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• China tells US to 'cure its addiction to debt'

  Sat Aug 6, 2011
  •  They are a stiff necked people; complaining after we gave them all our good manufacturing jobs, especially our computer technology jobs,  that our income tax revenues are down. Eirík Þorvaldsson

• Americans tread water in gulf between rich and poor

  Sat Oct 2, 2010
  • Harsh words, Morgan.

• Americans tread water in gulf between rich and poor

  Sat Oct 2, 2010
  • If Pete is correct, why have the executives of GM not been prosecuted for frittering away the marketshare and assets of the company - starting with the spin-off of American Axle 20 years ago and culminating in bankruptcy?

• Federal prosecutions of immigrants soar

  Thu Jul 15, 2010
  • Every time you buy produce trucked halfway across the country based solely on lowest advertised price, you support employers of Illegals.

• Federal prosecutions of immigrants soar

  Thu Jul 15, 2010
  • Canadians and Norwegians get deported too. You just do not hear much about it because they have long traditions of obeying laws - and their home countries have a better standard of living than ours, so they have little incentive to seek work here.

• Federal prosecutions of immigrants soar

  Thu Jul 15, 2010
  • Legal immigrants may be most hurt by illegal aliens, since they compete for the same entry-level jobs. Best way to confuse debate on any issue is to muddle the names - like calling illegals "immigrants". Eirík Þorvaldsson

• Federal prosecutions of immigrants soar

  Thu Jul 15, 2010
  • "Immigrants" are people who come here legally, with the intention to become permanent citizens and have the American Dream.

• Fire booms neglected in oil cleanup?

  Mon May 3, 2010
  • Caution and great care will have to be applied to assessing the long-term ecological damage, as the Gulf already is afflicted with anoxic dead zones from all the municipal, agricultural, and industrial pollutants that flow into it from the US and Mexico.

• Fire booms neglected in oil cleanup?

  Mon May 3, 2010
  • If fire booms are needed in order to burn the spilled oil, the ocean would have to be calm enough to use the booms. If that is truly the case, then skimmers could pick up the oil instead of burning it.

• Fire booms neglected in oil cleanup?

  Mon May 3, 2010
  • Whoa, SRS ! While I agree with taxing fuel consumption, it is not just the weight of the car. I had a 6 passenger 160 HP Delta 88 in 1988 that consistently achieved 30 Miles per gallon in combined city/highway driving - and the EPA sticker confirmed it, as did other drivers I spoke to.