Lets Hang Together or We Will Surely Hang Apart!
What is an Emergency?
Congress is about to pass an additional $32 billion emergency spending package to pay for the war In Afghanistan. It will have overwhelming bipartisan support, with legislators eager to display their fealty to the troops in an election year.
At the same time, the Congress is struggling with a $23 billion bill to [...]
Predictable Blowback
Imagine, if you can, an alternate universe.
Imagine that in this alternate universe, a foreign military power begins flying remote-controlled warplanes over your town, using on-board missiles to kill hundreds of your innocent neighbors.
Now imagine that when you read the newspaper about this ongoing bloodbath, you learn that the foreign nation’s top general is nonchalantly [...]
Modern Day Government Subsisdized Loansharks
Where is the help for the hard working men and women that helped to build and maintain this great country of ours?
US banks stand to collect a record $38.5bn in fees for customer overdrafts this year, with the bulk of the revenue coming from the most financially stretched consumers amid the [...]
U.S. Troops Ambush Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan Mountain Pass
Members of the platoon on patrol in Afghanistan’s Korangal Valley.
KORANGAL OUTPOST, Afghanistan — Only the lead insurgents were disciplined as they walked along the ridge. They moved carefully, with weapons ready and at least five yards between each man, the soldiers who surprised them said.
Behind them, a [...]
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