Archive for the 'Disasters' Category

Does the Bernie Madoff doll (or action figure) trivialize his scam victims?

By Darren Garnick | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Bailouts, Corporate Business, Crazy, Culture, Disasters, Economy, WTF?

In this economy, would you pay $149.99 for a Bernie Madoff action figure?
Would your answer be influenced if you knew it was a limited edition action figure?
Herobuilders.com is no stranger to controversy, brazenly giving G.I. Joe collectors the meanest enemies possible to wage war on — Saddam, Osama, Hugo Chavez.  Without bad guys, who are [...]

January 28th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Joe The Plumber Thinks Media Shouldn’t Report On Wars

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Disasters, Israel, Media, Military, Video, War

Kind of an odd statement coming from a guy who accepted a paid gig to be a war correspondent, but hey…it’s not like Pajamas TV is paying Wurzelbacher to be consistent or even correct.
AP reports…

And here’s a partial transcript just in case you can’t see the video…
I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists [...]

January 12th, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

Bush Outlines “Wish List” Legacy In New Memo

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Bush, Disasters, History

I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.
But after 8 years of being told half truths, who will believe any of this…especially now that word has leaked that these are just talking points?
From LA Times:
A two-page memo that has been sent to Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials offers a guide for discussing Bush’s [...]

December 12th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Texas Coast Still Waiting on FEMA

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Disasters, FEMA, Texas

Over two months since Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, there is still substantial damage and many state authorities are accusing FEMA of dragging its feet. Texas Governor Rick Perry has even announced he’s giving up on waiting for FEMA and will pay for the cleanup out of state coffers. He plans to stick FEMA [...]

December 2nd, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Have Been Nationalized

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Disasters, Economy, Good Decisions, Money

Another month, another bailout, and this one is a biggie.
From NY Times:
Mr. Paulson’s plan begins with a pledge to provide additional cash by buying a new series of preferred shares that would offer dividends and be senior to both the existing preferred shares and the common stock that investors already hold.
The two companies would be [...]

September 7th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Relentless: How Barack Obama Outsmarted Hillary Clinton

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Disasters, Hillary, History

As I’ve said frequently in the past year, Clinton and her team was not up to the task of running the country. Disagree with me if you like, but as numerous behind-the-scenes exposes come out that show just how dysfunctional the campaign was, Democrats everywhere should breathe a sigh of relief that they secured Obama [...]

August 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

How Did Hillary Implode?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Disasters, Hillary, History

New article from TNR today that has Clinton campaign insiders revealing how it all went so horribly wrong, and some of the details squaring with what we’ve talked about here frequently.
Among the most notable screwups…

Mark Penn had no business being a Chief Strategist

Patti Solis Doyle had no business being a Campaign Manager
Howard Wolfson still has [...]

May 16th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Alberto Gonzales Having Trouble Finding Work

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Disasters, Law, Partisan Hacks

Just desserts for a job incompetently done. And yet another sign that the Bush administration’s partisan-charged handling of the Justice Department was highly unpopular in even the most conservative legal circles.
From NY Times:
Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the [...]

April 12th, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Bush’s War

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 9/11, Bush, Cheney, Democrats, Disasters, Iraq, Islam, Military, Republicans, The War On Terrorism, The World, United Nations, Video, War

If you haven’t seen Frontline’s documentary about how we got into Iraq and how it all went wrong, you need to. It’s probably the most well researched piece I’ve seen so far, and the interviews with insiders are simply stunning. Many saw this train wreck coming, but Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld just didn’t listen.
In [...]

April 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Disasters, Hillary, Partisan Hacks, Republicans

“The strategy is to continue the chaos in this party. Look, there’s a reason for this. Our side isn’t going to do this. Obama needs to be bloodied up. Look, half the country already hates Hillary. That’s good. But nobody hates Obama yet. Hillary is going to be the one to have to bloody him [...]

March 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

A Metallurgist’s Insights Into the Minneapolis Bridge Disaster

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Disasters, Economy, History, Money

The following is from Joel Hirschhorn of Delusional Democracy.
He sent it via email so I’m reprinting it in full here…
The incredible collapse of the Minneapolis bridge will send a message to the nation that has been repeatedly sent for decades, but that our political system has refused to effectively respond to. America ’s [...]

August 3rd, 2007 | Permalink| 6 Comments »