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By Richard E Walrath William Gates, who is in charge of messing up my MSN messages, says that he is not now, never has been, and never expects to be Secretary of Defense. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, has not … Continue reading →

President Obama recorded a special message for you about the budget he’s submitted to Congress and what you can do to help it pass. Watch the video now and take action to make sure your representatives know you support this … Continue reading →

  Recall ReleaseCLASS II RECALL FSIS-RC-009-2009HEALTH RISK: LOW Congressional and Public Affairs(202) 720-9113Emily Metz WASHINGTON, March 12, 2009 – Khong Guan Corporation, a Union City, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,858 pounds of chicken drink products that were ineligible for … Continue reading →

A fisherman in Baghdad speaks to Dahr Jamail and Jason Coppola in the shadow of the massive new U.S. "embassy" on the Tigris River about life during occupation. Click here to view this short video piece. See more Dahr Jamail … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson      The Iraq Status of Forces Agreement [SOFA] calls for “the withdrawal of combat forces from the cities, villages and localities” no later than June 2009, with the balance of troops to be out of Iraq … Continue reading →

Rush Limbaugh, Bobby Jindal, and Alan Keyes have been offered all-expense tour by Democrats as soon as a name for trio can be decided The Three Amigos was considered but rejected as none of the trio fits the Hispanic description.  … Continue reading →

Submitted by John S.  

Submitted by John S. CEO — Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO — Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an Investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period … Continue reading →

  By Richard E Walrath The best time to do something is during a crisis like the one we have now.  It’s far more dangerous than 911 and Iraq rolled into one.  I’m speaking of the financial crisis we’re currently … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson 258 voted yeah [22 Republicans and 236 Democrats] but the number did not meet the 2/3 requirement necessary to pass the bill to delay the transition from analog to digital broadcasting scheduled for February 17, 2009.  … Continue reading →

Don’t eat too many ribs!!!!!!

By Patricia L Johnson The CPI (Consumer Price Index) released January 16, 2009, for the month of December 2008, indicates a decrease in the food index of 0.1 percent.  This is the first decrease in the food index since April … Continue reading →

December 16, 2008

To Corissa and Todd on their December 13, 2008 engagement  

By Patricia L Johnson Those of us that didn’t go to planet Mars for the week are aware Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested yesterday morning on federal corruption charges. Governor Blagojevich is … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson Captain Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was several hours into a seven-hour space walk when a grease gun exploded in her tool bag. Now I may be wrong, but I think if a grease gun exploded in a man’s … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath Thoughts for the Day… Between the pillars of national health care and a tax-cut for the middle class,  President-elect Obama needs to sandwich in food stamps for the hungry, expanded and extended unemployment compensation, public works … Continue reading →

The other day I was listening to a religious station on the radio.  I’m not sure what religion it was because I normally don’t listen to the radio and the speaker made the comment that voters in this country put … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson The unemployment insurance weekly claims report for the week ending November 8, 2008 has an advance seasonally adjusted figure of 516,000, indicating an increase of 32,000 from the previous week. The four-week moving average hit 491,000, … Continue reading →

   Click for larger version of chart By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Dr. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chairman, testified before the U.S. House Budget Committee this morning [October 20, 2008] and was asked to answer … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson Each month the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago releases a National Activity Index for the preceding six month period and a second report indicating the three-month moving average. These reports are called CFNAI and CFNAI-MA3. The … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath Whoever is president next year is going to need money if he is going to do anything at all.  John McCain says his plan is moretax-cuts to get the economy moving again. Not likely.  We’ve had … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath The Democrats have screwed up yet another election.  Along with the presidency, they could have won a bunch of seats in the House and picked up some in the Senate, too.  Obama is running well behind … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson The question Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama at the forum on August 16, 2008 was . " …Who are the three wisest people you know in your life, and who are you going to rely on heavily … Continue reading →

  By Patricia L Johnson Every morning it was the same routine, I would walk over to the bakery and Elaine and I would immediately begin filling up the bakery truck with pans filled with bakery goods.  Elaine was my … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson So little time – so much to learn. This afternoon I came online with hopes of being able to put together a very short piece that might be of interest, but immediately became sidetracked by reading the … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Why did Hillary Clinton win Indiana by such a small margin?  Senator Clinton had to come from behind in order to win by any margin in Indiana.  Senator Obama had a substantial … Continue reading →

  John McCain 2008 http://www.JohnMcCain.com By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat or Independent it‘s difficult to criticize John S. McCain’s military record. While on a bombing mission during the Vietnam War, McCain’s plane … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson I turned on the news today to find out that Ashley Alexandra Dupre’ has now had over a million downloads on her MySpace page by people downloading her music, she’s been offered a nice cool million … Continue reading →

  By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006" was released by the U.S. Census Bureau in August of 2007. [1] The publication states "The female-to-male earnings ratio of … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson The DJIA closed at 12,266.39 today for a loss of 315.79 points.  Instead of asking why the Dow dropped, the question that should be asked is why did the market increase this week at all with … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath "Stand Up for a New Kind of Politics" is a page on Barack Obama’s site where you can take ‘take action’.  At first it appeared to be similar to other Web sites … Continue reading →

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=119581&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1106328&highlight= Chattem Issues URGENT Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Icy Hot(R) Heat Therapy(TM) Products CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 8, 2008–Chattem, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTT) announced today that it is initiating a voluntary Nationwide recall of its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer … Continue reading →

By:  Author and Photographer Unknown Lessons on Life There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest.., in turn.., to … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson This morning the Federal Open Market Committee announced a decrease in the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 3-1/2 percent and a decrease in the discount rate 75 basis point to 4.0 percent.

By Patricia L Johnson Beep, beep, beep… Beep, beep, beep… Beep, beep, beep… Over and over again the electronic ballot box rejected Mike’s ballot.  After the 5th rejection the election judge provided him with a new ballot to complete and upon completion … Continue reading →

Food and energy costs spur increase; industrial production stalls WASHINGTON – Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years, even though prices generally remained tame outside of those two areas. … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath The big ‘ R’  is fast closing in on us, so now we hear about plans for doing something about heading it off.  Hillary Clinton is proposing a $70 Billion stimulus plan for those with lower … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath It looks like another Perfect Storm to me. I’m talking about the NH Primary results which left egg all over the pollsters and the political pundits and the media.  Ever since the book and the movie, … Continue reading →

The Articles and Answers blog will be closed from the period of December 15, 2007 through January 7, 2008. Happy Holidays to all and may peace be with you.

By Richard E Walrath The media’s job is to misinform and misrepresent.  The biggest story in a long while is the snow job we’ve been given about Iran and their nuclear capabilities.  Today, Bush has a press conference to provide … Continue reading →

By Patricia L Johnson Please click on the following link: http://www.articlesandanswers.com/Veterans%20Day2008.htm   Technorati tags: Holidays, Veterans Day

By Unknown The New Element (Gv) Recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a new chemical element. Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has … Continue reading →

By Richard E Walrath The war started in Afghanistan, so Bush and Cheney went to Iraq.  Afghanistan is the place where all the troops should have gone in the first place. That war could have been over long ago. What … Continue reading →