James Raider
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Policy Development by PanicObama is vociferously attacking Òrisk taking,Ó that very human characteristic at the heart of AmericaÕs success.
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Napolitano - Incompetence in AscendanceThe question today should be asked of the President, "How can someone this incompetent retain her job, and why has the task become so unimportant?"
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Tiger Woods - Hazards of AssumptionsWhile we may not be in absolute control of what our children are exposed to as Òappropriate,Ó we have influence on what we embrace as the mores that will colonize our own lives and theirs.
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Transforming Perceptions of RealityTaxpayers deserve better from their Fourth Estate and from their politicians. If this transformation of perceptions doesnÕt end soon, the result will be an irreversible transformation of America.
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The Obama Nobel is Not About PeaceOn December 10, Obama will receive his award in Oslo, just in time to energize the ÒCopenhagenÓ agenda. Whether or not he shows up at the UN meeting, the ideological intensions and expectations have been air freighted in the form a Nobel Prize.
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Obama's Misstep on IranThe signals showered on Americans and their allies by this AdministrationÕs decisions and announcements are confusing, but to Russia, they reinforce its strategy of saber rattling. Sanctions have not deterred Iran's ayatollahs.
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Political Campaign Funding - a Democracy's DilemmaTomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the restrictions that have been placed on corporate money in politics.
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America, End Your Fear of Wall StreetFew Americans have the time to educate themselves on the operations of those who control the most critical elements at the heart of the NationÕs well being.
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Obama & Middle Class Income Tax IncreasesTo initiate an advance on the lengthy economic turnaround, the joy ride of debt-spending-with-wanton-abandon mindset enjoyed by Bush and continued by Obama must be brought to a close.
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Government Capping Compensation?Government intervention has reduced competition in the banking sector, allowing the favored few bailout-receiver-therefore-government-backed behemoths to attract investor support, and has enabled their acquisitions of not so fortunate competitors.
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Government Vs. CapitalismToday we are confronted with a wave of negative wind pushing against the capitalism that has brought America its unprecedented success, as it absorbs the blame for the economic meltdown.
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Bernanke and the Super Fed Say ItÕs OverWith that level of insight you can now go out and make major decisions for your own future, such as, whether or not to buy a house, upgrade your car, perhaps even fly to Europe on the wings of hope. No?
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HOUSING - TIME to CHANGE PERCEPTIONSThe U.S. housing market is mired knee-deep in that stressful muck called recession. Homeowners have historically enjoyed hearing the word inflation, since it usually resulted in a rising value of homes.
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Goldman Sachs: Thank You Mr. PresidentDonÕt listen to noises suggesting that we make money on trades even when we buy and sell at the same price levels to ourselves.
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Do Not Believe the Pundits on China's CenturyChina has created a massive middle class in a single generation, but it has yet to empower it. American consumers are unconsciously pushing back the clock on that empowerment through their dramatic behavior modification of the past year.
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Dear Mr. President: Thanks Again for Cap and TradeAttaching the name ÒCap and TradeÓ to this whole business has been a stroke of genius. No one really understands what it all means, and the media believes everything you tell them, so keep plugging it, and keep promoting the Òreduction in CO2Ó stuff.
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IKEA's Complaint of Russian Mob RuleFor giant corporations such as Ikea, size means that the price extracted for doing business becomes an impossible number to cap. The money extraction process is insidious, and because the corporate coffers are enormous, the blood money has no ceiling.
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Neda Agha-Soltan - Innocent Symbol of RevolutionNedaÕs graphic entry into martyrdom will have put an end to the placating of ruling Iranian thugs by a European leadership which has enjoyed business as usual for a generation, sanctions or not.
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A New Dawn for Iran?The mullahs may have long feared that change would eventually come in reaction to their abuse of the population. Many have moved the proceeds of their pilfering offshore, Òjust in case.Ó
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Does America Yearn for a Monarch?Not that America wants a king, because it doesnÕt, but there is evidently a vast portion of society that yearns for a personality that it believes will transcend it to a place that Camelots are made of.
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Obama's Private Economic ConundrumWall Street is quietly cheering and encouraging the moves of a neophyte CEO. You would too, if you controlled the game.
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Obama's Not so Free MoneyWhen businesses complain of the paperwork mountain required along with endless strings attached, someone should realize that the Obama free money has been rendered too onerous to be accepted.
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Detroit Icons - Ending More Than an EraVehicles such as the 1958 Pontiac Bonneville, the 1956 Ford Crown Victoria, the 1956 DeSoto Adventurer, the 1955 Chrysler C300, and the 1958 Chevrolet Impala were not simply transportation, but were the artful product of creative teams.
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Continental Flight 3407 Ð Casting Blame on Pilots?Regardless the weather or technical conditions, ultimate responsibility for who occupies the two seats at the front of the plane rests in the company executives who make the decisions on who fills them.
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Common Sense- Apple Will Not TwitterWall Street very probably does not have the influence on Apple's Board that it did on eBay's when eBay acquired Skype for reasons that strained common sense.
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Dilettantes at the Chrysler GateThe bully pulpit in the hands of an effective salesman might well inflict permanent damage on the open and free corporate landscape which has fuelled AmericaÕs growth for over a century.
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A Nuclear Weapons-Free World? Really?A world without nuclear weapons is impossible, and a world leader, such as America, not having nuclear weapons is not remotely conceivable.
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EBay, Skype, Goldman, Morals and PrinciplesAt the time of the Skype acquisitionÕs announcements, the financial media, did little to clarify why such a transaction could possibly be considered good business. The answer lies in how the game is played on Wall Street.
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Politically Incorrect Reaction to Somali PiratesWith six and a half billion people populating this fragile planet, it is idiotic to believe that America can or should stabilize, democratize, infrastructurize, commercialize and adherentize every wayward country on Earth. -
A Political Lesson from Italy's Disastrous QuakeExperts around the world claim that quakes are not predictable, so why care that a scientist who turned out to be correct, was put in his place and admonished by his own government? -
The War on Drugs - Time for a Changeobjective as a society is to reduce the impact that addicts' self-abuse has on the rest of us. It is time for a paradigm shift in attitudes and a reversal of the failed Control Substance Act governing the war on drugs.
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China's Weak Gambit on a Currency ShiftChina is calling for a move toward an obscure international currency known as SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) used by the IMF, to replace the U.S. dollar. Why would it push for such a dramatic shift? -
A.I.G. - A National EmbarrassmentThis company's central role in the financial meltdown that is affecting the whole world deserves more scrutiny than it is getting from either Congress or the White House. America and its taxpayers deserve better.
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The Deal to Make with MadoffTake ego and emotions out of the equation, and make light deals with each member of his family. Exchange the leniency for a complete and specific unraveling of the past thirty years Madoff spent in the more dubious financial chambers of the world.
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The Fourth Estate - R.I.P.?The Media's current manifestation, no longer plays the role of independent pillar supporting the social triumph that is democracy.
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America's Overnight TransformationThe strategy, being energized by Wall Street and its stockowners, reminds us of placer gold miners using overpowered firehoses that completely destroyed the landscape in the hope that it would render an occasional nugget and some gold dust.
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Obama Mitigating Mortgage Foreclosures?No help will be provided for those who made rational decisions on purchases, but ample support will be provided to those who couldnÕt afford the homes they signed up for. Is such policy right?
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FBI Shifts - Counter-terrorism to Anti-FraudAs the economyÕs meltdown confuses politicians and economists, and stresses businesses and wage earners, the FBI has suddenly discovered a new path to career advancement.
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Bernie Madoff - A Letter of Explanation?The Editors of The Pacific Gate Post received an envelope from persons unknown, containing a letter apparently discarded in an alley behind an Upper East Side, Manhattan apartment building. -
Is Obama Right to Ignore Bush Transgressions?President Bush has cloaked his term in the White House with a singular distinction of secrecy that would give Richard Nixon a case of acute envy. Should President Elect Obama be, Òlooking backwardsÓ on the Bush years?