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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/upload_your_i_a.htm"> <title>Upload Your "I Am Not Wall Street's ATM" Pic</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/la68NfBAnRA/upload_your_i_a.htm</link>
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<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-15T13:54:44-08:00</dc:date>
<description>Upload your picture expressing that you are not Wall Street's ATM, at I Am Not Your ATM


Go have a look!&lt;br/&gt;
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<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-15T13:31:33-08:00</dc:date>
<description>I'll be doing my regular segment on the Fairness Doctrine radio show shortly.  You can listen live at the link.


I'll be talking about the Chinese Currency Showdown.&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/chinese_currenc.htm"> <title>Chinese Currency Showdown</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/YrCik-yjOvE/chinese_currenc.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Making It In America</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-15T11:06:51-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project.  I am a Fellow with CAF.


China is holding down the value of its currency, which means goods made there cost less everywhere else.  This undercuts American...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/admin_says_isra.htm"> <title>Admin Says Israel Endangers Our Troops -- Then Does Nothing About It?</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/wsDvD5xwq28/admin_says_isra.htm</link>
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<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-14T16:11:42-08:00</dc:date>
<description>After Israel's "insult" -- announcing new settlements just as the US Vice President arrived to launch peace talks -- VIce President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel's intransigence,

“is starting to get dangerous for us… What you’re doing here undermines the security of our...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/supreme_court_c.htm"> <title>Supreme Court Corporate Speech Quid-Pro-Quo?</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/dXCi4Sbqxh4/supreme_court_c.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Corruption</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-14T15:46:01-08:00</dc:date>
<description>So soon after Supreme Court Clarence Thomas votes to allow corporations to put unlimited money into politics his wife sets up an organization that will accept unlimited money from corporations hoping to influence politics.  I wonder how much she'll be paid?


Is this the quid-pro-quo that it...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/israels_insult.htm"> <title>Israel's Insult</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/sI2nwDq6zpk/israels_insult.htm</link>
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<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-14T09:52:00-08:00</dc:date>
<description>Driving Drunk in Jerusalem

[Biden] should have snapped his notebook shut, gotten right back on Air Force Two, flown home and left the following scribbled note behind: “Message from America to the Israeli government: Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. And right now, you’re driving drunk. You...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/sec_state_says.htm"> <title>Sec State Says Israel Insulted The United States</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/F0K04MBTer0/sec_state_says.htm</link>
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<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-13T17:19:22-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This is pretty serious: Following Israel's astonishing announcement -- issued just as our Vice President arrived in their country -- that they would increase building settlements after the US asked them to hold off, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that the United States sees this...&lt;br/&gt;
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 <dc:subject>Music</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-13T16:08:39-08:00</dc:date>
<description>Leo Kottke:


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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/horrible_rightw.htm"> <title>Horrible Right-Wingers</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/LTGjKUgGNV8/horrible_rightw.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>RW Smears</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-13T12:45:03-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This is just horrible: Isn't It Time To Euthanize Reid's Wife?


Of course, the press will dig up something that was posted in a comment on a liberal blog several years ago, and tell the public "both sides do it."




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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/bailing_out_the.htm"> <title>Bailing Out The Banks Changed The Way People Think</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/LwyOa1k6FPQ/bailing_out_the.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-12T22:38:01-08:00</dc:date>
<description>Tax-free municipal bonds are selling like crazy because they pay a very high yield. The thing is, they have a high yield because so many states and municipalities are on the edge of going broke, like California.  If they go broke the bond holders are supposed to lose their money.  But California's...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/when_conservati.htm"> <title>When Conservatives Are Right...</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/xDjbxLlz80w/when_conservati.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Making It In America</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-12T11:27:11-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project.  I am a Fellow with CAF.


Pat Buchanan has a column today on manufacturing, The Disemboweling of America, that hits the nail on the head.  In fact, if I...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/why_wont_obama.htm"> <title>Why Won't Obama Label China A Currency Manipulator?</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/ES9GJkYlmTA/why_wont_obama.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Making It In America</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-11T16:42:49-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project.  I am a Fellow with CAF.


There is a great deal of pressure on the Obama administration to declare China as a currency manipulator, and with very good...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/it_is_time_to_p.htm"> <title>It Is Time To Put Our Foot Down: Ten Steps We Can Take To Stop Closing Factories And Eliminating Jobs</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/wA8RmNWTE_w/it_is_time_to_p.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Making It In America</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-10T12:20:46-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project.  I am a Fellow with CAF.


The economy is still getting worse more slowly.  We lost "only" 36,000 jobs last month.  We need to create 11 million new jobs...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/cost_of_tax_cut.htm"> <title>Cost Of Tax Cuts Catching Up To Us</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/IlSpfIBIlw0/cost_of_tax_cut.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-09T18:03:54-08:00</dc:date>
<description>This post originally appeared at Speak Out California


The following letter appears in today's San Jose Mercury News:

State not geared up for high-speed rail


Is high-speed rail really the answer in California? I think not. I originally thought, great, let's match Europe's and Japan's advanced...&lt;br/&gt;
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<item rdf:about="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2010/03/yes_please_plea.htm"> <title>Yes, Please, Please, Please Remind The Public About Bush!</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SeeingTheForest/~3/vv1rJDHXHC8/yes_please_plea.htm</link>
 <dc:subject>Bush</dc:subject>
<dc:creator>Dave Johnson</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2010-03-09T10:55:02-08:00</dc:date>
<description>Some Republicans are entering the 2010 campaign season with the slogan, "Miss Me Yet?" accompanied by a picture of Bush.


See Do You Miss Him Yet? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com


Oh please.  Please, please, please campaign in this election by reminding the pubic of the things that happened when...&lt;br/&gt;
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