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Jan.03.2011 Tax Dodgers and Those Who Love Them Savor the irony. Many of the same folks who called people "draft dodgers" back in the Vietnam War days of conscription are wannabe tax dodgers today. Those who speak the loudest about deficit reduction are working the hardest to avert any reasonable attempt to lower federal debt if it...	Sep.13.2010 ARMY OF HACKS PUSHES FORWARD BY IVAN G. GOLDMAN Ever wonder why we can’t seem to get away from the furor over President Obama’s mild proposal to take back some of the immense tax cuts for the rich that Bush the Second slid through Congress? We’re only talking about people who earn more than $250,000 a year – 2...
Jul.21.2010 AN ADMIRAL'S INSUBORDINATION AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS I find it extraordinary that Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeats the tea-partiers' claim that the greatest threat to our nation is its national debt, meaning that we must kill all programs conservatives don't like, including Social Security. I find it remarkable that...	Jan.09.2010 Obama Administration diverts CIA resources to AGW Scientists Obama Administration diverts CIA resources to AGW Scientists Acting CIA Director, Leon Panetta, has directed the CIA to share data collection assets, time, and classified information with about 60 select scientists. The National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the nation’s...
Nov.17.2009 Paint The Obama Administration With Halliburton Brush Coated With AIG Officials handling the multibillion dollar bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc. mismanaged an initial rescue attempt and may have overpaid other banks to wind down AIG's business relationships, a government watchdog says. Image Credit: Mark Lennihan Paint The Obama...