Intoxination
Nov 24
2008
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You’re Fired!

Misc

The idiot employees at Verizon who decided to snoop around Obama’s cell phone records are now on the unemployment line: The curiosity in President-elect Barack Obama’s phone records came with a high price tag for Verizon Wireless employees. According to CNN, the workers who snooped on Obama’s phone records have been fired. Glad to see […]

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Nov 24
2008
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Melody Barnes – The Progressive

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Ok I am impressed: Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council served as chief counsel to Senator Ted Kennedy on the Judiciary Committee from 1985 to 1993. Want to get an idea of how progressive she is? Read this: In January of 2007, prior to President Bush’s state of the union address, Barnes wrote this essay for […]

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Nov 24
2008

Heavy Pondering

Misc

With all these bailouts going on, we keep hearing how these companies are “too big to fail”. Does that mean we should now look at breaking up these mammoth sized corporations? Then we would be left with a bunch of smaller corporations, and if one of those fails it won’t send a catastrophic tidal wave […]

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Nov 24
2008
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Colmes Out

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Hannity has lost his sidekick: FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Alan Colmes will relinquish his role as co-host of Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year. In announcing his decision, Colmes said, “I approached Bill Shine (FNC’s Senior Vice President of Programming) earlier this year about wanting to move on after 12 years to […]

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Nov 24
2008
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Abramoff Scandal Hits Wal-Mart

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Couldn’t happen to a better corporation: Wal-Mart’s former Republican outreach director will be charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the next to fall in a long list of current and former lobbyists linked to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, according to court documents filed last week. Abramoff, formerly a powerful Republican lobbyist for the […]

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Nov 24
2008
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Obama Announces His New Economic Team

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Here’s the run down: Tim Geithner – treasury secretary Larry Summers – National Economic Council. Christina Romer – chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Melody Barnes – director of the Domestic Policy Council Heather Higginbottom – deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council. I’ll be adding Geithner into the Cabinet 44 page later […]

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Nov 24
2008
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And The Meme Starts

Misc

Bob caught Chuck Todd saying this today: “You guys [Team Obama] own the economy at 12 o’clock eastern time today, correct? When Senator Obama announces his Treasury Secretary, announces the Larry Summers position. It is now Barack Obama’s responsibility on the economy, is that not correct?” So the Constitution says “the President shall take office […]

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Nov 24
2008
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The Politico Pulls A Drudge

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Awaiting the Obama cabinet? How about worrying about your financial future? Well none of that is important. Instead let’s focus on the most pertinent issue of the day: President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors. […]

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Nov 24
2008
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$300 Billion Bailout For Citigroup

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Geez. The U.S. government has agreed to guarantee over $300 billion of Citigroup’s troubled assets — loans and securities backed by residential and commercial real estate and other such assets — with conditions attached. These conditions are being hammered out. In addition, the U.S. Treasury will invest $20 billion in Citigroup from the Troubled Asset […]

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Nov 23
2008
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The Truth Hurts

Misc

Booman hits a tone of truthiness that won’t sit well with the blogosphere: James Kirchick likes to crow about how the Netroots don’t matter. There are a few former (Republican and Democrat) office holders that might beg to differ. But, Kirchick is right about one thing. If Obama listened to the Netroots’ advice all the […]

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