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The Housing Crisis Isn't A Crisis
The Housing Crisis Isn't A Crisis Peter Robinson (Forbes) Stand back, says Todd Zywicki, and let the markets clear. Law professor Todd Zywicki of George Mason University is composing a book, Bankruptcy Law and Policy in the Twenty-First Century, in which Zywicki picks a couple of fascinating fights. One involves former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan; the other, the entire band of academics, former business executives and career bureaucrats who make up the Obama administration's economic apparat.What to do about the Housing Crisis
3m, aka mmm, aka mymellowman ;) Posted this on another thread. I feel it is such an important issue, especially in the down economic state our country is in at this present time. I also feel with this topic, many, are leading with their hearts, and not their heads.China Holds Firm on Major Issues in Obama’s Visit
President Obama toured the historic Forbidden City in Beijing on Tuesday during a break from meetings with Chinese leaders.
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BEIJING — In six hours of meetings, at two dinners and during a stilted 30-minute news conference in which President Hu Jintao did not allow questions, President Obama was confronted, on his first visit, with a fast-rising China more willing to say no to the United States.
On topics like Iran (Mr.
The American People Return to Personal Responsibility and Honesty
by Newt Gingrich Posted 11/18/2009 As the Senate prepares to take up health reform, senators should take note of the tremendous shift underway in the thinking of the American people.Historians may record that the Obama Administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were the wake-up call which led Americans to recommit themselves to the core values of American civilization. The net result of the Obama presidential campaign and a ten month campaign for government control of health care has been a decisive shift away from reliance on government and toward personal responsibility. A Stunning 22-Point Shift Away From Government Responsibilty for Health Care Polling data released last week by Gallup show a startling shift in public opinion: President Obama and Speaker Pelosi are actually convincing the country to rethink their attitudes and move toward the right and away from government solutions in health care (the same seems to be happening on spending, taxes, and how to create jobs, but that will be a future newsletter).FACT CHECK: Palin Goes Rogue on Some Details
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition.
Palin goes adrift, at times, on more contemporary issues, too.
The Absolutely Worst Bill Ever
The Absolutely Worst Bill Ever By Peter Ferrara on 11.11.09 @ 6:08AM "The Worst Bill Ever." That is the title the always calm and rational Wall Street Journal put on its editorial on November 1 about the government health care takeover bill that passed the House last week on virtually a party line vote, 220-215. But even this label doesn't fully communicate the outright assault on the American people involved in this legislation.Yes, the Community Reinvestment Act Really Did Help Cause the Housing Crisis
Yes, the Community Reinvestment Act Really Did Help Cause the Housing Crisis March 17, James Pethokoukis (U.S. News and World Report) There has been a lot of push back against the idea that the Community Reinvestment Act nudged banks to give mortgages to people who should have not gotten them. But then here comes this fantastic story, courtesy of the Boston Business Journal, about East Bridgewater Savings in Boston: Bad or delinquent loans?Obama's "mild" presidency
Analysis: Where was the downtown rally? Obama’s Madison visit a hallmark of his mild presidency By JOHN NICHOLS Analysis: Where was the downtown rally? Obama's Madison visit a hallmark of his mild presidencyOne year ago Tuesday, Barack Obama redefined American electioneering to such an extent that it was possible to believe that the success of his transformational campaign would lead to a transformational presidency.Prada Shortens Temporary Layoffs as Orders Rise!
MILAN (Reuters Life!) – Italian fashion house Prada is shortening temporary suspensions for some workers by three weeks after orders for its spring/summer 2010 clothes exceeded expectations by 10 percent.
The Milan fashion group, whose designer Miuccia Prada is seen as a trailblazer worldwide for fashion, had signed an agreement with union workers a few weeks ago to put 250 from a plant of 3,000 into "cassa integrazione," according to newspaper reports.
The scheme allows Italians in large industrial firms to be sent home temporarily on reduced pay.
Fox Poll: Maybe Obama's Not So Awful?
Nearly a year after Barack Obama was elected president, Americans are divided over his performance. According to a FOX News poll released Thursday, views are split over whether the president is meeting expectations and keeping promises — and if the country is better off under his administration. Nearly half of Americans — 48 percent — say President Obama is meeting or exceeding expectations, down from 66 percent who thought so in March.
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