Cronyism

Another Rick Perry Staffer Ensnared In Teacher Death Bond Scheme

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Texas, Corruption, Ubs, Phil Gramm, Education, Perry, Cronyism, Insurance, Wall Street, Economy, Death Bonds, Ray Sullivan, Politcs, Jobs, Teachers, Rick Perry, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Texas Governor Rick Perry's ties to Swiss banking giant UBS go beyond his relationship with former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas). Perry's cu...

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Better Off Dead: Confidential Notes Show Rick Perry's Role In Life Insurance Scheme Targeting Teachers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Phil Gramm, Cronyism, Austin, Elections 2012, Pensions, Dead Peasants Insurance, Aig, Public School Teachers, Texas, Ubs, Retirees, Insurance, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Gop, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before Thanksgiving in 2003, top officials from Texas Governor Rick Perry's office pitched an unusual offer to the state's ret...

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The Merits of LIFO

Arthur Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Cronyism, Education News

Blanche DuBois famously trusted in the kindness of strangers. Personally, I'm not willing to take that leap of faith. Nor are 80,000 working UFT teachers.

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Afghan People Suffering Under Powerful Elite Tied To Karzai, U.S.

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan War, Abdul Hussain Fahim, Afghanistan War, Karkar, Cement, Cronyism, Afghanistan, Ghori, Mahmoud Karzai, Aic, Afghan Mining, Iran, Hamid Karzai, World News

Shovel-wielding miners in rags and plastic shoes, some with the protruding ribs and work-ravaged pallor of labor camp prisoners, toil deep inside this...

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Health Insurers Have It All But Want Still More

Norman Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cronyism, Wall Street, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Politics News

The health insurance industry has us all by the throat -- and yet they want more! They have a "10 Point Stranglehold Program" on America -- but they want 13. Here's what I mean:

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Taking the Wheels Off the Machine

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hoboken, Corruption, Machine Politics, Cronyism, New Jersey, Fbi, Politics News

New Jersey's progressive movement should see Cammarano's demise as an opportunity. It's our chance to pry the state's Democratic Party from the patronage system that put "business as usual" before accountability.

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Louis Susman: Obama's UK Ambassador Pick Another Chicago Ally

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cronyism, Louis Susman, Foreign Affairs, England, Obama Ambassadorships, UK Ambassadorship, United Kingdom Ambassador, Louis Susman Ambassador to Britain, Obama Cronyism, Advocacy, World News

A little bit of Chicago is about to descend on the Court of St James's. Barack Obama, in spite of promising to end cronyism in Washington, is about to...

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Who Needs the Right When the Left Has Itself?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Left, Bill Scher, Baltimore, Cronyism, Bush, Ann Coulter, Fart, Opinion, Obama, Journalism, First Black President, Caroline Kennedy, Liberal Oasis, App, Rod Blagojevich, Cabinet, Blacks, People of Color, Rick Warren, Sarah Palin, New Media, Harry Reid, Right, Mayor Sheila Dixon, African-Americans, Big Tent Party, Senate Majority Leader, Advocacy, Minorities, Politics News

This is the nub of it for me with the Lefties: they do not truly understand who they are, nor what they are motivated by. The slightest bump in the road leads to anarchy or dissent.

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Pay-To-Play: Inauguration Tickets, Only $12,500 Each!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.

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Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power & Money [Update]

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Failing Bailout, Government Bailout, Cronyism, Bailout, Henry Paulson, Paulson Secrecy, Politics News

Now, with bipartisan congressional anger mounting, we may see a forceful legislative campaign to take back what remaining money Paulson wants to give away to his friends on Wall Street.

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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Good Government, Cronyism, Ronald Reagan, Liberals, George W. Bush, Marital Status, Bullies, Iraq, 2008 Presidential Election, Media, Michelle Malkin, Maggie Gallagher, Wall Street Journal, Michael McManus, Conservatives, Ceos, Pat Roberson, Katrina, George Allen, Wrecking Crew, John McCain, Regulatory Agencies, Rush Limbaugh, Brownie, Science, Fema, Gipper, Monica Goodling, Mary Matalin, Gangsters, Barack Obama, Thomas Frank, Armstrong Williams, Gingrich Revolution, Baghdad, New York Times, Lobbying Reform, William Kristol, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

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