Archive for February, 2009

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A Time for Anger: Fisking the Times

By Mark Thompson | Related entries in Consumer Safety, Legislation, Memes, Partisan Nonsense

After months of pleas from the small business community, the New York Times (the so-called paper of record) finally decided to cover some of the central elements of the legislation. Except that it was not an article discussing the potential costs of the legislation; nor was it even an article discussing the debate over the [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

Recovery.gov Launches

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Economic recovery, Money, Technology, Transparency

No more placeholders. The site has finally launched and it has some good content, Including links to pretty much anything they have created about the bill and a place to share your story. There’s also a map that details how many jobs in each state will be created or saved in the next 2 years. [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Obama embraces the Bush/Cheney unitary executive

By mw | Related entries in Barack, Bush, Civil Liberties, FISA, Religion, Rove, Torture

It is not too early to checkpoint how President Obama is progressing on “undoing the damage” of the Bush/Cheney Imperial Presidency. The most egregious offenses of the Bush/Cheney administration fall under the umbrella of expanding executive branch power at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches, with a commensurate erosion of constitutional protections. On balance – So far… all is not so good.

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Amateur Hour At The Analysis Table

By Doug Mataconis | Related entries in Business, Economy, Politics

Michelle Malkin and several other conservative bloggers are having a lot of fun with this particular statistic: On Nov. 4, after Barack Obama clinched the White House, the market closed at 9,625.28. In mid-morning trading today, the day President Obama signs his massive Generational Theft Act into law and a day before he unveils a [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Sean Hannity: Journalistic Irresponsibility

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in Media, The War On Terrorism

I found this interview through Little Green Footballs, and I have to ask one question: What was Sean Hannity thinking? Look, I understand that Hannity and his ilk make tons of money off of scaring people. But for this Martin Mawyer guy to suggest assert that this Muslim  group has WMDs… without any shred of evidence [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

On Roland Burris

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Illinois, Senate

It’s pretty simple. He lied and he should resign. The end.

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Obama’s $50 Billion Housing Plan

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bailouts, Barack, Housing, Money, Republicans, Video

The plan is pretty straight forward. Bankruptcy judges can modify loan terms and lenders will get assistance if the agree to modify existing loans so people aren’t paying more than their homes are worth. From Bloomberg: Obama intends to make loan modifications the centerpiece of plan that also gives bankruptcy judges more power to help [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Obama To Send 17,000 Troops To Afghanistan

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Afghanistan, Barack, Military, The World, Video

Following up on his campaign promise to have a surge-like push in Afghanistan to see if it could help the country. From Fox News: “This reinforcement will contribute to the security of the Afghan people and to stability in Afghanistan,” Obama said in a statement. “I recognize the extraordinary strain that this deployment places on [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Obama to Detail Plan to Combat Foreclosures

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Barack, Economy, Housing

Just because President Obama has now signed the gargantuan stimulus bill into law doesn’t mean he’s done addressing the economy. Up next: solving the housing crisis. The ambitious plan [Obama] was announcing at a Phoenix high school Wednesday was expected to offer government cash to mortgage companies that reduce interest rates — and therefore monthly [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Quote Of The Day – On Bank Nationalization

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bailouts, Banks, Barack, Economy, Quotes

“It may be necessary to temporarily nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring. I understand that once in a hundred years this is what you do.” – Alan Greenspan in an interview with Financial Times Here’s more… Mr Greenspan’s comments capped a frenetic day in which policymakers across the political [...]

February 18th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »
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