emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 12/19/2008
—
The President of the United States just dictated that American corporations pay their employees significantly less than the employees of foreign owned manufacturers. And/or, he dictated that American corporations pick the pocket of their senior retirees.
That's the take-away of the bailout ...
boomantribune.com - 12/20/2008
—
boomantribune.com —
Dan Eggen reports: It was bad enough for
President Bush to have shoes tossed at his head...
during his farewell journey to Baghdad. Now comes a new poll in which Americans call Bush all sorts of names -- some of them a lot worse than "dog." In a poll ...
(more)
Bush is a Criminal
Comments
Blog Reactions
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... writes, noting that Bush's wage-cut provision is non-binding. By including the Senate GOP's wage demands as targets, however, Bush has effectively raided the pensions and salaries of UAW workers, emptywheel contends. And Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker's ...
Hullabaloo —
... However, what's not in the WSJ write-up, significantly, is that the Bush plan would mirror the Southern-state union-busting plan by significantly reducing American wages: ...
If UAW Must Make Concessions, Why Not Dan Quayle’s Cerberus Capital?
Firedoglake —
... When Bush offered up non-binding "targets" as to how the Detroit automakers can achieve "financial viability," three of the four required blue collar UAW workers to make concessions: ...
Cerberus Still Seeking to Privatize Profit, Pass on Risk?
Firedoglake —
... As I've suggested, one of the two ways the UAW can meet Bob Corker's Cerberus' demands is to agree to allow Chrysler to renege on its promises to Chrysler retirees. ...
Related Content
Terminated: Why the Women of Wall Street Are Disappearing
forbes.com 2/27/2009 — Nadine Mentor, 29, had just landed in New York--and found out, she says, that she'd bagged one of the biggest gets of her career at Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ): a role for the bank leading a bond offering, valued at as much as $400 million, ...
Breaking: American People Really Don't Like Bush
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/26/2008 — As President Bush gets ready to leave office, a new CNN poll lays out the extent to which the American people despise him.
CNN asked respondents whether various positive attributes applied to President Bush. In all cases the answer was No, and in ...
Bush and Public Opinion
pewresearch.org 12/18/2008 — Just 11% say Bush will be remembered as an outstanding or above average president -- by far the lowest positive end-of-term rating for any of the past four presidents. Yet Bush's impact on public opinion over the past eight years is seen in ways that ...
Katrina and Bush
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 1/1/2009 — Presidential
Not presidential
So everyone is talking about the Vanity Fair article in which Bush aides say that Katrina is what did him in. I don't think that's entirely true, but what I'd like to focus on is why Katrina was such a problem for ...
Halperin Hearts Bush
dailykos.com 1/2/2009 — What next? Is he going to want to see Bush's face on Mt. Rushmore ? Let's take just three things that are totally wrong about Halperin's analysis: 1) Halperin asserts Bush didn't want the presidency as much as most people who seek it. Well ...
Mr. President, will you answer the question?
dir.salon.com 12/17/2008 — Dec 3, 2004 | George W. Bush has held far fewer solo news conferences than any president in the modern era. And when he does meet with the press, he avoids direct answers so brazenly that there is scant little value in it anyway. It's time the White ...
Bush Apologetics 9-11-01
themoderatevoice.com 1/1/2009 — A bit about my history with the outgoing Bush Administration: I volunteered, worked as a paid advance staffer, and served in two transition teams for President George W. Bush from June of 1999 through the summer of 2002. I worked for him because I ...
President Obama Delivers Remarks to State Department Employees
washingtonpost.com 1/23/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
Bush: I Didn't Compromise My Soul To Be Popular
huffingtonpost.com 12/18/2008 — WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush knows he's unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: "I didn't compromise my soul to be a popular guy." In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team ...
Bush hosts Abbas in farewell visit —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/19/2008
President George W. Bush and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are assessing the stalled U.S.-backed negotiations with Israel that will almost certainly fail to meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal.
Bush signs off on Clinton pay cut —
CNN Political Ticker 12/19/2008
Hillary Clinton's salary will drop to pre-2007 amount.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Bush cleared the way Friday for Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state, signing a law that removes a potential constitutional barrier for the New ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
