Posts Tagged ‘AIG’
Workers Party Protest Draws More Press Than People – Update: It’s a tie!
Update 2: Welcome Michelle Malkin readers. As you already know she is invaluable to all of us … especially those of us in talk radio. In face the face of constant assault, she remains strong. While you are here take a look around. We are heavy on video, as we try to carry the conservatarian…
Read MoreShocked … Shocked I Tell You
Last night President Obama told the world he was shocked … actually “stunned” … that AIG execs got bonuses. Here’s how CNN reports the story tonight.
Read MoreWall Street Witch Hunts
Democrats in Congress usually have a “thing” for privacy rights. Listening in on international phone-calls were one end of the conversation is a known or suspected terrorist? That’s bad. However, not all such intrusions are equal. McCarthy-esque intrusion into the lives of folks working on Wall Street? Wielding the tax code as a weapon against…
Read MoreBanana In The Tailpipe
As people protest in the streets of NYC I am struck by the notion that they are protesting in the wrong place. Time to protest in Washington.
Read MoreAIG weekly recap – history, bonuses, Congress and outrage
I certainly hope that this will not turn into a weekly feature, but the amount of news, sound bites, and heated rhetoric pouring in from every direction resulted in Jim and myself electing to take a knee for the past 48 hours when it comes to posting AIG articles. That said, we’re slowly putting our…
Read MoreThey Did It … Update – Bill Congress for commercials
Talk about Mr Smith goes to Washington. Shep Smith jumped ugly on Congress … and Chris Dodd. It is an amazing performance and worth watching for sure. Enjoy. Video now up … sorry about the delay. New software today, still working out the kinks. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjymMNP_hJY He went on to call today’s hearing into the AIG…
Read MoreOh what a tangled web we weave …
First make a law … then implement it … then express outrage when it is … mix it up and you get … The $165 million AIG bonus flap that has caused outrage around the nation has its roots in a provision of Connecticut labor law that political leaders say needs to be changed. The…
Read MoreDodd Under Fire For Allowing Bonuses-Video-Update: Dodd Responds
The NY Times is reporting (paragraph 16) that Chris Dodd included an exemption for bonuses like the ones given AIG in the February stimulus bill … I thought about adding this to Steve’s post on the Democrats going after Rob Simmons but this story is becoming bigger by the minute. The administration official said the Treasury…
Read More“Kids with their hands in the candy jar”
Art Laffer pretty much summed up the Government’s bailout of everyone from AIG to GM and Chrysler … they shouldn’t be in the business in the first place. It’s very funny.
Read MoreAIG Bonuses are justified and necessary, an alternate view
Pay the bonuses already and lets move on.
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