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Ground Zero Mosque Leader: A Moderate Muslim?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Just as freedom of speech does not include the right to yell “fire” if there isn’t one, Joshua Muravchik argues that neither does freedom of worship afford for the building of whatever, wherever one chooses. Before endorsing the building of … Continue reading →

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Small business sidelined in slow recovery from recession

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

In every recession over the last three decades, it has been America’s small businesses — those Lilliputian companies with fewer than 100 employees — that stepped forward, began hiring and pulled the country out of the mire. Not this time. … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask, your guess is as good as mine.

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Austerity is stupid, stimulus is dangerous, lying is optimal, economic choices are not scalar Steve Waldman I’ve been on whatever planet I go to when I’m not writing. Don’t ask, your guess is as good as mine. When I checked … Continue reading →

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It’s Just Paper

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

The paper system being founded on public confidence and having of itself no intrinsic value, is liable to great and sudden fluctuations, thereby rendering property insecure and the wages of labor unsteady and uncertain. The corporations which create the paper … Continue reading →

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It’s the Constitution, Stupid!

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Harking back to the Founders’ principles of constitutional limits to government is a very powerful message. It’s a message of freedom, especially economic freedom. The tea partiers have delivered an extremely accurate diagnostic of what ails America right now: Government … Continue reading →

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“Of Rats and Sinking Ships”

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Larry Summers is reportedly leaving later this year, and Andrew Cockburn reports that Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s acutely verbal Chief of Staff is said to be looking for other employment, preferably a high paying job on Wall Street with little work … Continue reading →

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Being President isn’t enough?

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

The Supreme Court being a usually quietly deliberative body, couldn’t exactly hold press conferences after President Obama made unprecedented (and unpresidential) remarks harshly rebuking the High Court in Obama’s last SOTU address. The most we got was a camera shot … Continue reading →

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How to Stay Awake During Obama Speeches: Play Barack Obama Bingo

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

1. Before Barrack Obama’s next televised speech, prepare your “ObamaBingo” card by drawing a square. I find that 5″ x 5″ is a good size — and dividing it into columns –five across and five down. That will give you … Continue reading →

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CONGRESSMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

American citizens have grown increasingly unhappy with our congressional representatives, and polls show they’re getting disenchanted with the Obama administration in larger numbers. Funny, but before the loss of one Democratic Senate seat with Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, voter’s … Continue reading →

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Does It Make Sense to Resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act?

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

In the present system, the more unrestricted the banks are, the more money they can generate “out of thin air,” and the more damage they can inflict upon the wealth-generation process. FULL ARTICLE by Frank Shostak

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What they knew and when they knew it

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

“I have to think this train is probably going to leave the station soon and we need to focus our efforts on explaining the story as best we can. There were too many people involved in the deals — too … Continue reading →

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Mr Obama, you are no FDR

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

….the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by … Continue reading →

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Sic transit America?

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Brian Schuettler

Flagging: a US sailor stands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington If a week is a long time in politics, a decade is starting to look like an age in geopolitics. Comparing the America that … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Big Sellout

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Barack Obama ran for president as a man of the people, standing up to Wall Street as the global economy melted down in that fateful fall of 2008. He pushed a tax plan to soak the rich, ripped NAFTA for … Continue reading →

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The Demonic Religion of Abortion

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

It’s getting more and more obvious. Last week, in two separate incidents, those favoring abortion set forth their goals and services in religious language. During a December 2nd “Stop Pitts” rally in Washington and in new video advertisements for a … Continue reading →

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Democrat Southern Style Sweeteners

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Staffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase. On the eve of Saturday’s showdown in the Senate over health-care reform, Democratic leaders still hadn’t secured the support of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the 60 votes needed … Continue reading →

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The Apparatchiks

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler
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The Big Government Boss isn’t going away

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” said Timothy W. Long, the chief bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “At the height of the economic boom, to take an aggressive supervisory approach and tell people to stop … Continue reading →

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Break for Companies in Bailout’s Fine Print

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

One of the federal government’s most opaque methods for bailing out the banking system allowed a handful of giant institutions to save up to $25 billion on their borrowing costs, a Congressional panel estimated on Friday. Seven companies received about … Continue reading →

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Who told Biden?…I know it wasn’t Bernanke

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPmXAyt8Io&NR=1

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Public Trust has Economic Consequences

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Public trust has economic consequences, by Howard Davies, Commentary, Project Syndicate: Public trust in financial institutions, and in the authorities that are supposed to regulate them, was an early casualty of the financial crisis. That is hardly surprising, as previously … Continue reading →

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I guess the government can say anything…and most people believe it!

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Washington Post Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch: …[The Washington Posts's] Fred Hiatt this morning: Re-Stimulating. Unemployment is bad. More fiscal debt might be worse: At 9.8 percent, the unemployment rate is higher than it has been since it hit 10.1 percent in June … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Jobs That No One Wants To Tell You

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Brian Schuettler

Unemployment will almost certainly in double-digits next year — and may remain there for some time. And for every person who shows up as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too … Continue reading →

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