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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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Meltdown 101 The importance of same-store sales
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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Broadcasts to mobile devices to start in 22 cities
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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New TV trends Internet movies, 3-D, power saving
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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UN halts Gaza aid, truce resolution deal approved
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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UN Security Council calls for Gaza cease-fire
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza truce
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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UN calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 9, 2009
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WHY VOTERS ARE FURIOUS ABOUT THE BAILOUT PACKAGE.
October 5, 2008 -
October 11, 2008
For the past several weeks voters were told by the White House, the so-called leadership of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and numerous pundits on the airwaves that America faced utter economic collapse unless a $700 billion bailout plan conceived by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was approved immediately. Skeptics of both the “crisis” and the purported “fix” were denounced for not understanding the economic turmoil that would flow from delay of even a few more days.
Two weeks ago we were told that failure to pass the proposed legislative “blank check” over the weekend would cause a one-third decline in the stock market come Monday morning. Nothing passed. The market slipped down, but not nearly as much as the “experts” predicted. And when the bailout plan was rejected by the House the stock market actually went UP! In fact, once the legislation was finally forced through Congress later in the week the market reacted with an even more dramatic decline than met the rejection of the original planned bailout. I guess we now know not to rely on the geniuses in Washington when it comes to “playing the market.” (Although some of them do have an impressive track record of results in the arena of cattle futures and the use of “insider information” to produce profits.)
The bailout plan ultimately approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush is scant on details and doesn’t actually address the fact that the fiscal mess was created in large part by government rules and regulations that directed banks and lending institutions to loan huge sums of money to people who had no proven capacity to pay it back. Needless to say, the failure to deal with the problem while throwing tons of other people’s money into this bailout scheme has produced some outrage from those “other people” – the taxpayers!
By failing to reign in the practices of lending to bad credit risks there is no guarantee that the same abuses will not be repeated. In fact, it is almost a sure bet. The only thing that Congress has done is clear the bar tab of an alcoholic who was being turned away from the bar for failing to pay his bills. He now has a fresh start to go on another drunken binge.
The ineptitude, the finger-pointing, the bickering and deceit that has run rampant in this entire debacle has caused voters to lose confidence in our leaders…and rightly so. But what has pushed the public past the tipping point of outrage to pure rage is the fact that pork-barrel “sweeteners” like tax exemptions for “wooden arrows” and funding for wool research were added to the package in order to secure the votes for passage.
Faced with what was described as the most serious financial crisis in perhaps a century, and with our elected representatives supposedly recognizing and believing that to be true, they wouldn’t act to avert the crisis unless they got a little something extra for their lobbyist buddies and special interest cronies?!?! They would not fulfill their sworn duties without getting a little payoff?!?!
Imagine your home catching on fire, with your children trapped inside the burning structure. As you watch in panic; the minutes tick by for what seems to be an eternity until finally the Fire Department arrives. Firefighters pour off of their trucks as the sirens blare and the lights flash. They grab their hoses and axes ready to rush into action to save your home and family. Then, they pause and ask you for a little extra cash from whatever you happen to have in your wallet before they are willing to do their job.
That is what Congress did last week. And it is why we should be disgusted with the whole bunch.
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BOGUS POLL INTENDED TO BOOST OBAMA. -
September 27, 2008 -
October 4, 2008
As we enter into the final month of the election, we will be bombarded with all sorts of information intended to sway our votes. We will, of course, be inundated with television commercials, direct mail pieces, radio ads, and automated phone calls. But we will also be subjected to numerous polls, many of which will be just as partisan as the political propaganda the candidates are relying upon.
A disturbing trend in recent elections has been the intentional use of skewed polling by the... |
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NANCY PELOSI IS A REAL GAS! -
September 18, 2008 -
September 24, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has recently developed a serious interest in natural gas, even though it is clear she is clueless about it. Never has someone with so little knowledge of an industry been poised to make so much money from it…at least since Hillary Clinton made a fortune from a one-time entry into the cattle futures market.
Pelosi’s personal involvement in the natural gas industry, other than as a recipient of contributions from donors and lobbyists acting on behalf of the indu... |
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OBAMA MILITARY STORY HAS A HUGE HOLE IN IT! -
September 8, 2008 -
September 14, 2008
During a weekend interview on ABC’s “This Week” with host George Stephanopoulos Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama noted that he once considered joining the U.S. military. His decision not to pursue service in the military has never been mentioned by Obama on the campaign trail nor was it included in either of his two memoirs.
But when asked about whether or not he ever thought about serving in uniform Obama replied: “"You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Ser... |
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PALIN PICK CHANGES THE POLITICAL DYNAMIC. -
September 3, 2008 -
September 10, 2008
Two straight weeks of intensive political coverage focused on the staged politics of party conventions give way to a sixty day sprint to Election Day. Republicans and Democrats have each had their time in the spotlight but when the smoke clears the race will likely be back to a dead heat. So, if the numbers are back to where they were two weeks ago has anything happened that can have an impact on this race? The answer is “yes”: Sarah Palin.
Senator John McCain’s selection of Palin as hi... |
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THE FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER FIRE FROM THE LEFT. -
August 27, 2008 -
September 3, 2008
The Left has regularly decried the so-called abuses of American’s civil liberties during the Bush Administration era. For example, the ACLU has claimed that the Patriot Act "expands terrorism laws to include 'domestic terrorism' which could subject political organizations to surveillance, wiretapping, harassment, and criminal action for political advocacy." The ACLU has also asserted that the library habits of Americans could also be subject to review and government surveillance, something that... |
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