Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
End of the ‘Ownership Society’ Zachary Karabell NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Oct 20, 2008 Remember the ownership society? President George W. Bush championed the concept when he was running for re-election in 2004, envisioning a world in which every American family owned a house and a stock portfolio, and government stayed out of […]
MoreVANITY FAIR Reversal of Fortune Describing how ideology, special-interest pressure, populist politics, and sheer incompetence have left the U.S. economy on life support, the author puts forth a clear, commonsense plan to reverse the Bush-era follies and regain America’s economic sanity. by Joseph E. Stiglitz November 2008 When the American economy enters a downturn, you […]
MoreBY John Tully October 8 2002 The Los Angeles Sun— Politics is not a pretty thing. Look no further than this week in Washington D. C. Former Vice-president Albert Gore Jr. finally brought up the huge marsupial in the room. Criminy! folks, that’s gonna’ wake the whole herd up mate! Senate Leader Tom Daschle, who […]
MoreUS talk radio holds firm over ‘socialist’ bailout R E U T E R S Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:16pm EDT By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Opposing the White House’s Wall Street bailout and letting stocks take a beating was a worthwhile price to pay to keep a “socialist bill” from meddling […]
MoreBy SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Published: June 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM The U.S. military is looking for a contractor to patrol cyberspace, watching for warning signs of forthcoming terrorist attacks or other hostile activity on the Web. “If someone wants to blow us up, we want to know about it,” […]
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