Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:31 pm
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by GOODave » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:33 am
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Read the following article and it got me to thinking: Are we headed for economic irrelevance?

How the U.S. Will Become a 3rd World Country (Part 1)...
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Last post by GOODave
Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:31 pm
UH OH!!!

Last post by slowyoroll « Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:25 pm
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by Troglodyte » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:15 pm

Chinese yuan still undervalued: US Treasury
Published: Bankok Post 28/12/2011 at 04:32 AM Online news: Asia

The US Treasury said Tuesday that...

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Last post by slowyoroll
Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:25 pm
China Rejects U.S. Trade Ruling Solar Imports Harm Ind.

Last post by Brooke « Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:28 pm
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by Brooke » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:37 pm

Bloomberg
China Rejects U.S. Trade Ruling That Solar Imports Harm Industry
December 06, 2011

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China rejected a preliminary...

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Last post by Brooke
Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:28 pm
8.6% jobless rate results from workers who stopped looking,

Last post by GOODave « Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:26 pm
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by kramer » Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:24 am

... not from Obama's failed economic policies:

Job creation remained weak in the U.S. during November, with just 120,000 new positions created,...

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Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:26 pm

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