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  $516,348 per U.S. household

  08.06.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on $516,348 per U.S. household

  If this article forwarded along by Lloyd is even half right, we’re in more trouble than we know… The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration […]

• Politics

  Does anyone think this is a good idea?

  08.05.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Update: John Dvorak’s blog used the image above without permission or attribution. That’s why I was forced to put the label on the image. The headline reads this morning Congress gives Bush Administration more Eavesdropping Leeway. This, an administration that kidnaps, tortures, spys on its own citizens, lies, cheats, steals, and does so behind the […]

• Politics

  You tell them Teddy

  08.01.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on You tell them Teddy

  Mr. Roosevelt, I couldn’t have said it any better. We now live in an age where staffers swear allegiance to the President, not the Constitution (yes, Gonzales could have misspoken, but I think there was truth in the gaff,) where the Vice President is not strictly part of the Executive Branch (the office is so […]

• Politics

  Candidate Selection Tool

  07.26.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  With such a large field of potential candidates for the Presidency, it’s helpful to be able to compare views to understand which candidates may be worthy of your support or scorn. Now, this tool is only as good as the data that is being fed into it, and these are all politicians, so you know […]

• Media, Politics

  What a disappointment

  07.25.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on What a disappointment

  The CNN/YouTube debate was an interesting experiment and had the potential to introduce a new type of dialogue in the political process. But, CNN’s selection of questions and questioners (for the most part) was bad and the candidates responses were canned and automatic. Honestly, did you really see anyone you would want to lead the […]

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