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openleft.com - 3/20/2009
Choices
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I have been wrestling all day with what to write about this AIG mess. On the one hand, as anyone who reads my stuff knows, I am a big supporter and admirer of President Obama, and was a part of Team Obama during the transition.  I strongly support his bold progressive plans on healthcare, ...
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 3/18/2009
Two Choices
— attackerman.firedoglake.com — totally agree, I think that once the listserv exists, members surely have a reasonable expectation that things... said there remain private. However, clearly it is not the case that this right to privacy extends to the point where third parties cannot ... (more) Two Choices
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openleft.com - 3/18/2009
Complicated Problems, Simple Choices
— openleft.com — The enormous complexity of the economic mess that we are in makes an incredibly smart man like... President Obama understandably irritated with people who want to simplify everything down to a quick either/or equation.  I understand that, and am ... (more) Complicated Problems, Simple Choices

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americablog.com - 3/15/2009
AIG is doing it again
— americablog.com — What the hell does it take to get someone to shut this team down? The AP is... reporting $165 million in bonuses while the Wall Street Journal claims the number is $450 million . They obviously have too many friends in all the right places because this ... (more) AIG is doing it again

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Blogometer:  3/20: First They Came For Our Bonuses...

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3/20: First They Came For Our Bonuses...
Blogometer — ... the significance of the AIG bonus scandal, saying, "People are not sitting around their kitchen tables thinking about AIG. They are thinking about their own jobs": GEITHNER: The Pile-On Continues Liberal bloggers are harshly criticizing Obama's economic team -- especially Geithner: Lux : "I know you don't like us bloggers who over-simplify things, Mr. President, but this is gut-check time: you have to decide which side you are on. Many of my friends are calling for Tim Geithner's head, but I don't think that is what this is about. You as President need to decide which way you ...

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