Senator Barack Obama has captured the world's attention unlike almost any other political figure of the era in which we live.  However, despite all the theatrics surrounding the candidate and the almost messianic adoration displayed on the part of his followers, very few can possibly tell you what he actually believes other than in "change", which, though sounding like everything you ever dreamed

The futility of the U.S. policy of a united democratic Iraq and Palestine is best expressed by the story of Khamael Muhsen and her husband Mohammed Sadiq Falhee. Khamael was a reporter with Radio Free Europe, the U.S. government-funded broadcaster who was killed for being a reporter and a Shiite in the middle of the Baghdad security plan that the Bush administration claimed was making the city

 "Use it or lose it" is often heard in this debate. It refers to leases available or held by oil companies on federal government-owned land. But drilling is blocked on every one of the 746 existing leases by lawsuits initiated by environmental organizations, the Sierra Club, EarthJustice, and others. Drilling of leases is also blocked in the Outer Continental Shelf. Not one offshore lease has

Premise: the bailouts need to be funded.
Premise: no funding plan will be perfect, elegant, or devoid of innocent bystanders.
Solution: the following plan is the least imperfect, least inelegant plan I’ve seen so far, and what innocent bystanders there are will be equipped to survive without their standard of living changing substantially, if at all.

The plan:

Late this past week the SEC listed

Q: So, we have a business meltdown. Who does it help or hurt, Barack Obama or John McCain?

A: It helps Obama, because he has successfully presented himself to the voting public as an agent of change and, if we are in the pickle jar, we want to get out of it by the quickest possible route. We want to overthrow the old order that has brought such misery to the people. Obama has managed to position

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Earlier today (Sunday) I had the following exchange with a friend in high places on Wall Street.  Let’s call him Jesse.

LK: Are the Federal Reserve and Federal government mandated to prop up the financial markets?  I think the X factor we were talking about last week, that’s made getting a handle on market movement nearly impossible, is the transition of a relatively free market economy into a

McCain’s campaign has exposed the schizophrenia of the Republican Party. McCain has to simultaneously convince voters he’s not George W. Bush, while appealing to his loyal supporters – he has to convince America he’s not a war hawk, while making it clear he does support a continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has to advocate that the fundamentals of our economy are fine, while appealing

This is the new catchphrase of the twenty first century. Suitable scenarios to employ this catchphrase.

 At a job interview when you are asked to elaborate on your experience using a photometer, when your work experience has only been limited to McDonald's.

 In what respect, Charlie?

 In history class, you spent last night partying and ditching your studies, when the professor asks you whether