Tag Archives: Economy

Gordon Brown on the Brink

1. Mutiny on the HMS United Kingdom - Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the U.K., is facing a revolt from the inside of his own party.  Secretaries in his cabinet are resigning and calling for him to step down because they feel the Labor party could soon suffer massive defeat under his leadership.  Brown [...]
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Obama is not Urkel

1. Newsflash: Obama didn’t destroy the economy - So to all of my conservative friends, please stop sending me the email forwards with the image to the right attached.  It only makes you look like a fool. (From The New Republic) 2. No more Global War on Terror! – Well, as far as calling it “The Global War [...]
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Obama Press Conference

1. Post Press Conference reaction - Here’s a line from the politico article:  “Obama fluently answered the questions, sometimes at considerable length. But his responses were typically variations on a single-word theme: Whatever.”  That’s kinda the feeling I got too. One other observation from here… a lot of the press was awful.  Chuck Todd asked what [...]
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Geither is in the real estate market

1. US Treasury to use $1 Trillion against toxic debt - up to $100 Billion from TARP is going to be used to buy up toxic assets like bad mortgages.  Expect Tim Geither to be showing up at open houses ALL over the country very very soon.  (From the London Times) 2. President Obama Laughs off [...]
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MSNBC sucks

1. MSNBCer says “Oh God” as Gov. Jindal walks up to give Republican Response - After President Obama finished his address the Republicans had their turn to respond, just as if it were a State of the Union.  As Gov. Jindal of Louisiana is walking up to the podium to start speaking, someone at MSNBC [...]
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Long Term effects of Stimulus aren’t good

1. Congressional Budget Office doesn’t have the kindest words for Stimulus – Here’s what CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf has to say: “In contrast to its positive near-term macroeconomic effects, the Senate legislation would reduce output slightly in the long run… The principal channel for this effect is that the legislation would result in an increase [...]
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Oprah a Senator?

1. Blago Considered Oprah for Senate Seat Eat your heart out Roland Burris. This guy really could be insane. Meanwhile he skips out on his impeachment trial and goes on every network or TV show that’ll have him. And that includes The View. (From ABC News, Politico, and youtube) 2. President Obama gets [...]
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