Forget Al Qaeda - It's China

We've spent trillions the past 9 years in the name of Al Qaeda - whether it's hiring thousands of TSA workers to frisk passengers at airports or fighting two wars, while at the same time, the biggest threat to America's future (other than reality television) continues to grow unabated with the blessing of the Obama Adminstration - and the Bush Administration before that. That threat - China. In 1992 Ross Perot warned Americans about that giant sucking sound coming from Mexico, as in jobs would be sucked into Mexico due to the impending approval of NAFTA. Perot was half right. 20 years later the giant sucking sound is coming from China - where American companies like Apple are using the world's cheapest labor to build products that Americans would have built 20 years ago. Apple's contractor in China has over 400,000 on the payroll, many of whom are busy making Apple's latest creation, the iPad. Why China? Because China is manipulating its currency, which allows companies like Apple to make their products for a fraction of what they would cost if made in the U.S., or even in Mexico. China artificially devalues their money, which makes everything they produce 30% to 40% cheaper than it should be. In July China's total trade surplus was $28 Billion. Can you guess how much of that su... Read More

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Could Purported Sex Scandal Put Healthcare Over the Top?

D.C. has often been referred to as "Hollywood for Ugly People" And why not, the Nation's Capital goes toe-to-toe with tinsel town when it comes to salacious stories of sex and power. Now a low-watt scandal may actually lead to the passage of the most sweeping Healthcare reform in a generation.

Seems a little-known Congressman from Upstate N.Y. - Eric Massa has been accused of having a Mark Foley Problem -- If you remember, Foley was the Republican Florida Congressman who resigned after it came to light that he was sending male staffers harassing texts and emails.

So where's the twist? Well - Massa is aDemocrat, not a Republican - So how does this help Team Pelosi pass Healthcare? Simple - Massa voted against the prior version of the bill. So, at 5p today when Massa will reportedly tender his resignation, Pelosi will need 216 votes, not the 217 votes needed before Massa quit. It's called addition by subtraction. Remember, you only need a majority of sitting House members.

The airwaves have been filled with talk about the planned use of "reconciliation" to pass Healthcare. Many Republicans have referred to its use as "dirty pool" by the Democratic Majority. Clearly they have amnesia... Reconciliation, which has been around since 1974, has been used 21 times since 1981. Sixteen of those times it was used by a Republican President to pass legislation, including Reagan's tax increasesand the Bush tax cuts. (that's roughly 76% of the time)

Here's the dirty little secret about Healthcare -- you can have two of the following - Quality, Access and Affordability in your Healthcare. You can't have all three...

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