Comments on: Party Crashing AT&T and the Blue Dogs: The Best Government Money Can Buy http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:26:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596718 KayInMaine Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596718 <p>Woohoo Jane & gang! We are loving you right now! ;-)</p> Woohoo Jane & gang! We are loving you right now! ;-)

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596595 dosido Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:53:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596595 <p>Wowee! Let the tea party begin!</p> <p>friggin incredible.</p> Wowee! Let the tea party begin!

friggin incredible.

]]> By: Kelpie http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596591 Kelpie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:50:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596591 <p>Weird! If they have the good sense to be embarrassed why do they do it? Some things about people I guess i just can’t get my head around.</p> Weird! If they have the good sense to be embarrassed why do they do it? Some things about people I guess i just can’t get my head around.

]]> By: T-Bear http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596451 T-Bear Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:49:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596451 <blockquote><p>Can we start calling them cyanotic <strike>pooches</strike> putsches?</p></blockquote> <p>a silent overthrow of a constituted government must be done by someone, no?</p> <p>small repair, no charge</p>

Can we start calling them cyanotic pooches putsches?

a silent overthrow of a constituted government must be done by someone, no?

small repair, no charge

]]> By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596445 Mauimom Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:46:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596445 <p>Jane, your reporting is so much “mo betta” than the “traditional” news channels!!</p> Jane, your reporting is so much “mo betta” than the “traditional” news channels!!

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596369 selise Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:46:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596369 <p>i’m hopelessly behind today, but here’s something i found recently goldman sachs role in the temporary <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/business/30trading.html" rel="nofollow">2006 pre-election drop</a> in oil prices. i remembered reading something on this at the time, but had forgotten the details:</p> <blockquote><p>Change in Goldman Index Played Role in Gasoline Price Drop</p> <p>By HEATHER TIMMONS<br /> Published: September 30, 2006</p> <p>LONDON, Sept. 29 — Politics and worries about oil supplies may have caused gasoline prices to go up at the pump earlier this year, but one big investment bank quietly helped their rapid drop in recent weeks, according to some economists, traders and analysts.</p> <p>Goldman Sachs, which runs the largest commodity index, the G.S.C.I., said in early August that it was reducing the index’s weighting in gasoline futures significantly. The announcement did not make big headlines, but it has reverberated through the markets in the weeks since and some other investors who had been betting that gasoline would rise followed suit on their weightings.</p> <p>“They started unwinding their positions, and those other longs also rushed to the door at the same time,” said Lawrence J. Goldstein, president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation.</p></blockquote> i’m hopelessly behind today, but here’s something i found recently goldman sachs role in the temporary 2006 pre-election drop in oil prices. i remembered reading something on this at the time, but had forgotten the details:

Change in Goldman Index Played Role in Gasoline Price Drop

By HEATHER TIMMONS
Published: September 30, 2006

LONDON, Sept. 29 — Politics and worries about oil supplies may have caused gasoline prices to go up at the pump earlier this year, but one big investment bank quietly helped their rapid drop in recent weeks, according to some economists, traders and analysts.

Goldman Sachs, which runs the largest commodity index, the G.S.C.I., said in early August that it was reducing the index’s weighting in gasoline futures significantly. The announcement did not make big headlines, but it has reverberated through the markets in the weeks since and some other investors who had been betting that gasoline would rise followed suit on their weightings.

“They started unwinding their positions, and those other longs also rushed to the door at the same time,” said Lawrence J. Goldstein, president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation.

]]> By: teknohed http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596363 teknohed Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:40:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596363 <p>Nobody likes a Tattle Tel</p> Nobody likes a Tattle Tel

]]> By: Imhotep http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596352 Imhotep Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:28:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596352 <p>Blue dogs were also feted (or fetid !) after the CAFTA vote by the corps. Beaucoup bucks went into their campaign coffers for that.</p> Blue dogs were also feted (or fetid !) after the CAFTA vote by the corps. Beaucoup bucks went into their campaign coffers for that.

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596332 dmac Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:15:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596332 <p>blue’s clues.</p> <p>and then the jokes could go on from there..</p> <p>can’t wait to see the video.</p> <p>i’m off to belpre–see ya later..</p> blue’s clues.

and then the jokes could go on from there..

can’t wait to see the video.

i’m off to belpre–see ya later..

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596331 Adie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:14:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/25/party-crashing-att-and-the-blue-dogs-the-best-government-money-can-buy/#comment-1596331 <p>gathering dust? mine too.</p> <p>i eat only when i’m hungry, including plenty of times asking myself, “are you sure? try waiting 5 more minutes.”</p> <p>i avoid “empty” calories & eat plenty veggies.</p> <p>i stay active, going out of my way to walk farther during regular daily routine, regularly do moderate bouts of exercises, stretch and bend LOTS to stay flexible and keep muscles from getting sore.</p> <p>i weigh myself every few days, & don’t obsess about the daily ups & downs.</p> <p>if i’ve been really really good for awhile, and really really want that piece of pie, i cut it small and eat it without guilt.</p> <p>it’s working! but i’m not done. i’m looking fwd to not having to lug around all that xtra baggage, & already feel better.</p> <p>thanks for the good wishes. that helps too. ;-></p> gathering dust? mine too.

i eat only when i’m hungry, including plenty of times asking myself, “are you sure? try waiting 5 more minutes.”

i avoid “empty” calories & eat plenty veggies.

i stay active, going out of my way to walk farther during regular daily routine, regularly do moderate bouts of exercises, stretch and bend LOTS to stay flexible and keep muscles from getting sore.

i weigh myself every few days, & don’t obsess about the daily ups & downs.

if i’ve been really really good for awhile, and really really want that piece of pie, i cut it small and eat it without guilt.

it’s working! but i’m not done. i’m looking fwd to not having to lug around all that xtra baggage, & already feel better.

thanks for the good wishes. that helps too. ;->

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