When the New Year began, I wrote a column published on this site and widely elsewhere on the Internet titled, “My American Legislative Priority New Year’s Resolution.” It outlined a dozen items. The first one was passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. The second one was “passage of an economic stimulus to help middle […]
Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248.html
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority.
Participants on the October 17 call — including at least one representative from […]
Banks are moving slowly to list repossessed homes for sale, which could mean that housing inventory is even more bloated than current statistics indicate.
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Housing might be in worse shape than we think.
There is probably even more excess housing inventory gumming up the market than current […]
Full text of President Barack Obama’s speech
Written by Freep.com
Jan 21, 2009 at 05:59 PM
http://www.progressiveexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3841&Itemid=586
“My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as […]
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/20/91641/6615/33/686436
This article shows that even many Republican conservatives want the crimes of Bush, Cheney, Rove and company prosecuted for the good of the nation.
GWB RESUME
Date: 2009-01-19, 7:32PM
GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520
This individual seeks an executive position. He will be available in January, and is willing to relocate.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement: I was arrested in Kennebunkport , Maine , in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid […]
Here is the link:
This is a new experience for me but very interesting.
U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law
By DAN MARGOLIES
The Kansas City Star
There’s no shortage of blame for the mortgage crisis that drove the economy into the ditch.
But here’s a fresh culprit: the 2005 bankruptcy reform act, which was strongly pushed by the credit card industry.
So say three researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of […]
Activists, Obama Spar Over Future Of Dems’ ‘50-state Strategy’
http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/activists-obama-spar-over-future-of.html
President-elect Barack Obama and a group of Democratic activists are at odds over whether Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will continue a “50-state strategy” as Kaine takes over as the head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Outgoing DNC Chairman Howard Dean emphasized a so-called “50-state strategy” to […]
The Economics of Cheating
Wal-Mart Caught Stealing
By DAVID MACARAY
http://counterpunch.org/macaray01092009.html
Despite all the conjecture and second-guessing, there’s no way to be certain that Iraq and Afghanistan would have turned out much differently had U.S. intelligence been more accurate, had Congress been given more information, had the media been more aggressive, or had Al Gore, instead […]