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swampland.blogs.time.com - 2/15/2009
An Important Lesson
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It is a basic law of human nature that when vast sums of money are distributed rapidly by government agencies, corruption ensues. Hence, this story , which scratches the surface of the free-range robbery that took place in Iraq. It will behoove the Obama Administration--and the media--to pay ...
forbes.com - 2/13/2009
The Real Lesson Of The New Deal
— forbes.com — One reason why Republicans strenuously oppose the Obama administration's fiscal stimulus plan is because it repeats the... errors of Franklin D. Roosevelt. To them, the New Deal was mainly about vastly expanding government spending and deficits, which ... (more) The Real Lesson Of The New Deal

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washingtonmonthly.com - 2/8/2009
History lesson
— washingtonmonthly.com — HISTORY LESSON.... The director of the White House National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, is known for having... a rather brusque personality. I think he was clearly holding back this morning. George Stephanopoulos just showed Obama economic ... (more) History lesson

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dailykos.com - 2/17/2009
Lesson learned
— dailykos.com — Yeah, I know there were those who thought that Obama's obsession with "bipartisanship" was some sort of... clever master plan to outflank Republicans or something, but in reality, the obsession with getting Republican votes ended up detracting from the ... (more) Lesson learned

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Political Animal — ... 2004. Before he was shot on a road north of Baghdad, Mr. Stoffel drew a portrait worthy of a pulp crime novel: tens of thousands of dollars stuffed into pizza boxes and delivered surreptitiously to the American contracting offices in Baghdad, and payoffs made in paper sacks that were scattered in "dead drops" around the Green Zone, the nerve center of the United States government's presence in Iraq, two senior federal officials said. Joe Klein describes what transpired in Iraq as " free-range robbery ." Given what we've learned, it's a painfully accurate phrase.— ...

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