Archive for April, 2012

The Drone Wars

Posted: April 18, 2012 in Political
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MQ-1PredatorDroneIs the extensive use of drones productive in the “War on Terror”, or does it actually create more terrorists than than it kills? Very interesting article published by Rolling Stone this month:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/17-4

Does this type of activity encourage a nation such as Iran to seek nuclear arms in order to protect itself? The aspect of the article I would specifically like to comment on is the legal basis for killing  (more…)

Leading by example

Posted: April 11, 2012 in Economy
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Jim Morrison For years I’ve been saying the U.S. economy will recover from the recession when enough people believe the recovery has already started. An employer who reads about higher unemployment, for example, will be rightfully concerned that the economy is headed in the wrong direction. That type of concern  (more…)

Iran loses an ally

Posted: April 9, 2012 in Political
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Why the Iran-Brazil friendship has gone cold President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomes Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to Tehran in May 2010.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/05/opinion/gomez-iran-brazil-chill/index.html?hpt=op_bn5

What do you think?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/opinion/joondeph-supreme-court-risk/index.html?hpt=op_bn4

Paul Clement represented the 26 states challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The latest on Fannie and Freddie…                       Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Will more mortgages be eligible for principal reduction? – Apr. 9, 2012.

Diversify your portfolio Check out this good advice…

What Does It Mean To Diversify?.