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 Boom & Bust - Updated

By Wise 1 - 1/22/2008 ()

Rainy day around the world

More woes for the economy today as world financial markets took a nose dive, setting new record losses. the World economy is now facing a possible global panic. All eyes are on Wall St.

Last November, I broke my economic silence and posted an article on the inevitable recession that we’re all headed for. The December that followed, witnessed the owned media beating us over the head with rosy optimism, sunny sales reports and news story after news story about how this Christmas sales season was doing just great. The propaganda was so thick, with so few voices of descent in the crowd, I myself began to question all of the research I poured into that last article. I reminded myself that this was an increasing trend over the past 10 years that the media sings the same tune the Wall St. powers dance to (after all their part of the same family). You know the tune: it’s that one where all the economic news jumps up and down with a big “For Sale” sign when the economy hits a downturn and sings loud sweet praises of the marketplace to the …

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 The Real Winner in Iowa: The Democratic Party

By Wise 1 - 1/4/2008 ()

Obama wins Iowa Caucus 2008

Well the smoke has cleared from the first decisive battle of the campaign. While there are a few smoldering bodies left among the carnage Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, the wounded list is the real story. Hillary’s expected loss, of course is the bigger story on the Democrat side, somehow the media seems to forget that she hadn’t really invested a whole lot in Iowa and is giving the full swing of momentum to Obama. Meanwhile, Huckabee walked away with a stunning victory over billionaire Romney. While the David and Goliath metaphors are roaring with the Evangelical Right, their victory in Iowa may be more attributed to the vast center of independents and moderates that are abandoning the Republican Party in droves.

The real winner in Iowa was the Democratic Party

The real story is in the numbers. Three times as many young people voted in the Iowa Caucus this round with a 4 to 1 margin going to the Democrats. Both Obama and Edwards attracted record numbers of Youth, in particular, Obama, who galvanized Iowa college students to show up and caucus, a feat …

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