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Born at the Crest of the Empire
http://bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com…
This is not the America I was brought up to believe in. This blog seeks to highlight abuse of power, deception, corruption, and just plain bad ideas in government and corporations. Updated several times a day.
- Added on: Dec 12th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: News & Media Politics Newswires
Recent Posts
Seriously.....
Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann are the co-keynotes for the "tea party" convention. As a serious question, what does it say about that movement, this political moment, and the state of the Republican party that these are their heroes? That absolute...
He really wanted to be King of New York
According to the NYTimes, Michael Bloomberg $102 million to be (closely) reelected as Mayor of New York City (making $264 million to win all three elections. $261 million of which came right out of his own pocket.)Certainly he has the money to do thi...
Cold Turkey bits
(AP) Dubai World, UAE's part government development company, misses a major debt payment. (Too many man made island resorts, indoor ski slopes, and giant sail boat shaped buildings....)(AP) The IAEA "censures" Iran over its nuclear program. (Guess th...
"the preservation of its assets....."
Another horrible story of the Catholic hierarchy conspiring to hide child sex abuse, this one out of Ireland, but what really caught my eye was this paragraph....the church was concerned only with “the maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance of scand...
Binge, Purge
In a quiet, but significant move, the Obama administration is flushing all the lobbyists out of all of the governmental advisory boards.This is a big deal in the second tier political class as many, many, many have made their livings off lobbying mon...
Interesting Thanksgiving dump
I don't know what to make of this, dumped on Thanksgiving, a big WaPo story on how Obama security officials got concessions from China on Iran's nuke program through a variety of vague threats about things that might destabilize China, Iranian oil sh...
