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Take a good look at policies in Ireland, in Spain, in Portugal, in Greece. In Ireland, voters overwhelmingly rejected the policies and leadership of Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the biggest rout in history as noted in Timeline Ireland. Did it matter? How? Enda Kenny, the new prime minister quickly caved-in to the ECB and EU regarding haircuts on government bonds. Similar setups are underway in Portugal, Spain, and Greece. Also, take a look at policies in Germany where chancellor Angela Merkel completely and totally caved-in to French president Nicolas Sarkozy and ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet regarding rollover of Greek...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 11) - Almost five years to the day that Roger Clay died in a motorcycle accident, his parents got one last message from him - a sun-scorched note he had stuffed in a bottle as a child and set adrift in 1984. A man found the bottle in a St. Petersburg canal on the Fourth of July and returned it this week to Clay's mother. ``I dread this time of year every year. It's the worst,'' Lisa Ferguson told the St. Petersburg Times for Thursday's editions. ``But now I have something wonderful to think about.'' Clay...