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March 3, 2009 talkhousemag.com President Obama is a man of the people. He isn't presented on a pedestal. He doesn't seem elite. He dines at diners like Ben's Chili Bowl and attends the Washington Wizard's basketball games. He's flat out awesome. So why is it that different races view him differently? He does double speak which hits audiences in various ways. I can't say it any better. Click me.
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February 3, 2009 talkhousemag.com People need help more than ever in this economy. That is especially true for people that have been on welfare and for those trying to get it. Those that refused to place their families on welfare before because of the negative stigma attached are no longer holding out. People are asking for every available red cent. Here are the facts: the number of people getting welfare assistance last year was the lowest in 40 years; 18 states lowered welfare allotments last year; increased food stamps, but fewer bucks to go around; 2.6 million jobs lost year; 18 states cut welfare rolls. There are some instances where welfare rolls were cut because people actually found employment. But that is not an often occurrence.
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February 2, 2009 talkhousemag.com Earlier today I came across a website dedicated to preventing Sarah Palin from becoming President in 2012. Not only does the site recognize John McCain's blunder, but it also posts daily, lengthy blurbs and coins the phrase, "Impalin." “Impalin” can be used to describe any example of an instance where a politician makes a move that should be politically (and solely politically) beneficial but backfires. Most recent, this term has been used in discussion of McCain’s choice to nominate Sarah Palin as his VP.
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January 29, 2009 
Earlier today I went to the Russell building on Capitol Hill to sit in on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The roundtable discussion between senators, economists, and non-profit sector aficionados devoted the two hour session to improving small business within the United States. What have they learned about America’s recent economic turmoil? They learned that the $700 billion buyout of “troubled assets” by the United States Department of Treasury has gone straight the bank accounts of Wall St. The Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) initially started out with half of the buyout, which is $350 billion. The “troubled” banks and financial institutions that received the money used the majority of it to outsource their own company in foreign countries. Instead of helping out the American economy, they turned their backs and did their best to turn a profit on the deal. The most troubling part and the hardest to figure out is that Wall St. divvied out $18.4 billion dollars worth of bonuses at the end of 2008 according to the New York Times. That is disgusting. I literally puked in my mouth when I heard that today. In other related news, Citibank just ditched their plan to buy a $50 million plane after receiving serious deserved backlash.
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Read more... [Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) helps Wall St. more than it intended to]
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January 28, 2009 PUNISHMENT FOR CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE: Willful Blindness to Racism and Criminal Justice Lyle Yurko is a leading American attorney. He also advises the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington.In addition, he is CEO of Broadleaf Educational Consultants whose mission is to help integrate American businesses into the dynamic economy of Vietnam. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina and Ho Chi Minh City, a true global entrepreneur. 
In 1984, the Congress passed and the President signed the United States Sentencing Reform Act which established the Sentencing Commission granting it broad but guided authority over sentencing policy in the Federal Courts. The purposes of the Act were to establish truth in sentencing by abolishing parole and limiting “good time” credit to 52 days per year; to create a rational modified real offense system of sentencing where punishment was largely based on the seriousness of the offense and the criminal history of the offenders and to eliminate unwarranted sentencing disparity so that similarly situated offenders will receive sentences that are not disproportionate. The act tasked the commission it established with promulgating sentencing guidelines based on these objectives and on November 1, 1987 these guidelines became effective. The Commission decided that offense seriousness would largely be gauged by violence, the degree of monetary loss or the amount of controlled substances, seriousness also proportionately calculated in relationship to the addictive qualities of a given substance.
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Read more... [Just Say No! to Unjust Mandatory Penalties for Crack]
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