Posted by Matt in September 2nd, 2010 |
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U.S., 20th Century, America Online, Beginning Of The End, Doubts, Era, Europe, European News, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Money, News International, Online News, Recession, Self Reliance, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Traditional American Values, United States Economy
The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve want to fix the United States economy by spending more money. But while that approach might work for Europe, it is risky for the US. The nation would be better off embracing traditional American values like self-reliance and small government.
There’s no question about it: The 20th century was [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 31st, 2010 |
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Asia, China, U.S.
As the United States strengthens its military-to-military ties in Southeast Asia, the risk is rising that the “soft power” competitive dynamic for regional influence with China could soon return to the “hard power” confrontation of the Cold War.
Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
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Posted by Matt in August 30th, 2010 |
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Middle East, Military, U.S., Baghdad Residents, Civil War, Combat Troops, Everyday Life, Fears, Iraq Baghdad, Iraqi Population, News International, Online News, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Terrorist Attacks, Withdrawing From Iraq
US combat troops are withdrawing from Iraq, where terrorist attacks are once again part of everyday life. The Iraqi population is suddenly mourning the departure of the once-hated occupiers, as fears of a civil war grow.
US Withdrawal from Iraq: Baghdad Residents Mourn Departure of Former Enemy – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International
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Posted by Matt in August 30th, 2010 |
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Nuclear, U.S., War, America Map, Atomic Bomb, Blast, Brink, Fiddles, Guided Missile, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Map, Job, Map America, Nbsp, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Destruction, Reaching The Point, Regime, rome, Silent Majority
While the Obama Regime fiddles modern day Rome is about to burn.
Iran is quickly, quickly, reaching the point at which they can produce an atomic bomb. Never mind the experts predictions that they are a year away. They have been wrong many times before. I suspect they are very wrong this time and [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 26th, 2010 |
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U.S., Alaska, Border Fence, Decades, Family Security, Hawaii Maps, Losing Ground, Lower Forty, Met, Mexican Border, Monday Afternoon, Nogales Arizona, Ordinary People, Security Matters, Shape, Spite, United States
America is losing ground, literally and figuratively. For decades, I’ve taught young people how the United States was born – and how it expanded to the configuration on the maps I use to teach – the lower forty-eight with Alaska and Hawaii scrunched in alongside. The maps don’t indicate how tenuous our hold on the [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 25th, 2010 |
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China, Japan, U.S., Balance Of Power, beijing, China, Intimidation, Japan Times, Naval Exercises, Northeast Asia, Objections, Repercussions, South-Korea, Southeast Asia, United States, Yellow Sea
The United States and South Korea announced last week that they would hold the next phase of their joint naval exercises early in September in the Yellow Sea, despite repeated objections from China.
The outcome of this test of strength between Washington and Beijing will have repercussions not only on stability and the balance of power [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2010 |
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U.S., America Online, Billions, Charity, Erosion, Gap, Long Term Unemployment, Middle Class, News International, Online News, Spiegel, Spiegel Online
While America’s super-rich congratulate themselves on donating billions to charity, the rest of the country is worse off than ever. Long-term unemployment is rising and millions of Americans are struggling to survive. The gap between rich and poor is wider than ever and the middle class is disappearing.
On the Way Down: The Erosion of America’s [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 16th, 2010 |
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U.S., Connectivity, Country Signs, Dwindling Resources, Economy, Empowerment, Focus, Forefront, Globalism, Globe, Innovative Tools, Poverty, Third World Countries, Third World Country, United States
While much of the world is still mired in poverty, the reduced cost of innovative tools such as computing and connectivity ironically puts traditional Third World countries at the forefront of a new lean-and-mean economy that is based on ideas of empowerment for the disenfranchised. For better or worse, the world is leveling [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 15th, 2010 |
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China, Conflict, U.S., Coastal States, Mark Helprin, Mrs Clinton, National Interests, Regard, South China Sea, Swinging, Wsj
In linking America’s national interests to those of the coastal states thus insulted, Mrs. Clinton’s recent comments are commendable but insufficiently backed. China above all is sensitive to “paper-tigerism” and ready to challenge it, especially in regard to its essential interests and where the balance of applicable power is swinging in its favor. A naval [...]
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Posted by Matt in August 14th, 2010 |
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China, Koreas, U.S., China Beijing, China Daily, Control, Korea Sea, Military Drills, Naval Exercises, Rear Admiral, South China Sea, South-Korea, Vietnam, Yang Yi, Yellow Sea
China is furious at the prospect of further naval exercises between the US and South Korea in the Yellow Sea. Military manoeuvres last month came as the US took sides with Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries in their long disputes with China over control of areas of the resource-rich South China Sea.
“The US should refrain [...]
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