CNN blogathon November 23, 2008 Forbes: Paulson is ‘worst’ treasury secretary in modern times From CNN’s Peter Lanier Steve Forbes says he doesn’t have confidence in Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Forbes magazine President and CEO Steve Forbes called Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson “the worst treasury secretary we’ve had in modern times”, citing, [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, DEMOCRACY ON PARADE….. November 20, 2008 Iraqi Lawmakers Brawl Over Security Pact By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and SUADAD AL-SALHY BAGHDAD — A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos on Wednesday, as a discussion among lawmakers about a three-year security agreement with the Americans boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation. [...]
POLITICAL TICKER–STAY TUNED….. November 18, 2008 Texas grand Jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales Posted: 07:32 PM ET Vice President Dick Cheney (CNN) — A grand jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County District Attorney [...]
AH, THE GLOOM AND DOOM OF IT ALL WHOPEE! THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS MOST OF IT…… PAUL B. FARRELL 30 reasons for Great Depression 2 by 2011 New-New Deal, bailouts, trillions in debt, antitax mindset spell disaster By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch Last update: 7:19 p.m. EST Nov. 17, 2008Comments: 990 ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) [...]
On second thought, as the NEW YORK TIMES indicates, there is no reason given the nature of the Bush administration, to expect anything different…. Note the word “quietly” in the headline…… November 18, 2008 Iraq Quietly Dismisses Its Anticorruption Officials By JAMES GLANZ and RIYADH MOHAMMED BAGHDAD — The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal [...]
LARRY KING, THANKS FOR FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO A SERIOUS TOPIC November 17, 2008 Few Humble Thoughts about the Economy By Ben Stein Posted: 12:51 PM ET Few Humble Thoughts About The Economy By Ben Stein, Larry King Live Blog Exclusive We are clearly in a serious slowdown. A slowdown this serious, fed by a [...]
Please spend some time thinking carefully about how Barack Obama will organize his government. I am already convinced that he himself is thinking in Abraham Lincoln’s sense, of working to co-opt his rivals in both parties, Hillary Clinton and John McCain especially, to assist in his coming administration. The point is that Clinton deserves it; [...]