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Any politician can be bought. The price is usually unknown, but in Ron Paul's case, we know what it is: gold. On August 15, 1971, when President Richard Nixon closed the "gold window" by implementing the U.S. dollar's complete departure from the gold standard.[8] That same day, the young...

So how is the Tea Party-Republican health care plan coming along?

Didn't Perry call for Texas to secede from the union? Can he still run for the president of the US when Texas secedes?

Judging by his waistline, he did. I heard it was $200 billion, but it was also from the same anonymous source as the $200 million.

Buried deep inside the article for those who only can read headlines: "The Federal Highway Administration has apprenticeship programs set aside for minority workers. It is possible for non-minority workers to get into these apprenticeship programs, but they need a special waver. This is what...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Rall He is a columnist most people haven't heard of. The Kennedy award is the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award not to be confused with the "Kennedy Center Honors". As far as I can see about 'violence', Rall is just saying "There’s going to be an intense...

"Bloomberg News analysis shows, the top recipients include Eric Cantor, set to become House majority leader, and several incoming senators who won in last week’s Republican rout."

Why don't you rack up the number of hours Palin and Beck has been on the air doing their fear mongering and compare that to the few sentences that president Obama has spoken on the subject. Please tell us what the number are.

Most of these jokers on this forum have stopped reading beyond the headlines and don't comprehend what the OP is illustrating, namely: "The misinformation regarding QE has caused severe market distortions in recent weeks as investors misinterpret the effects of QE. The one thing I agree with...

Mao it is.

Marc Faber may have a different mentor. Or is it Mao Zedong?

I can't be sure about this statement because there is the Danish mortgage model that provides transparency and liquidity to the market without government backstop and there has never been a default in 200 years. Three ways Danish mortgage market trumps U.S...

He also forgot to mention the Iranians will rise up against their rulers and oil revenues will pay for the war ... I think we heard this not too long ago from another Republican.. Maybe Lindsey Graham is running for vice president.

The other GM IPO thread is just full of off hand remarks and is pretty useless. Here are the facts for the GM IPO and the most important point is that the US government will initially sell around $27, which is about half what is needed to break even for US govt. They hope to make it up with...

The myth of QE and the phrase "Helicopter Ben" is that there is no helicopter and no hundred dollars bills for those living in those tunnels to pick up. They are so far down the economic ladder to even be able to pick up pennies from QE.

This is the way one Wall St insider spins it, avoiding mentioning the Volcker rule altogether and avoid mentioning that it was due to lack of proper banking regulation that caused the financial meltdown in the first place. This is call shifting the blame :

Now that the deep in the pockets of big banks Republicans are in charge of the house, the in coming Republican front-runner to head a key U.S. congressional bank oversight panel has urged regulators to consider whether a new Volcker rule limiting risky trading by U.S. banks may handicap them...

Was looking for the line where Scotty said to Geordi: "so you sour the mother's milk", but this summary is just as good: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ldi-2v2Y8ys?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen"...

In Oklahoma, CNN projects incumbent Tom Coburn beating Jim Rogers. Jim Rogers should had worn a bow ties and held up a few gold bars instead of the home made signs.

I have to admit I haven't read the TP platform other than what is posted above. However, if the first line of your manifesto is to respect the constitution and determine the constitutionality of every law that is passed and then the third statement is to go ahead and amend the constitution, you...