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Tag Archives: White House
No “Hostilities” But “Imminent Danger” Pay
What’s wrong with this picture? “The White House has officially declared that what’s happening in Libya is not “hostilities.”But at the Pentagon, officials have decided it’s unsafe enough there to give troops extra pay for serving in “imminent danger.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Libya, Obama
Tagged Defense Department, hostilities, imminent danger pay, Libya, Pentagon, White House
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Mammoth Cave Straight Ahead
The old Mammoth Cave: The new Mammoth Cave: “White House negotiators and congressional Republicans have the outlines of a deal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and federal unemployment benefits, which would end a partisan stalemate on Capitol Hill. Under … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Taxes
Tagged Bush tax cuts, Democrats, E.J. Dionne, hope, House, Obama, Senate Republicans, symbolic vote, Tom Harkin, unemployment benefits, White House
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Look in the Mirror, Democrats
If the election results go as expected tonight and Republicans take control of at least the House, the hand-wringing and ‘what happened?’ from the Democratic side of the aisle will commence shortly thereafter. In the search for someone or something … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Obama, Politics, Republicans
Tagged advisers, Afghanistan, assassination, Bush, civil liberties, Democrats, drone war, election, enthusiasm gap, health care reform, Larry Summers, Pakistan, President Obama, Robert Rubin, stimulus, Tim Geithner, war or terror, White House
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Foreclosure Fraud Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Dylan Ratigan, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Karl Denninger of The Market Ticker unravel foreclosure fraud: To reiterate, the fraud in foreclosures that we’re seeing now is just the tip of the iceberg. The purpose is to try … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, economy, Financial Crisis, financial reform, financial regulation, Foreclosures, Justice Department, Obama administration, special interests, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged 40 states, attorneys general, bailout, BofA, Chase, Congress, David Axelrod, Dylan Ratigan, financial reform, foreclosure, fraud, insolvent, Karl Denninger, Market Ticker, mortgages, national moratorium, resolution authority, securities, Wall Street, White House
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Is 9% Unemployment the New Norm?
Considering this: “Nearly half of the unemployed—45.9%—have been out of work longer than six months, more than at any time since the Labor Department began keeping track in 1948…Overall, seven million Americans have been looking for work for 27 weeks … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Obama, Obama administration, Politics, Unemployment
Tagged $2 trillion, 2012, 27 weeks or more, 9% or higher, Chamber of Commerce, corporations, economy, long-term unemployed, Meet The Press, onerous regulations, private investment, profits, recovered sufficiently, Republican Congress, Timothy Geithner, unemployment, White House
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Obama and Axelrod’s Mixed Messages
To whom it may concern at the White House and the DNC: If you want to lose the House and possibly the Senate in November, if you want to increase the possibility of the 2 most dreaded words in the … Continue reading
Politicization of the DOJ Hasn’t “Changed”
A trip down memory lane: “Remember the plaintive cries of Democrats and progressives about the wrongful politicization of the Department of Justice by the Bush/Cheney Administration? Remember the stunning chart Sheldon Whitehouse whipped out at a Senate judiciary hearing on … Continue reading
Democrats Cave on Torture Amendment: So What Else Is New?
While all the attention in Washington yesterday was focused on the posturing and pontificating over health care reform, there was something else going on. Democratic Congressman Sylvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, proposed an amendment to the 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Justice Department, Obama, Politics, Republicans, terrorism, torture, Uncategorized, war on terror
Tagged 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act, amendment, Article VI, Atlantic, Convention Against Torture, Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Interrogation Prohibition Act of 2010, keeping us safe, Liz Cheney, Marc Ambinder, Sylvestre Reyes, veto, White House
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