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Obama, Harper met Friday for border security discussion – JIM KOURI

Friday, February 4th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met on Friday to discuss major changes to border security. The meeting will lead to the most sweeping reforms since the 1988 free trade agreement between the two nations.
The shared review of border security is expected to lead to joint government facilities, high-tech monitoring of [...]

Super Sunday Security: Protecting the big game – JIM KOURI

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Military fighter jets will be busy this week preparing to protect the skies around Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, during Super Bowl XLV on February 6, according to a Pentagon report released yesterday evening.
Amalgam Virgo 11-05A, a North American Aerospace Defense Command air defense exercise, will allow interagency partners the chance to practice procedures in [...]

State of the Union: Investigative agenda for 112th Congress proposed by group – JIM KOURI

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

The news media and Washington establishment are all abuzz over President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight on national television. The big stories so far are Obama’s so-called move to the center of the political spectrum, and the fact that many Republican and Democrat lawmakers will be sitting together instead of in separate sections during [...]

Obama misinforming public about U.S. and China, says watchdog group – JIM KOURI

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

President Barack Obama’s comments on Wednesday in a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao – while flowery and encouraging – misinformed the public about potential changes in foreign exchange rates and their effects on U.S. citizens, according to a public-interest group that monitors inflation and its adverse effects on the U.S. economy.
Obama on Wednesday said that he [...]

China meets Chicago: Workers of the world unite – JIM KOURI

Friday, January 21st, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“Workers of the world unite!” – Karl Marx and later SEIU labor leader Andy Stern.

While U.S. labor unions complain about corporations “going global and sending jobs overseas,” it may escape their notice that American union members are being sacrificed for the good of a world labor consortium, according to Washington, DC obervers.

When Chinese President Hu Jintao made [...]

Will Obama bow to the demands of Chinese Prez? – JIM KOURI

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Chinese President Hu Jintao — who also serves as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party – is in Washingrton, DC today for a summit meeting with President Barack Obama.
Unfortunately, expectations are low for any agreements or even promises that will benefit the United States and the American people. It’s difficult to apply pressure on anyone to whom you [...]

Breaking: Napolitano cancels border virtual fence project – JIM KOURI

Friday, January 14th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Friday is traditionally the day on which bad news or politically harmful information is released by denizens of the nation’s capital, and January 14 is no different: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s office announced that the Obama administration canceled the ‘Virtual Fence’ project along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The reason for this latest cancellation is the continued technical equipment problems and [...]

Google criminally charged for illegally collecting private information – JIM KOURI

Friday, January 14th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

South Korean cops filed charges against Google Inc. for allegedly collecting information on private citizen thereby breaking Internet privacy laws South Korea, according to a press statement released by the Seoul Police Department.
Google’s Seoul office had been raided by police in August 2010 on suspicion of illegally collecting personal information in preparing the local version of its “Street View” mapping services.
According to the [...]

Napolitano ignored radioactive material smuggled across U.S. borders – JIM KOURI

Monday, January 10th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Using counterfeit documents and posing as employees of a company with a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license, [GAO] investigators successfully crossed the U.S. northern and southern borders with the type of radioactive materials that could be used to make a dirty bomb. – GAO Report to Congress
During her unannounced trip during the New Year’s holiday weekend, Secretary [...]

Obama Administration one of the most corrupt, says Rep. Issa – JIM KOURI

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

US Representative Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spent the weekend bashing the Obama Administration saying it was one of the most corrupt administrations ever.
The California congressman stated he intends to investigate such incidents as Obama White House promises made to Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak to drop out of his Senate race [...]

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Economic Recovery Hitting Speed Bump?

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 by admin

Former Senator Rick Santorum on why CBO’s new deficit number is cause for worry.
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Companies Brace for Surge in Health Care Costs

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 by admin

Here we go folks, we are going to see even greater distress in our economy.
Survey: Corporations eye 9 percent increase in cost of medical coverage.
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China Gaining Economic Ground

Monday, August 16th, 2010 by admin

Donald Trump on the danger of emerging power potentially overtaking U.S. as most powerful nation.
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