hotair.com - 3/18/2009
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A fiery palate cleanser from this afternoon’s Studio B. [...] Read the rest »
michellemalkin.com - 3/19/2009
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michellemalkin.com —
The House is set to vote today on
the retroactive, confiscatory 90 percent tax on bailout-funded bonuses....
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First, they came for AIG bonuses
thinkprogress.org - 3/16/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Over the weekend, the revelation that bailed-out insurance
firm AIG was still doling out hundreds of millions...
in “retention bonuses” sparked bipartisan outrage . On NBC’s Today Show this morning, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) called for ...
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Frank on AIG: ‘Maybe it’s time to fire some people.’
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Red on Bloody Red: Dodd Admits He Slipped In Bonus-Permitting Language, But Only on Demand of Obama's Treasury Officials
Ace of Spades HQ —
... but now they're going to pose as angry populists outraged about what they themselves did? Yes, that's exactly what they're going to do.
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I wonder what Barney Frank has to say about this
gaypatriot.net 3/19/2009 — BONUSES FOR Fannie Mae execs? “Fannie Mae is planning to pay retention bonuses of as much as $611,000 each to several top executives of the government-controlled mortgage finance titan. Sibling company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards.”
Who is Barney Frank?
americanthinker.com 3/7/2009 — The checkered past of a man at the center of our financial crisis.
Shep Smith Tells The Truth
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 4/23/2009 — Shep Smith sums up in remarkable clarity what I sometimes use too many words to say. Thank God he's there. This is America. And for Americans to be discussing if torture worked - if it worked - is staggering.
HuffPo has more .
Why The AIG Bonuses Were Right
rhymeswithright.mu.nu 3/26/2009 — I've not commented on whether or not those bonuses to AIG executives should have been paid or not. I've heard lots of discussion both ways on the issue. But today's New York Times carries the resignation letter of one of...
Frank assails bonuses paid to executives at AIG - Yahoo! Finance
finance.yahoo.com 3/16/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Barney Frank charged Monday that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence." Echoing outrage expressed on both sides of the political aisle ...
Why the Left Loves Barney Frank
gaypatriot.net 4/8/2009 — The most telling thing about the exchange between Barney Frank and a conservative student (which I blogged about yesterday and which has been making the rounds of the rightosphere ) questioning him in a public forum at Harvard is how quick the ...
Lawmakers defend role amid AIG bonus backlash —
CNN Political Ticker 3/18/2009
(CNN) – As outrage over American International Group bonuses spreads and finger-pointing continues, lawmakers are trying to convince the public that it isn't their fault.
Senators and representatives are vowing to get the bonus money back, but ...
Frank wants AIG bonus list —
CNN Political Ticker 3/20/2009
Frank is seeking the names of those AIG employees who received bonuses.
(CNN) — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo may have the names of those AIG employees who received bonuses, but House Financial Services chairman Barney Frank does ...