“The (Obama) policy is to look at everything. He actually put nuclear power plants – to my chagrin – on the table.” _ Ellis Henican Gas prices are over $4 a gallon. Everyone is feeling that pain. But, at a hearing this week, when Rep. Alan Nunnelee specifically asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu if “the…
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“On paper he looks beautiful – his hair is perfect – but there’s something missing. He’s Al Gore – there’s something wrong with him.” – Ellis Henican Mitt Romney’s on a roll. He won in Michigan. He won in Arizona. Last night he won the Wyoming caucus. So why aren’t Republican voters embracing the likely-to-win-the-nomination…
DetailsSooner or later, there won’t be much around… There is only so much oil in the ground Sooner or later there won’t be much around Tell that to your kids while you driving ’round downtown That there’s only so much oil in the ground We can’t cut loose without that juice Can’t cut loose without…
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“High gas costs spur debate, little else”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 26, 2012 It’s been an up couple of months. Stocks up, jobs up, confidence up — all the economic arrows have been pointing in the right direction, even if they aren’t quite soaring yet. All, that is, but one: gas prices. Nothing can…
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“Can’t help but repeat Jeremy Lin’s story”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 19, 2012 We may not care about narratives. But sure as Jeremy Lin is a red-hot, Harvard-educated, against-all-odds New York Knick, narratives care about all of us. Just ask Jeremy. “I didn’t think it was gonna happen like this,” the Greatest Sports Narrative…
DetailsBank Foreclosures – Underwater Mortgages…Tom Waits couldn’t possibly have known about the housing crisis that had yet to occur when he penned these lyrics – but it sure sounds like something right out of today’s news. “House Where Nobody Lives” by Tom Waits tinyurl.com/nobodyshome There’s a house on my block That’s abandoned and cold Folks…
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The $25 billion dollar mortgage fraud settlement punishes banks and other lenders. But homeowners…more than 2 million have lost their homes to foreclosure during the last four years; this deal will provide 750,000 with a payment of only $2,000 each. LET’S ALL MOVE TO . . . 1. Bubble Acres 2. Underwater Gulch 3. Fannie…
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“It won’t do any good. It will propel and embolden the worst regime in power and it will almost guarantee the development of nuclear weapons moves ahead more aggressively.” – Ellis Henican “There is no single target, there is no way a lightening strike by Israeli troopers can make any kind of difference at…
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“$25B mortgage settlement is only a start”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 12, 2012 Go get ’em, Eric. After a ridiculously drawn-out negotiation, the nation’s top mortgage servicers have agreed to pay $25 billion in mea-culpa money for their assorted sins in the collapse of the housing market. Checks of up to $2,000 will eventually reach…
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