Elizabeth Warren grills IN Treasurer Mourdock
I missed that there was actually a recording of the Congressional Oversight Panel’s hearings on the GM and Chrysler bankruptcies in Detroit. As reported in the Detroit Free Press, the real fireworks came at the end of the show: And…
Why isn’t Brian Williams howling from the mountaintops?
Several years back, on an old blog, I transcribed a bit of C-SPAN program featuring Brian Williams and Walter Cronkite. Williams, responding to a question about the influence of advertisers on news, said: Two other points: never have I ever…
Washington Post’s New Editorial Team-Two Dudes And A Web Cam
Washington Post’s New Editorial Team-TDAAWC
The Truth About Healthcare Public Option — Howard Dean
The Truth About Healthcare Public Option — Howard Dean
Stephen Pearlstein sums up Mourdock’s Chrysler challenge
Several years ago a number of Indiana’s state pension funds decided to invest $17 million in Chrysler debt at what looked to be the bargain price of 43 cents on the dollar. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out and Chrysler slipped…
Burton Responds, Ducks Responsibility
Dan Burton’s campaign staff have apparently taken issue with my post from yesterday, even if they mis-attributed the post to Thomas. (They also refused to link to my post, but hey – they’re Republicans.) Congressman Burton has spoken to this…
Dan Burton: “Destroyed” by Debt
In a breathless post on his campaign blog, Dan Burton writes that “[w]e are in a situation right now to destroy the United States of America”. Is it terrorism, of the domestic or international variety? Is it closing Guantanamo, or…
Worst Defense of Mourdock Award
There have been some pretty specious attempts at defending Mourdock’s quixotic attempts to slow or halt the Chrysler bankruptcy, but I think this one takes the cake. Shorter Abdul: Losing $6 million dollars on a bad investment is the same…
