- AlterNet: The Truth About the Economy That Nobody in Washington or on Wall Street Will Admit: We’re Heading Toward a Double Dip | Robert Reich
- Why aren’t Americans being told the truth about the economy? We’re heading in the direction of a double dip – but you’d never know it if you listened to the upbeat messages coming out of Wall Street and Washington.
Consumers are 70 percent of the American economy, and consumer confidence is plummeting. …
Pessimistic consumers buy less. And fewer sales spells economic trouble ahead.
- Huckabee Hearts Secrecy | Mother Jones – Siddhartha Mahanta
- …the computer hard drives that once contained [the records] were erased and physically destroyed by the Huckabee administration as the governor prepared to leave office…
…if [Huck] does enter the [2012 presidential] race, he would do so as a frontrunner. … These records would shed light on Huckabee's governorship—and could provide insight into how a President Huckabee might run the country. …
Parsons…eventually filed a lawsuit against Huckabee and Beebe, alleging that the new governor had siphoned taxpayer money from an emergency fund to pay to replace the destroyed hard drives. Altogether, the new equipment cost over $335,000.
…What do the Huckabee files hold? The records could provide details on any number of unsettled controversies involving a governor that faced at least 15 ethics complaints …
…[Huck & co] have also taken steps to block access to videotapes of his sermons, spanning his 12 years as a Southern Baptist minister before he entered politics.
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