You can break the contracts of unions, but you can’t break the contract of bonus to Wall Street executives?

Bailed out banks can take tax payer money and use it to lobby congress and contribute to political campaigns.

But the EFCA is the most threatening issue facing American prosperity. Not two wars and terrorism and the economic melt down. Its the EFCA?

Amazing isn’t it. I’ve been wondering how it is we’ve produced two cultures (at least, in political terms) so different as the Bushie Repubs and the Democrats. Now I have to gawk in amazement at the amazingly stupid blind Wall St. crowd (not really limited to Wall St.). I think Sen. McCaskill hit the nail on the head — “idiots”.

Health care will be the biggest threat when it comes up.

They should be working on that now, though I expect the financial industry reform will have to slide into first place on the legislative agenda as it’s going to require some real cooperation from the Executive and both chambers of Congress. In many ways it’s also more complicated.

But, once health care reform comes to the fore it should be pretty well done since some people have been working on this for a long time.

Big investers can “risk” money for high returns as a risk taker.

When the risk becomes loss, Taxpayers fund their bailouts.

When someone loses their job their house is foreclosed on.

You can break the contracts of unions, but you can’t break the contract of bonus to Wall Street executives?

Bailed out banks can take tax payer money and use it to lobby congress and contribute to political campaigns.

But the EFCA is the most threatening issue facing American prosperity. Not two wars and terrorism and the economic melt down. Its the EFCA?

Health care will be the biggest threat when it comes up.

It is like, Ted Kennedy is the most liberal in congress. Then it was Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary, Obama, Barney Frank, Pelosi, Harry Reed, Pat Lehey, and so on and so on. How can all of these folks be “the Most Liberal”?
It is like the movie Highlander-”Their can be only one”……………..

Spectre must go.

Sen. Specter is trying to get the State Senate to make his primary open so independents can vote in the Republican primary. They are not going for it, so the only chance he has is to run as an independent.

He may have have made a deal with the Devil, so that he can run unopposed in exchange for not voting for cloture.

Like most deals with the Devil, this one may have a catch. “You should have read the fine print Sen. Specter. The deal was ‘we’ would not run anyone against you. If a Republican independently decides to run against you that is none of our concern.”

Or a volcano in Alaska erupting again this evening?

What odds would the hedgers have put on that?

[This is cosmic,folks,Jindal arguing against volcano research funding,and then Mt. Redoubt blows 5 times up in Alaska,a couple of days ago.

God, what does that bode for La. since he turned down stimulus money?]

Yes,thank you,I did-AFTER I made the post here,darn.

The Tax Justice Network has been one of my favorite pit stops for about a year now.

Lucy Komisar was instrumental in the creation of the international wathdog site,based in London.SUPER reference site,as it is continuously updated.

This is in addition to her home site Komisar Scoop.

This lady is truly a woman for all seasons and its unfortunate she has not gotten the much deserved recognition for her intellect and longtime efforts .[She goes back to early civil rights activism in ’60’s South,btw,although she is a New Yorker.]

A real unsung heroine,imho.