Archive | March, 2009
Bawney Fwank Dismisses AIG Death Threats
Apparently members of Congress get threats all of the time. Except that AIG employees and their family members aren’t elected government officials in one of the world’s most protected cities. Regardless of your position on the bonuses, the company’s employees receiving enough death threats to hire armed guards isn’t something to blow off. By the [...]
Rahm Emanuel: AIG Bonuses are a “Distraction”
18. March 2009
He’s got to be kidding. Look, I think the bonuses should be paid out because that’s what the contracts say and Congress didn’t ban it. But Americans in general are pissed beyond belief about their money going to executives of a bailed out company, and the White House chief of staff is going to tell [...]
Freddie Mac Also Has an Executive Bonus Plan
18. March 2009
It would appear that AIG isn’t the only bailed out entity with an executive retention bonus plan. Freddie Mac, the mortgage giant and recipient of $200 billion along with its sister Fannie Mae corporation, has filed an annual report revealing a pretty generous bonus plan. Under the established plan, senior and executive vice presidents are [...]
Obama Returns to the Campaign Trail
18. March 2009
Which is what he does whenever his administration has problems. He reverts back to campaigning: Selling his proposals through video, giving speeches to wild supporters, and appearing on late night talk shows. Would it be too much to ask that the president actually spend some time acting presidential? The nation is in an economic recession, [...]
Obama: How About $2 trillion for Climate and $1.5 trillion for Health Care?
18. March 2009
The Obama Administration seems completely unaware that America is over $11 trillion in debt. The White House is reportedly proposing $2 trillion for its new climate-change plan. At a time when Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages, President Obama is spending trillions to stop something that scientists dispute is even happening? President Obama’s climate [...]
Obama Administration Disarming Pilots?
18. March 2009
Following the attacks of September 11th, the U.S. government allowed all pilots to begin carrying guns in order to defend their cockpits. They would join forces with America’s air marshals to provide the last line of defense in the skies against terrorists looking to carry out attacks on our civilians. But now the Washington Times [...]
Obama Budget Director Part of Lefty “JournoList”
17. March 2009
“JournoList” being the off-the-record website where journalists, liberal bloggers, and policy wonks discuss stories and share notes. It was mentioned in passing by Ezra Klein, busy trying to justify the existence of the list. The problem is more about Peter Orszag’s past than his present situation. He was formerly head of the Congressional Budget Office, [...]
Perfect: ACORN Being Used to Hire Census Workers
17. March 2009
A friend and I were joking about this a few weeks ago, never thinking it would actually come to fruition. That’ll teach me to underestimate the transparent corruption of the left. The organization is one of about 250 hiring 140,000 people, but it shouldn’t be on the roster at all. “It’s a concern, especially when [...]
Here Comes Amnesty Legislation Again
17. March 2009
President Obama is reportedly huddling with Hispanic Democrats to talk “immigration reform” tomorrow. Don’t expect that to mean they’re going to talk about securing the border, enforcing immigration laws, and welcoming legal immigrants who come through the front door. “Immigration reform” in open borders talk means promising enforcement, never truly delivering on it, and then [...]
18. March 2009
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