Aug 01, 2009 -
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Recieved this via e-mail. Some food for thought.
"Your Social Security"
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this.
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May 12, 2009 -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security and Medicare are fading even faster under the weight of the recession, heading for insolvency years sooner than previously expected, the government warned Tuesday.
Social Security will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in taxes in 2016, a year sooner than projected last year, and the giant trust fund will be depleted by 2037, four years sooner, trustees reported.
Medicare is in even worse shape.
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Feb 05, 2009 -
the best policy
Privatize Social Security?!
Can we finally kill this terrible idea?
By Eliot Spitzer
Posted Wednesday, Feb.
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Sep 26, 2008 -
worldpress.org
By Dr. Prakash Ambegaonkar and Andrea H. Pietrzyk, Bridging Nations,
September 26, 2008
Good perceptions abroad, a strong economy at home, and effective leader all combine to bolster national security.
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Apr 23, 2009 -
PUBLIC POST *
Details and links to related info at original source.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Fifty-eight percent (58%) believe the Obama administration’s recent release of CIA memos about the harsh interrogation methods used on terrorism suspects endangers the national security of the United States. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 28% believe the release of the memos helps America’s image abroad.
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Jan 29, 2009 -
The Associated Press
updated 7:25 a.m. CT, Thurs., Jan. 29, 2009
BAGHDAD - Iraq will not allow Blackwater Worldwide to continue providing security protection for U.S.
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Sep 19, 2008 -
Transcript:
"Well maybe he decided we don’t need a commission because to paraphrase John McCain, the economy's strong. Right? Fundamentally strong.
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Jan 30, 2009 -
WASHINGTON – The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May, a senior U.S. official said Friday. The official told The Associated Press that the contract will lapse because of the Iraqi government's decision to deny Blackwater a license to operate.
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Sep 17, 2008 -
David and Victoria Beckham have increased their security after reportedly receiving a string of threats to their family’s safety. The former Spice Girl and my future ex-husband are said to have hired extra bodyguards following warnings from police about possible kidnappers targeting high profile children.
David was recently photographed picking his sons up from school in Los Angeles with a convoy of two security vehicles behind his Rolls Royce car.
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Mar 10, 2008 -
Source: MSNBC
AIRPORT SECURITY SPOILS WEDDING PROPOSAL PLANS
By The Associated Press
Updated 11:42 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 7, 2008
PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - A Canadian man thought he had come up with the perfect romantic setting to propose to his high school sweetheart until airport security got involved.
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