julescrittenden.com - 3/16/2009
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Nobel Economics Laureate Krugman re Europe, about which he frets. He is disappointed that Congress and Obama didn't drive up the deficit three times higher, and Europe has failed to meet even that paltry standard for agenda-pushing porkulus. No worries, Krugman, they're switching to a new system ...
julescrittenden.com - 3/17/2009
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Washington Post: Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama's Political
Capital. That was fast. Here's a lefty quibbling: AIG...
bonuses alone won't derail the Hope-Change train. Good point. It would take more than just that. Dunning war vets for their care while ...
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Quagmire!
washingtonpost.com - 3/15/2009
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Obama's No Socialist. I Should Know.
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Maggie's Farm —
... always been considered blessings, as indeed they are. But long life in particular seems to have become a goal unto itself — and from where I stand is most decidedly a mixed blessing.
The joke is on our kids. (I have no kids, yet. No wife, either, yet: she will need to be lovely, sweet, serene, sexy, competent, smart, and devoted to me despite my flaws - and interested in everything.)
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We’re No 1!
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