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The Economic Cost of the Military Industrial Complex

IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY
Aug 13 15:56 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Yikes, But Duh: Housing Bottom Could Be Two Years Off

sounds like citigroup is talking straight for a change, two years sounds about right from where we stand now...however, if you listen to paulson of the treasury everything is fine now or will be in a few months...why can't this administration and everyone connected to it (including the fed) speak the truth for once, tired of the constant diet of lies...
Jul 21 18:14 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Banking on Bailouts: How Many IndyMacs Are Out There?

i guess you did not want to list the insolvent banks or banks that were close to insolvency? good article but really nothing most investors do not already know. a list of your findings would have been helpful.
Jul 13 17:47 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Critique of Dollar Policy

great article, thank you
Jun 30 18:03 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Can Saudi Arabia Push Down the Price of Oil?

StateofConfusion...aft... reading your post I understand why you call yourself State of Confusion...
Jun 21 14:09 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
When Life Hands You Lehman - Cramer's Stop Trading! (6/18/08)

cramer is a used car salesman
Jun 19 15:57 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
The White Elephant That Could Destroy Your Portfolio - Part II

this guy is a snake oil salesman...hit the link to "stmulus dividends" and it reads like a used car salesman's spiel...his article reads well and sounds accurate but hit that link and you are in the never-never land of a big sales pitch...
May 27 13:31 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Consumer Price Index: More Detached from Reality Each Day

ss recipients deserve their ss checks and the proper increases each year for living costs...this is not an entitlement it is a state offered insurance or pension...everyone pays into it and everyone deserves the benefits of it... the state should properly manage it and you die hard rebuplicans who believe in less government and that government cannot do anything right should go fu** yourselves, it is the republicans that have increased government spending and the size of government, it is the republicans that gives tons of tax payers money to corporations in the form immoral of tax cuts,,,
ss it is not an entitlement.....
May 13 13:36 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Ben Is No Helicopter

icandoitdon,
great post,,your explanation and summary of the situation is precise and acurate not like the Larry MacDonald' take on the situation...
May 13 13:18 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Inflation Expectations Have Arrived

main street has been sold out by the fed,,,expect nothing from them,,,remember in july 1007 they denied any impact to the economy of the sub-prime melt-down...the fed just came out and said inflation will be at 1.5% by the end of the year...they lie and lie and lie...never trust government statistics and the fed is totally in wall streets pocket...
May 12 13:52 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
The Dollar Is Currently Bottoming

the dollar is toast
May 12 11:59 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
Did Reagan End the Era of Free Markets?

just as the soviet union collapsed the united states has collapsed...both systems were built on lies and idlealogy that was conflicted and schizophrenic...americ... totally lost it's way and is no longer a super-power or a free maket economy...it is so obvious
May 12 11:57 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
The Comeback of King Dollar?

more garbage out of the mouth of dr perry...the dollar is down big time today and oil is at an all time high of over $122 a barrel...

May 06 12:18 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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