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bail-outs and more

By Church
Amazing. Incredible. Unbelievable. These were just a few of the words that crossed my mind during the past two weeks as I’ve watched the financial news unfold. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the high profile bail-outs that have occurred recently. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG ...Experts estimate the eventual cost to be between 500 billion and 1 trillion dollars. Just for the fun of it, I thought I would type out what one trillion dollars looks like:$1,000,000,000,000Maybe this will help you understand one trillion dollars. It comes from the internet, so it must be true:If you had gone into business on the day Jesus was born, and your business lost a million dollars a day, day in and day out, 365 days a year, it would have taken you until October 2737 to lose a trillion dollars.Or another way of looking at it ...If…
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unlikely endorsements

By Church
John McCain Has Some Odd Fans: His Jailers at the 'Hanoi Hilton' They Play Down Torture and Wish Him Well; Museum Visitors Want to See His Cell By YAROSLAV TROFIMOVSeptember 13, 2008; Page A1 HANOI -- As a U.S. Navy pilot, John McCain flew 23 bombing sorties over Vietnam before he was shot down and incarcerated in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison camp. The courage he displayed behind bars gave him the aura of a war hero, and it is still powering his electoral appeal. Yet now, even the jailers who once tortured Sen. McCain are lining up to offer effusive -- if somewhat embarrassing -- endorsements for his presidential candidacy. "If I had a vote in the U.S., I would choose McCain," beams retired Col. Tran Trong Duyet, the camp's former commander. "I want him in the White House." This unlikely sentiment is widely shared in this fast-growing country…
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national journal’s most liberal senator ratings

By Church
http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/lib.htmFor someone who criticizes his opponent for voting with the President "90% of the time," it's interesting that Obama has voted with his own party 100% of the time. At least McCain has broken with his party 10% of the time. If someone promises to "reach across the aisle" but never has ...
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greg gutfield on sarah palin

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Who Hates Sarah Palin? Wednesday, September 10, 2008 By Greg Gutfeld According to many in the media, we truly have discovered someone worse than Hitler — and it's Sarah Palin.Head to any left-wing blog or even CNN for that matter and you'll find the zaniest of conspiracies -- froth that even a dude with rabies would find unseemly. So how can one person create so much bile among folks who claim to be the most tolerant in the universe? I mean, liberals are the good people: They're open-minded, caring and of course, fair. But somehow, a Republican lady in her 40s is exempt from this treatment. Perhaps, she truly is the devil in a dress, a ghoul that eats children and pollutes the planet and possibly beats Barack Obama, the patron saint of every customer buying wheat germ in bulk at GNC. But I know the real reason why every…
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