The highly anticipated arrival of the new Chinese Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is finely upon us and (predictably) many in the US are unnecessarily fretting over this development.

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Recently, the US Coast Guard has created a rule to ban anyone from coming within 65 feet of the oil containment booms.  Without Coast guard approval, of course. They originally tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet. They claim that this is done to ensure the safety of the public. However, it is currently preventing reporters and members of the media from reporting the conditions down in the Gulf.

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The Debt Commission that was appointed by President Obama earlier this year came out with a startling report.

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It has begun. The lawsuit we all have been waiting for, sort of. The Federal Government has officially sued Arizona over their Immigration law. This was to be expected.

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The rumblings of the double-dip have been growing recently, if you can’t tell already. Many “experts” are divided on this issue, but it is clear that we are not back up to par just yet.

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Michael Steele has come under recent criticism from almost everyone for comments he made last week. He essentially said that the war in Afghanistan is now a “war of Obama’s choosing” and that the US troops will fail.

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It is almost the 4^th of July. It is getting hot outside and we had our first big thunderstorm of the year this past week. I love this time of the year. As we move forward celebrating another Independence Day I think it is appropriate to look at some current news stories affecting our nation.

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I have posted a few different articles, opinions and thoughts concerning China’s decision to revalue the Yuan. In similar news, Chinese manufacturing is close to overtaking the US as the top performer. Chances are that we have yet to see the last of US manufacturing and the revaluation of the Yuan will surely increase US production. But, this article did peak my interest.

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I never took an economics course in college and this is something that I deeply regret. Recently, China announced that they would allow their currency (the Yuan) to float more freely. In their economy they have tighter controls and restrictions, specifically; they have artificially devalued their currency.  This means that their Yuan is worth less then what it would be if they did not devalue it.

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Many of you have heard of the horrible violence that has recently erupted all over Kyrgyzstan. Overall, hundreds of people have been murdered and many more are homeless and living in refugee camps in Uzbekistan.  Atrocities have been committed by both sides and an appeal to Russia for peace keeping forces was denied.

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Ignorance is one of the leading problems in the world of politics. It has been for a long and most likely will continue. To many, this sounds harsh, dismissive and arguably ignorant. But, let me explain.

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Almost all of you know about (hopefully) Arizona’s new immigration law SB1070. This law is in place to combat the growing problem of illegal immigration. The original intent of this law was to allow police officers to use race, ethnicity and nation of origin as a determining factor in detaining a person. If they were Mexican, they could be stopped and asked to prove they are US Citizens.

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Well, the first year or so of Obama’s administration has been interesting. The healthcare battle seems to finally be over as the Democrats have successfully pushed through the much needed reform bill. But, the war for reform has just begun and if the previous battle was any indication, it will not be easy.

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The tone around the US has been rather negative over the past year and it is almost entirely coming from the extreme right wing. Whether it is Palin with her lies about death panels, her attacks on anyone (Letterman, LL Cool J, etc), her recent targeting of certain politicians, Glenn Beck’s claims that Obama is not a US Citizen, Rush Limbaugh’s threats against democrats, the Barack the Magic Negro song or a recent letter sent out by a GOP group threatening to “remove”  a lot of governors from office (both dems and repubs).

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