Headlines: October 14, 2008

Decline in illegal alien population: 12.5 to 11.2 million

Queens woman Candida Diego who was left for 2 hours in emergency room wins $10.7M

Vote drives defended, despite fake names

Obama Tells Tax-Burdened Plumber the Plan is to ‘Spread the Wealth Around’ (video)

Wright 101Obama funded extremist Afrocentrists who shared Rev. Wright’s anti-Americanism

U.S. Investing $250 Billion in Banks

"Pelosi said last week that her plan's price tag could reach $150 billion - largely to expand government unemployment benefits and food-stamp programs."

BOGUS VOTER BOOTED AMID PROBE OF ACORN: 4,000 OF LEFT-WING GROUP'S SIGN-UPS ARE SHADY

Obama and Acorn: Community organizers, phony voters, and your tax dollars.

Obama shields ACORN from Criminal Prosecution in the Economic Crisis

"True liquidity is based on savings and capital; it cannot be created by decree. Decrees end up creating money out of thin air, which ends up overriding market preferences and generating inflation. Everything officials do to fix the crisis ends up prolonging it."

"U.S. household debt hit a record $11.4 trillion in last year's third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, after shooting up at the fastest rate since 1985, according to Fed data." (2006)

"A USA TODAY analysis found that the nation's hidden debt — Americans' obligation today as taxpayers — is more than five times the $9.5 trillion they owe on mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other personal debt." (2004)