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  Posted 3 years, 7 months agoUnfortunately, "social justice" is too often used as a code word for pouring tax dollars down a rathole; "curing" poverty.

  Replacing or refurbishing the boarded-up and dilapidated buildings of a long-blighted neighborhood costs major money; so does creating greenspace from rust-belt industrial land. When you do so, the value of that neighborhood or that land increases manyfold: people who have jobs and pay taxes to support the improvements want to benefit from them. They buy homes in the restored neighborhoods, and the valuation of housing increases, which in turn raises taxes and rents. Housing near the new parks will escalate… Read More

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  Obama's nightmare

  The President's problem right now is not the Republican minority, but his own party playing politics as usual. Nancy Pelosi left the House Republicans out of the drafting process, slashed the tax-cuts that the President had asked for and larded the bill with all the handouts for special interests that she thought would buy votes. Then when the Senate (Democrats as well as Republicans) had the temerity to object to this abomination, they were labelled 'obstructionist'.
  It's hard to carry through a non-partisan agenda, when your own party is playing partisan politics to the hilt. This does not bode well for the future...On Announcing energy efficiency order, Obama goes on stimulus attack posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago 10 Responses

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  Incredibly sad state for Illinois!

  For the state which is the showplace for successful nuclear electric generation, with less than ten percent of the GHG generated per kilowatt than neighboring states, to sign on to this coal-fired travesty shows how totally corrupt the state legislature has become. We are trying to get rid of the Bozo in Chief, Blagoevich, but as long as the Democratic machine controls the Legislature, it won't help much. Senate seats for sale, the environment for sale, it's all the same...On More on Illinois' Clean Coal Portfolio Standard posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 2 Responses

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  About Organic products

  Since the most common source of mercury in the environment is coal-burning, and such powerplants are common throughout the US, it would interesting to find just how much mercury contamination there is in organically grown produce, free of HFCS.
  Has anyone commissioned a study to see how safe this preferred foodsource really is?On The FDA sat on evidence of mercury-tainted high-fructose corn syrup posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 13 Responses

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  Chrysler's dilemma

  Unlike Ford and GM, which have major income from their overseas operations and sales, Chrysler was forced by the brilliant minds in Congress to abandon international markets as a condition for their bailout back in Lee Iacocca's day. One can only hope that the grandstanding "Protectors of the American Workingman" in Congress don't screw this deal up as well.On With Fiat's technology, Chrysler will build more small and midsize cars posted 10 months ago 9 Responses

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  President's job description

  Last I heard, Barack Obama was elected to be President of the 'entire' United States: not just the 'Blue' states, not just for the self-styled Progressives, not just the Democratic Party, but to be the Executive in Chief for all the citizens of this nation. As such, he will no doubt disappoint many who thought that he was on-board with their agenda for changing the world. Gathering support from lots of special interest niche groups is how politicians get themselves elected.On What happened to the big win for progressives, the environment, and organic food? posted 10 months, 1 week ago 5 Responses