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Who to Blame for the Oil Spill

June 11, 2010

Well, if we lived in Southpark we would blame it on Canada.  Unfortunately for us we do not live in the cartoon village of Southpark and fortunately for Canada it is one of the few entities that has not had a finger of blame pointed at it.  I’m sure someone is trying to think of [...]

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We Drilled and We Killed

May 30, 2010
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Well, we all remember the mantra of the Republican National Convention.  The Repugs were chanting “Drill, Baby, Drill” as if drilling for oil was the only issue at the time.  Needless to say, I guess they had not seen the quarterly stock reports at that time.  They would have known that lack of regulation had [...]

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BP, Transocean, and Halliburton Form Menage a Trois Over Oil Spill

May 11, 2010
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BernieHund has been away for a few weeks, dreaming of spending some time on the beach.  Ah… the best laid plans of dogs and cats… Sometimes the overflow of information just makes the best of us want to run and hide.  To be honest, the fight for healthcare reform took so much of my time [...]

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Immigration Reform and the Dirty Little Secrets of Immigration Jails

January 9, 2010

Thanks to the New York Times and the ACLU,  information finally obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, we are finally getting the “rest of the story” — the ugly story of immigration detainees and immigration jails.  Whatever position an American may have on the immigration reform our nation so desperately needs, none among us [...]

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Where is the Change I Believed In?

December 18, 2009
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President Barack Obama campaigned on the power of hope.  We supported his dream for America — and what we thought was the dream for us.  For many of us, hope is all that is left now that reality has slapped us in the face.  In recent days we have seen the administration discount some of [...]

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The Failures in Health Care Reform Bill Mount

December 15, 2009
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President Barack Obama called the Democratic Caucus to the White House for a meeting today.  Apparently, the ultimatum was to pass health care reform even if there is little or no reform in the now deformed bill.  I’m still on the mailing list and yes, I still have a glimmer or hope.  Recently I received [...]

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American Public Wins in House over Credit Card Banks

April 30, 2009

Perhaps, it was the November election of President Barack Obama that helped wake up Congress.  Or, perhaps the banks are short of lobby cash to pay off the reps and senators.  Or, perhaps change is really happening. Whatever is going on, the House of Representatives slapped the banks and bankers today when they voted on [...]

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Geithner Goes to Congress, Obama Goes Online

March 26, 2009

The G-O team of Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner and President Barack Obama were the stars of today’s showtime. Secretary Geithner once again faced questions before the House Financial Services Committee, this time about reform: “To address this will require comprehensive reform,” Geithner said in prepared testimony for a House Financial Services Committee hearing. “Not [...]

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AIG Gets Some Bonuses Back with Resignations

March 23, 2009

Under pressure to return the over $200 Million in bonuses, 15 of 20 executives in the Financial Products division have returned their bonuses.  The Financial Products group, most commonly referred to in Congressional testimony as the “FP” is the rogue division that took AIG from a well respected insurance company to the high rolling gambler [...]

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SEC Trains Market Cops (to Take the Blinders Off?)

March 23, 2009

Oh, please!  According to Reuters Burned by their failure to uncover the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, U.S. securities regulators are ramping up training of staff on how to spot the warning signs of market swindles. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been widely criticized for failing to spot the $65 billion fraud carried out [...]

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