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Texas Threats and Russian Savvy? Goodbye America!

Texas Governor Rick Perry stirred the stick of popularism yesterday with his war-cry of secession from the Union during the Texan-chapter of the not-so-great Tea Party rallies. Alas a firebrand pitchfork and torch march on Capitol Hill was not the reality hoped for by hundreds and the mainstream media added just the right measure of [...]

U.S. National Debt Since 1940 | Where is the Outcry? When is the Revolution?

I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering …
- Where is the public outcry?
- Where are the pitch forks?
- When [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Military Power Report

Burn The Dollar!

Following Vlad Putin’s lovely ‘ditch the Dollar‘ remarks earlier this week .. the United Nations is jumping on the ‘Bash the U.S. Express’ and a panel of ‘experts’ on U.N. Commission of Experts on International Financial Reform.
The Reuters Story here.
Highlights:
Currency specialist Avinash Persaud, a member of the panel of experts, told a Reuters Funds Summit [...]

“A New Era” Budget Includes Doubling Foreign Aid? {$50bn} Good Grief!

Ok, so forgive lack of URL’s, scruffy typing, and shortness of breath – due to running to make train and then unapologetic anger after reading the

Iraq, Bush and the Whole Bloody Mess!

Just as Reuters reports a third aircraft carrier group is being sent to join the Fifth Fleet parked off the coast of Iran, … the National Review (a surprisingly right-wing but critical voice against the Bush incompetency) says succinctly what many well-placed people remain stubbornly mute about: The ridiculous inability of the Bush administration to [...]

In Search of a (Positive) Legacy … Bush Converts to Democrat

With the Presidential hopefuls stealing an increasing portion of media attention … President George W Bush has begun the search for a positive legacy – or at least a neutral one. Something that (should we all survive the policies of the Bush Administration) we can look back on as a pleasant counter-weight to the plethora [...]

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