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From The Feed: One of the Big Three's Big Three take questions
December 19, 2008 - GM CEO Rick Waggoner shows off the genial chemistry he shares with COO Fritz Henderson and CFO Ray Young...Filed under: Wagoner, General Motors, GM, GM Bailout, Auto Bailout, General Motors Bailout, Big Three, Big 3, Auto Industry Bailout, Detroit Bailout
Planned Parenthood lets you say, "your next abortion is on me!"
December 5, 2008 - The right-wing fringe has a new obsession- the Planned Parenthood gift certificate...Filed under: Planned Parenthood gift certificate, abortion gift certificate, Planned Parenthood Indiana, Planned Parenthood Indiana gift certificates, Planned Parenthood Christmas, Christmas abortion, Christmas abortion gift certificate, Planned Parenthood Christmas gift, Planned Parenthood Christmas abortion, Planned Parenthood gift, Planned Parenthood holiday, Planned Parenthood holiday gift, holiday health services, Planned Parenthood health services, Planned Parenthood, Right to Life
From The Feed: A publicity stunt worthy of DJ Qualls
December 3, 2008 - The CEO's of Detroit's Big (but quickly shrinking) Three are driving hybrid cars to Washington to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to Rick Wagoner of GM's girlfriend...Filed under: Alan Mulally, Automaker Bailout, Automakers, Big Three, Big Three CEOs, Cars, Economy, Financial Crisis, Rick Wagoner, Robert Nardelli, Business
From The Room: Henry Paulson Suggests Allocating $35 Billion of Rescue Funds to Henry Paulson
November 24, 2008 - NPNR's David Overbearing reports on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee...
23/6 Video: Joe and Noah's $700 Billion Bailout Deal
October 1, 2008 - We know of two citizens of Main Street who aren't waiting for congress to look after them, and their names are Joe and Noah. These two kids represent the American enterprising spirit at its best. Especially Noah. That dude has been up for like four days already, doing nothing...
Bank CEOs- should they be drawn, quartered, hung, shot or forced to fire the night nanny? You decide
September 22, 2008 - According to Politico, one of the main sticking points in the bailout bill is the issue of limits on executive compensation -- maybe because this is one of the few parts of the bill anybody can understand. The Democrats think the executives shouldn't be rewarded for screwing up, to which...Filed under: Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, Treausury Secretary Henry Paulson, $700 billion rescue plan, $700 billion bailout, government bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street CEO Pay, CEO Salaries, CEO Salary Cap, Congress CEO Salaries Wall Street, House Financial Services Committee, Congress FInancial Services, Congress imposes salary limit, Congress Debate Government Bailout, Government Bailout, AIG, Lehmen Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch
EDITORIAL: The liberal media's attacks on the dollar won't work
September 15, 2008 - The economic world woke up today to find the Dow plunging and two major financial institutions falling apart, and yet one significant aspect of this crisis seems to be going unreported. Namely, that our currency is being subjected to unfair and vicious attacks by the media. It's demeaning and...
Ladies, the Lehman Brothers are no longer considered marriage material
September 15, 2008 - We don't understand why Lehman Brothers went bankrupt (something about minority homeowners?), but we do understand that we're screwed. Our staffers responded in kind to the following question: Where will you put your money...
From The Feed: Bill O'Reilly to take down big oil in policy standoff (video)
August 6, 2008 - "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" looks at Bill O'Reilly's energy policy gas gimmick...
Exxon Mobil earned $11.68 billion in three months—how'd you do?
July 31, 2008 - Poor Exxon Mobil. They just can't seem to catch a break. After reporting the largest quarterly profit in U.S. history...Filed under: Exxon, Exxon Mobile, Exxon Mobile Corp, Exxon Mobile Corporation, Exxon Corp, Exxon profits, Exxon record profits, Exxon price of oil, Exxon Iraq, Exxon Saudi Arabia, Exxon Iraq war, Exxon economy, economy Exxon, Exxon $4 gas, Exxon four dollar gas, Exxon gas, Exxon 14 percent, Exxon 14%, Exxon second quarter, Exxon second quarter profits, Exxon 2nd quarter, Exxon highest profits, Exxon 11.68 billion, 11.68 billion, Exxon 11 billion, Exxon Valdez
From The Feed: Harry Shearer on "Countdown" (video)
July 24, 2008 - Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown", riffs with Harry Shearer (of "The Simpsons," "This is Spinal Tap," and "Le Show" fame) about oil prices and the blame game...
From The Room: Bush Caught Supplying Economy with Alcohol
July 24, 2008 - In a recent private fundraiser, President Bush revealed to a media-free (but not cell phone free) crowd that he had knowledge of Wall Street imbibin...Filed under: George Bush Wall St hungover, George Bush hungover, Wall Street got drunk, Wall St got drunk, Wall St got a hangover, Wall Street got a hangover, George Bush Wall St got drunk, George Bush Wall Street got drunk, George Bush got drunk, Bush Wall Street got drunk, Bush Wall St got drunk, Bush Wall St got a hangover, Bush Wall Street got a hangover, government bailout, Freddie Fannie, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae bailout, Freddie Mac bailout, foreclosure, foreclosure rate, mortgage crisis
From The Room: What Was Wall Street Drinking?
July 23, 2008 - As always, when Bush says something succinct and kind of funny, the Republicans try to hide it. That's right. Bush said that Wall Street got drunk, and now it's hung over. And it's waking up next to China. And in the morning light? Uh-uh, it do...Filed under: George Bush Wall St hungover, George Bush hungover, Wall Street got drunk, Wall St got drunk, Wall St got a hangover, Wall Street got a hangover, George Bush Wall St got drunk, George Bush Wall Street got drunk, George Bush got drunk, Bush Wall Street got drunk, Bush Wall St got drunk, Bush Wall St got a hangover, Bush Wall Street got a hangover, government bailout, Freddie Fannie, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae bailout, Freddie Mac bailout, foreclosure, foreclosure rate, mortgage crisis
Thought Process Flowchart: the hungover economy, literally in the toilet
July 23, 2008 - President George W. Bush has always used simple, folksy language to summarize major issues, but never so personally as last Friday, when he was caught on tape at a Republican fundraiser talking about...Filed under: George Bush Wall St hungover, George Bush hungover, Wall Street got drunk, Wall St got drunk, Wall St got a hangover, Wall Street got a hangover, George Bush Wall St got drunk, George Bush Wall Street got drunk, George Bush got drunk, Bush Wall Street got drunk, Bush Wall St got drunk, Bush Wall St got a hangover, Bush Wall Street got a hangover, government bailout, Freddie Fannie, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae bailout, Freddie Mac bailout, foreclosure, foreclosure rate, mortgage crisis, subprime mortgage crisis, Freddy Mac, Fed bailout, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve,
From The Room: Welcome to Camp Mogul
July 23, 2008 - My irreverent friend, Khan Manka, Chairman & CEO of Manka Brothers Studios, had broken his ankle and was afraid he wouldn't be able to attend the 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho. I really wanted to spy on...
