OLIVER STONE RIPS OBAMA: ‘Took bad situation, made it worse’.

A new book from filmmaker Oliver Stone offers a scathing critique of President Barack Obama’s time in office.

Stone, who wrote “The Untold History of the United States” with historian Peter Kuznick, puts forth a liberal interpretation of American history from the turn of the last century to present day. The 618-page book, slated for release Tuesday – a week before Election Day – from Gallery Books, slams Republicans and Democrats alike, [...]

Eric Holder Cleared on Fast and Furious!

WASHINGTON (AP/Yahoo!) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.

More at Yahoo!

New York Times piece below:

WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Justice Department’s inspector general on Wednesday issued a scathing critique of federal [...]

This post could change your mind on one of the most villified ideas in America

From Miller’s Genuine Draft:

How we use words has a tremendous impact on the ideas that reach prominence and influence how societies evolve.

Just think of the loaded term “democracy” and the poisonous vitriol spewed at anyone who points out the utter immorality of a governing system where the majority is able to trample over the minority. Then there is “capitalism” which was not originally a term of simple description but of [...]

California panel declares high-speed rail project “not financially feasible”

From HotAir:

When the California legislature undertook the most expensive public-works project in American history, they also created an independent review board to ensure that the LA-to-San Francisco high-speed rail project would have solid financial footing. Perhaps they intended this panel to be a public-relations rubber stamp, but if so, it just proves that their miscalculations weren’t limited to cost projections. Yesterday, the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group sent a “scathing” [...]

ROMNEY SLAMS OBAMA: HE’S FAILED USA

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Mitt Romney is opening his first formal day as a 2012 Republican presidential candidate by pitching himself as the one to heal the economy and issuing a direct challenge to the man he wants to replace: “Barack Obama has failed America,” he says.

In excerpts released ahead of his formal kick-off speech Thursday, Romney hones in on the economic woes that are [...]

Saxo Bank joins chorus calling for end of the FED!

by JanB

Following the recent surge in Fed critics, including Gross, Buffett, Grantham, and most other self-respecting economists, Saxo Bank’s John J. Hardy shares the most recent, and very scathing, critique of the Fed, which essentially calls for the end of the US central bank, saying the days of the Fed are now numbered.

Bring it on, Ben!

So, Ben, let’s get this thing over with and let’s test how this market is [...]