Uncle Sam the Loan Shark

I must admit - I’m totally dumbfounded and stunned today by the article I read in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “The Paulson Plan will make Money,” by Andy Kessler. Essentially, Kessler’s argument is that somehow in all of this mess, the money spent in the proposed financial intervention plan before Congress will actually result in a windfall to the taxpayer in potentially trillions of dollars. This argument is fundamentally flawed - for it if were true, there would be no investment/financial services crisis to force the government’s hand.

Obama wants illegal immigrants to vote (for him)

The above commercial is being run in several western and border states by the Obama campaign. Put simply - it’s an entire pack of lies and a shameless attempt to inspire ethnic and racial identification with Barack Obama and encourage illegals to try and vote for him in the General Election in November.
The advertisement, which [...]

Why the Fed saved AIG and not Lehman

(Washington, D.C. ; Right Commentary) The U.S. Federal Reserve Board reversed course Tuesday night and agreed to an $85 billion bailout of global insurer American International Group (AIG), giving the U.S. government an ownership stake in the troubled insurance giant.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. and the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke convened a meeting with [...]

The “Barracuda” takes on the “Messiah”… in the quest for national ratings.

Vice Presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday for all intensive purposes matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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The Alpha and the Obama…

This week, the Democratic National Committee holds its convention in Denver, Colorado. Amist the hoopla of Clinton supporters threatening blood in the streets, unpaid vendors clamoring for funds from the DNC, makeshift GTMO’s constructed by the Denver PD, and the veritable circus of coverage I’ve watched today (and we haven’t even gotten to the main [...]