The whole “bail out” bill doesn’t smell right

There is just something that is starting to make this bail out bill feel like the greatest American swindle since, say, the second American-Iraq war.
The LA Times claims that,
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson is about to become the most powerful mortgage financier of the modern era — most likely of any era.
 
The Washington Post tells [...]

David Letterman reacts to McCain’s last minute cancellation to ‘race’ back to D.C.

More proof that Letterman is one of my favorite Hoosiers.  His best line tonight…”The Road to the White House has always run through me!”

Obama’s wise words to McCain – A president needs to be able to multi-task

Smart move keeping the pressure up to hold these debates.  The American people, the whole system needs these debates.  Now, we have word that the McCain camp wants to push back the Biden-Palin v.p. debates. Sounds like desperation to me too.  Glad to see Obama acting like the leader he is.

Palin’s CBS interview…So this is why they’re keeping her out of the media

Wow, what a weak performance. Though it’s not like she’s got a lot to work with, what with trying to defend John McCain’s de-regulation corporate friendly approach to economics over the past 20 years. Still, it’s kind of painful to watch her stumble through this. Hat’s off to Couric for pressing her [...]

The convicted “King of Spam” made $20,000 A DAY

When asked in this NBC interview how many e-mails he sent, he said he lost count at 10 trillion.  This is why spam will never disappear.  What startles me even more is that there are enough ignorant people out there to click on a spam e-mail to make one guy $20K a day!

ouch! John McCain’s campaign manager made almost $2 million from 2000-2002

From the NY Times:
Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations.
This is near insulting to sit here and listen to John claim to be a [...]

Good Lord, what is the White House trying to do with the role of the Treasury Secretary?

This smacks of opportunism as an attempt to consolidate power into the executive branch.  The bail-out package from the White House scares me in its blatant lack of accountability and oversight.  From the Huffington Post,  “32 words that none dare utter”:
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed [...]

Michael Moore’s “Slacker Uprising”

Talk about hope. Yeah, Barack’s got it. But so does Michael Moore in his new film he’s making free to everyone, slackers and over-achievers alike.  Yeah, it looks like a lot of fluff, even for a Michael Moore documentary.  But I would surmise it’s purpose is to codify an identity and battle cry [...]

What’s Andre Carson’s office response to CAIR?

Awhile back, I had some brief discussion here with a poster around Carson’s association with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.  After the exchange, I was curious how the Carson office would respond to the general question of CAIR and Carson.  Would they re-direct the association?  Would the deny it?  Would they even respond?  So, I [...]

Andre Carson attends White House Iftaar dinner with Bush

Andre Carson joined president Bush on the 17th in wishing Muslims around the world, “Ramadan Mubarak.”  The White House held it’s annual dinner celebrating the month of Ramadan, a tradition started by the Bush White House.  Carson was in attendance and received a nod from the President in his introductions.
A few words from the President’s [...]