The more I think about the Bush Administration’s proposed 700 billion dollar back bailout the madder I get. The “credit crisis” wasn’t created by by greed and mismanagement on Wall Street. It was created by politicians who thought they could substitute well intentioned politically correct regulation for sound financial practices. Economist Stan Liebowitz has an […]
Archives for September 2008
Leadership: McCain To Suspend Campaign To Focus On Economy
John McCain has announced that he will temporarily suspend his campaign, effective tomorrow, so that he can return to Washington to work on the Wall Street bailout plan. He has also asked the Commission on Presidential Debates to postpone the debate scheduled on Friday in Oxford, Mississippi until congress has had chance to address the […]
Poll Question: If The Election Were Held Today Who Would You Vote For?
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Dear Mr. Obama…
A message from a military wife. H/T: Floppingaces.
What Sarah Palin Would Have Said
The New York Sun has the speech Governor Palin would have given today had her appearance at a rally to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance to the UN not been canceled. I am honored to be with you and with leaders from across this great country — leaders from different faiths and political parties […]
Credit Crisis Redux
Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at our current credit crisis and how we got here. Among the culprits the Journal identifies: The Federal Reserve. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A credit-rating oligopoly. Banking regulators. The Community Reinvestment Act. The conclude their analisys by thusly: We could cite other Washington policies, including the political […]
USA – USA – USA
Congratulations to captain Paul Azinger and the US Ryder Cup Team of Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Kenny Perry, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Ben Curtis, Boo Weekley, Chad Campbell, J.B. Holmes, Hunter Mahan and Steve Stricker on their incredible victory over an outstanding European team lead by Nick Faldo. Team USA ended a 9 […]
The Surge & Sarah…
I was planning on taking a weekend hiatus from blogging for various reasons but I thought I’d take a short hiatus from my hiatus to point out a couple must reads. The first is Matthew Kaminski’s interview with retired general Jack Kean In the Wall Street Journal. Gen. Kean who was one of the officers […]
Sierra Hotel! The Gang of 20 Folds!
The Hill is reporting that Lindsey Graham and his gang of wimps have folded… For now anyway. A bipartisan group of senators who sought a compromise in the rancorous energy debate won’t introduce their bill before lawmakers adjourn for the elections, several Senate aides said Thursday. Instead, the so-called Gang of 20 will offer a […]
Palin E-mail Hack Follow-up – Updated
Updates Below the Fold… As I mentioned yesterday the FBI and Secret Service have opened a criminal investigation into the unauthorized access of Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account. That investigation is undoubtedly progressing quietly outside the public view. According to media reports the Associated Press has refused a Secret Service request for copies of the […]
Are American Voters Susceptible To Blackmail?
Daniel Johnson, the editor of Standpoint has an interesting Op-Ed in today’s New York Sun: LONDON — Are American voters susceptible to blackmail? Ever since Sarah Palin lifted John McCain’s campaign, it is becoming increasingly clear that America will be branded racist if Europe does not wake up on November 5 to find that Barack […]
Sarah Palin’s Private E-mail Account Hacked – Updated
Scroll For Updates… Network World and Wired are reporting that Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo mail account has been hacked and that screenshots of messages have been posted on various web sites. From Wired: Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday. The internet […]
The Democrats Credit Crisis…
The more I dig into the history behind our current crisis the more outraged I become… Commenter Veretax writes: “I think the American people have had it with this situation where the middle-income people in our country are not protected from the ramifications of the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions,” Pelosi told […]
How Did We Get Here?
Ed Morrissey @ Hot Air asks “Whose policies led to the credit crisis?” The answer depends on who you ask… Democrats of course blame Republicans and Republicans of course blame Democrats. Personally, I think it’s safe to point fingers at both parties and the Federal Reserve Board. The roots of the current credit crisis can, […]
Palin’s Troopergate Response…
I’ve been looking over the response filed by Thomas Van Flein, the attorney for Governor Palin, filed with the Alaska Personal Board yesterday. It seems clear to me that she had ample reason to fire her Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan. The filling makes it clear that Palin and her staff had become frustrated by […]