Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT
The peasant mentality lives on in America
by Matt Taibbi; teabag movement; ``youre a peasant when you worship the very people who are right now, this minute, conning you and taking your shit''
Right Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog
Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST
AlterNet: The Right Wing's Latest Argument Against Public Health Care -- We'd Like It Too Much
by Lindsay Beyerstein; Cato Institute, wherein Michael F. Cannon argues that blocking Obama's health plan is the key to GOP survival...once people start getting good health care from the government at a price they can afford, they want to keep re-electing the politicians who make that possible.''
Sun 2008-11-23 00:00 EST
Joe Bageant: Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism
by Anonymous Political Consultant John Brown; ``In a system, which is entering a period of semi-permanent crisis, to plant oneself or one's party in its political center is to make yourself responsible for a political system which is forever failing, losing legitimacy and eventually its right to rule. In the long run, the future will belong to whichever political force flies the boldest flags, stands credibly far enough from those who will be held accountable for our troubles, and curses the loudest at the coming darkness.''
Tue 2008-10-07 00:00 EDT
The Institutional Risk Analyst: A Workable, Private Bank Assistance Plan or Why President Bush Should Fire Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson
A Workable, Private Bank Assistance Plan or Why President Bush Should Fire Bernanke and Paulson Right Now, by Institutional Risk Analytics
Fire Ben Bernanke; Hank Paulson; Institutional Risk Analyst; President Bush; Private Bank Assistance Plan; Workable.
Mon 2008-08-04 00:00 EDT
John McCain can't stand sucking up to the Christian right. Is this the end of the GOP's unholy alliance?
by Matt Taibbi; "The Bible-thumpers...would seem to have had little in common with the archpriests of the neoconservative movement...But they did: They shared an almost equal disdain for democracy, free speech and learning, and paradise for both groups was an intellectually mute America of vast malls, prisons packed full of ungrateful blacks, shitty TV programming to keep the brains chilled and 200-foot-high electrified fences along the Rio Grande."
Christian Right; ending; GOP's unholy alliance; John McCain; stand sucking.
Thu 2008-07-17 00:00 EDT
The Institutional Risk Analyst: Time for Hank Paulson to Do the Right Thing and Nationalize the GSEs
Time for Hank Paulson to Do the Right Thing and Nationalize the GSEs
GSEs; Hank Paulson; Institutional Risk Analyst; nation; right thing; Time.
Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT
FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security Letter', Loses | Threat Level from Wired.com
FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security Letter', Loses, by Ryan Singal | Threat Level from Wired.com; Internet Archive; Brewster Kahle; EFF defeats NSL; "time-honored tradition of librarians protecting the rights of their patrons"
com; FBI Targets Internet Archive; Lose; nation security letter; secret; Threat Level; Wired.
Sun 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT
A Special Report: The Right's America-Hating Preacher
by Robert Parry | The Smirking Chimp; Reverend Sun Myung Moon "has invested billions of dollars in financing the U.S. conservative movement and put fat wads of cash into the pockets of many prominent Republicans, including members of President George W. Bush's own family." Rev. Moon's lurid sex scandals, espionage, media empire, drug trafficking, gun-running
Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Debate Over Bear Stearns: Hussman vs. Mauldin
"this deal still stinks to high heavens...Not only were existing shareholders deprived of rights to reject the deal, JP Morgan and the bondholders should be the ones taking risk, not the Fed and not taxpayers."
Bear Stearns; Debate; Hussman; Mauldin; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.
Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT
AlterNet: NY Public Library 'Trades Naming Rights' to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks
AlterNet: NY Public Library "Trades Naming Rights" to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks, by David Morris; Stephen A. Schwarzman Library for $100 million
AlterNet; Big Buck; Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire; NY Public Library; Trades Naming Rights.
Mon 2008-03-24 00:00 EDT
Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: Why is Bear Stearns Trading at $6 Instead of $2
"unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own"
2; 6; Bear Stearns trade; Hussman Funds; weekly market comments.
Fri 2007-09-07 00:00 EDT
Credit Cards 101: Finding the Right Plastic
by Lauren Young, BusinessWeek; college student credit card debt
Wed 2007-05-09 00:00 EDT
The Foundation For Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR)
The Foundation For Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR): New Gasoline Study Shows Profits, Not Crude Oil Prices Or Ethanol, Are Driving Pump Price Spike