Tag: president obama
member name: Dave McGill
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September 24, 2009 04:51 PM EDT --
There’s little disagreement that healthcare costs in the United States currently amount to $2.5 trillion per year, or at least for this year.
The average annual cost of a family policy is now . . .
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October 25, 2009 04:01 AM EDT --
“From the little ACORN a mighty oak grows,” so states the old American proverb. And it seems that ACORN (The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) may just have . . .
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October 30, 2009 03:40 AM EDT --
The toast of Washington, D.C. is a woman.
She’s not a Senator, nor a Congresswoman, nor a jurist, nor even a member of the Obama administration. Furthermore, hers is not a household name. . . .
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November 01, 2009 05:06 PM EST --
There are at least three ways to win an election. One would be by an honest outcome, another would be by fraud and a third would be by running unopposed.
In this respect, it looks like President Hamid . . .
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June 27, 2009 06:48 PM EDT --
Some day, if we're lucky, we'll all be elderly. A few have suggested I might already be there. And, actually, they may have a point, because I felt a little uncomfortable listening to . . .
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September 15, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
With respect to the ongoing search for savings within the healthcare industry, Medicare costs continue to represent the ultimate honey pot - and confusion seems to be the order of the day.
Yesterday’s . . .
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February 22, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
Osama bin Laden has been tracked down by a group of sleuths to one of three buildings in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar, and the trail was determined by the employment of assumptions . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:20 PM EDT --
No matter what your political affiliation is, you are likely to see both good and bad in President Obama's newly announced plans for Afghanistan. However, somewhat hidden below the . . .
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July 08, 2009 08:27 PM EDT --
It's become increasingly apparent that this nation has fallen behind the curve with respect to a type of warfare that could paralyze everything from banking and business transactions to nuclear . . .
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August 12, 2009 01:54 AM EDT --
Two months ago, all looked well for healthcare reform. It was a popular president’s highest priority. The public was solidly behind it and the entrenched interests assured us that they . . .
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August 16, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
For those who have been anxious to learn what circumstances would constitute a victory in the Afghan campaign, an answer of sorts is at hand.
When asked, on Wednesday, how the administration would define . . .
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August 21, 2009 09:19 PM EDT --
Many Americans don’t know what to make of their new president. They’ve never seen one quite like him in their lifetimes.
He seems to have the unique idea that he represents all Americans . . .
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September 10, 2009 07:20 PM EDT --
John Q. Public, as a taxpayer, as a patient, and as just a plain old or young citizen, doesn’t stand a chance against the special interests.
Politicians are awash in oodles of contributions, are . . .
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September 19, 2009 07:51 PM EDT --
While Wall Street crows that “it’s over,“ financial stress continues to cause great pain up and down Main Street. Like an iceberg, most of it lies beneath the surface, out of sight . . .
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February 18, 2009 11:17 PM EST --
Let's look at some big numbers. Last September, AIG, the insurance giant, was given an $85 billion loan by Uncle Sam 's Treasury Department. It was secured by an 80% equity . . .
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March 11, 2009 09:05 PM EDT --
In an ironic twist on the "Back to the Future" theme, it appears that our children and grandchildren will be funding a large portion of the current-day job losses being experienced . . .
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October 01, 2009 04:50 AM EDT --
As Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism, A Love Story , hits the theaters, it may be an appropriate time to see how we, as a nation, are doing under our particular brand of that system.
First, . . .
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August 27, 2009 08:12 PM EDT --
Before the end of this month we’ll have seen the eightieth anniversary of the official beginning of the Great Depression. We will also have passed through the 20 th month of the current economic . . .
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October 12, 2009 02:31 AM EDT --
A 110-page report, two years ago, by the Senlis Council, a Brussels-based think tank, reported that the Taliban’s resurgence had reclaimed 54% of Afghanistan. At that time, there was a NATO . . .
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October 16, 2009 04:09 AM EDT --
On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission approved the purchase of Wyeth by Pfizer and the $68 billion deal closed today. One of the direct results will be the elimination of at least 45,000 jobs in . . .
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