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Monthly Archives: May 2010
“Audacity” is the New “Uppity”
President Obama held a meeting with Senate Republicans yesterday–no cameras present. I would assume GOP senators learned a lesson from the dressing-down their House counterparts took in January with cameras rolling and insisted on that. Afterward, Bob Corker of Tennessee … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, financial reform, health care, Obama, Politics, Republicans
Tagged audacity, Bob Corker, meeting, Pat Roberts, President Obama, Senate Republicans, thin-skinned
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No BOP for Palin’s Mouth?
If there is an afterlife, where the deeds done during one’s time on earth are the basis for either reward or punishment, I wouldn’t want to be one John Sidney McCain. His payment for unleashing upon an unsuspecting country the … Continue reading
BP to EPA: Screw You
Just who’s in charge here? The EPA tells BP to use a “less toxic” dispersant. BP’s response? Screw you: “BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe, effective and available dispersant to use instead of … Continue reading
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
Tagged BP, Corexit, dispersant, EPA
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655,000 Gallons Later, EPA “Concerned” About Dispersants
If we’ve learned anything at all from this Deepwater Horizon disaster, it’s the complete incompetence of every government agency anywhere near this cluster****. From the Department of the Interior, to the Minerals Management Service, and now extending to the EPA( … Continue reading
Goldman’s “Clients” Interests Always Come First” (Snicker)
The giant vampire squid gets the gold mine: “Goldman Sachs makes more money from trading than any other Wall Street firm. In the first quarter, the bank’s $7.39 billion in revenue from trading fixed-income, currencies and commodities dwarfed the $5.52 … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged 401k, clients, Goldman Sachs, investors, money losers, revenue, top recommended trades, trading
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Oil Reaches Louisiana Coastal Marshes
Is this what BP CEO Tony Hayward meant when he said “the overall environmental impact of this will be very, very modest?” Video from CBS News shows oil beginning to come ashore in the coastal marshes of Louisiana: And it’s … Continue reading
Posted in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Politics
Tagged BP CEO Tony Hayward, CBS News, Gulf loop current, Louisiana, McClatchy, oil spill, very modest
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy
I read the news today: Arlen Specter switched parties because he couldn’t win the Republican primary, now he loses the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak. This just in Arlen, it’s not about party this year, the key word is “incumbent.” … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, BP, Clinton, Congress, Deepwater Horizon, Energy, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Obama administration, oil exploration, Politics
Tagged 1000 dead, affair, Afghanistan, Arlen Specter, BP, Clinton, Gulf oil spill, incumbent, Janet Napolitano, Joe Sestak, Kentucky, long-term commitment, Mark Souder, McChrystal, Mitch McConnell, nobody winning, offshore drilling, Rand Paul, resignation, resources or expertise, Tea Party
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“Modernizing Miranda” by Gutting the Sixth Amendment
It’s becoming clearer what Attorney General Eric Holder meant when he spoke of the need to “modernize” Miranda. (Even though he also said that “giving Miranda warnings has not had a negative impact on our ability to obtain information from … Continue reading
Posted in Bill of Rights, Constitution, George W. Bush, Justice Department, Obama, Obama administration, Politics, terrorism, war on terror
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Attorney General Eric Holder, Bush administration, detain suspects, modernize Miranda, Obama administration, right to counsel, slippery slope, speedy trial
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Senate Votes on Financial Regulation Amendments
Any time anything passes in the Senate by a vote of 96–0 I’m suspicious. Those numbers are usually reserved for meaningless proclamations declaring ‘National Be Kind to Puppies and Kitties Day.’ But such a vote took place yesterday on Sen. … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, Democrats, economy, financial reform, financial regulation, lobbyists, McCain, Politics, Progressives, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged audit, Chris Dodd, conservatorship, David Vitter, derivative trading, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Lincoln, lobbyists, McCain, Russ Feingold, Sanders amendment, Shelby, study, Wall Street
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Good Advice for Michael Steele: “Try Thinking Before You Speak”
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele should have realized he stepped in it when the National Review advised him to “try thinking before you speak,” referring to Steele’s opening salvo following President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitution, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Supreme Court, Uncategorized
Tagged activist judges, Citizens United v. FEC, Constitution, defect, Doug Heye, Elena Kagan, gop.com, Michael Steele, President Obama, Republican National Committee, Roberts Court, Supreme Court, three-fifths compromise, Thurgood Marshall
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