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The US Treasury and Congressional "shopaholics" are tickled pink with the "flight to safety." Never mind whether those rampantly popular Treasury bonds are actually preventing recovery by crowding out private sector credit. They're giving the US government's representatives the power to "buy, buy, buy" ...and conveniently solidifying their voters' support in the process. But not everyone's enjoying the "flight to safety." And Switzerland's response in particular points to a dangerous new trend that's sweeping the globe. Competitive Devaluation Hits the Majors "The Swiss franc slumped by a record amount against the euro Thursday after the country's central bank confirmed it...

Angleton and Brazosport Republican Women’s clubs held a political forum this past weekend and invited all candidates for the upcoming elections to speak. Ron Paul chose not to attend, but Bruce Bolock asked to speak for Mr. Paul at the meeting (Mr. Bolock is the leader of the Brazoria County Campaign for Liberty… ie -Ron Paul’s political group). This request was denied because the floor was only open to candidates who were present. Although visibly angry, Mr. Bolock did not protest for long. Members of my family actually have had personal experience with the less than cordial attitude of Mr....

Things should have been nice and chummy at CPAC an hour ago. Dick Cheney strolled on stage to cheers and the inspirational tune of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” and got began to present the “Defender Of The Constitution” award to Donald Rumsfeld. However, as the chants of “USA! USA!” died down, a voice screaming “War criminal!” could be heard. And then, as Cheney continued to talk up his former colleague, a shouting match began between supporters of Ron Paul and the rest of the convention hall. The Paul supporters eventually walked out in the middle of Rumsfeld’s speech as...

Posted on Wed, Jun. 16, 2004 Black businessman looks for GOP votes in Senate race DICK PETTYS Associated Press ROCKMART, Ga. - Herman Cain is a self-made man with a rags-to-riches background and a yen to start a political career at the top, never mind the long march most candidates make through steppingstone offices to get a shot at the U.S. Senate. It's not a unique biography for a Republican candidate in Georgia and it invites comparisons to Guy Millner, the wealthy businessman who seemed ill-suited to the campaign trail and three times led Georgia Republicans to electoral defeats in...

Cain flies high, but Isakson is well-grounded Web posted Saturday, June 19, 2004 By Michael Ryan | Augusta Chronicle Editorial Page Editor If you vote in Georgia's July 20 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, you'll have to decide what kind of football coach you might be. Do you want to win with the running game - or throw the bomb? That's pretty much the difficult choice between candidates Johnny Isakson and Herman Cain. ISAKSON, A three-term congressman from Georgia's 6th District, is the political equivalent of Herschel Walker: solid, dependable, light on his feet and a proven winner. Cain, a...

A group forwarding the radical green agenda is spending thousands on ads promoting a plan by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.; shown) to encourage “the government to double its funding for energy research.” Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions has spent over $50,000 on an ad campaign in Nashville and Memphis, the Volunteer State’s two largest cities. A report in the Jackson Press on the media buy estimates that spending by the group on the Alexander proposal could reach “an estimated $150,000 for one week of television advertising,” if similar ads are run in smaller markets around the state. Under the “Our...

A group of tea-party and conservative organizations urged Sen. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) to retire rather than seek a third term next year, signaling that tea-party activists have zeroed in on a new target as they try to pressure incumbent Republicans from the right. In an open letter published Wednesday, 20 groups based in the state attacked Mr. Alexander, saying the country “can no longer afford compromise and bipartisanship, two traits for which you have become famous.” The letter was signed by several groups purporting to represent tea-party and conservative activists in a number of counties across Tennessee. According to...