‘We can’t afford these wars................

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), known as a strong advocate for peace, took to the House floor Wednesday morning to argue against the war supplemental. “The White House’s ever-expanding wartime spending bill could soon exceed $105 billion even as President Barack Obama remains stymied by divisions in Congress and a set of terrorism-related issues that have strained relations in his own party,” Politico reported Tuesday...Link

Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited...

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is so out of whack that the central bank would be shut down if subjected to a conventional audit, Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC. With $45 billion in capital and $2.1 trillion in assets, the central bank would not withstand the scrutiny normally afforded other institutions, Grant said in a live interview...Link