Hi Bill, I've been getting gas for 3.31. But they are still selling it for up to 3.69. There can a 0.20 differential with in a block or across the street....
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Sep 11, 2008 11:37 pm
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Looking back on why the Great Depression and stock market crash happened, Congress in 1933 passed the Glass-Steagall Act. It essentially build a wall of...
The new version of Project Censored -- Censored 2009 -- has just been released. See: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2009/ Of special...
What's necessary to fix America's financial problem? 1. Break up the big comgloreate financial firms. As several politically very different people have notes,...
Call your member of the House of Representatives. Tell them, if you vote for the bailout, I won't vote for you. The bailout is just a gift to the corporate...
An interview with Kevin Phillips, the author of BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM in a September 19,...
This bailout is going to be really interesting. Will Congresspeople go with their constituents who oppose the bill or will they cave to the lobbyists, party...
Hi Bill, There is scant evidence that most of those involved understand the problems. Any "bail out" will be a short term fix that will bring other...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Sep 26, 2008 1:45 pm
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Yea, I think the politicians are insulated. They talk to the lobbyists and their campaign contributors. They get information from so-called "advisors" who...
You know, the other thing that is kind of interesting is that the House Republicans are going to win the election on this. They might even sweep McCain into...
I don't agree with this! ... From: William Du Bois To: applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:11 AM Subject: [SPAM]Re:...
I think it's the other way around..Obama might win because of this! ... From: William Du Bois To: applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 26,...
David Cay Johnston is the Pultizer Prize winning former New York Times tax writer whose book is the best thing on the subject: Perfectly Legal: The Covert...
Bill and all, What we need is a combination of FDIC and social security for housing. The bail out is impression and smoke and mirrors just like the market. ...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Sep 28, 2008 1:19 am
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Good idea, Del. I saw David Cay Johnston on tv tonight saying the solution was bankrupcy write-downs FOR THE HOMEOWNERS. But the big bankers are bitterly...
That is the divide........ local/home owners vs global banking and 401K's. Don't overlook the locus of profit in foreclosure. For example, the mortgage of...
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Sep 28, 2008 2:58 am
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http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/28/do_bailouts_of_banks_work/ BAILOUT -- Part 2, Do Bailouts Work? By David Cay Johnston - September 28, 2008,...
The corporate media is really up in arms on this one. From Fox News to CNN to MSNBC to network news, the networks are have a fit. The people are being told...
NOTHING has been done to fix the financial crisis. The Bush-Obama-McCain-Pelosi plan to bailout the very people who caused the crisis was passed by Congress to...
This letter to the editor in the Marshall Independent is from John Gochenouer, a Professor of Business Administration at Southwest Minnesota State University. ...
I am working on a chapter on taxes in my new book. To show you just how extreme the benefits of the Bush policies to the superrich have been, in 2004, the...
Bill great link, thanks! might send it to my uber-conservative relatives. i sent them a rant about "corporate socialism" that i wrote and of course, got Obama...
I think some of the conservative thing makes sense and it's our job to find it. I have tried to be a positive critical theorist. O.K., you realize it's crap...
Oil closed today at $77.61. It had peaked at $147.27 early this year on July 11. At that time, gas was $4.04 a gallon. Oil has decreased by 47.3%. If...
Someone said a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. As there is no such thing as the mind, no need to go there. Understanding is funny. Who...