online.wsj.com - 10/14/2008
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Constantinople fell to the Ottomans after two centuries of retreat and decline. It took two world wars, a global depression and the onset of the Cold War to lay the British Empire low. So it's a safe bet that the era of American dominance will not be brought to a close by credit default swaps, ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/16/2008
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Russia prefers Obama: Russia Prefers Obama Administration 13
October 2008By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff WriterThe Georgia...
conflict has reduced hopes that a Barack Obama presidency could help mend U.S.-Russian ties, but the Democratic candidate ...
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If You Think It's Rough Here
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Bret Stephens offers some sobering parallels: Last month's $700 billion bailout package seems staggeringly large,
but it amounts to a little more than 5% of U.S. gross domestic product.
Compare that to Germany's $400 billion to $536 billion rescue package
(between 12% and 16% of its GDP), or Britain's $835 billion plan (30%).
Of course it may require considerably more than $700 billion to
clean out our Augean Stables. But here it helps that the ratio of
government debt to GDP in the U.S. runs to about 62%. For the eurozone,
it's 75%; for Japan, ...
Dissecting Leftism —
... on short-selling financials seemed a bad one. But a system that demands timely and accurate financial disclosure and doesn't interfere with price discovery will invariably prove more resilient over time than a system that does not make such demands. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were financial time bombs of one kind, then surely China's state-owned enterprises are time bombs of another. Can anyone determine with even approximate confidence the extent of their liabilities? More here ************************* ELSEWHERE Federal Court: Ohio ...
McCain Edging Up in Polls By Describing WHO Obama REALLY Is
Flopping Aces —
... being made to voters in Wisconsin, New Mexico,Virginia, Maine, Florida, Missouri,North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
If you or a family member or friend is unclear about why Ayers matters, here’s a brief backgrounder. It explains WHO and WHAT Obama REALLY is.
McCain Also Focusing on Obama’s “share the wealth” socialism
In the wake of the Joe the Plumber confrontation with Obama, strategists like Karl Rove and Dick Morris agree that Obama is vulnerable on the issues of taxes and ...
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