Archive | March, 2009
Good News: Obama HHS Secretary Has Tax Issues, Too
Another day, another Obama nominee who has trouble paying taxes on time. This time it’s Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Kathleen Sebelius, the current Democratic governor of Kansas. Wouldn’t ‘ya know, she made “unintentional errors” on her tax forms for, er, three different years. In the letter, which was sent to senators and dated today, [...]
Actual Cost of TARP: $2.9 trillion
31. March 2009
Just when you thought that government spending was out of control, we’ve now learned that the actual cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) isn’t the $700 billion that was reported. The total risk to taxpayers actually approaches $3 trillion. The special inspector general appointed to oversee the bailout package, the Troubled Asset Relief [...]
New GM CEO: Bankruptcy Is Looking Like a Good Option
31. March 2009
No shit, sherlock. Isn’t this what conservatives said should happen rather than sending the auto company checks worth multiple times its market capitalization? But now that we’ve wasted $14 billion of taxpayer money it’s being considered. Unbelievable. General Motors’s new chief executive told CNBC that filing for Bankruptcy may be the best option for the [...]
Good News: Connecticut AG Thinks Bonuses Can Be Taken Away Because The Recipients are “Undeserving”
30. March 2009
Welcome to the world of a liberal Attorney General. Apparently the law that permits Richard Blumenthal to take away contractually-obligated bonuses is the fact that the executives were, in his opinion, undeserving of the money they’re owed. Oh, and bonuses increasing in value? Not against the law, per say, but it “should be” and is [...]
The Creepy National Service Bill is Back
27. March 2009
You’re recall that this disaster of an idea was stricken from the GIVE Act (now renamed the Edward M. Kennedy National Service Law) and introduced as separate bill HR 1444. It looks into forcing Americans by law to spend time doing public service work. Well, here it is. To establish the Congressional Commission on Civic [...]
Dingy Harry Comes Out for Government-Funded Abortions
27. March 2009
Why is this relevant? Because Harry Reid is supposed to be pro-life. Yet suddenly he’s bragging about awards from Planned Parenthood and supporting government funding for abortions? Something smells funny. TWS: Senator, progressive Rev. Jim Wallis recently said that including abortion provisions in health care reform would kill health care reform. One, do you agree [...]
The Alleged Douchebag of the Day
27. March 2009
Would you speed to the hospital if your mother or mother-in-law was dying? Yeah, well, so would most people. And Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats was no exception last week when he and his wife were notified that his mother-in-law had very little time left. A Dallas police officer drew his gun during a [...]
Hey, Let’s Let the United Nations Ru(i)n our Economy!
27. March 2009
Fox News has obtained UN documents regarding the Copenhagen Accord, an international global warming agreement the Obama Administration has signaled support for. One particularly alarming vision from the document is the placement of industries, taxes, and other items under the control of the United Nations. A United Nations document on “climate change” that will be [...]
Rahm Emanuel made hundreds of thousands at AIG stint
26. March 2009
I eagerly await the Loony Outrage Buses departing to Emanuel’s apartment. Apparently President Obama’s chief of staff made a pretty penny while being asleep at the switchboard of AIG. Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led [...]
Dollar Falls on Geithner Comments at CFR
25. March 2009
You know, I don’t want to hear about missteps or mishandlings by the Bush Administration anymore. Careless comments made by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who Obama thinks is doing a great job, sent the U.S. dollar diving against other currencies this morning. Turbo Tax Tim told a moderator at the Council on Foreign Relations that [...]
31. March 2009
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