KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis

Posted by: Ed Phelps
Date Posted: October 6, 2008
Categories: Election 08'

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Presented below is the video titled  'KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis' which chronicles the alleged role John McCain played in covering-up illegal activities of Charles Keating and Lincoln Savings. The key elements here are a consistent pattern of promoting deregulation, associating with deregulation advocates, and displaying judgement that permits Senator McCain to maintain these positions in the face of consistent failures of his philosophies and strategies, which have also lead to the loss of billions of dollars of taxpayers money.

Dennis Kucinich Votes "NO" on $700 Billion Bailout

Posted by: BPC
Date Posted: October 6, 2008

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Dennis Kucinich one of a minority of Democratic Congressman who voted "NO" on the governments $700 billion bailout Monday. In a press release issued Tuesday, the congressman commented on decision and expressed his concern for protecting the interests of taxpayers.

Now is the Time to Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine

Posted by: Ed Phelps
Date Posted: October 6, 2008

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By Naomi Klein - September 22nd, 2008
View this article at www.naomiklein.org

I wrote The Shock Doctrine in the hopes that it would make us all better prepared for the next big shock. Well, that shock has certainly arrived, along with gloves-off attempts to use it to push through radical pro-corporate policies (which of course will further enrich the very players who created the market crisis in the first place...).

2nd Presidential Debate

Posted by: Ed Phelps
Date Posted: October 8, 2008

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Posted by: BPC
Date Posted: October 10, 2008

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Did You Know?

The wealthiest 10 percent of the U.S. population - 12 million Upper Middle Class, Affluent, Super Affluent and Wealthy households (35% of the estimated 105,480,101 American households in 2000) – generate fully 50 percent of all U.S. retail spending, and account for $4.1 trillion in annual consumption.

Source: The Annual Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America 2007

By The Way...

Secret Service Code Names:
Barack Obama - Renegade
Michelle Obama - Renaissance

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