strangemaps.wordpress.com - 11/13/2008
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The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers ) - nearly 30% of its total territory . These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are ...
opiniojuris.org - 11/17/2008
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opiniojuris.org —
Somali pirates strike again, this time hijacking a
Saudi-owned tanker off the coast of Kenya . The...
running stand off with the hijacked ship carrying arms and a Ukrainian crew continues; Russia announces that it repelled an attack on a different ...
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Here There Bee (More) Pirates … and Might the ...
online.wsj.com - 11/19/2008
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online.wsj.com —
Much has been said about the impact of
the credit crisis on U.S. auto makers, and whether...
or not the government should assist the industry during this extraordinary financial turmoil. In these discussions, many critics simply ignore the substantial ...
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Why GM Deserves Support
mcclatchydc.com - 11/20/2008
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mcclatchydc.com —
WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed
the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from...
Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ...
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
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Provocation of the Day
Ross Douthat —
... The Federal Government owns more than half of Oregon, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho and Alaska and it owns nearly half of California, Arizona, New
Mexico and Wyoming. See the map
for more. It is time for a sale. Selling even some western land could
raise hundreds of billions of dollars - perhaps trillions of dollars -
for the Federal government at a time when the funds are badly needed
and no one want to raise taxes. ...
Land of the Free … For Sale?
Opinionator —
Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution has been looking at this cool map over at Strange Maps and, being an economist, he naturally sees value : The Federal Government owns more than half of Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Alaska and it owns nearly half of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming … It is time for a sale. Selling even some western land could raise hundreds of billions of dollars — perhaps trillions of dollars — for the Federal government at a time when the funds are badly needed and no one want to raise taxes. At the same time, a sale of western land ...
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