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Occupy Wall Street wins losses for U.S.
Occupy Wall Street may have won. Why? France and Greece have voted out their old governmental and elected new ones. So, is that Occupy -- 2, Wall Street -- 0?
With age comes some youthful reflection
When you reach a certain age, you contemplate about the past and selected people of your youth or younger days.
Radical changes seen for military defense
Well, the Super Committee has not established a budget. Our military issue has not been decided. Will our future military shrink until it cannot meet its political obligation? Will we be forced to withdraw from Korea and Australia? Will we modify our military structure?
Peaceful protests can lead to changes
The "Occupy Wall Street" and similar groups should be very careful. As long as they keep in name only, they have the politicians and law enforcement at a "negative" position.
Jobless and employed lines on collision course
So, the labor market results are out and the market is bad. Not bad, but sick. Companies still complain about the lack of skill or qualified workers.
Government has always been in debt
EDWARD SCHWEIKERT, Albany
Is U.S. handing off dominance to China?
After the British defeated Nazi Germany, it had reduced itself to poverty. The surviving veterans returned to mass unemployment; where coal mines were the only jobs available. The British government faced large deficits. So, they turned to the United States for help.
Credit due all around for America's high debt
July 1, 2011, represents the 90th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, which we now know as Beijing (Peking). They are celebrating 90 years as a government. We have known them as an adversary, or the debt holder of our IOUs.
