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Bye Fannie, See Ya Freddie: Should the Rest of Us Get Ready to Kiss Our Butts Goodbye?

Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Darrell Prows

On my personal ranking of the news events of the past 100 years, the top three stories are (1) Hiroshima/Nagasaki; (2) The tearing down of the Berlin Wall; and (3) The current forcing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into federal conservatorship.
The conventional wisdom, of course, is that Fannie and Freddie are “too big to [...]

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Americans Need to Tear Down THIS Wall

Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Walter Brasch

WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
The “star” of the Olympics may not be multiple medalists but the Great Wall of China. Every TV network covering the Olympics took the world to see the Wall. It seemed as if almost every newspaper and magazine reporter also visited the Great Wall.
But, the Great Wall, which was built and rebuilt [...]

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Filed under: Bush Admin, China, Immigration, In The News, International, News Media, Opinions, Politics, Walter Brasch