The Axis of Angst: Explaining Hillary, Huckabee, and Dobbs

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joe the plummer

they should leave JOE alone.He was only one Amercian Citizen asking a question.Whats the matter, didnt Obama like the question????Now they are all over him..Lucky it was caught on camera..I have NEVER sent an e-mail on this topic before,but this has really,really,getting me mad as hell..OBAMA HAS LOST MY VOTE.I beleive this is only an example of how we are going to be treated by Obama..I was fooled by him,and was really not sure on whom to vote for, but the way they are treating Joe just for asking a question.!!!!I have "seen his true colors."MY advice to you all."LEAVE JOE ALONE ." but then,I am just only one little vote..RIGHT.. SO GOOD BYE OBAMA AND HELLO JOHN!!!!!!

LINDA BENSON of CA @ Oct 17, 2008 20:18:46 PM

Re: Economics

Interestingly, since we went off gold in 1971, the size of our economy has gone from $3.8 trillion to nearly $12 trillion in inflation-adjusted terms. Linking Fed policy to a price-rule or to a basket of commodities might have some merit, though ...

James Pethokoukis of DC @ Nov 26, 2007 12:57:14 PM

Economics

Perhaps the underlying cause of the "funk" permeating the US economic view is that subconsciously, each of us is aware that our ecomomy is built on nothing of intrinsic value. Money is a fiction which has moved beyond the unsupported dollar (which at least we could hold) to the age of digital representation, removing us one more step from a legitimate currency. The ones and zeros that represent "wealth" are constructs of our collective imagination which possess exactly as much value as we are willing to attribute them. Perhaps the country is slowly deciding to collectively cry fowl on our unabashedly nude emperor.

Stephanie Igou of FL @ Nov 26, 2007 12:10:12 PM

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