pajamasmedia.com - 11/19/2008
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I’M NOT SURPRISED: Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Washington to Beg for Funds.
abcnews.go.com - 11/19/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
The CEOs of the big three automakers flew
to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets...
to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy. The ...
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Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds
mudvillegazette.com - 11/14/2008
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mudvillegazette.com —
I'm not. Glenn Reynolds : "THE WAR IS
OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from...
Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. He adds that Mike will be headed back to ...
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Bailout hypocrisy: Detroit's jets
TigerHawk —
ABC News is running a segment savaging the CEOs of Ford and General Motors for flying on corporate jets to Washington to plead for bailout funds. Commentary below. Commentary Regular readers know that I stand up for corporate executives more than virtually any other blogger of the left or right, so I hope I have some credibility when I say that there is no reason why the CEO of any money-losing public company, no matter how huge, should fly on private jets for routine travel between major cities (such as from Detroit to Washington). These guys ought to be ashamed of ...
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Flying Private Jets to Beg for a Bailout
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Private Jets
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/19/2008 — You would think that if car company executives wanted to take private jets to DC they could at least share a single private jet rather than going in three separate private jets:
Wagoner’s private jet trip to Washington cost his ailing company ...
You May Be Surprised….
dailypundit.com 11/29/2008 — John Ringo > Home
A French Infantryman’s View of American Soldiers
Read this gem. It will make your day.
Lawmaker asks auto CEOs to sell private jets
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 11/20/2008 — Download | Play Download | Play Auto industry CEOs appeared on Capitol Hill today to ask for a $25 billion bailout. At least one lawmaker believes that the CEOs should change their luxury travel habits before getting access to ...
Auto CEOs Like Their Private Jets, but Union Busting is the Goal
crooksandliars.com 11/20/2008 — Download | Play Download | Play (h/t David) Auto industry CEOs appeared on Capitol Hill today to ask for a $25 billion bailout. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) asked the top execs if they would be willing sell their corporate jets and ...
GM execs give up some private jets after embarassing hearing.
thinkprogress.org 11/21/2008 — Earlier this week, Big Three automaker CEOs were ridiculed by members of Congress for taking private jets to Washington to plea for a federal bailout. Today, ABC reports that GM is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service allegedy ...
Have we beaten the CEOs up enough?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 11/20/2008 — Matt Yglesias and I are debating whether the CEOs of major financial institutions are walking away from the financial crisis laughing, or whether they have actually been punished by the failure of their firms and loss of their jobs. Matt makes ...
Housing agency loosens foreclosure aid rules —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will loosen terms of its foreclosure-prevention effort so that the program, meant to backstop $300 billion in home loans, can be more effective, the agency said on Wednesday. ...
Huckabee: Not settling old scores —
CNN Political Ticker 11/19/2008
Huckabee appeared on The Situation Room Monday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday he's not trying to settle old scores with his onetime GOP rival Mitt Romney, despite sharply criticizing ...
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