It’s always interesting to look at issue through an outside perspective, and an insightful BBC News article today, Economy puts Republicans at risk, does just that. Will history judge Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush in the same light? Only time will tell…
As much as I hate reductive labels, in election politics, these become something of a necessary evil. When […]
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I’ve been so focused on getting the nuts and bolts of the campaign turned into place, I haven’t been writing much about the issues here lately. To rectify that we’ll be putting up an issues page, as well as some more general introductory type material soon. Also, work continues on the new website design, and […]
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I wanted to begin what we plan to be a series of profiles of local businesses with my good friend, Ahmed Al Haddad, Pharmacist and owner of Weaver’s Corner Pharmacy in North Fort Myers, FL. Nobody takes better care of his customers than ‘Al’, but as he points out “There is something wrong here” with […]
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Great News: Everything is on schedule to go live in November!
We will be officially live and lifecasting here and on justin.tv on a regular basis starting November 6th, the first Tuesday of the month, and that will give us almost exactly one year running up to Super Tuesday 2008, Election Day.
I have opted for what […]
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On the domestic front, everyone (not focused on O.J. again) is talking about the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates to 4.75% yesterday. This certainly comes as welcome news to investors, and will offer some relief to homeowners with variable rate mortgages.
I am concerned, however, that while this certainly offers short term benefits, in the long […]
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I haven’t actually sat down to write a proper blog entry in a while. You know, the type of thing where I go on and on about myself for paragraphs at a time…
Okay, so hopefully this won’t qualify either, but there are a couple of things I wanted to write about.
First of all, if anyone […]
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I’ve been invited to speak at the Lee LIBERTY Forum this Thursday (Sep. 6) at 7:00 PM (with dinner starting at 6:00 PM) at McAlister’s Deli in Fort Myers (13300 S. Cleveland Av at Cypress Lake Dr). I’m looking forward to it, and hope to see you there.
If you can’t make it, we’ll be videotaping […]
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Have you noticed that your budget at the grocery store just doesn’t seem to stretch as far lately?
If you have, you’re not just imagining it. Prices for key foods are rising sharply. Add this to higher fuel prices, the spike in property values, seemingly constant increases in home and health insurance, and working Americans are […]
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The price of the current Administration’s fiscal irresponsibility starts to become apparent as China may sell off Treasury bonds if US imposes trade sanctions.
You may ask, how did China get such potential leverage over the US?
How do you think we’ve been financing the Iraq war?
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Last month, I mentioned the idea of writing a book to express the central ideas of this campaign. And, while the process of outlining it might of been helpful, the more I thought about it, the the less in line it seemed with the core principles of participation and consensus that this project is all […]
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