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Roger O'Daniel's Blog – June 2011 Archive (14)

Inflation Update

My original post was extracted from a larger post on the NIA web site. Here is the link to the complete article:

http://inflation.us/economicupdate.html

The following is a summary. My original post was redacted at the moderator's request.…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 27, 2011 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Unemployment Update

This message was extracted from a larger post on the NIA web site. Here is the link to the complete article:

http://inflation.us/economicupdate.html

The official U.S. unemployment rate rose during the month of May to 9.1%, up from 9% in April, with only 54,000 non-farm jobs being…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 27, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

The Insurgency in Afghanistan's Heartland

This came from the INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP. http://www.crisisgroup.org

Kabul/Brussels, 27 June 2011: Collusion between insurgent elements and corrupt government officials in Kabul and the nearby provinces has increased, leading to a profusion of criminal networks in the Afghan heartland.

The Insurgency in Afghanistan's Heartland <…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 27, 2011 at 6:53pm — No Comments

An Alternative to Taxing the Rich?

When mathematicians propose a challenging problem to their peers to either prove or disprove, they call it a "conjecture." Therefore I propose this post as a conjecture to be either attacked without mercy or advocated with a passion, or somewhere in between. So sharpen your long knives and go at it with my blessing. After all, I'm Irish. Consider this a satirical work-in-progress.

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 27, 2011 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

Another "Gotcha" Discovered in Obamacare

This came from the Washington Post via Associated Press. For your consideration.

A twist in Obama’s health care law opens Medicaid to some making up to $64,000.

President Barack Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor. Government number crunchers say they discovered…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 22, 2011 at 1:28pm — 2 Comments

You are not going to like this

Judge Kithil, Marble Falls Texas, is the second Federal Judge who has warned about these parts of Obama's healthcare bill.

Did you know:

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 21, 2011 at 7:08pm — 6 Comments

About Healthcare Reform

Obama-style healthcare reform and its economic consequences are alarming. What is more alarming is our President couldn't care less about the consequences. What follows are a few observations (Remember, I'm Irish. One never knows if we are arguing with a passion or just pulling your leg.)

The surest way to make the new healthcare system cost more and do less than the old healthcare system is to pioneer the wrong…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 12, 2011 at 10:20pm — No Comments

It's all about change ... Where's the hope?

A friend sent this to me. Author unknown.

There is nothing political about this email. It simply points out very probable changes that are in our future.

CHANGES ARE COMING--and they're very frightening!! …

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 9, 2011 at 2:00am — No Comments

Political advice from my relatives

Be careful about using loaded words to brand yourself. Examples are "liberal", "conservative", "progressive", "moderate", "right wing" and "left wing." People have different ideas about what these words mean and all of these ideas are radical.

People only remember three things in near-term memory. Even the brightest only remember up to…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 5, 2011 at 11:00pm — 35 Comments

Taliban war room notes

Disclaimer: The following message is fictional, but probable.

Taliban war room minutes

by Fu Ling Yu, Secretary

The Americans and a coalition of troops are about to leave Afghanistan. They want to remove our leader, turn our country into a democratic republic, stop the opium trade, and “westernize” the Afghan culture to look like Turkey. They also want to give women equal rights with men with access to education and jobs. They wish to make sure that Imams do not rule…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 5, 2011 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

A presidential entourage surpassing the queen's

If you're not sure what "big government" implies, take a look at this.

Dale McFetters of Scripp's Howard News Service wrote:

President Obama showed up at the G-20 summit in London with everything but the proverbial kitchen sink -- although he did bring the White House chef and the kitchen staff.

The heads…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 4, 2011 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

Government Oil-Free Solution to Transportation Problem \satire

A political committee decided to come up with a personal transportation system to solve the US dependence on foreign oil. They chose the camel as their solution. Two models could solve all personal transportation needs: one-hump and two-humps. They worried about CO2 emissions caused by camel breath, but felt that camel droppings could compensate for this shortcoming because the farmers could use the droppings as plant fertilizer. However, there was a collection and distribution problem…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 2, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

About Liberty

What will you celebrate on July 4^th? Will it be a family holiday and a chance for fun and recreation? Or will you also celebrate something else?

On July 4, the United States of America celebrates the anniversary of its independence from another nation that is now one of our strongest allies. The colonists had the consequences of a human-nature flaw fresh in mind, abuse of power. Their best trained minds wrote one of the world’s most famous political and historic…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 2, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Afghanistan - A Reflection

I recently read the best seller, “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” An Afghan immigrant wrote it, using Afghan history from the perspective of a few families caught up in the post Russian occupation era.

After I finished the book, I recalled an important lesson in foreign policy given by Henry Kissinger. His PhD dissertation from Harvard asserted: “One can predict a nation’s behavior with a high degree of certainty by thoroughly studying their history.” His arguments were so compelling…

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Added by Roger O'Daniel on June 2, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments