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Shortfalls: A Solutions Based Proposal

Preface: Let us be perfectly clear about one thing; the world is in a tough place right now.  Financial markets are collapsing and there is the threat of governmental collapse looming over several small countries.  Bailouts have failed, the printing …

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New national debt data: It’s growing about $3 million a minute, even during his vacation

Updated numbers for the national debt are just out: It's now $14,639,000,000,000. When Barack Obama took the oath of office twice on Jan. 20, 2009, 

Ex-CIA spy: Iranian missiles could soon reach U.S. shores

Despite four sets of United Nations sanctions and pressure by the United States and Europe, Iran has chosen not only to continue its nuclear program but to expand

Gee-Ya Think?

Just 17% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending

Top court rejects global warming lawsuit

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a global warming lawsuit against five big power companies, its most important environmental ruling since 2007 and a victory for

NATO on defensive over strikes close to Gadhafi

By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press 2 hrs 53 mins ago
BRUSSELS – After two airstrikes in a week on targets close to Moammar Gadhafi,

Headline from WSJ: It’s Getting Harder to Bring Home the Bacon

From the WSJ article: "Ours is a timely chat, given the burst of food inflation the world is living through. Mr. Pope is running a multibillion-dollar business in

The Presidential Divider

Did someone move the 2012 election to June 1? We ask because President Obama's extraordinary response to Paul Ryan's budget yesterday—with its blistering partisanship and multiple distortions—was the

WH: Obama regrets vote against raising debt limit

WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama regrets his vote as a senator in 2006 against raising the debt limit. A fight over raising the debt limit

Sen. Schumer: Holding Down Debt Ceiling Is Playing With Fire

Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on the specific agreements and cuts made in the budget deal and the debate over

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