ThinkFast: March 19, 2009
ThinkFast: March 19, 2009
On the heels of the AIG bonus controversy, federally run mortgage giant Fannie Mae “plans to pay four top executives $1 million or more in retention bonuses.” The bonus plan is part of a retention program instituted by the government when it took over Fannie Mae and wanted to keep “employees deemed crucial to the company’s efforts to carry out government housing plans.”
The House will vote today on a bill that would levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid “to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at companies that have received at least $5 billion in government bailout money.”
Sen. Chris Dodd “said the Obama administration asked him to insert a provision” into last month’s stimulus bill that modified restrictions on executive pay and “had the effect of authorizing American International Group Inc.’s bonuses.” He said he did not want to make changes to the provision, but “did so at the request of administration officials, who gave us no indication that this was in any way related to AIG.”
President Bush’s memoir will tentatively be called “Decision Points” and is scheduled for a 2010 release by Crown. “Bush will concentrate on about a dozen personal and presidential choices, from giving up drinking to picking Dick Cheney as his vice president to sending troops to Iraq.” He will also write about “his religious faith and his highly criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.”
The House Republican Conference, attempting to be a part of the health care reform debate, “has set up a weekly education series for aides, called Health Care Boot Camp. Experts from the Congressional Research Service and former Hill and administration staff members who are now at think tanks or in the private sector lecture on health policy.”
Yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the military is ending its controversial “stop-loss” policy, which holds U.S. troops beyond the end of their enlistments. The Pentagon will phase out the program by 2011, and give soldiers a $500-a-month bonus while they are in extended service. “As of January, 13,217 soldiers had tours extended under the stop-loss policy.”
In addition to the increase in U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, Obama is expected to announce that the U.S. will deploy hundreds of additional U.S. officials in what the Washington Post calls a “civilian ‘surge.’” The proposal also “includes a more narrowly focused concentration on security, governance and local development in Afghanistan.” Today, the Center for American Progress is holding a webcasted-event that will discuss the plan.
Yesterday, Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) announced that she will be resigning from Congress to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. “Keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, making sure other countries do not obtain them and, one day, I hope, ridding the world of these terrible weapons, has become my passion and, I hope, my life’s work,” she said.
Yesterday, Obama directed the Department of Veterans Affairs to drop a proposal to bill private insurance companies for the treatment that Veterans receive at VA hospitals for combat-related injuries,” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement. The measure was under consideration because it would have saved the VA approximately $530 million per year.
And finally: It’s March Madness, and most lawmakers are saying that they’ll turn a blind eye and let their staffs have some fun. “My staff puts in long hours and into the weekends, so if they watch a basketball game, I won’t be too upset,” said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who represents the district of the sixth-seeded UCLA. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said he would be “disappointed” if his staff didn’t “seize the opportunity to keep an eye first and foremost on the University of Oklahoma.” Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), however, had a different view: “If I miss them, then my staff has to miss them, too.”
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He said he did not want to make changes to the provision, but “did so at the request of administration officials, who gave us no indication that this was in any way related to AIG.”
Jus in case you had any doubts about whether the Obamistas were any more ethical or honorable than, say, a pack of rats…
March 19th, 2009 at 9:06 amYesterday, Obama directed the Department of Veterans Affairs to drop a proposal to bill private insurance companies for the treatment that Veterans receive.
Discussions are the centerpiece of Obama’s leadership. For those of you who were ready to turn against him, remember, this is why we voted for him…he likes discussing options prior to making decisions.
Not only is that a sign of leadership; it’s the progressive approach to solving issues.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:07 amI wonder how long it took to convince him not to call it “Decidering Points”.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:09 amExcuse me…do you mind?
If I want to hear Democrats being bashed, I can go to Democratic Underground.
Forgiving the Neocons
March 19th, 2009 at 9:12 amSen. Chris Dodd “said the Obama administration asked him to insert a provision” into last month’s stimulus bill that modified restrictions on executive pay and “had the effect of authorizing American International Group Inc.’s bonuses.” He said he did not want to make changes to the provision, but “blah, blah, blah.”
First, you recently sneaked in a provision that allows the credit card companies to continue ripping people off for 17 months before their preditory practices are finally curtailed and then this. On tuesday you lied and claimed not to know about this horrendous ripoff, now you ‘fess up to being behind this one, too.
We have had eight years of dupes and fools in the House and Senate doing an Administrations bidding. You need to resign as chairman of your committee, dirtbag, and perhaps have the ethics committee check into other sh*t you might have been up to we don’t know about.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:12 amAnd Dodd, being the good little tool that he is, just went right ahead and inserted that nasty little bomb. This is a case of the Administration blowing it’s own self up….. Sure would like to know which Official it was.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:14 amWhere is the mainstream outrage over BILLIONS in tax dollars being wasted in weapons systems that will never see the light of day, money wasted on failed reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, overcharging for services rendered and imagined? Giving any of these clowns bonuses is ridiculous, but if all these talking heads and politicians were really concerned about our money, then why all but ignore the biggest wastes of our tax dollars?
March 19th, 2009 at 9:17 amHow come the people who do the actual work are never the ones who get retention bonuses? Bonuses for the top 4 executives at Fannie Mae? Try going down 2 or 3 levels!
March 19th, 2009 at 9:18 am“I wonder how long it took to convince him not to call it “Decidering Points”.”
Long enough for him to realize that, again, it is not his decision to make.
I’m believing that Dufous’ obsession with decision making must stem from an entire lifetime of never being allowed to actually make his own life’s decisions.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:18 amThe decisions he did make in life were most likely reactive ones, countering a rigid and constrained upbringing.
He tries too hard to convince the world he is a decision maker to be believable.
He was, is, and forever will be, a weak, imbecilic buffoon.
Why would anyone want to read W’s book. I have heard him lie quite enough.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:19 amPresident Bush’s memoir will tentatively be called “Decision Points”
An appropriately stupid title. A deception has been perpetrated on us all if we allow that it is “tough” to make decisions. Nothing is easier than deciding. It is difficult to make the right decisions, which he rarely if ever did.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:20 amI hear it will be profusely illustrated with pastoral scenes of the ranch. His target market will be people who just like to look at the pictures.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:22 amYesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the military is ending its controversial “stop-loss” policy, which holds U.S. troops beyond the end of their enlistments.
More good news, folks.
It appears many here are out of sorts lately. Perhaps it’s the fiscal fiasco we’re watching unfold, I’m not sure. Take a deep breath, adjust your attitude & get on board with being part of the solution.
Turdblossom, et al, will provide the snide commentary from the Right. What we need to be doing is supporting President Obama. He has a huge challenge facing him, and needs our support. When you get discouraged, and I know it’s easy to turn in that direction, think about the first 8 years of this century…is that what you want to back to?
Also, bear in mind that much of today’s news is about politicians. No, they can’t be trusted. That’s why we need transparency. That’s also why we hold elections.
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem
March 19th, 2009 at 9:22 amI wonder if Bush’s book will come with crayons or if that will be the Special Expanded Edition?
March 19th, 2009 at 9:23 amIn defense of Tokin, there is no defense for asking Sen. Dodd to drop a provision preventing AIG’s bonuses. President Obama is taking the heat, but it is Sec. Geithner and Lawrence Summers who should be fired.
I ask again, in whose interest are Geithner and now Summers acting? It sure isn’t working people.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:23 amThe House Republican Conference, attempting to be a part of the health care reform debate, “has set up a weekly education series for aides, called Health Care Boot Camp
“Cause we’re going to BOOT all those uninsured people right in their @sses.”
As for doofus and his *memoir*, ROFL.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:23 amI like fiction but that might be too much revisionist history for even me.
#5 continuation: I doubt if anyone in Obama’s Adminstration was giving Dodd direction on this. Otherwise, why did he try to BS his way out of it?
And really, tokin librul, that is lame crap to reference Obama and his people as unethical as a pack of rats. The man is trying and was handed a huge pile of crap to deal with by the lowlifes in the last administration. But Dodd, on the other hand, has been around long enought to know better and seems to have gotten caught in a sneaky move.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:24 amWhat the hell Waxman? I don’t watch basketball at my job. I would hope for at least the same for the staff of people you know RUNNING THE COUNTRY!!!
March 19th, 2009 at 9:24 amIf you turned the blender off you wouldn’t have to shout, Jonny Berry….
March 19th, 2009 at 9:24 amThe House Republican Conference, attempting to be a part of the health care reform debate, “has set up a weekly education series for aides, called Health Care Boot Camp.
Or as it is known in the insurance industry, Sock Puppetry, 101.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:25 amRead Glenn Greewald here for conclusive proof Dodd was jawboned by Summers and Geithner into acting for AIG.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:26 amPaul Krugman for Commerce Secretary!
March 19th, 2009 at 9:32 amDoes anyone else feel a little suspicious of this bonus “outrage” in the media starting when the Red Cross released it’s torture report? Be “outraged” at AIG, but not “outraged” at breaking International law. God forbid any of those idiotic talking heads in the “librul” media would report on that.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:32 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Perry logan Says:
If I want to hear Democrats being bashed, I can go to Democratic Underground.
Forgiving the Neocons
Tokin is a typical self-loathing far left extremist. Scum like him should be ignored and not given a voice. He and his ilk are the KKK of the left.
Geez you guys! If you don’t want to hear opinions that differ from your own, you could just talk into your bathroom mirror. Don’t jump on me, I don’t agree with him either, but “scum” and “KKK” are a little extremist too.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:35 amWhy not a 100% tax? After all, 10% of $1,000.000 is still too much for someone who helped destroy America’s economy.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:36 amSo, maybe, just maybe, we’ll get a look into the thought process of a C Student President. If so, it should tell us why we should never elect anyone from the lower 2/3 of the Bell Curve.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:38 amBravo, Zimzone!
March 19th, 2009 at 9:39 amTraitor Joe Lieberman has joined fellow hawk, John McCain, in wanting all out war in Afghanistan.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:40 amBriseadh na Faire Says:
The House will vote today on a bill that would levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid “to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at companies that have received at least $5 billion in government bailout money.”
Why not a 100% tax? After all, 10% of $1,000.000 is still too much for someone who helped destroy America’s economy.
They’ll never make it stick. If the Senate let them pass it, which I doubt, the courts will strike it down. This is just huffing and puffing that the House is doing.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:45 am#2 zimzone says:
I couldn’t agree more. I had a similar comment yesterday. Just offering something up for discussion doe not indicate support — it is a democratic way of conducting business.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:47 amHe is looking for ways to save fed money in the V.A. and this is an option.
Throw it out there, talk about it, opt to throw it out. Critics can not say it was never even considered.
Geez you guys! If you don’t want to hear opinions that differ from your own, you could just talk into your bathroom mirror
not to defend the comparison (Tokin = kkk), but I rarely see tokin and stateod rarely follow up their criticism with substantive alternatives.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:53 amIt’s March Madness, and most lawmakers are saying that they’ll turn a blind eye and let their staffs have some fun.
Is this all a part of the entitlement mindset that the corporates and politicians live in? In the really real world, the lowly peasantry workers are not “allowed” to “have some fun” at work — while some do on the side, if caught they will be punished. What makes these aides so special as to not be expected to do their work — and how often do our lawmakers follow this little precedent?
No wonder our government is so screwed up.
A lot of workers put in overtime — the compensation is the overtime pay, and if you are salaried then the overtime is assumed as possible in that fixed salary. There is no excuse. They should have to sneak their worktime goof-off fun time in like the rest of us working class slobs, or take vacation time.
The standards in our government — our leadership — should be HIGHER than the average working class person, not separate.
Corporate welfare entitlement mindset.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:56 amPresident Bush’s memoir will tentatively be called “Decision Points”
Yeah. “Revisionist History Talking Points to Defend Failed Conservative Agenda” was a little too wordy.
Lordy… we are going to hear all those highly imaginative decidering points brought up a lot once it comes out.
Any bets that Rove was a contributing propoganda ghost writer?
March 19th, 2009 at 10:00 am“He will also write about his relationship with family members, including his father, the first President Bush”
This is rich. He’s going to “write” a book called “Decision Points”, (the same book he wrote about being Texas Governor) because he believes that’s what distinguishes his presidency, but he’s also going to subject us to his viewpoint on his dad. Haven’t we had enough of Bush’s Oedipal obsession with his father? From outdoing his father in Iraq to undoing a lot of Bush 1’s legislation, we’ve been subject to his personality deficits and their collateral damage for the last eight years.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:01 amI was worried about President Obama’s choices for financial affairs. Looks like Timmeh Geitner and Larry Summers have proved my concerns were’nt ill founded. Obama needs to replace them both.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:05 amBush will concentrate on about a dozen personal and presidential choices, from giving up drinking to picking Dick Cheney as his vice president…
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Will he include his decision to start drinking again?
And wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say, “his decision to do what he was told to do when ordered to pick Cheney as his veep”?
And lastly, what about his decision to sell his soul to Satan? That’s a biggie, no?
March 19th, 2009 at 10:07 amShouldn’t that one merit its own chapter?
RUC
March 19th, 2009 at 10:09 amGeithner and/or Summers may be at the heart of this problem and should probably resign — BUT — Treasury is not even fully staffed yet, the problems are still urgent, and the process of appointing someone else, obtaining confirmation, and getting that person up to speed would take up valuable time.
IMHO, I would let them stay on, get us past the immediacy of this crisis, and then leave. Krugman??
RUCerious Says:
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I was worried about President Obama’s choices for financial affairs. Looks like Timmeh Geitner and Larry Summers have proved my concerns were’nt ill founded. Obama needs to replace them both.
President Obama’s choices were, I hope, based on his intention to TRY to unite and be bi-partisan, and have input from a variety of mindsets.
And that is great, as long as the ultimate goal of those chosen people is to, in the end, serve the best interests of the country and the people (not corporations) that comprise the country.
But when those chosen people have personal interests and agendas, and operate for the benefit of other individual agendas (like corporations) then the whole process becomes flawed.
Those people need to be replaced, as they will not operate in the interests of the country, but rather in the interests of themselves and their corporate masters. We can see where that leads us — just look around you.
We need an end to corporate influence on our country.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:11 amI guess even TP is tired of Iraq after six years. Or maybe i’m jumping the gun?
March 19th, 2009 at 10:13 amWhat flavor’s the kool-aid here?
I don’t drink the crap myself…
March 19th, 2009 at 10:24 amNice play on words, buzzbomb; ‘jumping the gun’.
Today marks 6 years in Iraq.
Six long, lying years of killing innocent women & children.
Shock & Awe
Bunker buster bombings
White Phosphorous bullets
Bombing Wedding Parties
Losing billions in cash on pallets
Letting soldiers rot in Walter Reed
Blackwater kills 17 bystanders in a panic
Halliburton kills troops with shoddy electrical installations
Abu Ghraib
Gitmo
Torture
‘Decision Points’, my ass. Lies, lies & more lies.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:25 amBush’s memoir?
ha ha
Fancies himself a right proper American Churchill, ‘e does?
ha ha
It ain’t delusion, it’s stupidity.
And I’m getting sick and tired of hearing about AIG bonuses when half a trillion dollars is wasted every year on military boondoggles. STOP IT! JUST STOP TEH STUPID! AIG bonuses are a DISTRACTION, people! The MSM is all over it–that’s your FIRST clue…!
March 19th, 2009 at 10:26 amWell spake, Marie. I’d love to see Mr. Krugman serving in either capacity. Perhaps a new welcome mat for the White House
No solicitors or corporatists!
March 19th, 2009 at 10:27 amMarie, I have heard Krugman, in his own voice say that he does NOT want a government position. He says he’s not organized enough for administrative work. I know, I’m disappointed too. I say hire him a chief of staff to keep the paperwork organized and put Krugman in charge of THINKING. I can’t think of anyone that we need more in gov’t right now than a principled, smart man with an eye on the future economy, who doesn’t WANT to work in government, and isn’t interested in padding his resume for a post gov’t lobbying job.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:27 amBush’s memoirs in Caesar’s words.
I came (cause my daddy said I could)
I saw (through my drug and alcohol haze)
I fubared (everything I touched).
March 19th, 2009 at 10:27 amHere’s the 12 Decision points I’d like Bush to follow and write about:
1. Admit that your life has been a fraud and unmanageable.
2. Believe that a Power greater than Cheney or Rove could lead you to sanity.
3. Make a decision to turn yourself into the Justice department.
4. Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself.
5. Admit to yourself, to our nation, and to the world the exact nature of your wrongs.
6. Be entirely ready to have the Courts remove you from civilized society.
7. Humbly admit that God did not ask you to act on his behalf in your wrongdoings.
8. Make a list of all groups and individual persons you had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.
9. Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continue to take personal inventory and when you are wrong again promptly admit it.
11. Seek through direct contact with representatives of groups you have wronged to understood the true impact of your actions.
12. Try to persuade others who aided and abetted you in your wrongdoing to have a similar awakening.
Not likely, of course.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:29 amJeez Louise, folks, politicians are people, too. If they have a team to root for in the NCAA Championship, who is ANYONE to criticize their interest? The games last two hours, and you can always have the TV on in the background while you work on legislation…
Yet ANOTHER distraction issue…now, if Repuglican legislators are taking entire half weeks off to fly to the games…with free tickets from Abramoff cronies…et al…
That’s another issue entirely.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:30 amRUCerious Says:
Bush’s memoirs in Caesar’s words.
I came (cause my daddy said I could)
I saw (through my drug and alcohol haze)
I fubared (everything I touched).
LOL!
March 19th, 2009 at 10:33 amVeni, vedi, fubar?
Excellent list, PLC.
“3. Make a decision to turn yourself over to the Justice department.”
Fixed your typo.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:33 amGeorge W. Bush’s spin is on. Thomas Jefferson said, “There is an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents…The artifical aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.” Too late in the case of George W. Bush.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:34 amDaddy-O, thanks. That typo could not just sit there!
March 19th, 2009 at 10:37 amAw, don’t keep us in suspense…
March 19th, 2009 at 10:50 amWow, the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac top jobs must stink, since they have to bribe people with $1 million retention bonuses.
Want to bet they shifted a performance bonus to a retention bonus, when it became obvious they wouldn’t meet the performance objectives?
This is your tax money at work.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am“Decision Point: The Presidency for the Remarkably Incurious”
March 19th, 2009 at 10:54 amIDF in Gaza: Killing civilians, vandalism, and lax rules of engagement
During Operation Cast Lead, Israeli forces killed Palestinian civilians under permissive rules of engagement and intentionally destroyed their property, say soldiers who fought in the offensive.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html
March 19th, 2009 at 11:02 amWith Dodd and Lieberman as their U.S.senators, the people of Connecticut are truly well-represented!
March 19th, 2009 at 11:04 amArchie, what is the topic “we’re talking about here”? And do you have an opinion about said topic?
March 19th, 2009 at 11:21 amIn its report on George Bush’s speech in Calgary, Canada, yesterday, the Associated Press write-up included this nugget:
“I’m going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened,” Bush said.
In its version of the quote, Republican-leaning Politico.com replaced “authoritarian” with “authoritative.”
from the Pensito Review yesterday.
March 19th, 2009 at 11:50 amBush autobiography named Decider Points.
Please insert joke here.
A book is a rectangular object – this time without pictures.
Deciderer (already suggested in earlier post above)
A book by Bush on his decisions – connect the dots and see what the picture is.
Bush’s decisions – a lot of blank pages ?
Bush’s decisions – what effect did they have. To use MBA terms (as he is a Businessman) did the decisions meet the goals ?
Bush’s decisions – toilet paper that comes precoated so you don’t have to wipe to soil it.
March 19th, 2009 at 11:53 amArchie B Says:
These are b franks pals we’re talking about here. What’s funny is all I see is “Bush, Bush, Bush, waterboard, bla, bla, bla.!” Very telling.
I didn’t see any suggestions to waterboard Bush today (I might have missed it). Nice idea, though.
And, ARCHIEB is in the house, givin’ it all up for the greatest love of his life — Barney Frank.
Geez, get a room, will ya’?
You have a SERIOUS crush on that man.
Really.
March 19th, 2009 at 11:59 amThe bonus plan is part of a retention program instituted by the government when it took over Fannie Mae and wanted to keep “employees deemed crucial to the company’s efforts to carry out government housing plans.”
The one essential word missing from this sentence, “Successful”. It should read: Employees deemed crucial to the company’s efforts to carry out successful government housing plans.
Leaving out the adjectives reduces the type of effort to nothing more than a good faith one. You’d think people who write laws would know how to write a general contract/law. It’s all in the wording and if you don’t pay attention to details you’ll get screwed. And here we are.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pmWasn’t that modification to the stimulus bill done to mollify the Republicans, who were squalling about wanting ‘bipartisanship?’ That was my impression at the time. I remember the buzz was that Dodd had put in an amendment that would prevent any more bonuses being paid out, the financial industry was nearly prostrate at the idea, and the GOP was on its fainting couch because the Democratic President and his Democratic majority had actually written a bill that reflected Democratic priorities. And then the next thing I heard was that Dodd’s amendment had been watered down. I assumed that was so the whingers and the crybabies could pull themselves together and vote to try to save the economy.
March 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pmSo far the government and Fed ponied up $13 trillion to save the financial system.
Treasury just added $5 billion for auto suppliers.
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2009/03/friday-13th-economic-ground-hog-day.html
March 19th, 2009 at 3:35 pmFunny, when did the GOP learn to conduct an investigation? It took being out of power. I’m still waiting for GOP’ers to answer my Katrina questions.
House GOP Report Details Countrywide’s Efforts to Benefit VIPs
Executives at Countrywide Financial, one of the biggest names of the housing boom, routinely violated internal company policies to provide below-market rates on home loans to the politically connected and powerful, according to a congressional report to be released today.
Recipients of special loans included senators and other officials, prominent businessmen, congressional aides, celebrities and journalists, including Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), former U.N. ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, former Fannie Mae chief executive James Johnson, former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Alphonso Jackson, Jackson’s daughter and others.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:52 pmPeople are tired of influence peddling, regardless of party affiliation:
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/06/12/Countrywide-Loan-Scandal
Don’t trust the House GOP. They couldn’t provide basic oversight for the NRCC. Chris Ward used donor money like Bernie Madoff. No audit for five years? Our legislators can’t manage and they know it.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:58 pm#63
In its version of the quote, Republican-leaning Politico.com replaced “authoritarian” with “authoritative.”
That is something the print media did quite often during the Bush years. While they couldn’t repair his gaffes on camera, they did repair them in the print version.
March 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pmI suspect they had to assign someone to the task of editing all Bush’s words because he was unable to complete a sentence without a glaring error that any 5th grader would notice.
HOORAY for the end of stop-loss!
“Decision Points”?! Leave it to an MBA to use jargon for a process that we’ve been using since we climbed out of the trees.
March 19th, 2009 at 5:34 pmBush’s book would only be interesting if he admitted to everything he et.al. did.
Otherwise, as a former bookseller, I never thought I’d say that I’m all for a book burning in this case.
There must always be an exception to every rule.
March 19th, 2009 at 6:27 pm