Today on the senate floor, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) and former co-chair Obama Campaign said what most people are thinking about the latest revelations concerning further abuses of the Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP). But wait it gets better, she is hitting these crooks where it hurts, their asses wallets. Sen. McCaskill plans to introduce legislation that will cap compensation for employees of any [...]
Archive for January, 2009
30 Jan
Enough already with the Stimulus bill rhetoric
Is it just me or isn’t this whole stimulus bill opposition by the GOP getting a bit out of hand. I think both sides are putting trash projects, useless provisions and pork into the bill but with National Unemployment filings claims at a All-Time High , more layoffs being announced daily and home foreclosures [...]
27 Jan
Obama’s Historic first
When I saw this interview the word historic is what came to mind, first and when Obama said:
And my job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to live their lives and see their children live better lives. My job [...]
27 Jan
Demand the Prosecution of Bush
Senate Republicans have forced a delay of the confirmation vote for President Obama’s nominee for attorney general, Eric Holder. I have to wonder what their true reasons are? Is the confirmation hold up really because of Holder’s, Clinton era role in the pardon of financier Marc Rich or is it really more about whether Holder’s justice department will pursue criminal prosecutions over Bush [...]
25 Jan
GOP’s Cantor bail-out accountability a sham
Okay so the GOP is holding up the second half of the TARP funds like they themselves are somehow going to lose something in the deal. But if fact they are themselves profitting, at least some are. Take Eric Cantor for example he is considered by the GOP as a raising star. ProPublica gives the dirty [...]
22 Jan
Jon Stewart mocks Inauguration Media Coverage
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22 Jan
A victory for free speech
Source: ACLU
In a clear victory for free speech, the Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear the government’s appeal of a ban on the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), the federal law that would criminalize constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
Lower courts have rejected the law as unconstitutional and it has not gone [...]
20 Jan
On Bush’s last Day
Bush does the thing right but the damage is done. Editorials from around the World are unforgiving and I find myself at this 11th hour feeling pity for the man. Historians will have the final word on his legacy but on this day, Bush’s last day I wonder if he or Cheney have any regrets? Hell, what am I saying I’m still wondering if Cheney [...]
19 Jan
I propose Awareness
A reader writes:
I get the fact that you don’t like coal. However, what do you propose in it’s place?
Public awareness regarding the issues surrounding coal, for starters. The coal/utility industry’s ad campaign and it’s promotion of “clean coal” is doing nothing more than slowing the transition to clean renewable sources of energy. Yes, some will argue that coal is a cheap abundant [...]
