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ABC “Nightline” Profiles Arianna, HuffPost

glen @ May 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet

You may one day be known as the woman who saved journalism All our love and respect, thank you so much for what you have done.More on ABCRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

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Are Speculators to Blame for Soaring Oil Prices?

glen @ May 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet

I believe that speculators and hedge fund managers saw signs of impending regulation and backed way off. Prices fell. Now that Congress is busy, they are back at the same games they were playing before, and prices (and speculation) are through the roof. Supply and demand has little effect on commodities in a corrupt system. [...]

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The Ghosts of Empire Are Returning to Haunt Britain – and the US

glen @ May 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Great article. I had no idea.More on EnglandRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

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More Wisdom From Bob Herbert

glen @ May 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Read the full story here. We can’t put our people to work. We can’t educate the young. We can’t keep the infrastructure in good repair. It’s hard to believe that this nation could be so dysfunctional at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. It’s tragic.

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Everyone Agrees We Need to Reform Wall Street… Just Like After Enron

glen @ May 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Well said. Derivatives still have not been regulated. How insane is that?More on Timothy GeithnerRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

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Aid Ironies

glen @ May 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Only when we attack the much larger problem, the root cause of the problem, will anything get better. First of all, we must ban all for profit business in Africa. Corporations and corrupt governments cannot be trusted to create an environment where people prosper. It is completely and totally against everything they want. First we [...]

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Rick Steves On European Drug Policy and Harm Reduction

glen @ May 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet

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Pentagon attempts to show that God was on our side

glen @ May 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Our next amendment needs to separate church and education.Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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Shining Cities on a Smarter Planet

glen @ May 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet

Did we invent a new system to bring home the 10,000 jobs IBM has sent out of the U.S. in the last few years?More on New YorkRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

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Rick Sanchez Equates Barney Frank and Michele Bachmann, and Doesn’t Choke on the Absurdity

glen @ May 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet

You can say that again. More on Michele BachmannRead the Article at HuffingtonPost

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