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Wall Street's Designer-Dressed Thieves

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


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Open the phonebook and randomly pick the name of a stockbroker or a bank president. Call that person and ask them to explain to you how a synthetic or a derivative actually works.

US Chamber of Commerce Hates "Buy America" Slogan

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


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The organization that use to represent small business interests has morphed into a lapdog that serves a new master. That master is international mega-corporations.

Our Frenzied Focus on Fox

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media


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Roger Ailes understands what other TV executives miss. He remembers that P.T. Barnum built his business around high-wire acts and circus freaks.

GOP: Poor People Get What They Deserve

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


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Conservative political policies have been built around the manipulation of that ugly quality called victim blame. They are brilliant in that they have freed us from the responsibility of being our brother's keeper.

The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


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Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

Jon Voight's New Political Prostitute Role

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


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Where do washed up celebrities go once they realize that their career is in the tank? They become celebrity spokesmen for the Republican National Committee.

The Family's Ties

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home


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Since 1935, an organization calling itself "The Family" has been able to operate unnoticed in the Beltway. But that invisibility is disappearing because of the sensational sex lives of Mark Sanford and John Ensign.

Birther Conspiracy Reaches the Mainstream

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


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Fringe Democrats looked ridiculous when they suggested McCain wasn't eligible to be president because he was born in Panama. The grown-ups in Democratic leadership put a quick end to that.

Big Pharma's Free Ride

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


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There will be no serious health care reform until the drug companies, the hospital corporations and the HMO industry are forced to pay their share of the bill.

Swooning for Saudis

Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


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U.S. relations with the Saudi royal family trumped the importance of 3,000 9-11 murders. That was the opinion of the U.S. State Department during the...

Bank of America, Car Thieves, and GOP Lies

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business


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For months, Conservatives have been in search of an attack issue to rally around. They've also been desperately searching for someone credible to lead...

Democrats Sell Out on Healthcare

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics


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Drug companies showed a profit of 80 billion dollars last year while the health care industry collected 13 billion in profits. Life is good, and they are spreading all those billions around to the Democrats.

Chevron Shareholders Ignore Company's Abuses

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


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As you read this column, court hearings in Ecuador are taking place where Chevron stands potentially responsible for $25 billion in damages to Ecuador's waterways and aquifers.

Falwell's Legacy Haunts Liberty University

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


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You have to wonder why a group of teenage Democrats have been told that their kind are not welcome at Liberty, a campus that was built in part from the money of Sun Myung Moon.

What the Hell Have We Become?

Mike Papantonio | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


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Rather than two convictions, non-Gitmo prosecutors have had 148 successful trials and convictions of terrorists.

Lessons from Darwin - We're Still Evolving

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green


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Birds, sea lions, and iguanas take from their surroundings only what they need to live. On the other hand, the more evolved human is locus-like in the way they interact with their community.