tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82606632012-02-10T13:48:23.948-05:00My take on a variety of topics that are shaping the U.S. in the 21st century.Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4607125blogspot/HRQuhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-33317845127009160312012-02-10T08:59:00.000-05:002012-02-10T08:59:29.123-05:002012-02-10T08:59:29.123-05:00<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/help-nancy-pelosi-stop-stephen-colbert.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-70567249784183804562012-02-09T13:33:00.004-05:002012-02-09T13:35:54.450-05:002012-02-09T13:35:54.450-05:00Will it display more than one post? It looks like the Westboro Baptists have decided to attack...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/trying-to-fix-blogger-problem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-91540339099682751692012-02-09T09:12:00.000-05:002012-02-09T09:12:27.347-05:002012-02-09T09:12:27.347-05:00The case of the father blowing up his house and killing his two children has garnered a fair share...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com1http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-quote-from-eisenhower.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-16678684529614772492012-02-08T22:16:00.001-05:002012-02-08T22:17:22.031-05:002012-02-08T22:17:22.031-05:00That's what it looks like the feds and the states are doing with regard to the mortgage scandal....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/take-money-and-run.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-88249231773669239152012-02-08T09:38:00.000-05:002012-02-08T09:38:24.238-05:002012-02-08T09:38:24.238-05:00That seems to be one of Obama's operating principles.&nbsp; How else to explain his decision to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com1http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/eye-in-sky.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-44212097737131490132012-02-07T09:41:00.000-05:002012-02-07T09:41:12.447-05:002012-02-07T09:41:12.447-05:00Lt. Colonel Daniel L. Davis thinks that our leaders are telling a story with regard to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com1http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/telling-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-54279590645897702202012-02-07T06:52:00.001-05:002012-02-07T16:33:45.015-05:002012-02-07T16:33:45.015-05:00That's what a grand jury in Missouri thinks. They indicted a company, DocX, a division of Lender...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/employment-is-still-in-crisis-mode.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-71471324809958278192012-02-03T09:53:00.001-05:002012-02-03T09:54:08.659-05:002012-02-03T09:54:08.659-05:00The NY Times has put its two cents in with regard to the SEC's giving big financial institutions a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-on-sec-waivers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260663.post-20434057460137603772012-02-03T09:20:00.001-05:002012-02-08T09:54:11.679-05:002012-02-08T09:54:11.679-05:00Here's a post I made in July 2008:Fifteen years ago the FDA warned the Red Cross that their...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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One of Freddie's roles is to make home loans more...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Al DeVitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.com0http://devitoblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/is-freddie-mac-private-venture.html