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Is the 14th Amendment a remedy to the debt crisis? What do you think?

One of the ideas that keeps appearing as a solution to the debt crisis is that the president could unilaterally raise the debt ceiling by using the power some see implied in Section 4 of the 14th Amendment. The problems … Continue reading

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Economy busting budgets

Can someone please explain this to me because I don’t understand how it works: How does more than $5 trillion in deficit spending in four years and more than $1 trillion in new taxes, whoever they might be against, help … Continue reading

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Failure of rhetoric

Worldview Thought for the Day If George W Bush’s presidency was a dictatorship, then how is it that he is not still president and that some people are still complaining so vigorously about a man that has not been president … Continue reading

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Called out

Apparently, my 28 September and 2 October articles admitting that Obama is winning right now and expressing my disappointment with the vice presidential debate touched a nerve with at least some of my readers. One commenter asked whether I changed my mind about my support for McCain.

The answer is unequivocally no. I support John McCain as much as I did on 26 January 2008 when I first concluded he was the only candidate suitable for me to vote for as president based on my standard of national security. That conclusion holds true as much now as it did then: I support John McCain for President of the United States.

The question really is, do you? […] Continue reading

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