American Taliban “ Has Been “ Newt Gingrich Has A Nice Cash Flow…

    …. which happens to be coming from billionaire Sheldon Adelson, a shy casino owner who has these gambling meccas spread out all over the planet.

    Adelson, the 5th wealthiest man in the United States according to Forbes, is the chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation with an estimated worth of $23 billion, and he has thus far dropped $7 million ( over 5 years ) in to one of the Newts political organizations,

 American Solutions. More than 10% of the groups total funding has come from Mr. Adelson which helps Gingrich promote his usual conservative line of bullshit.

Adelson has also provided Gingrich the use of his aircraft for travel at times, according to a report today by the Center for Public Integrity.

And, according to Republican Party sources close to both men, Adelson is now expected to be a key fundraiser for Gingrich’s expected presidential campaign, steering funds from two lucrative groups with whom he has influence — Las Vegas casino executives and wealthy Republican Jewish donors.      MSNBC

   So I take it the Newt will be owing some gambling permits if he makes it into the White house. As luck would have it for both you and myself, nobody will write that horror story.

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North Dakota: Best State To Live In…

   ….and that isn’t a joke.

  North Dakota’s  Economics/Fiscal Policy are to be admired.

Unemployment rate: 3.8%

Statewide GDP: 3.9%  ranked 3rd in the United States in 2009, as 2010 stats are not available at this time.

Job Growth: Businesses in North Dakota  had the best hiring to firing ratio of all the 50 states in 2010 according to a Gallup survey.

• Stable housing market. Across the nation, nearly 1 in 4 homeowners with a mortgage are underwater. In North Dakota, just 1 in 14 have negative equity, the fourth lowest negative-equity ratio among all the states. The state also has the third-lowest home foreclosure rate. Affordable homes are a big part of the story here; let's just say you don't need to overstretch to own. According to Zillow, the median home price in North Dakota is below $150,000. That's less than three times the state's median household income. By comparison, even after sharp post-bubble price declines, the median priced home in California is still about five times median household income.

Violent Crime: 4th lowest in the United States and almost 60% lower than national average according to 2008 stats which are the latest available.    Source

Add that all up and you have the makings for a pretty contended bunch. In fact, Gallup recently concluded that North Dakota is the third happiest state in the U.S., trailing only Hawaii and Wyoming. (The saddest state? West Virginia.)

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