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GOP House Oversight and Government Reform chair Rep. Darryl Issa has questions for Ford CEO Alan Mulally about the White House Ford fiasco. In a new letter Mulally received today, Rep. Issa requests more information and notes that he is “deeply concerned about undue political pressure exerted by the White House on public companies. Issa asks Mulally the same question I asked White House press flack Dan Pfeiffer yesterday (and which Pfeiffer refused to answer): Did any White House officials — or any other current or former administration officials — contact any Ford officials/employees to discuss the anti-bailout ad? He...

KEY FINANCIAL EFFECTS OVERLOOKED FLAWED ECONOMIC METHODS, Part 1Economic analysis is just plain hard as heck. This is the first in a series of essays intended to expose why economic forecasts are so unbelievably poor or “quality challenged.” Today a personal touch will be shared from my experiences and contacts. This is not an exact science, but rather a social science, one which contains an element of art. The craft has sadly become more complex by financial market factors and subverted by political motives. The topic explored is key financial effects, which are commonly overlooked in economic analysis. The collective...

Wal-Mart short-changes gun owners Posted: April 11, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com I paid for a cup of coffee the other morning and got some change in return. Before I put the dollar bills in my wallet, I noticed one of them had something written on it: "Don't fry bacon naked." I love this country; where else does the phrase "money talks" really mean something? Which brings me to Wal-Mart Stores' decision to stop selling firearms in California. Yes, money talks – in many ways – and it seems as though the nation's top retailer has made a...