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Harvey Stelman profile image86

Why I Made This Decision

I don’t know if anyone on this site knew I had decided to run for President in 2012. This decision was made soon after President Obama was sworn in. At that time I was writing on another site; where I made...

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James Michael profile image57

Uncle Sam-Need Money?

How in the world can a bankrupt country give away money it borrows from one of its main competitors? Does it sound impossibly crazy? Well, we call it foreign aid. Just consider the next time you are sitting...

2 comments    economics foreign policy
East Timor Children. Credit: NeilsPhotography/flickr68

East Timor's Sanitation Infrastructure Needs Better Funding: NGO

East Timor Children. Credit: NeilsPhotography/flickr A new supplementary report released by aid agency WaterAid Australia has found over twenty percent of the five thousand children who die every year in the...

0 comments    water supply sanitation
thinking out loud profile image51

Why are we increasing aid to the mid east?

We're the ones that are broke and suffering hardships. so why are we increasing foreign aid to some of the richest monarchy's in the world? Because we're crazy? Each of the following countries will see an...

1 comment    egypt jordan saudi arabia
jxb7076 profile image78

Is Continued Aid Bad for Africa? Why I Agree with Zambian Economist Dambisa Moyo.

Dambisa Moyo, the Zambian economist, educated at Harvard and Oxford and a former employee of The World Bank and Goldman Sachs, has created an inspiring, and provocative argument in her book titled “Dead...

9 comments    africa chinese goldman sachs
Can you believe these people?50

Foreign aide has got to stop

Can you believe these people? look, you liberals, this is not fake. WHILE WE RICH AMERICANS ARE FILLING THESE CLOWNS POCKETS FULL OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY, THIS IS WHAT WE GET: AMERICAN DOGS, CRUSH AMERICA...

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Daryl Davis profile image60

Of Pirates Large and Small

A discourse on Somali pirates, and their American and British counterparts.

1 comment    politics navy pirates
A Progressive Political Website with a Sense of Humor!59

Hit OPEC Where It Counts

I'm going to address this hub to Senator Obama, mostly since we know the John "Shoot From The Hip" McCain doesn't have a diplomatic bone in his body, and because it is my expectation that Senator Obama will...

16 comments    politics obama united states
The Two-Minute Drill56

Mysteries, Puzzles, Enigmas

Remember the old bromide about the husband who makes all the big decisions in his family -- on war and peace or capital punishment. His wife only decides whether to buy a new car or vacation in Hawaii. What decisions do you find yourself pondering?

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A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption (free chapter)

Editor Hiatt follows up John Perkins's surprise bestseller, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN. With an introduction by Perkins and contributions from numerous others, the book explains how the International...

2 comments    finance bank corruption
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