©Keith Tucker Bruce Mirken of the Greenlining Institute applauds Committee members who refused to accept a bad deal: Ordinary Americans should breathe a sigh of relief because we dodged a bullet,” said Greenlining Institute General Counsel Samuel S. Kang. “The committee was looking at cuts to vital programs for the elderly and other vulnerable Americans […]
©Bob Englehart In this video of Newt Gingrich speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Nov 18th (warning: starts with commercial), Newt Gingrich said: It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid. Most of these schools ought to get rid of […]
Talk about chutzpah! The government, rightly or wrongly, pulls AIG from the brink of bankruptcy and now the beneficiary cries foul. Former AIG chief, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, is suing our government for $25 billion claiming that the bailout/takeover of 80% of shares essentially robbed AIG shareholders without due compensation. If the government had not […]
CBS is reporting that three Americans were arrested in Cairo. Given that our own Iron Knee last reported from Cairo, I was concerned. Iron Knee is not one of the three unfortunate people shown in this video from CBS. It will be most interesting to hear from Iron Knee when he safely returns. – Iron […]
At least this “Ready, Aim, Misfire” is better than the more typical “Ready, Fire, Aim” we had under Bush and Cheney. – Iron Filing
©Ben Sargent One of the reasons we, as a nation, can’t agree on the answers is we’re not even clear on the questions. Is the economy for the 1% or should it work for 100%? The Center for Communication and Civic Engagement at the University of Washington has an interesting project called “What’s the Economy […]
AP reports that the large foreclosure mill, Steven J. Baum P.C., will close laying off all of it’s employees: The firm’s demise began after photographs surfaced of employees dressed like homeless people for a Halloween party in 2010, which prompted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nation’s largest mortgage lenders, to stop referrals. In October, […]
©Jeff Koterba This cartoon is from a very interesting series sponsored by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists called “Cartoons for the Classroom. Each segment is a downloadable lesson plan with a few cartoons, background information and talking points. Public school teachers have less freedom in lesson planning now than 50 years ago when […]
“Top Ten Ways The World Would Be Different If Everyone Were Named Newt” 10. Goodbye eggs Benedict; hello eggs Newt 9. Beatles broke up because ‘Newt’ couldn’t get along with ‘Newt’ 8. Trump would be known as ‘The Newt’ 7. Still have a tattoo of your ex-girlfriend’s name? No problem! 6. Santa now says, ‘On […]
One difference between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is that Mitt’s stand on issues changes whenever convenient whereas Newt holds conflicting opinions simultaneously, for a price. Mitt doesn’t have a strong core but he does seem sincere as he swings in the breeze. On the other hand, Newt has a very strong core but it’s […]
The scale of response is clearly different but mayors around the country are having similar results trying to oust Occupiers as shown below. Click on the image to read an article from the local news media which have reported this event far more accurately than national news outlets. – Iron Filing UPDATE: This shocking video […]
“Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning to occupy the subway in New York City. Because if there’s one place to confront the nation’s wealthiest 1 percent, it’s the subway.” – Conan O’Brien “New York City police went into Zuccotti Park in a midnight raid, and the mayor rode in on his pet Chihuahua. … No […]
In an American Public Media Marketplace commentary, P.J. O’Rourke accurately identifies concerns of the Occupy Wall Street movement when he states, “people are right about the sins of the financial system and right about the evil of government supporting and subsidizing this malfeasance.” But he runs off the rails when he claims that Occupiers also […]
©Garrincha Another quote from P.J. O’Rourke: Economic history since the Industrial Revolution proves — be the rich however stinking rich — we ordinary people can make more of the good things in life. But we have to make them ourselves, with our knowledge, skills and hard work. Government can’t give us good things. Government doesn’t […]
“They had a midnight raid and they cleaned out Zucotti Park where the Occupy Wall Streeters were camped out for about two months. So if you’re keeping score, here’s what the score is now: Eighty down in Zucotti Park; Wall Street executives arrested: Zero.” – David Letterman “Last night Occupy Wall Street protesters were removed […]
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