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A-E-I-owe-you: What America is teaching our children

A-E-I-owe-you: What America is teaching our children

By DanielPosey • on March 6, 2009

America truly is the home of the free and the land of the brave, but we’re also a nation of debtors, the biggest of all being the U.S. Government’s almost 11 trillion dollar and growing deficit. Something I’ve learned from my time as a father and a teacher is that children learn by example. We model the behaviors we desire to see in

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Cures for Our Economic Disease

Cures for Our Economic Disease

By Congressman Ron Paul • on February 2, 2009

Congressman Ron Paul discusses what it takes to cure the economic crisis we are facing. I have recently had several opportunities on various news programs to discuss the economy and what is wrong with the so-called economic stimulus package. I have said over and over what we shouldn’t be doing, and

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Obama is hurting young Americans by pushing economic stimulus plan

Obama is hurting young Americans by pushing economic stimulus plan

By Wes Kimbell • on January 20, 2009

President Obama’s economic “stimulus” plan is one of the first chances young Obama supporters get the opportunity to prove they are not just jaded with the romance of his rhetoric and personality, but instead are able to stand up and question critical, long-term policies that we think he might

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Is President-Elect Obama Serious about Closing Guantanamo Bay?

Is President-Elect Obama Serious about Closing Guantanamo Bay?

By Jared Patterson • on January 16, 2009

President-elect Obama’s plans for Guantanamo Bay Prison have been vague at best. In his campaign promises he stated the base would close but he has stayed very quiet about his actual plans. “But I don’t want to be ambiguous about this. We are going to close Guantanamo and we are going to make sure

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Economic “stimulus” plan will not save us

Economic “stimulus” plan will not save us

By Wes Kimbell • on January 11, 2009

The media, the politicians and most Americans seem to be in complete agreement: we need a stimulus plan that will pump a large amount of dollars in the economy so that spending will increase and therefore will enable the economy to get out of the rut it is in and back on track to economic prosperity.

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Schiff predicted financial crisis two years ago, Ridiculed

Schiff predicted financial crisis two years ago, Ridiculed

By Wes Kimbell • on December 25, 2008

In 2006 and throughout 2007 former Ron Paul adviser Peter Schiff consistently warned the world of the looming financial crisis we are now experiencing, while pundits and media outlets constantly ridiculed him and his ideas. Neither Hank Paulson, George Bush, nor Ben Bernake could see the financial crisis

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Should taxpayers bail-out bad business practices by automakers?

Should taxpayers bail-out bad business practices by automakers?

By Wes Kimbell • on December 5, 2008

A lot is at stake in the decision by Congress to either prop up the Big Three automakers with over $25 billion of tax-payer money despite their business mistakes, or allow the automakers to take the hit coming to them, which would allow them to endure some short-term pain in order to restore long-term

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Consumerism: Helping or killing our economy?

Consumerism: Helping or killing our economy?

By Wes Kimbell • on November 28, 2008

On the day after Thanksgiving, a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by shoppers who crashed through the doors of the store, eager to save a few bucks. In the midst of the busiest shopping day of the year, President Bush and many leaders of the Federal Reserve have been applauding the unabashed

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History, Barack, and Jesus

History, Barack, and Jesus

By ThadNorvell • on November 13, 2008

I didn’t vote for Barack Obama, just so we get that out of the way up front. I’m also wondering whether Jesse Jackson is crying because of the historical significance of the moment, because it’s not him on the stage, or because he didn’t get to maim Obama before he had the full

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Vote or die!

Vote or die!

By Wes Kimbell • on November 9, 2008

Celebrities left and right are encouraging people to vote. Puff Daddy issued the infamous ultimatum, “Vote or die.” He and other celebrities believe they are doing this country a tremendous favor by encouraging everyone in this great nation to vote. But, has anyone really thought out the idea of

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