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Borrowing from this Hit & Run comment : It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.
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talkingpointsmemo.com — Why is Rick Wagoner getting the boot while the management of the big banks remains in place?... Whatever resonance the question has on first blush, it gets more complicated on further inspection. Citi does not have the same CEO it did at the start of ... (more) Just a Thought
I Thought They Were Good At This Stuff
eschatonblog.com — It's been sort of weird watching the Republicans flail about. Those of us who began our political... lives in the 90s have, I think, been assuming that if there's one thing the Republicans know how to do was be an opposition party. And now, despite a ... (more) I Thought They Were Good At This Stuff
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Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... “It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.” - Radley Balko “I don’t know if you know this or not but starting today the United States government will stand behind your warranty on a newly purchased General Motors car.  Now, that’s going to be cool, isn’t it?  You take your car in for a problem and you’re going to have to argue with the government representative you’re dealing with as to whether or not it’s really a problem and whether you caused it.  You think dealing with the DMV is a struggle now, wait ’til this ...

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