I love how this story starts out (paraphrasing), “If you were furious with the AIG bonuses, just wait until you hear about this!” From Newsweek: There was plenty of outrage on Capitol Hill last week over the executive bonuses paid out by AIG after getting federal bailout money. But another money trail could make voters [...]
Let’s face one very stark fact right now…there are no ideal solutions here. At least this current plan from Geithner allows us to recover at least some of the money, but the banks can’t eat this. So taxpayers are going to have to foot this bill. Sorry, but that’s how this has to go down. [...]
Ed Rendell, Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger share the stage and talk about the economic stimulus package, the financial crisis and the road ahead. I think it’s pretty clear at this point that folks in the press corps are starting to push the meme that the administration doesn’t know what it’s doing. Most are acting [...]
A Republican black mayoral candidate in Jackson, Mississippi wants to bring back the noose to fight crime. George Lambus is the only Republican in the dozen-candidate field for the office. He is considered a long shot in the heavily African-American and Democratic city. The racially explosive subject has brought consternation to many residents. One resident said [...]
You knew it had to happen… Hey, it worked in England… Thoughts?
The campaign never ends? Right now, grassroots organizers across the country are gearing up for tomorrow’s Pledge Project Canvasses, the first large-scale effort to organize support for President Obama’s economic plan since the election. Anyone who was on last night’s conference call for the event hosts can tell you that there was a feeling of [...]
Politifact tracked 513 promises Obama made during the primaries, and yesterday took a look at his top 10. Of the 10 promises, 1 has been fully kept, 1 has been kept via compromise, 5 are in the works and 3 have had no action taken on them. I’ll have more on those last 3 later, [...]
Sure, tomorrow there could be a picture more awesome than this, but today this one is grand champion. Bringing this back around… The young boy is AIG, the dancing lady is the GOP, the shortsless guy is Geithner and the older woman just coming into the room is the American public. Discuss.
Then you better reject part of the stimulus package. At least that’s what Mark Sanford, Bobby Jindal and now Sarah Palin are doing… JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin is refusing to accept over 30 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska, including dollars for schools, energy assistance and social services. [...] [...]
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