corner.nationalreview.com - 1/30/2009
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It's been a bad week for trade. First, Timothy Geithner engaged in a little economic saber-rattling toward China, and now Congress is attempting to exclude foreign companies from competing for infrastructure projects in the stimulus package. The so-called "Buy American" provisions in the bill ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/27/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Here is the full text of President Obama's
interview with Al-Arabiya Arab TV Network: INTERVIEW OF THE
PRESIDENT BY HISHAM MELHEM, AL ARABIYA Map Room 5:46 P.M. EST Q Mr. President, thank you for this opportunity, we really appreciate ...
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OBAMA AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FULL TEXT
boston.com - 1/29/2009
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boston.com —
The prosecution in the US justice system of
terrorism suspects and placing those convicted into prisons in
the United States proved workable before the Bush administration. And it's still workable today.
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The confusion over renditions
azleg.gov - 2/5/2009
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azleg.gov —
Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States reads as follows: "The powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the ...
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... No He Can't, by Ann Wortham
Let's be fair to Mayor Bloomberg: He defends Geert Wilders
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Stealth Fairness Doctrine. Classical
What the stimulus does to medical care. Watch out! They threw everything in there, so fast that nobody sees it all.
Kudlow thinks the economy has bottomed.
Hoover tried it already.
Why protectionism is a terrible idea
The nuclear -free Berkeley library. Just ...
Two Words Of The Day For The “Reality-Based Community”
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Or two names. Anyway, without further ado:
Smoot.
Hawley.
Explanation.
Be very, very, very afraid. Malevolent agents bent on destroying the economy could not do a better job than these protectionists could. ...
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