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Welcome To Weimar

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Posted on November 3, 2008 - 6:38am at Post Politics
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None of this can be good:

Reagan Democrats

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Posted on November 1, 2008 - 1:00am at Southern Beale
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They’re baaaack ... sorta. Meet the former Reagan Administration officials who have endorsed Barack Obama:

Ken Duberstein, Reagan's Chief of Staff;

We are now entering the Age of Conspicuous Non-consumption (don’t blink or you’ll miss it)

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Posted on October 14, 2008 - 11:59am at RexBlog
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Remember how, after September 11, there were all those stories and essays declaring it was the end of the age of irony. After the tragedy, we were going leave behind that smug way we used to think that “even the most serious things should not to be taken seriously.”

Mortgage Delinquencies Rise, Health Care Costs Rise

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Posted on September 6, 2008 - 9:12am at The Crone Speaks
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"...if employers are quick to lay off workers when activity slows, productivity can still look solid even though the economy is

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Posted on August 10, 2008 - 7:19am at Stone Soup Station
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"Worst market conditions since the 1973-75 period."
George Soros

But there are still plenty out there in media-land who will argue there's just nothing to see here....

(Forbes)

"U.S. unemployment rate rose to the highest level in more than four years as employers cut jobs again in July, increasing the th

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Posted on August 1, 2008 - 8:45am at Stone Soup Station
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It's tough as hell for folks to find even the lousiest of jobs here in Nashville at the moment; doesn't look like it'll get much better anytime soon, either....

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

When Your Hours Are Cut

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Posted on July 31, 2008 - 7:23am at The Crone Speaks
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One of the sides to employment that wasn’t always covered were those folks that never actually lost their jobs, but whose hours had been cut. The NYTimes takes a look:

"I'm a lifelong Republican - a supply-side conservative. I worked in the Reagan White House: This November, I'm voting for Barac

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Posted on July 17, 2008 - 7:39am at Stone Soup Station
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Some time ago, I wrote about a guy at a local gas station with an "W 04" bumper sticker who sai

"Of the large American automakers, Chrysler had the roughest June, with a 35.9 percent sales plunge. Ford followed at 27.9 perce

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Posted on July 3, 2008 - 5:49pm at Stone Soup Station
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It's already bad for autoworkers, and it's about to get much worse very soon....

Stuck on The Brakes

Bush’s Colossal Economic Failure

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Posted on June 7, 2008 - 9:05am at The Crone Speaks
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One of the best campaign ads for the dems would be the current joblessness, the trouble with manipulative speculators, and the weak dollar.

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