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Obama to Revive Credit Flow

President Obama said in his weekly address today that “Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will soon announce a new strategy for reviving the country’s financial system while making sure that banking executives do not misuse federal money meant to assist their companies.”
Watch Obama’s weekly address here:
I must say, I have to agree with Creature on [...]

Obama Slams Wall Street Bonuses

If you haven’t seen this yet, it is so worth a watch:
Thank you Mr. President!

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Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act

President Obama signed the  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act this morning in the East Room of the White House. The Lilly Ledbetter Act act reverses the 2007 Supreme Court decision that limited the statute of limitations on filing pay discrimination law suits.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the White House ceremony. Clinton was “one of the initial [...]

Time to Ignore Republicans’ Demands

It’s time to “ignore Republicans’ demands about the stimulus plan” and every other issue that they have roadblocked and stonewalled in the past that comes up again. Democrats have the majority and it’s time to get moving on issues that are most important to the American people.
In reacting to last night’s vote in the House [...]

Match THIS for Stupidity: Taxing a House of Cards

My wife is a smoker. Except for one year when she quit, she’s been a smoker since she was about 18. But she’s cut back, from as many as three packs a day to just three cigarettes. And, she now smokes outside the house.
At various times, she was asked to show an ID. When in [...]

Kerry Chairs Senate Panel on Climate, Gore Testifies

John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired a Senate panel on Climate today with Al Gore offering key testimony. As chairman of the SFRC and a long time environmental activist, Kerry is posed to be “an influential player” in the efforts to forge ”a treaty and reshape U.S. policy on climate issues.”
Sen. Kerry’s [...]

Pakistan Demands An End To Drone Attacks (Video)

CNN’s Christian Amanpour sat down with the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for a video interview. While the US is taking a stronger stand against the inaction of Pakistan, per US Defense Minister Gibbs, the Pakistani government is demanding an end to the drone attacks. Amanpour interviews the Prime Minister is an almost demanding [...]

Perky Politicians Who Won’t Go Away

Goodness what a gaud awful corsage…
Sarah Palin is the perky politician from hell who won’t go away…
Look out 2012, Sarah is gearing up for a run…
Word has it that Sarah Palin launched a new PAC today, SarahPAC. Sarah PAC will “dole out political donations to Republican candidates.”
From Washington Wire:
“SarahPAC believes America’s best days are ahead. [...]

War on Terror? Torture? Prosecute Us?

There is an ongoing debate over the closing of America’s most notorious detainment/torture center at Guantanamo and the legality and efficacy of using torture to extract “information” from detainees in that and other facilities.
In a piece in this morning’s Washington Post titled Torture? Prosecute Us, Too Richard Cohen leads with this:
“The past is a foreign [...]

How Low Can Consumer Confidence Go?

Consumer confidence has hit “the lowest point” since the Consumer Confidence Index began tracking in 1967.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index edged lower in January to 37.7 from a revised 38.6 in December.

Consumers are worrying about keeping their jobs, their homes and they are watching their savings being whittled away. Businesses, [...]