Throughout 2009 we kept hearing about the need new and more wide-spread financial regulation. That’s when the market was down. Now that it is back up, it looks like new regulations might take a back seat: So what happened to Frank’s initial fervor? The stock market recovery — the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index is […]
(wow I haven’t had to pull that one out of the archives in awhile) This is absolutely hilarious. Jean Schmidt has decided to give her campaign the back seat so she can focus on the bailout. Really? She is a junior Congressperson, doesn’t sit on any committee that matters in this crisis and not a […]
Cases like the rape allegations against KBR are like Pandora’s Box – once you open it then it keeps getting worse: Congress is asking questions about another ex-employee of government contracting firm KBR who claims she was raped in Iraq. Letters to the Pentagon and the Justice Department today from Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. underscore […]
When they talk about warantless wiretapping, Republicans are quick to say that the constitution should take a back seat to security. Well if we follow that login and apply it to the following news headlines this week, perhaps other rights should take a back seat: Columbus mall shooting injures man in leg Shooting occurred in […]
Looks like much hasn’t changed at the Pentagon. We find out the military lied yet again about the deaths of some of our soldiers: Four American soldiers were abducted during a sophisticated sneak attack last week in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, the U.S. military confirmed Friday. It said three were shot to death […]