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Nader: Federal Reserve "Doesn't Even Know How To Spell Consumer Protection" (VIDEO)

Yahoo Finance | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Elizabeth Warren, Regulatory Reform, Federal Reserve, US Chamber of Commerce, Consumer Protection, Ralph Nader, Business News

Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader appeared on Yahoo Tech Ticker today to discuss President Obama's plan for a consumer f...

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whiskey Rebellion, Barter System, Stockholder, Marijuana, Prohibition, Feds, Newport, Civil War, Infrastructure, Moonbow, Grass, Occupational Safety, Nancy Pelosi, Environmental Movements, Coal Mine, Right to Vote, Mohawk, Lawless, Bill Tweed, Boss System, Indefeasible, Beverly Hillbillies, Hung, Ca, Louisville, George Washington, Appalachian, Civic, Tennessee, Census Worker, Mountaintop Removal, New York City Boss William Tweed, Civil Rights, Census Taker, Mystery, Kentucky Constitution, Second American Revolution, Food Safety, Pot, U.S. Constitution, Pittsburgh, Public School System, Declaration of Independence, Indiana Constitution, Cumberland Plateau, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inalienable, Daniel Boone National Forest, Bill Sparkman, Bluegrass, Ohio, Slavery, Lexington, Illinois, Coalmine, Federal Agents, Women’s, Appalachia, Hemp, Public Health, Daniel Boone U.S. Congress, Irish Immigrants, Democracy, Middle Class Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, Mountain, Capitalism, Bossism, Meth, Consumer, Murder, Labor, Southeastern Kentucky, Prison, Oxycontin, Big Coal, 1791, Fbi, Self-Organizing, Indiana, Hanged, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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Raging Against Ford Motor Company

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Obama, Local Food, China, Executive Compensation, Corporations, Ford, Business News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Ford didn't take any TARP money so it can do whatever it wants, I guess. It can close all the plants it desires in the US and build sparkling new ones in China, as it was proudly announced today.

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Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Investigative Fund, Fcc, Donotcall.gov, Courtesy Calls, Consumer, Newspaper Association of America, Election Calls, Campaigns, Robocalls, Washington D.C., Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Robocall Rules, Political Campaigns, Consumer Bankers Association, Regulation, Do Not Call List, Phone Calls, Mortgage Bankers Association, Campaign Calls, Federal Communications Commission, Telephone, Ftc, Consumers, Politics News

It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

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Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Connection, Unconscious, Global, Retro, Consumption, 21st Century, Recession, America, Barack Obama, Mindful, Citizen, Business News
Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to the limiting branding and marketing models of consumerism. Hello to taping into the richer branding and marketing models of citizenry.

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The Oil Crisis Is (Still) Not Like A Toothache: Fighting The "Drill Now" Rhetoric

Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Consumer, Energy, High Gas Prices, John McCain, Drill Now Drill Here Pay Less, Environment, Drilling, Future, Newt Gingrich, Culture, Offshore Drilling Ban, McCain Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Martin Bosworth

Many Americans realize that destroying environmental resources to allow more domestic drilling is a psychological panacea -- a placebo to make us feel like "something is being done."

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