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SOCIALISM:

New rule from Obama's NLRB will make it easier to form unions and therefore more companies will go bankrupt more jobs will go overseas and our economy will suffer more. While this might lead to more unions in the short term, it will wipe them out even faster in the long run. When a company dies, so does the union.

ECONOMY:

Following the trend of the skyscraper index, the world's tallest building, opened in Dubai two years ago, is now a distressed property.

TAX AND SPEND:

More Americans than ever are dependent on government much as in Europe.

When Japan lowers its corporate income tax rate in the next couple of weeks, the US will impose the highest corporate income tax in the western world. And Americans wonder why jobs are moving overseas.

HEALTH CARE:

While watching a silly SyFy flick tonight, my girlfriend claimed that the Department of Agriculture didn't have armed agents. So I just sent her this story about the armed raid on an Amish farmer over raw milk. She edits all my articles. I tell her about the daily outrages I read about. How could she not know? But she is slowly grasping the situation.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

This article on green jobs in California illustrates the economic ignorance typical of our time.

"The green economy that California officials hoped would add jobs during the depths of the recent recession actually lost positions instead, according to a new report.
And yet, California clean-tech companies still fared better than the state's economy as a whole in 2009, the year covered by the report."

Of course it fared better than the economy as a whole. That's because it's subsidized. In other words, the government is killing productive jobs in the economy in order to create these unproductive green jobs. This article focuses on the seen, but it actually hints at the unseen even though the author fails to grasp it.

POLICE STATE:

There's only one reason companies would have accepted this $25 billion mortgage fraud settlement: they would have had to pay more in the justice system. It's also a drop in the bucket compared to how money the received in taxpayer funded bailouts. This is justice denied for the victims and a big kiss to the corporate frauds all managed in such a way to buy votes for Obama.

WAR:

Thanks to US and western sanctions, the Iranian people are forced to barter for food. Our government is forcing people in Iran to starve to death. Will somebody tell me how starving the Iranian people helps us? All it does is strengthen the people's support for their government and their hatred of us. Americans will pay for this for decades to come.

The Onion exposes the Iran charade:

"Amidst mounting geopolitical tensions, Iranian officials said Wednesday they were increasingly concerned about the United States of America's uranium-enrichment program, fearing the Western nation may soon be capable of producing its 8,500th nuclear weapon."

Can you smell the hypocrisy?

The toppling of Syrian Assad by western governments is likely to produce another rabidly anti-American, Wahhabi theocracy. Just what we need.

POLITICS:

Remember in 2010 when conservatives were much more excited about the election than liberals? Remember when the tea party flexed its muscles and handed Republicans 60 seats or so in the House? Then remember when the House Republicans stabbed voters in the back by not only raising the debt ceiling but giving the president the power to raise it on his how authority unless Congress managed a two-thirds vote to overcome him? This Senate majority leader's Mitch McConnell's plan. He was a called a genius for it. Alls spending bills must originate in the House, and Republicans have continued spending like Democrats despite the will of the people. Then there's the terrible Republican presidential field. As a result, liberals are more excited about the 2012 election than conservatives. Some genius.

Gingrich's second flash in the pan fades and is replaced by Santorum's. He should fade quickly leaving only Romney and Ron Paul as serious contenders.

The Russian government is just like the US government.

"Quoting The Guardian: 'A pro-Kremlin group runs a network of internet trolls, seeks to buy flattering coverage of Vladimir Putin and hatches plans to discredit opposition activists and media, according to private emails allegedly hacked by a group calling itself the Russian arm of Anonymous.' While a similar program has operated in China for a long time, and some commentators have suggested that a similar program exists in Russia, this is the first confirmation."

Anybody who thinks the US government doesn't do this is naive. I bet every government does it.

According to the Paul campaign, election results have little relationship with delegates assigned. Here are some examples.

"In one precinct in Larimer County, the straw poll vote was 23 for Santorum, 13 for Paul, 5 for Romney, 2 for Gingrich.  There were 13 delegate slots, and Ron Paul got ALL 13.
In a precinct in Delta County the vote was 22 for Santorum, 12 for Romney, 8 for Paul, 7 for Gingrich. There were 5 delegate slots, and ALL 5 went to Ron Paul.
In a Pueblo County precinct, the vote was 16 for Santorum, 11 for Romney, 3 for Gingrich and 2 for Paul. There were 2 delegate slots filled, and both were filled by Ron Paul supporters."

It takes time, effort and energy to be a delegate, and Paul supporters have the enthusiasm to get assigned. But there has to be some binding restrictions on these delegates or else the voters are going to be pissed. Or maybe this is exposing that our election system is even more grossly corrupt than I was aware of. Maybe the popular elections are a complete sham. For years the establishment has used this system against the interests of the people, and now it appears Paul is using it to advance those interests.

Great Ron Paul ad exposes Romney's liberal record.