Has The United States Become a “Subprime” Borrower?
by: tpaine2009...[2/8/2010 7:16:00 AM] |  | | Obviously some of the criteria that define a subprime borrower such as past defaults, bankruptcies and foreclosures don’t apply to the United States as a borrower; but yet others do and they are right on point.
For example, you are a subprime borrower if you have a debt-to-income ratio of 50 percent or higher; the United States you has a debt-to-income ratio of 90 percent or higher, dependi...
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| Sarah Palin: From Alaska To Hollywood?
by: Fashion Czar...[2/7/2010 7:56:00 PM] | | | Nice speech, but you are not a Jedi yet, Sarah.
You must have a publicist , agent, manager, stylist, & a beauty team all grooming you for something big. Even with all that something still isn't right...let's brake it down!
What's up with all that hair & little kid fringe (bangs)? Plunging neck line displaying a double rope of pearls, preaching about tea party politics? I don't get ...
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| Richard Gere campaigns for a free Tibet. Here's why it will never happen.
by: chinaczar...[2/6/2010 11:58:00 PM] | | | During WWII, the Japanese conquered the entire eastern seaboard of China. Every port from Hong Kong to Harbin was in the hand of Japanese forces. President Roosevelt promised Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek military support to avoid total Chinese defeat.
In 1942, the allies were left with no over land or over sea route to China. The result was a 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week airlift from Assam ...
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Will Social Security be the Next Bailout Candidate?
by: purple...[2/6/2010 9:17:00 AM] |  | | For the first time in 25 years, Social Security will spend more on benefits than it will receive in taxes. As a result, the government program may well be the next candidate for a massive government bailout.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report last week showing that for the first time in more than two decades, Social Security will be cash-negative. The CBO es...
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Thank You Melanie Shouse
by: kahiku...[2/5/2010 6:25:00 PM] |  | | Healthcare activist Melanie Shouse, of St. Louis Missouri, passed away from cancer at the young age of 41 on January 30, 2009. Today, President Obama spoke of her request to be buried in an Obama t-shirt. The Shouse family has confirmed she was in fact cremated with an Obama shirt on.
This brave political activist fought her 4 year battle with cancer without health insurance because it w...
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PIGS - The Acronym that stands for potential financial disaster
by: tpaine2009...[2/5/2010 6:09:00 AM] |  | | The acronym stands for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. This acronym was started by British bankers. These four countries have public debt above or headed for 100% of GDP.
If you look at sovereign debt, there are risks in every direction. Some financial analysts argue that Japan is VERY high risk, others that the PIGS are ready to topple first, and so on.
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Carly Fiorina, The 'Obvious' Candidate
by: kahiku...[2/5/2010 1:16:00 AM] | |
| | Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard is running for the U.S. Senate in California. She's The Obvious Candidate. In fact, she says 'obvious' 11 times in a 69 second span in 'The HP Days' video on her campaign web site.
The obviousness begins at 1:23 into the video. Watch and count.......
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Great Scott! Sen. Brown Officially Takes Seat A Week Ahead of Schedule
by: lucre...[2/4/2010 2:34:00 PM] |  | | It's official! Sen. Scott Brown (D-MA) has been sworn in as the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts (5:14 pm ET). The event marks the end of the Democratic supermajority and is the first time since 1953 that a Republican has held the seat.
February 11 was the original date Brown was supposed to be sworn into office. However, the Senator-Elect urged a rush on the certification, s...
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