google.com - 11/20/2008
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23 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing ...
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Bush: What’s 3 Million Jobs Compared to 70 Billion Wall Street Bonuses?
Firedoglake —
... Shorter Paulson, "700 billion to make sure my Wall Street buddies could pay 70 billion in bonuses was ok. 25 billion to save 3 million jobs, forget it."
Shorter AP Lede: "It's all Democrats Fault, Republicans in Congress bear no blame at all."
Krugman on Auto Bridge Failure: You’re putting millions of jobs at risk!
Firedoglake —
... Commenting on Congress' willingness to leave the decision to a stupid game of "chicken" with the White House, Krugman added, "We're on the verge of an irreversible decision taken almost in a fit of absence of mind." ...
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Brilliant at Breakfast —
... The minority GOP and the White House proved it yet again when they stood in the way of the Democratic-led Congress approving a relatively modest $25 billion bailout of the auto industry that, unlike the much larger bailout bill of the home lenders, actually involves human fucking beings. Auto workers? (Zzzzip, fwap fwap fwap. Splort! "Ahhhh. Fuck you, get your own towel.") ...
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Senate cancels vote on doomed auto bailout
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news.yahoo.com 11/20/2008 — AP - A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president.
Obama Gives McCain The Finger (video)
youtube.com 11/3/2008 — Just as he did with Hillary more than once, while praising John McCain at a rally he gives him the finger by "scratching" his face with his middle ...
It… Begins
sadlyno.com 11/22/2008 —
Once again this year, rather than destroy Christmas in the usual way — by saying ‘happy holidays,’ and sticking people in the butt with giant, sharpened candy canes, and peeing in creches, and saying “Mmm, these Necco wafers are ...
Obama’s Middle Finger
theanchoressonline.com 11/3/2008 — As I have said before, The middle finger is the first refuge of the 14 year old. Or the maturity-challenged perpetual adolescents.
When he was caught flipping off Hillary Clinton , Obama’s camp said the idea that he was using his middle ...
And so it begins
thenextright.com 11/8/2008 — Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. But you may not have a choice in the matter.
Well, this is interesting. Greg Mankiw found Obama's President-Elect transition website endorsing a ...
Obama Gives McCain the Middle Finger
minx.cc 11/3/2008 — Just as he mentions his name. Which is precisely how he did it with Hillary, when he thought he was on the verge of winning. Thanks to someone....
Auto No Go
corner.nationalreview.com 12/5/2008 — Detroit, Mich. -- They can't get it done.
That is the backroom word on Capitol Hill as auto executives from the Detroit Three wrapped up a second, and final, day of hearings before the House in attempt to get a $35 billion loan to keep them ...
No to the Auto Bailout
frum.nationalreview.com 11/13/2008 — Don't bail out the automakers, I urge on "Marketplace" today:
Time was when General Motors alone ranked among the largest employers in the United Stat... . . .
Warner Music Nixes YouTube
littlegreenfootballs.com 12/21/2008 — The struggle over YouTube’s slice of the internet pie is getting mean: Warner Music pulls videos from YouTube .
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warner Music Group ordered YouTube on Saturday to remove all music videos by its artists from the popular online video-sharing site after contract ...
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