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Audacity: Obama promises Arabs Jerusalem

Obama promises Arabs Jerusalem will be theirs

Official: President said Palestinian state with holy city capital ‘in American interest’

By Aaron Klein

JERUSALEM – President Obama and his administration told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting last week the U.S. foresees the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, [...]

Brotherhood of Darkness – Bush/Clinton

TORONTO – Former President George W. Bush called ex-President Bill Clinton “his brother” and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage.

The Republican and Democratic ex-presidents defended each other at a Toronto forum on Friday, disappointing some in the crowd of 6,000 who expected a more heated debate.

Bush said [...]

Obama Motors to Diversify?

U.S. Aims For Balance As GM’s Owner

Washington Post: Officials Say Administration Will Focus On Repairing Companies, Not Overseeing All Decisions

The owner of a car company can decide how many cars to make, to paint red, and to send to Maryland dealerships. The Obama administration, which plans to buy about 70 percent of [...]

Torture Policy of Bush/Cheney hurts US troops

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Aldous Huxely’s Prescience

In Brave New World non-stop distractions of the most fascinating nature… are deliberately used as instruments of policy, for the purpose of preventing people from paying too much attention to the realities of the social and political situation….

Only the vigilant can maintain their liberties… A society, most of whose [...]

If you’re not petrified, you must be asleep

The Worst Is Yet to Come”: If You’re Not Petrified, You’re Not Paying Attention

by Aaron Task in Investing, Recession, Banking, Autos, Housing

The green shoots story took a bit of hit this week between data on April retail sales, weekly jobless claims and foreclosures. But the whole concept of the economy finding its [...]