ThinkFast: October 6, 2008
ThinkFast: October 6, 2008
“John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said,” a move that could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the programs. McCain “has said little about the proposed cuts, but they are needed to keep his health-care plan ‘budget neutral,’ as he has promised.
Lobbyists are angling to play a greater role as Treasury implements the bailout and Congress debates “how best to strengthen financial market oversight,” The Hill reports. Several law and lobbying firms “announced the creation of financial services task forces that they are marketing to clients and potential clients as multi-disciplinary, one-stop shops for legislative, regulatory and legal advice.”
Over the weekend, both Bill Maher’s film “Religulous” and David Zucker’s right-wing “An American Carol” opened up at the box office. Although “An American Carol” was playing on three times as many screens as “Religulous,” three times as many people went to see Maher’s film, and box office receipts were roughly the same.
The Supreme Court opens a new term today, with one of the first orders of business hearing arguments about limiting lawsuits against tobacco companies. The “business-friendly” Court has so far agreed to hear 41 cases for the 2008-2009 term, with “at least 16 of these as business cases.”
On the trail today: Barack Obama will be in Asheville, NC. John McCain campaigns in Albuquerque, NM, and Sarah Palin hosts a fundraiser in Naples, FL. Due to the death of his mother-in-law, Joe Biden will be off the campaign trail until at least Tuesday.
A “record-breaking season for voter registration drives” ends today with Democrats adding over 800,000 voters to the rolls and Republicans losing 300,000 “in eight of the most tightly fought states in the presidential race: Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire.”
Seven aides to Sarah Palin “will now honor subpoenas to testify in the legislative investigation of the Troopergate affair.” The aides had previously challenged the summons but “[a]fter a judge rejected the challenge last week, they decided to testify, Alaska Atty. Gen. Talis J. Colberg said Sunday.”
House Republicans are defending deregulation in a new report, as the House Oversight Committee prepares to examine the causes of the financial crisis. “In the midst of the most serious financial crisis in a generation, some claim that deregulation is entirely to blame,” the report says. “This is simply not true.”
“Cowed by the financial crisis, American consumers are pulling back on their spending, all but guaranteeing that the economic situation will get worse before it gets better. … When the final tally is in, consumer spending for the quarter just ended will almost certainly shrink, the first quarterly decline in nearly two decades.”
Stocks tumbled in Europe and Asia today, a day after Germany and Belgium were “left scrambling to prevent the collapse of two lenders.” “Trading on banking shares were halted in Iceland and Russia suspended both of its exchanges after indexes fell more than 14 percent.”
And finally: Although Congress had been working around the clock on bailout legislation, “some Senators clearly tried to sneak in some fun amid all the pressures of meetings, briefings and cable news appearances.” Roll Call reports that Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) “was spotted stocking up on celebratory libations” at a Capitol Hill bar, and on Thursday morning, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) managed to get in some golfing.
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..major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said,” a move that could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the programs.
Why does McIIIrd hate seniors, veterans, and Americans in general>?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:04 amEPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe for Nation’s Drinking Water
The nation’s top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), employing the age-old D.C. practice of releasing bad news on a Friday afternoon, announced its decision not to implement federal safety standards for the ubiquitous thyroid toxin, which has been found in the bodies of almost every American tested. It has also been found in breast milk, often at levels that may be unsafe for babies.
“The health and well-being of millions of breast-fed babies are being ignored by EPA so the defense industry and their agents in the Pentagon can avoid cleaning up the mess they’ve made,” said Dr. Anila Jacob, MD, MPH, Senior Scientist at EWG.
Perchlorate interferes with the body’s ability to produce thyroid hormones. Inadequate levels of thyroid hormones interfere with normal brain development and growth in babies.
EPA has been under pressure from the Pentagon to overlook the potential health threats posed by perchlorate in order to help defense contractors avoid spending hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up sites contaminated by improper disposal of millions of gallons of perchlorate at rocket test sites, fuel storage facilities and chemical plants.
Perchlorate has leaked from military bases and defense and aerospace contractors’ plants in at least 22 states, contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans. The chemical has also been found in breast milk, dairy milk, produce and many other foods and plants.
Commondreams
Another complete failure to add to Bush’s ever growing list. He deregulated the EPA to the point they no longer even protect babies….
October 6th, 2008 at 9:04 amSeven aides to Sarah Palin “will now honor subpoenas to testify in the legislative investigation of the Troopergate affair.” The aides had previously challenged the summons but “[a]fter a judge rejected the challenge last week, they decided to testify, Alaska Atty. Gen. Talis J. Colberg said Sunday.”
Sweetness! Watch the vindictive b!tch fire them all!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:07 amFR, I caught ring of fire Saturday where Mike Papantonio and Bobby Kennedy Jr. discussed this at length.
What if a terrorist had poisoned an area of America the size of Florida?
Oh, that was the Pentagon?
Never mind!
Geez.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:08 amJohn McCain’s health plan is all smoke and mirrors. But anybody who can see past the illusion (and it’s really not that difficult) will see that the winners are the for-profit health insurance companies and the losers are the people who can afford to lose the least. Pretty much like all his plans.
If he gets elected, and if he gets his way with his health plan, I look for more bankruptcies, more people squeezed out of the insurance system, and more people using the emergency room as their only source of health care.
I’m wondering how many more people have to be uninsured before the American people overwhelmingly demand universal health care in a voice too loud to ignore.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:08 amElect McIIIrd! Government of the rich, for the wealthy, by the lobbyists.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:11 amFYI Religiolus and An American Carol were seen by roughly the same # of people, the receipts were $3.5 and $3.8 mill respectively. But, since Carol opened on 1,639 screens and Religulos only opened on 502 it did roughly 3x the $$ per theater, and one can only imagine what it would have done on more screens!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:11 amRUCerious Says
October 6th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Why does McIIIrd hate seniors, veterans, and Americans in general>?
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It’s not that he hates them, it’s that he doesn’t even see them — therefore they don’t exist. He’s been living off lobbyists and special interests WITH MONEY for so long that he can’t even comprehend the existence of people unless they are useful to him.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:11 amsorta OT, but WHAT THE HELL IS THAT PICTURE???
Is he conducting the Alaskan Philharmonic Moose Grunting Orchestra?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:12 amGood Morning All!
If you don’t yet know, Team Obama is finally opening the Keating 5 can of worms.
Check out http://www.keatingeconomics.com
Went to see Springsteen in Philly on Saturday for his Change Rocks voter registration benefit, and it was awesome! Gotta love The Boss!
PEACE
October 6th, 2008 at 9:12 amhey alaskans, recall that crazy ass governor of yours already….
October 6th, 2008 at 9:12 amSeveral law and lobbying firms “announced the creation of financial services task forces that they are marketing to clients and potential clients as multi-disciplinary, one-stop shops for legislative, regulatory and legal advice.”
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Sharks in a feeding frenzy…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:12 amMissHMolly, it must be tough when the decisions you face everyday start out with which pair of $500 shoes to wear and which of your thirteen cars you wish to be chauferred in!?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:13 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
Sharks in a feeding frenzy…
Circling, as the scent of money in the water means fresh kill around…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:15 amRUCerious Says:
Why does McIIIrd hate seniors, veterans, and Americans in general>?
Good morning RU. Slash the benefits of the old and sick and give it to the young and healthy. It seems that free market health care works for your pocketbook, if you don’t actually have to use it.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:17 amAmericans bent over Friday, allowing Congress to stick a $700 Billion fiasco up it’s collective ass.
Credit Derivative Options, CDO’s, have been a big part of the ‘Wall St Shadow Banking’ market. These ‘hot swaps’ were high risk transactions & the market knew it. They continued to play this fool’s game & made billions. Consumers were never a part of the process, but now are expected to cover the market’s behind while the folks that made the real money are nowhere to be found.
Why should we pay for financiers’ game of risk? Banks & insurance companies have made untold billions betting profits could be made through risk. That’s what they do. Now, they want us to eliminate the risk they found so attractive.
Risky business losses should go to those betting against risk, not those of us who weren’t involved.
Wall Street & Washington…America’s greed personified.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:17 amAlthough “An American Carol” was playing on three times as many screens as “Religulous,” three times as many people went to see Maher’s film, and box office receipts were roughly the same.
Doin’ the math, the McJesus industry fleeced their customers again.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:19 amZim, it shouldn’t be too damned hard to backtrack through the paperwork on those transactions and identify the bastards who profited. I’d love to see some payback…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:23 amspencers mom Says:
Good Morning All!
If you don’t yet know, Team Obama is finally opening the Keating 5 can of worms.
Check out http://www.keatingeconomics.com
Went to see Springsteen in Philly on Saturday for his Change Rocks voter registration benefit, and it was awesome! Gotta love The Boss!
PEACE
Good morning spencers mom. Obama supporters issued an impressively stern warning yesterday. If they decide to turn the page on the problems with our economy and go full-force in cheaply smearing Obama as an individual, a massive retaliation will be launched, and the McBush campaign will not live to see November 4.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:24 amWas the American Carol about McIIIrd’s first wife and how he dumped her after she was disfigured in an auto accident?
No?
Oh, ok.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:24 amMcCain does alright for himself these days with a $60,000/year service disability plus free, wonderful health insurance paid for by the U.S. taxpayer-suckers plus all sorts of perks and gifts plus his senate salary and perks plus his dear wife’s largesse. Why the hell should he even look at the common man or care about him and his family?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:26 amA “record-breaking season for voter registration drives” ends today with Democrats adding over 800,000 voters to the rolls and Republicans losing 300,000 “in eight of the most tightly fought states in the presidential race: Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire.”
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And every single one of those eight states is either polling blue right now or is trending that way. And of those eight, only Pennsylvania and New Hampshire went blue in 2004. The GOP will be showing their desperation even more.
Furthermore, if one is to assume that the 300,000 voters lost by the GOP switched their party to Dem, then that means the balance of the new Dem voters (500,000) are new voters — ones who won’t be represented in the mainstream polls. We know that, and I’m sure the GOP does, too.
The trolls are already hard-pressed to come up with new ways to convince people that McCain has this election in the bag. But we can’t get over-confident, even though it looks like people are leaving the McCain/Palin ship like it’s the Titanic. There is still voter caging, Diebold mischief, and other election-stealing dirty tricks to worry about. That — and the Rove smear machine will be working overtime for the next four weeks.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:28 amZimzone @ 18
CDO = Collateralized Debt Obligation
However, agree with your broader point re. socializing losses.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:28 amRUCerious Says
October 6th, 2008 at 9:13 am
MissHMolly, it must be tough when the decisions you face everyday start out with which pair of $500 shoes to wear and which of your thirteen cars you wish to be chauferred in!?
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Yeah, but since he’s living on the road these days, at least he doesn’t have the added strain of having to decide which of his eleven homes to head to at the end of the day…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am“John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said..
Well, this is something that should be highly publicized. That will do away with the elderly vote for McCain, except for the wealthy elderly right wing fundies whose life is based on “I got mine, so too bad so sad for you”.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:32 amFreedom Rebel Says:
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe for Nation’s Drinking Water
I have to tell ya, Freb, there’s an out-of-control Department of Defense that needs to be reigned in. There’s massive waste, human & environmental abuse, too many contractors, and a budget far out of proportion with the other 14 executive departments. There’s a difference between putting on a strong defense and maintaining efficiency and accountability.
The rest of the government is forced to make do with less. Why shouldn’t DoD do the same?
Good morning and have a great day.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:38 amThe aides had previously challenged the summons but “[a]fter a judge rejected the challenge last week, they decided to testify, Alaska Atty. Gen. Talis J. Colberg said Sunday.”
I guess they decided it wasn’t worth going to jail to protect Sarah Barracuda. And Talis Colberg is running scared because the bar association is threatening to disbar him for advising the state employees to break the law.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:39 amDumb_Hussein_Fox Says:Zimzone @ 18-CDO = Collateralized Debt Obligation. However, agree with your broader point re. socializing losses.
RUCerious Says:
Zim, it shouldn’t be too damned hard to backtrack through the paperwork on those transactions and identify the bastards who profited. I’d love to see some payback…
Thanks for the clarification; obviously, I’m not a Wall St worshiper…& RUC, I agree; backtracking should reveal exactly who was buying & selling & when.
I can’t express how furious I am that the American taxpayer is being hooked for Wall St greed. Plain & simple. But even worse, this isn’t going to fix anything. It just delays the inevitable, as we see this morning in the Euro & Asian markets.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 amAs Thinkfast states above, predatory entities are already circling the drain, smelling new opportunities to swindle someone else.
Greed is what’s killing our Planet and soon, us.
Caption: “I’m ready for my closeup. Mr. DeMille!”
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 amCan we all take a moment and express our condolences to Joe Biden and his family?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 ammccain supporters are blinded by their own prejudices. They are willing to have everything taken away from them as long as the taker claims that is in support of one or more of the supporters beliefs.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 am“In the midst of the most serious financial crisis in a generation, some claim that deregulation is entirely to blame,” the report says. This is simply not true.”
I am praying that the Senate ends up with 60 Democrats, which seems entirely doable today with Coleman, Dole and Smith now looking like they will lose. They will need a filibuster proof majority to be able to do the work that needs to be done in regulating the financial industry and in breaking up the monopolies in our MSM so we can once again have a fourth estate that is not in the pocket of one political party.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:41 amI’ve never field dressed a Moose, but I do know how to field dress a Maverick.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:43 amStocks tumbled in Europe and Asia today, a day after Germany and Belgium were “left scrambling to prevent the collapse of two lenders.”
So, are all these banks in Europe and elsewhere having problems today because they hitched their financial wagon to our star?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:43 amclusterphuck;FLAGGED!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:44 amMcWars Says:
Good morning spencers mom. Obama supporters issued an impressively stern warning yesterday. If they decide to turn the page on the problems with our economy and go full-force in cheaply smearing Obama as an individual, a massive retaliation will be launched, and the McBush campaign will not live to see November 4.
Good morning McWars. Yup, it’s going to be all negative all the time from McStain for the next 29 days.
And the DNC has a new ad out, using McCain’s own words against him with respect to going negative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHW-RO1_WN0&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/new-dnc-ad-criticizes-mcc_n_132113.html
Too much reading in the first half of the ad, IMHO, but it lands a killer blow at the end.
McStains response will be “I never said that”, “My words were taken out of context” or “Liberal media bias blah blah blah”
PEACE
October 6th, 2008 at 9:44 amThe Federal Reserve announced Monday it will double to $300 billion the amount of money it will make available to the nation’s banks in return for a wide range of damaged collateral.
Wait a minute, is this outside of the bail-out package passed? If so, how can they do that without congressional approval? Why did Congress bother to pass the bail out bill if the Federal Reserve can do anything they want to do with our money?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
“In the midst of the most serious financial crisis in a generation, some claim that deregulation is entirely to blame,” the report says. This is simply not true.”
I am praying that the Senate ends up with 60 Democrats, which seems entirely doable today with Coleman, Dole and Smith now looking like they will lose. They will need a filibuster proof majority to be able to do the work that needs to be done in regulating the financial industry and in breaking up the monopolies in our MSM so we can once again have a fourth estate that is not in the pocket of one political party.
Morning Bilbo! McStain’s camp has already announced that their last ditch effort will be to plead with the public to elect him so there can be some “checks and balances” on the overwhelmingly Democratic congress.
Oh, that oughta work, wink wink! Last ditch or in the ditch?
PEACE
October 6th, 2008 at 9:48 am“The health and well-being of millions of breast-fed babies are being ignored by EPA so the defense industry and their agents in the Pentagon can avoid cleaning up the mess they’ve made,” said Dr. Anila Jacob, MD, MPH, Senior Scientist at EWG.
The election of Barack Obama as our President can’t come soon enough. If McCain steals the election, the Environmental Protection Agency will certainly need to be renamed to the Corporate Protection Agency.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:48 amdid anyone see jim cramer on the TODAY SHOW this morning?
uh… should he have told everyone to get everything out of the stock market?
’cause he did.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 amThere is a posting at DemocraticUnderground.com today telling an anecdotal story of Obama’s helping out a stranded bride on her way to Norway in 1988, by paying her $103 surcharge.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 amShe alter returned the money and she has a letter he sent to her from the Senate.
The links are from a Norwegian newspaper.
spencers mom Says:
McStains response will be “I never said that”, “My words were taken out of context” or “Liberal media bias blah blah blah”
PEACE
October 6th, 2008 at 9:44 am
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Or he’ll say his usual “well, Obama didn’t want to do town-hall style debates like I wanted, so he brought it on himself.”
October 6th, 2008 at 9:51 amkaty Says:
did anyone see jim cramer on the TODAY SHOW this morning?
uh… should he have told everyone to get everything out of the stock market?
’cause he did.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am
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Oh man oh man did he have another meltdown? “THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT’S LIKE OUT THERE! NONE!!”
October 6th, 2008 at 9:53 amceltic cynic Says:
McCain does alright for himself these days with a $60,000/year service disability plus free, wonderful health insurance paid for by the U.S. taxpayer-suckers plus all sorts of perks and gifts plus his senate salary and perks plus his dear wife’s largesse. Why the hell should he even look at the common man or care about him and his family?
You forgot to mention his $24,000 a year in Social Security he is receiving, even though he thinks it is a bad system.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:55 amMy heartfelt condolences to the Biden family on the loss of his wife’s mother.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:57 amMcCain is shaping up to wear the mantle of Hood Robbin’–robbing the poor to give to the middle class and rich. Plundering Medicare and Medicaid to fund his health care plan is genius unless you’re sick and can’t afford health care! By the way, ever pay attention to your medical bills? If you have insurance, doctors accept pay for their bills at steep discounts, but if you have no insurance, you are saddled with the full bill! Now what genius worked that system out? Must have been Hood Robbin’ riding to the rescue of the well-heeled!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:59 ammissmolly..There is still voter caging, Diebold mischief, and other election-stealing dirty tricks to worry about. That — and the Rove smear machine will be working overtime for the next four weeks.
This worries me greatly because according to Brad Friedman (bradblog.com) the Democrats are doing pretty much nothing to prevent this from happening.
I like the idea of some independent organization offering a large reward to anyone who turns in evidence of voting machine mischief. The caging is already a done deal and there isn’t much we can do about it now since most states have closed voter registration. I’m betting there are right wing operatives who would be happy to make some money for reporting on the people who will be programming the voting machines to flip elections. I would be happy to contribute to a fund for rewards.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:00 amDoc Rock Says:
If you have insurance, doctors accept pay for their bills at steep discounts, but if you have no insurance, you are saddled with the full bill! Now what genius worked that system out? Must have been Hood Robbin’ riding to the rescue of the well-heeled!
I discovered that scam when I was without health insurance for a short while. I take three prescriptions on a regular basis. Under my health plan I pay $27.00 for all three. Since my plan has a copay of $20.00 for prescriptions and each of my prescriptions is under that amount, that means I am paying what they cost the pharmacy. But, when I had no health insurance those three prescriptions cost me $67.00. It is ridiculous that they charge the people who can least afford it more for pharmaceuticals and doctor’s visits.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:04 amPaul Krugman did a nice job in his column today discussing the McCain “health plan.” It is, in fact, the exact opposite of what we need. Personally. I don’t think Obama’s plan goes far enough to create Universal Health Care (I’m in favor of nationalized health care as in Finland, Sweden, etc.) But it is a positive step in protecting Americans access to medical care. McCain’s, on the other hand, will bring further woes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
October 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amFYI – Angler author Barton Gellman is on Diane Rehm today: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/10/06.php#22987
October 6th, 2008 at 10:08 amtoasterhead – nope, not a meltdown at all…
October 6th, 2008 at 10:08 amvery calmly said “get out”… he said he didn’t like having to say it, but it had to be said…
ann curry answered “hmmm, very serious”…
Katy,
October 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amI just checked in to that video at MSNBC.com and Cramer is not his usual bombastic self — he is very serious and very worried.
The market is down another 300 points now.
Good Morning everyone :)
Good Morning RUC, you’re right if the water supply was effected at the Pentagon or any officials at the WH there would be immediate action.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 amNow that Sarahcudda’s halo effect is wearing thin, it’ll be good to see McKeating flounder, randomize & forget his point in tomorrow night’s debate.
Obama needs to nail this one hard. Here in MN, Obama is showing as high as a 15 point lead. This is a huge swing from the numbers shortly after the RNC Convention in early Sept.
Obama needs to clarify details about McKeating’s health plan, some of which is addressed by posters above on this thread.
When McKeating claims credit for the Wall St fiasco, Obama needs to portray the fact McKeating sat silent in the ’summit meeting’ for over 40 minutes, while claiming he suspended his campaign while at least 5 of his staff were doing interviews.
John Sidney McCain III: Ready to lie on day one
October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 amkaty Says:
toasterhead – nope, not a meltdown at all…
very calmly said “get out”… he said he didn’t like having to say it, but it had to be said…
October 6th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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BORRRRING!
Also – I highly recommend, for anyone who missed it, This American Life’s “Another Frightening Show About the Economy” episode from this weekend, which explains in depth, but in very human terms, what’s happening to our economy.
Apparently it’s all about paper.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:29 am#28 McWars Says:
Freedom Rebel Says:
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe for Nation’s Drinking Water
I have to tell ya, Freb, there’s an out-of-control Department of Defense that needs to be reigned in. There’s massive waste, human & environmental abuse, too many contractors, and a budget far out of proportion with the other 14 executive departments. There’s a difference between putting on a strong defense and maintaining efficiency and accountability.
The rest of the government is forced to make do with less. Why shouldn’t DoD do the same?
Good morning and have a great day.
Good Morning McWars :) Sad to say but true about the DOD. Obama is going to have his work cut out for him when it comes to all the departments that need an overhaul.. Bush has put his stamp on everything and none of it is good..
You have a good day also!!
October 6th, 2008 at 10:33 amWow! You all are rockin it today, more infor and new’s here today than my fried brain can handle in one dose..Reading in segment’s…Thank’s poster’s…
Your on a roll RUCerious. great post’s…Spencer’s mom. I would of given my right boob to be with ya at a Boss concert…BTW it’s my biggest one…LOL…
Noticed the lack of twitchie little troll’s,,, guess they are in shock and waiting for their marching order’s….If we are lucky they will just fade away or maybe cheney shredded the wrong paper’s….
Sending Blessing out to the Biden family for their recent loss..
Have a great day posting all and don’t forget to hide a few penny’s in the matress along with your gun and bullett’s…..Blessings
October 6th, 2008 at 11:12 amWhich only goes to show that “rightwing humor” is virtually an oxymoron…
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am>>>>>>>So, are all these banks in Europe and elsewhere having problems today because they hitched their financial wagon to our star?
I’m an expatriate, living in the Lao P.D.R. They started dumping dollars here about 1 1/2 years ago, later than I myself dumped all of mine, except a couple I held on to for souvenirs. The Lao kip is going up, up, up. When I first arrived here about a month after the 2004 election, the exchange rate was about 10,800 to 1, and now it’s 8,600 to 1.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:30 amThe Thai baht has been about staying even with the dollar.
A student of mine, from S. Korea, told me that the dollar is going up, in South Korea. He gets his pay in dollars, here, and he says he kind of wishes he was getting paid in dollars in S. Korea, instead.
How would McCain get any of this crap through Congress? I know there are blue dogs but enough to gut Medicare?
October 6th, 2008 at 11:42 amWe are being robbed America, right in front of our eyes and we watch in silence. Our new Great Depression will be like nothing we have ever seen, brought to us by the Bu$hCo criminal cabal. They are stealing the silver while walking out the door with smiles on their faces. Take care — and be good to each other.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm“An American Carol” is wowing the critics:
David Zucker, who delights in slaughtering sacred cinematic cows, has been involved in some memorable comic spoofs.
“An American Carol” is not one of them. Not even close.
The veteran filmmaker partially responsible (along with brother Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams) for “Airplane!” (1980), the greatest silly lampoon of all time, rolls out an absolute, sad-to-experience dud.
Word-of-mouth may get a round a bit on this stinker. But not to the benefit of Voight, Zucker, et al.…
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a big splat (although there seems to be some Freeping by the wingers in the reader ratings tab). Director David Zucker seems to have lost his marbles post-9/11 (and his sense of humour in the process, but given the shallowness, not too surprising that dried up….)
Cheers,
October 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pmThe WSJ reported on the government’s use of satellite surveillance for domestic purposes. The date coincides with the mobilization of the first combat brigade for homeland security purposes. October 1, 2008, the day Freedom died.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pmIsrael is rebranding itself. Let’s hope they don’t go after the Republican’s melamine tainted dog food label.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:46 pmDespite the bailout package, credit shrinkage is spreading to the stock exchanges. They’re worried about the other party making good on the trade.
None of the root causes of the financial mess have changed.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm