Category Archives: Only in America News

Why Not Columbus?

Columbus, Ohio. Photo shot by Derek Jensen (Tysto), 2006-01-23 Columbus Ohio was one of the twenty locations chosen by AMAZON on January 18, 2018 as a candidate for HQ2 out of a total of 238 proposals received from the U.S., … Continue reading

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Ballotpedia – An interactive almanac of U.S. politics.

Ballotpedia.

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2013 Job Growth averaged 182,000 Jobs Per Month

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This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History

This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History.

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Not One, but Two U.S. Nuclear Plants in Harm’s Way

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath It was only a day ago when we began an article discussing the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami and the subsequent nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Power Plant. The intent of the … Continue reading

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Toward An Understanding of the Effects of Natural and Man-made Disasters on Unemployment and GDP -Or- Blame it All on Einstein

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan on March 11, 2011 and was followed by a gigantic tsunami causing untold damage resulting in the meltdown of three nuclear … Continue reading

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“Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours,”

By Patricia L Johnson The above quote translated from French into English reads “A good sketch is better than a long speech” and is supposedly attributed to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821. I can’t confirm whether or not he said it … Continue reading

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Only the Shadow Knows

By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah and former Ambassador to China, announced his candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on June 21, 2011 with the Statue of Liberty in the background. … Continue reading

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Summary of Misleading Facts from FactCheck.org on GOP Debate

“Summary In the first New Hampshire debate among 2012 presidential hopefuls, we found a number of incorrect, misleading or shaky factual claims: Pawlenty was wrong when he boasted that he was “one of the few governors” to respond to a … Continue reading

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What is the Debt Subject to Limit?

Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The Debt Subject to Limit is “the maximum amount of money the government is allowed to borrow without receiving additional authority from Congress”, not to be confused with the deficit. The deficit is the fiscal … Continue reading

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Tidbits – How to Become President without an Election

In 1973 Spiro Agnew was Vice President and Richard Nixon was President. Agnew resigned due to the fact the US Attorney’s office in Baltimore MD advised his lawyers, in a letter, that Agnew was being investigated for conspiracy, extortion and … Continue reading

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ELECTION 2014

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE        REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT (elected for a four-year term) Barack Obama (D) Incumbent, next election 2016). U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (elected for a two-year term) Total (435) U.S. House Members will be up for election to the 114th Congress U.S. SENATE (six-year term, split … Continue reading

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Bachmann Proposes VA Cuts

Stars and Stripes recently ran an article talking about Michele Bachmann’s new plan for cutting expenses. Bachmann is the U.S. Representative from the 6th Congressional district in MN and founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, a group promoting cuts … Continue reading

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In the News – State of the Union

Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The Federal government of the United States consists of three branches, the Executive, Judicial and the Legislative. Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to provide Congress with information on the … Continue reading

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“…The Worst [Jobs]Track Record on Record”

By Patricia L Johnson President Obama has been inundated with criticism over jobs, or lack thereof, for the past several months by the Republican party.  Today is no exception.  The ink is barely dry on the report issued by the … Continue reading

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GOP – Going Overboard on Pelosi

   By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Fox News, reporting with their usual fair and [un]balanced flair published a special report Monday titled “Pelosi Did Nothing With Knowledge About Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” [1] The story indicates Speaker of … Continue reading

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Former Bush aide gets 30 months in prison – USATODAY.com

  Former Bush aide gets 30 months in prison – USATODAY.com

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A Smile for the Day

By  Richard E Walrath Only in America News, Columbus OH Bush is in the Oval Office talking to his loyal henchmen–both of them–and says "I kept sayin’ to you, you gotta catch that guy Obama and you didn’t do it. … Continue reading

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