commentarymagazine.com - 3/30/2009
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Senator Corker calls the car company takeover “a power grab.” And it also seems to be a grab for the mere sake of asserting the government’s muscle. If this report is to be believed, then this is all an elaborate charade to hide . . . yes . . . a good old fashioned bankruptcy ...
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Sister Toldjah —
... the head of GM to step downa>, which he did). About the only thing I find remotely humorous about any of this is the Photoshop the Exurban League blog created of the front lawn of the WH:
… as well as Scott Ott’s “Obama Taps Ralph Nader to Run GM, Nader Joins UAW” piece (h/t: Ed Driscoll).
On a more serious note, Jennifer Rubin sums up the thoughts of many: ...
Morning Skim: Iran's 'Worst-Case' Scenario, And More
Opinionator —
... announced yesterday: I’ll have to confess initial skepticism about the president’s Automotive Task Force, but so far I’m impressed. Business executives are supposed to be hard-nosed realists, but we heard more realism from Mr. Obama yesterday than we’ve heard from Detroit in years. Commentary : Jennifer Rubin asks if Obama’s plan for G.M. and Chrysler is really just “all about him”? At some point it becomes clear that this administration’s main goal is not recovery but the elevation of the government, and of this president in particular, above all other economic players. ...
Tomorrow's News Reported Yesterday That Was Actually Published The Day Before Yesterday
The Jawa Report —
April 01, 2009 Tomorrow's News Reported Yesterday That Was Actually Published The Day Before Yesterday The day before yesterday: At some point it becomes clear that this administrations main goal is not recovery but the elevation of the government, and of this president in particular, above all other economic players. Some would say its bold. Others would say its the road to tyranny. ...
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This will be my final post in this discussion, so let me once again offer my thanks to the participants, and to everyone who posted comments. One of my big complaints about the bulk of the columns and articles that have been written so far about ...