By MataHarley on May 5, 2009 in Auto Industry, Economy, General Motors & Chrysler | 20 Comments
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned for the next story up by Larry Doyle, “Hedge Fund Manager Responds to Barack’s Bullying.” Just three days ago, No Quarter, a handful of blogs and a thimbleful of major media caught on to the Chrysler holdout firms’ attorney, Tom Lauria, and his accusations that Obama’s auto czar, Steven Rattner, threated [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 24, 2009 in Advertising, Bamboozling, General Motors & Chrysler, New York Times, Newsweek | 26 Comments
What is the Constitutionality of a Newspaper Bailout? That was the question recently posed by Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com. This issue has come to the fore because various members of Congress are currently considering such an action. Without even commenting as to any possible First Amendment breach by virtue of news organizations being [...]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 10, 2009 in General Motors & Chrysler, treasury department | 50 Comments
Well would you look at the Piece of Crap GM hopes to put on the road? A death trap named PUMA, of all things. How come Ralph Nader doesn’t spend more time doing what he was actually good at instead of running for President? There was a time when Ole Ralph would have had a [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 1, 2009 in American Consumers, Arrogance, Auto Industry, Banking Institutions, Economic Stimulus, Economy, General Motors & Chrysler, Obama Administration, Obamatopia Mirage, President Barack Obama | 77 Comments
See, this is what worries me most. As Nocturnal Warrior said over and over again tonight on his otherwise light and hilarious show, we have the “Resume President.” And this move was solely because Obama’d been perceived as soft on AIG, so he wanted to be seen as tough, and add “Tough Guy” to his [...]
By Larry Johnson on Mar 30, 2009 in Auto Industry, Commerce, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, G20, General Motors & Chrysler, Governance, President Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Tom Daschle, U.S. Treasury, Workers, treasury department | 156 Comments
(This is essential reading that I bumped up – Susan) Remember when George Bush and Dick Cheney could rely on the many in the media to help them euphemize that dirty word, “torture?” It wasn’t torture, it was “enhanced interrogation.” That’s like calling the amputation of a leg, “enhanced skin removal below the waist.” For [...]