The political battle rages on post the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision with respect to campaign financing, and its horrendously unconstitutional new "interpretation" of the First Amendment. In light of all the commentary that has been made with respect to the decision "rolling back" the campaign finance laws in order to afford unlimited corporate spending […]
State Politicos Capitalizing On Mortgage Crisis For Career Development
(Reposted After Accidental Deletion While Editing) I read recently that Terry Goddard, Arizona’s current attorney general, has joined a Task Force supposedly to address the scam artists operating in Arizona after Obama’s claimed "rescue" was announced. Below is a copy of a letter I sent to the Arizona legislature as a former 45 year resident […]
ObamaCare: Deceptive Details Left Out In Public Forums and Speeches
For Any And All Conserve-ative Americans: In listening to Barack Obama’s Western "Sell ObamaCare" tour, as a child of the 1950’s and 1960’s, the only impression that I had to a small fraction of his hard sell spiel in the various Western states on this ludicrous legislation in its current form is to that of […]
Georgia: Economic Slump Hurting
Once buoyant economy is hit by downturn and war over South Ossetia. By Tamar Khorbaladze in Tbilisi Having enjoyed double-digit economic growth for several years, Georgia is now bracing itself for hard times as it comes to terms with the double blow of the August war and the world financial crisis. Since October, increasing numbers […]
Asian Markets Plunge on Lehman, Merrill Woes
Asian stock markets plummeted on Tuesday as the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takeover of Merrill Lynch spurred fears of an imminent global financial crisis. European markets extended losses in early trading after falling sharply on Monday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index sank nearly 5 percent to 11,609.72, its lowest close since July 2005, while Hong […]
Micro Finance : The New Money Plant
Ever since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for his initiatives in micro finance, the sector has been attention that had hitherto been denied it. The Professor himself has been toasted around quite a bit and the Grameen Bank has now been invited to set up shop in Assam. But the success and […]