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"Anything Goes" Capitalism Destroys Companies and Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Simmons Mattress, Private Equity Firm, Private Equity, Scott A. Schoen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Usw, United Steelworkers, Anything Goes, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Standard & Poor’s, Fdr, Cole Porter, Max Gordon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Simmons, Noble Rogers, New York Times, 1929 Crash, Stock Market, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Rober Hellyer, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.

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Unsolicited Advice

Brad Listi | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Success, Stuttering, Vicodin, Anxiety, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Health, Advice, Death, Comedy News
Brad Listi

Moral of the story: Stand up and be courageous. Remember the timeless words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and be terrified of fear. To do anything less would be cowardly.

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FDR's New Deal, JFK's New Frontier, Barack Obama's New Foundation

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Jr., The New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The New Frontier, Barack Obama, William F. Buckley, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The benefit of the decay of the old is that it provides space not to rebuild the foundation so that it fits with the modern world.The "New Foundation" is the theme of the Obama presidency.

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Rep. Hechler to President Obama: Time for a Harry S. Truman Moment in the Coalfields

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Ken Hechler, Harry S. Truman, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Appalachia, Coal Sludge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Barack Obama, Mountaintop Removal, Congress, TVA Disaster, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Standing at the Massey Energy mountaintop removal operation last month, the 94-year-old Hechler showed no sign of retreating on this egregious violation of human rights and the environment.

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Will 'Trickle Down' Banking Work Better than 'Trickle Down' Economics: Thoughts from a Non-Wall Street CEO

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Geithner, Bad Banks, Good Banks, Consumer Debt, Wall Street, Trickle Down, New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, Aig, Great Depression, Housing Bubble, Business News
Paul Abrams

Instead of providing government money and guarantees to hedge funds that will supposedly price toxic assets, put the money to good use on main street through regional banks.

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Neo-Confederacy Erupts with Governors' Rejection of Stimulus Money

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern Republicans, Mark Sanford, George W. Bush, Confederate Flag, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Reconstruction, Attorney General Eric Holder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Representative James Clyburn, Sarah Palin, Budget Deal, Governors Reject Stimulus Aid, Rick Perry, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee, John McCain, State Budget Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, President Andrew Johnson, Gary Coleman, Opposition to Stimulus Bill, Southern Governors Reject Stimulus Money, Recall Election, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Susan Collins, Opposition to Receiving Stimulus Money, Olympia Snow, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Tom Delay, Council of Conservative Citizens, Barry Goldwater, Stimulus Bill, Southernizing the Republican Party, Neo-Confederacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.

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Should President Obama Be More Optimistic?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, President Obama, Hope, Economy, Optimism, George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, The Fly, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Mark McKinnon, President Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

If Obama is truly committed to change, being more optimistic may not help him in that effort. Americans voted for Obama because they were acutely aware of the problems the country faces.

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Dems (and Obama) Are Losing the Economic Argument: They May Also Lose the Economy

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Maynard Keynes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal, Economy, Massive Public Investments, Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Paul Abrams

By shifting the debate from wishful thinking to sound economics, prospects rise for effective policy decisions now and in the future, and doing the debate right is as important as the policy itself.

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This Moment Screams for Boldness, Not Piddling Plans During Obama's First 100 Days

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S. Senate, Capitol Hill, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Wall Street, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, U.S. House, New York Times, Congress, Emergency Banking Act, Barack Obama, Tennessee Valley Authority, Fdr, Great Depression, Obama Presidency, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This moment during which the nation is suffering great economic peril pleads for political valor. This moment screams for boldness.

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Bless Bush

Stanley Kutler | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

Just after midnight on election day the good folks in Dixville Notch, NH gave 15 votes for Barack Obama, while John McCain garnered only 6. Their fi...

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When The World Watched Chicago

Robert Loerzel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Chicago History, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Grant Park, Political Conventions, Fdr, Election 2008, Chicago News
Robert Loerzel

Obama's eloquent election-night speech in Grant Park is surely one of the great moments in Chicago history.

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Paris Hiltons of Elections Past

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, John F Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mccain Paris Hilton Ad, Walter Lippmann, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Norman Mailer, Barack Obama, Grand Theft Jesus, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

When they ran for president, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy were seen as fluff -- celebrities -- but they are now generally seen as the two greatest presidents of the past century.

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