The sharply drawn contrasts between Colombia’s two leading presidential contenders have striking similarities to the United States’ 2008 election. Mr. Santos’ solid executive experience, particularly as chief architect of the country’s remarkable success versus Colombia’s narco-trafficking revolutionary guerrillas, contrasts with Dr. Mockus’ limited and frequently quixotic political experience.
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The euro is doomed!
“The euro is doomed,” said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers Group LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. “It’s like a clown without its makeup. The strains among the partners are becoming clear and it’s becoming harder to see global growth not being threatened by this.”
Merkel: $1 trillion rescue package only buys time
The €750 billion ($1 trillion) shock-and-awe rescue package to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading only bought eurozone countries more time, it didn’t solve their underlying debt problems, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a European Central Bank official said Sunday.
Obama administration helps ACORN defend socialism – in India!
While the Obama administration runs away from ACORN here in the United States it is quietly embracing ACORN overseas. The Obama administration is using U.S. government resources to help the embattled radical advocacy organization spread the gospel of left-wing community organizing in India.
Legislators and economists warn of ‘unsustainable debt’
Here are three who are willing to tell the truth about our US financial situation.
Palestinian Suspected of Murdering Pregnant Wife Because Ultrasound Showed She Was Having a Girl
Family members said the suspect, who has three sons and one daughter, was jealous of his brother who has nine sons and wanted another one of his own. But leftists tell us all cultures are equal right?
Bank of England says Europe neeeds to become one nation – can you say global government?
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe. He also believes that European Union must become a federalised fiscal union (in other words with central power to tax and spend) if it is to survive.
FBI arrests three over New York bomb inquiry
US authorities investigating the attempted bombing in New York’s Times Square have arrested three men during searches over four US states.
Cap and Trade is a UN power grab orchestrated by Maurice Strong et al
When we look at what has happened to the American dream, the American Constitution, the American economy in the past 12 months, it seems that there is a deliberate plan to completely destroy the entire American way of life and even the country as we know it.
China slaps Obama up side head on nonproliferation
China’s decision to sell nuclear reactors to Pakistan, which has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), is posing a challenge to the Obama administration’s commitment to curb the spread of nuclear technology.