earlier this year john mccain and hillary clinton tried to put some life into their respective campaigns by endorsing a gas tax holiday that would have lasted for the entire summer. as i noted back then the proposal made almost no economic sense and would have likely resulted in .........
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earlier this year john mccain and hillary clinton tried to put some life into their respective campaigns by endorsing a gas tax holiday that would have lasted for the entire summer. as i noted back then the proposal made almost no economic sense and would have likely resulted in no real savings for the public. now a republican congressman is proposing a tax holiday for the entire nation ......
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wall street greeted the new month by falling like a rock yet again the evidence of a recession has been widespread for months slower production stagnant wages and hundreds of thousands of lost jobs. but the nonpartisan national bureau of economic research charged with making the call for the history books waited until now to make it official and the announcement came on a day when t......
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if it werent for the fact that its unsurprising this would be distressing seventyseven percent 77 of u.s. voters say school children should say the pledge of allegiance every morning at school according to a new rasmussen reports national telephone survey. voters are closely divided over whether students should be able to opt out of saying......
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anyone remember this little exchange from the december 13 2007 des moines register debate well it took a little less than a year but hillary finally responded to the offer ht justin gardner similar posts republicans consider adding another iowa debate howard fineman hillary cant .........
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anyone remember this little exchange from the december 13 2007 des moines register debate well it took a little less than a year but hillary finally responded to the offer ht justin gardner similar posts republicans consider adding another iowa debate howard fineman hillary cant win get free coffee at starbucks today republicans set to meet in last iowa deb......
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apparently weve been in a recession for a year now its official the united states is in a recession and it started a year ago. the nations economy peaked and the recession began in december 2007 the national bureau of economic research announced today. the groups business cycle dating committee the semiofficial arbiter of these things defines a ......
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since weve all been speculating about it for weeks now theres not really any surprise to it but nonethless barack obama officially named hillary clinton his secretary of state designate washington presidentelect barack obama called for a new dawn of american leadership on monday as he formally introduced his national security team led by senator hillary rodham cli......
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i havent written much about the latest round of efforts to prove that barack obama is constitutionally ineligible to be president of the united states because he isnt a natural born american citizen mostly because the arguments being advanced by the people making those arguments are as baseless as they were when i wrote about them back in august. now......
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ive written several times in the past about the manner in which americas sex offender registry laws have led to insane some might even say unjust outcomes. there was the sixyear old boy in virginia who will go through the rest of his school career tagged as a sexual offender. the 15 year old ohio teenager who was charged with distribution of child pornography for sending a nude......
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number of comments 1 ive written several times in the past about the manner in which americas sex offender registry laws have led to insane some might even say unjust outcomes. there was the sixyear old boy in virginia who will go through the rest of his school career tagged as a sexual .........
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theres been much discussion about this especially tragic incident in the early hours of black friday valley stream n.y. cbs were used to seeing scenes like this across the country people running pushing trying to get their hands on the great bargains. but on friday better known as black friday to millions upon millions of holiday shoppe......
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the washington post reports today that the incoming senate is likely to be much easier on barack obama than republicans would like democrats said much of their disappointment about falling short of 60 senate seats dissipated when anchorage mayor mark begich d was declared the winner of the senate race in alaska giving democrats 56 seats plus independents joseph i. lieberman c......
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there are yet more signs that demographic shifts in the old dominion are working against them after an election in which virginia was one of the most hotly contested states in the presidential race the results show virginia democrats amassing a formidable coalition as the states suburban communities grow more diverse white voters in northern virginia shun the gop young voters align ......
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the washington post profiles what may be the beginning of the race for the 2012 republican nomination cedar rapids iowa last weekend 18 days after barack obama decisively defeated their candidate for president a mostly republican crowd of selfdescribed conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the gop think could be the partys own ......
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some time this morning the selection of hillary clinton for secretary of state will be official cnn presidentelect barack obama will officially nominate members of his national security team at an event monday morning including sen. hillary clinton as secretary of state according to two officials. the obama transition team announced sunday that obama will unveil the full t......
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i decided to make that thanksgiving break i wrote about last a little longer hence the lack of any blog posts over the weekend. actually it wasnt entirely by choice since i wasnt feeling all that great saturday and sunday and i still dont think im at 100. but im back in any case. regular blogging to resume shortly. similar posts and were ......
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this will be the last post of the day and likely the last until sometime on saturday so happy thanksgiving everyone. in case youre interested my wine recommendations from a few years ago still stand so go out buy some and enjoy. in the meantime courtesy of one of my .........
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i already mentioned this in the past but decided to post it again since there are probably new readers that havent seen it. if youre on twitter you can follow my feed. and if youre on facebook heres my profile. send me a friend request if youre on .........
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similar posts putin picks his successor puppet too little too late mccain blasts the bush years putins puppet echoes him on kosovo peter schiff on the auto bailout and obamas makework bailout campaign 2008 .........
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things arent going so well down in the bunker82 30 ht bearing drift similar posts the case against a bailout virginia blog carnival and that chairman frederick is the problem blogroll updates tim kaine dont know much .........
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a corporate bankruptcy attorney provides a preview of what a chapter 11 filing by general motors might work itself out. first theres a very simple reason why the nonbankruptcy solutions being contemplated wont work a lender to an insolvent company on the verge of bankruptcy wants its loan to be repaid. it would not allow loan proceeds be used to pay off existing liabilities.......
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well heres a gem. the great frederich von hayek ona meet the press. along with a young george will youll hear the nobelprize winning economist talk about inflation and the role that government monetary and fiscal policy plays in creating it. similar posts what happens when you give an idiot a microphone milton friedman dead at 94 youre kidding right d......
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well heres a gem. the great frederich von hayek ona meet the press. along with a young george will youll hear the nobelprize winning economist talk about inflation and the role that government monetary and fiscal policy plays in creating it. similar posts what happens when you give .........
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peter schiff was part of a bloomberg television panel on friday discussing the appointment of timothy geithner as treasury secretary and the future of the markets. hes still not very optimistic. part one part two part three similar posts stocks rise as obamas economic team takes shape next at .........
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