Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts

15 June 2011

Video From Wednesday's (June 15, 2011) Riots In Greece

The first video (NBC News With Brian Williams) is a brief look by Tom Costello explaining why interest rates on Greek bonds are now 18% and why a default could reverberate as dominoes such as Ireland, Spain, and Portugal fall next. There is also a bit of footage of the street riots in this report.

The next four videos are all clips showing in more detail what the riots look like from street level and from balconies overlooking the battleground.









29 December 2010

David Walker - Federal, State & Local Government Has Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, And Is Based On The Past Not The Future

Watch the Honorable David M. Walker, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Comeback America Initiative (CAI) and Former Comptroller General of the United States (1998-2008), in an excerpt from his dynamic presentation at The American College's 2010 Knowledge Summit. Mr. Walker discusses the national debt and solutions to improve the nation's economy.

Walker asks three questions about performance when you are either a country or a company. In this case, Walker asks the three "performance" measurements about the USA.

1. How are you doing based upon your objectives?
2. Are you getting better or worse
3. And how do you compare to your peers?

His answers, as always, are enlightening and should make Americans want to change our political and economic paradigms ASAP:

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