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Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:49 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Rick Perry has many ideas about how to change the American government's founding document.

constitution, politics, perry

Reagan Was Correct Then; Reagan is Wrong Now - (poll)

Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:42 PM EDT

In the Spring Semester of 1978, for what was to be a long, drawn out, pursuit of a Bachelors Degree, I took Economics 101 (macro). It was a strange class that met for three hours, 8pm-11pm, on a Friday night, with Professor Cure instructing.

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democrats, unemployment, republicans, inflation, obama, reagan, us-news

Palin Steps On Romney's Campaign Launch After He Aided Her 2006 Gov Run

Seeded on Thu Jun 2, 2011 6:34 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The decision by Sarah Palin to either deliberately or accidentally step on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign announcement Thursday underscores a defining trait of the former Alaska Governor: she feels no allegiance to others inside the GOP tent. Hours before Romney announced …

politics, republicans, new-hampshire, romney, palin

Why Does the Republican Party Want Another Great Depression?

Wed Jun 1, 2011 4:59 PM EDT

Yesterday, in a great example of political Kabuki, the Republicans crafted a bill to extend and expand the debt ceiling, brought that bill before the entire House, and proceeded to vote, every one, against the bill.

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theater, democrats, politics, unemployment, republicans, depression, gdp, recession

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'Patriotic Millionaires' Push to Pay Higher Taxes | O'Reilly Factor (video)

Seeded on Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:16 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Guest Host Laura Ingraham: "Joining us now from New York is Erica Payne. She is the coordinator of the group Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Responsibility. I can't even do that acronym that quickly. And one of those millionaires, Jeffrey Gural.

taxes, politics, ingraham, patriotic-millionaires

The Normalization Of Nullification

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 5:58 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

The concept of states' rights mostly clings to one interpretation of the Tenth Amendment, which says that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Tenthers w …

politics, republicans, states-rights, nullification, tea-party

New book sheds new light on Lincoln's racial views

Seeded on Sun Mar 6, 2011 1:27 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has inspired Americans for generations, but consider his jarring remarks in 1862 to a White House audience of free blacks, urging them to leave the U.S. and settle in Central America.

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How The Social Security Administration Just Ruined Bernanke's Best Hope For Inflation Read mHow The Social Security Administration Just Ruined Bernanke's Best Hope For Inflation

Seeded on Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:44 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)

Social Security announced that there will be no increase in benefit levels for another year. The reason? Deflation. Based on the Cost of Living index no increase in checks is justified.

inflation, social-security, deflation, ben-bernanke

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