1) Bush wanted to investigate Fannie and Freddie to deflect from the real reason why there was a mortgage bubble and crisis, which was the banks like Goldman, JP Morgan, etc selling off all the derivatives and credit default swaps from very bad mortgages that were less than a c grade security as a AAA MBS to…

This is an article that appeared in the Times Union this morning, and I thought it was an interesting piece. What they are saying makes sense, and one only has to look at the person who tried to blow up a shopping area yesterday (not a blue eyed blond but someone named Mohammad and a naturalized American) to understand profiling is certainly something which must be considered. And given, TSA wants to impose the same rules for trains, buses and shopping centers, politically…

By Eugene Koprowski

Want to know how the lame ducks in Congress plan to "cut" federal spending – which seemed to be a dominating theme of the 2010 elections? They're proposing a plan to take upwards of $44 billion a year from taxpayers and hand it over to illegal aliens who are in the United States so they can go to…

This article appeared in the St Peterburg Times back in September and is rated by the newspaper as "barely true". Nice that the newspaper actually rates!

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Television Ad by Florida Police Benevolent Association

"Rick Scott's prison plan would cut Florida's prison budget in half, close…

Republican Rick Scott's plan to cut the corrections department budget was assailed by unions and even some Republicans.

BY STEVE BOUSQUET

Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

There are several articles on this, and it looks like something we may wish to form an opinion on. Some of the things Scott has suggested make sense like making them grow their own food and privatizing medical care, but law enforcement officials don't seem to favor cuts (I think they are also trying to use scare tactics to stop cuts from happening).

The increasingly thuggish behavior by the Transportation Security Administration is part of a government plan to gain greater control over Americans by limiting their ability to travel freely.

This has become increasingly obvious in light of an announcement by Secretary of the Department of…

TALLAHASSEE — Conservatives have long…

Posted November 24th, 2010

Communism, it is often said, will work under the proper conditions. Though it might fail in a big country with millions of disconnected individuals, it should work in a small community of relatively close-knit comrades, who would thrive under a system of shared burden and harvest.

If you think that successful…

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President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office in January 2009 during a severe…

Posted November 24th, 2010

Communism, it is often said, will work under the proper conditions. Though it might fail in a big country with millions of disconnected individuals, it should work in a small community of relatively close-knit comrades, who would thrive under a system of shared burden and harvest.

If you think that successful communism is small communism, the experience of America’s first…

As 3rd party candidates usually act a spoilers, I am not sure how I feel about this. How about you?

• By MONICA LANGLEY…

When we were in elementary school, this time of year…