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ButAsForMe Exclusive: U.S. Undercuts National Security By Failure To Support Best & Brightest

May 5, 2012

As U.S. student debt for education approaches $1 trillion,  government support of higher education keeps dwindling and what is available is going more and more to support foreign students’ pursuit of higher education in the U.S. The government would have you believe that this is due to a decline of early education to prepare our [...]

Tagged as: education threat to national security, foreign students v. u.s. students, higher education, higher education in U.S.

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News As It Breaks Live: Santorum Suspends Campaign

April 10, 2012

With the looming Pennsylvania Primary in view, former Congressman Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination today. Suspension will mean time for him and his staff to tie up loose ends including raising money to pay off any lingering debts of the campaign. With Pennsylvania polls showing an erosion of his [...]

Tagged as: Dow Drops Due To European Sovereign Debt, Eve of Presidential Primary, Italy and Spain Economic Crisis Mode, Romney GOP Nominee for President, Ron Paul Last Man Standing?, Santorum Suspends Campaign

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Former Goldman Sachs Exec Resigns Over Firm’s Policy To “Hunt Elephants”

March 14, 2012

In an Op-ed post for The New York Times, former 12 years Goldman Sachs exec and trader Greg Smith resigned today publicly stating that Goldman Sachs has lost sight of doing business to protect the interests of its’ clients  but rather to  “Hunt Elephants… get your clients — some of whom are sophisticated, and some [...]

Tagged as: goldman sachs greg smith resigns, goldman sachs immorality, greed and wall street, money, Reformed Liberal

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The Dark Clouds That Surround Obama’s Economic Silver Lining

February 24, 2012

Wall Street hovers near 13,000, unemployment claims down to their lowest level since March 2008, consumer confidence is up–does this mean happy days are here again?  No.  There’s a dark cloud on the horizon as gas prices are skyrocketing upwards with a projected $5 or $6 per gallon price by summer.   This increase will begin [...]

Tagged as: economic recovery, education, Inflation, James Bullard, MarketWatch, middle class keeps falling behind, older workers need not apply, payroll income declines, recovery not until 2020, Reformed Liberal, Rex Nutting, rising gas prices, tuition hikes, underemployment, unemployment

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The OMG of the EU Crisis!

December 13, 2011

As we approach the holidays, we have seen Wall Street rallies and declines in unemployment –if you do not look too close, that is.  Meanwhile Europe waivers on a new economic strategy to rein in its’ members to the south, and the United States major bankers and companies quake at the thought of what the [...]

Tagged as: David Weidner of MarketWatch, Europe Economic Crisis Spillover, Global Economic Uncertainty, No confidence in EU leaders

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Proposed Agenda For Occupy Wall Street #4: Prevent Another Financial Collapse By Breaking Up Big Banks

December 10, 2011

Strings were never tied to TARP, and as a result Wall Street and the financial institutions have learned zip from their wanton, careless and risky behavior pre-2008.  It is their sheer size that created the nation coming so close to the edge, and if the present problems of the European Union tells us anything is [...]

Tagged as: Break-up the Banks, James Kwak, Proposed Agenda for OWS, simon johnson, vulnerability of u.s banks and corporations to eu crisis

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Europe’s Stock Market Plunges On Possible U.S. Second Recession

September 5, 2011

Labor Day rescues Wall Street as Europeans head for cover in the Swiss franc  and bonds.  While the U.S. market was closed today on a holiday that recognizes labor’s contribution to the nation, European markets fell sharply in anticipating a shaky world economy that includes a possible  second U.S.recession, lack of a solution to Greece’s [...]

Tagged as: August Jobs Report, European and Asian Markets Plunge As U.S. celebrates Labor Day, Second Recession

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S & P Downgrade: U.S. Wake-Up Call!

August 8, 2011

Whether or not you view the downgrade by Standard & Poor’s as valid or not, the way that the U.S. does business–and governs, cannot continue. Entitlements are not the sole culprit here; if they were then other countries that have a more socialistic bent to the way they govern such as the  United Kingdom Commonwealth, [...]

Tagged as: energy policy, Entitlements, Federal Reserv, Leadership Failure, list of S&P AAA nations, Obama, Recession of 1937-38, Recovery, Reformed Liberal, S&P Downgrade, socialism, stimulus, unemployment

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Is Release Of Oil Reserves A Signal Of Panic In The White House?

June 29, 2011
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Bernanke is at a loss as to why the economic recovery once again is on life support. 429,000 unemployment claims up by 9000 this past week, the biggest jump in a month.  Obama shortens the time line for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan; and now without any sign of a supply disruption, he releases 30M gallons of [...]

Tagged as: Afghanistan, Bernanke, derivative reform, Economy, Federal Reserve, hedge funds, nation's oil reserves, Obama, shadow government, U.S. Foreign Policy, unemployment claims, wall street speculators

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The Donald Opines On China, The Economy, Outsourcing and Charlie Sheen (Video Part 1 & 2)

March 28, 2011

David Letterman interviewed Donald Trump on Late Night this past month and viewers got a good look at a possible GOP Candidate for President.  Click Here To See Part 1 of Interview→         ←Click  HereTo See Part 2 of Interview  

Tagged as: 2012 Republican Candidates for President, Charlie Sheen, David Letterman, Donald Trump, Late Night, NAFTA, outsourcing, unemployment

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‘Made in America’ Being Bought Up By China

March 25, 2011

If you have a good idea in the United States expect China to come calling.  China has been snapping up aviation companies and according to  Brian Foley for Brian Foley Associates , the results are far reaching: “In buying up established companies, China gets the management know-how, brand, distribution, technology in days, not decades,” said Brian [...]

Tagged as: Aviation, China U.S. Aviation Acquisitions, Chip Cravaack, Cirrus, Duluth Minnesota, Made In U.S.A., Minnesota, Minnesota Industries, North Dakota, Young Adults Flu

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