mydd.com - 3/31/2009
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Re: Rewarding Failure At Treasury ( none / 0 ) Obama himself said the buck stops with him and it's his responsibility. I suggest we start holding his feet to the fire. The current situation is unacceptable. I know where I will be April 11th, why don't you all join me. ...
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... just started another Mac vs. PC flameware. But seriously, if you are on a PC, inoculate yourself against this beast of a bug. Yup. I have no interest in raising a single dime for any Blue Dog wannabees. It's no longer "more Democrats". The biggest dnager to a progressive agenda in the House aren't the irrelevant Republicans, but obnoxious Blue Dogs. It's time for Better Democrats. So it's not just Bush that rewards failure. Obama is doing it as well. Tim Geithner's new nominee for number two at the Treasury ...
Treasury gets even worse
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... institutions, tangentially helping create today’s mess — and his role drafting it could come under questioning at his upcoming confirmation hearings. Our reporter, Ryan Derousseau, came across Wolin’s role in researching our big profile of Wolin at WhoRunsGov.com. Stuart Eizenstat, a deputy Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, confirmed that as Treasury’s general counsel at the time, Wolin “provided the technical and legal drafting” for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.Josh Orton thinks this is "obnoxious" and adds: The WH thinks Krugman's "naive," ...
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