Latest Blogs
Barney Frank: Bonuses to Financial Executives Are Bribes
Capitalism Derangement Syndrome was on full display during Wednesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing when Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) accused the financial industry executives present of needing to be bribed with bonuses to do their jobs.That's right: a bonus is now the equivalent of a bribe as far as Frank is concerned.Given the beating capitalism and the free market have been…
Finally, Good News About The Economy
Economic natural selection would doom lawyers, Congress and other 'non-essential' entities.
CBS: Obama Supporter Julio ‘Shocked’ By President’s ‘Sincerity
On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen spoke with Obama supporter Julio Asegueda, who attended the president’s economic town hall in Florida on Tuesday: "President Obama took his economic stimulus message to Fort Myers, Florida yesterday. And in the crowd of 1,500 he heard real stories of economic struggle and hardship, including from 19-year-old college student Julio Asegueda." By…
Tapper Bashes Matthews: It's Not Journalist's Job to Make Presidency W
Is ABC's Jake Tapper the White House press corps' next David Gregory or journalism's anti-Chris Matthews?Such questions were raised Tuesday in an interesting column about Tapper by the Daily Beast's Rachel Sklar.Unlike virtually all the Obama-loving media, Tapper during last year's presidential campaign was very often a refreshing impartial voice willing to take shots at all the candidates…
Julio the McDonald's Guy Panned by Public
Oooh, this is such a blessing to see you, Mr. President! Thank you for taking time out of your day! Oooooh! Precious God! Thank you so much! Ooooh! Your humble correspondent is desperate to own a Kindle 2 reader so he can have access to thousands of books at any time. However, the price is a bit out of my budget! If you could help me to get one, Mr. President, I will continue to slobber over you!…
British Columnist: 'Has Barack Obama’s Presidency Already Failed
Imagine for a moment an American newspaper publishing a column with the following opening sentence:Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed? Not in a million years, right?Well, on Wednesday, one of the most respected international publications, the Financial Times of London, published such an article written by its associate editor and chief economics commentator Martin Wolf. In it was an…
Bernanke: 'Too Big To Fail' Not Fair to Smaller Banks
Federal Reserve Chairman calls rationale 'a serious, serious problem.'
Obama 'Politicizes' White House Counsel Office -- Where are Media Call
Back in 2007, many media outlets and their co-conspirators on the left were aghast that George W. Bush would try to place an "opposition researcher" for the GOP into the U.S. attorney general's office in Arkansas. In high dudgeon, these folks claimed that Bush was "politicizing" the White House counsel and pinned it all on the evil Karl Rove. Bush's appointment was scuttled to satisfy critics.…
CNN: Gore and Krugman Won Nobel Prizes -- It Can't Be That Hard
How often do you see someone on television deride media darlings Al Gore and Paul Krugman in virtually the same sentence?Not often, right?Well, on Monday's "Situation Room," CNN contributor Alex Castellanos deliciously did exactly that, and actually evoked some nervous laughter from studio members (video available here, partial transcript follows):
ABC's Moran: Obama 'Too Nice,' Empathizes: 'You Got No Honeymoon
In excerpts aired on Tuesday's World News, of Terry Moran's interview with President Barack Obama for Nightline, Moran was as sycophantic toward Obama as he was during the campaign, lamenting Obama “got no honeymoon” and bemoaning the new President had been “too nice” to Republicans. “Mr. President,” Moran rued in overlooking the ongoing honeymoon from the media, “you got no honeymoon. Not a…