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Ashbrook Center Tidbits
Our AEI friend, Steve Hayward wonders about an Obama/Frank conspiracy over on the Ashbrook Center blog No Left Turns. Now, if I was in a conspiratorial frame of mind, and…
American International Group
American multinational insurance corporation
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Obama’s new electronic crib sheet
Looking back through my blog posts on candidate Obama, I find that I was on the cutting edge of TelePrompter criticism. On July 24 of last year, in what may…
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‘Damned right’ Dell has to answer
Former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr is actually talking about AIG, but he makes it clear the same principle applies to Dell, which has just laid off anywhere from…
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A very good question
Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com has a video today of Timothy Geithner being question by a congressional committee on March 3. It is clear from their discussion that the Democratic congressman…
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A name-that-party record
The New York Times ran a 1,000-word-plus takeout today on Sen. Chris Dodd and his ethical problems (sweetheart loans from Countrywide, his Irish “cottage” sweetheart deal, his prevarication involving the…
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“Crocodile tears” over AIG
Sheldon Richman writes about the ridiculous posturing over AIG here. Slimy politicians brought this all on and now they need some scapegoats.
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Re: AIG Bonus tax unconstitutional
Abby quotes James Madison from Federalist Paper #10: “Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligations of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the…
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Is PBS the AIG of the media?
Where’s the transparency at PBS?: In the world of Barney and Andy everyone has a right to know who gets public money of any kind and how much. So, what’s…
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Vote on Bonus Tax
Here is the vote today on H.R. 1586–this is the bill that would impose an additional tax on “certain” TARP recipients. Here is a press release from the Ways and…
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Imagine that; PBS, CNN, McClatchy contributor loves socialism
I ran across a column by someone named Llewllyn King who tut-tutted about Americans seeing socialism as some kind of bogeyman: Mention socialism and many people reach for the silver…
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AIG bonus tax: unconstitutional?
Sen. Gregg (R-NH) is among a handful saying the 90% tax on TARP company bonuses are unconstitutional because it’s a bill of attainder, an “an act of the legislature that…
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The vote on the AIG bonus-confiscation bill
Here’s how North Carolina’s members of Congress voted on H.B. 1586, the bill to confiscate 90 percent of the AIG bonuses from their recipients: Yea NC-1 Butterfield, George [D] Yea…