Archive for March, 2009
Jim Cramer on Illegally Manipulating the Stock Market
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Open Letter to the Republican Traitors (From a Former Republican)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Frank Schaeffer on the D.L. Hughley show.
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Today’s News
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Detox for Troubled Assets
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Plan Is Critical to Revive the Financial System, FDIC Chair Says
The government’s plan to strip banks of troubled assets could force some firms to record large losses, but the painful purge would help restore confidence in the banking system, according to Sheila C. Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Daily News Roundup
Monday, March 9th, 2009Obama Lifts Bush’s Strict Limits on Stem Cell Research – NY Times
GOP Rep: “Our Goal Is To Bring Down Approval Numbers” For Dems – The Plum Line
MSNBC continues to use misleading charts suggesting Obama is responsible for Dow’s decline – Media Matters
Merck buying Schering-Plough in a $41.1B deal – Yahoo News
Michael Moore: “The American people agree with me, not Rush.”
Friday, March 6th, 2009Moore’s evidence?…
“The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.
They want tougher environmental laws and believe that global warming is real, not a myth.
They believe that the rich should be taxed more.
They want to go after the crooks on Wall Street who got us into this mess and the politicians who enabled them.
They want more money invested in education, science, technology and infrastructure — not in more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
They believe that, whether Democrats or Republicans have been in power, wealthy corporations have been calling the shots for the past few decades and the American people’s voices have not been heard as their country has slowly been driven into the ground. Our politicians and our media have been bought and paid for by the highest bidders and we don’t trust them anymore.
Finally — they want us to get the hell out of Iraq and to investigate the criminals who sent us there for fictitious reasons.”
Obama’s Economy Team Lacks Top Aides as Senate Delays
Friday, March 6th, 2009March 2 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama’s economic advisers are increasingly concerned about the U.S. Senate’s delay in confirming the nominations of Austan Goolsbee and Cecilia Rouse to the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Without Senate confirmation, the two economists are barred from advising the president as the administration tackles the worst financial crisis in 70 years and tries to advance the spending plan Obama submitted to Congress last week.
Michael Steele Thought of the Day
Thursday, March 5th, 2009To show his bonifides with hard right-wing conservatives, Steele has to double down on his righteous indignation for anyone who thinks there may be a problem with the conservative movement.
“I’m In The Business Of Ticking People Off” – Washington Post