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[Open Left - Front Page] Obama's anti-democratic style--and substance: and the various powers that be that would simply not countenance the rise of a serious candidate who was interested in prosecuting or exposing the crimes of the Bush Administration. I believe thats what david mizner was referring to when he said thats the way power works - it simply prevents prosecution from being a legitimate topic of discussion.

[Dissident Voice] The Civilian and the General | Dissident Voice: essentially begging the President to significantly increase troop presence in Afghanistan and widen the war, which has now lasted more than eight years. This is also the same general who we now know was one of the major players in covering up the cause of the death of former NFL millionaire star Pat Tillman who became an Army Ranger, and then was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

[The Heritage Foundation Papers: Economy] Keynesian Fiscal Stimulus Policies Stimulate Debt -- Not the ...: Using a purely statistical approach, Andrew Mountford and Harald Uhlig find an unexpected increase in government spending, beyond what would occur through automatic stabilizers, "weakly stimulates the economy": a 1 percent increase in spending increases output by about 1.3 percent after one year.[9] Proponents of extra increased spending as Keynesian stimulus may take comfort in this result, but then they must also acknowledge that the authors find "a deficit-financed tax cut is the best fiscal policy to stimulate the economy."

[On Russia] Russia's economy: still not collapsing! - Mark Adomanis - On ...: Russia’s economy may expand an annual 8.3 percent in the second quarter, more than previously forecast, on domestic demand and aluminum prices, said Moscow- based Renaissance Capital.The investment bank raised its estimate from 7.9 percent after higher wages, improved retail services and a decline in unemployment, as well as higher aluminum prices and a larger trade surplus, fueled growth, it said in an e-mailed statement today. The economy probably grew 7.5 percent in the first quarter, according to RenCap.

[The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] Drumbeat: June 15, 2010: Due to toxic gases from the fractured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the possible off-gassing of the highly-toxic Corexit 9500 (the chemical dispersant used by BP in the oil spill clean-up), acid rain and various as-yet-unknown forms of environmental damage, we believe that the government will have no choice but to relocate millions of people away from the Gulf Coast. Those living in Florida are presently at the highest risk, but the danger also appears likely to spread to all Gulf Coast states east of Louisiana and possibly even to the entire Eastern half of the United States once hurricane season begins.

[OhioDaily -] Obama Mailer Slams Clinton on NAFTA | OhioDaily: Also of some interest may be Hillary's record on "outsourcing". As noted above, a former staunch "free trader", Alan Blinder, has lately had some substantial second thoughts about the "free trade" experiment -- and what he has to say about outsourcing bears repeating: "Alan Blinder of Princeton, a former vice-chair of the Federal Reserve and a staunch Democrat, has taken to arguing that the downsides of unfettered globalization may be far greater than standard doctrine has assumed””in particular, that offshoring and outsourcing may put as many as 40 million American jobs at risk in the next two decades".

[A World of Progress] Superstitious minds | political madness: Previously, he tried to box in Obama. His tactic was not to be a part of a vigorous discussion with other military leaders and the commander-in-chief about the strategy in Afghanistan. He decided to just go to the media and “tell all,” essentially .... For a junior officer to make these mistakes is understandable; but a four-star general should have known better. And that, not his words, was his downfall. Among Walter Brasch's 17 books are Sinking the Ship of State, ...

[WORLDmag.com | Community] WORLDmag.com | Community | Blog Archive | Our present civil cold war: It isn’t just a president’s view, Frank, it’s the Congress, and quite frankly, it has been the people for the past 30-40 years who have bought into the idea of government should be all powerful. Now some people are waking up, and it will have to be the people who turn this around, because our Congress doesn’t get it and none of our presidents get it.

[neo-neocon] neo-neocon » Blog Archive » Korea heating up: It is finally, the actions of America’s enemies, which will be dictated to large degree by Obama’s manifold and innumerable shortcomings, that will determine his place in history. That and his sure to be foolish and childish responses to the international crises his own weakness will cause that will cement his place below Jimmy Carter in a way that even his academic and journalist worshipers cannot ignore or deny.

[The Benfell Blog] You're being robbed, but please don't raise a fuss: I think it's important to have vigorous oversight. Now, on derivatives, yeah I think [then-Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin and then-Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers] were wrong and I think I was wrong to take [their advice], because the argument on derivatives was that these things are expensive and sophisticated and only a handful of investors will buy them.

[Tab Right] Tab Right » Blog Archive » Transcript: President Obama on ABC ...: The meeting, hosted by Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson, was on ABC and titled “Prescription for America.” Advertised as question and answer session with the President on his and Senator Ted Kennedy’s Health Care Reform Legislation, it reportedly received the lowest ratings of the three major network’s that night and earned ABC the dubious title of “Obama’s Network”

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