nakedcapitalism.com - 2/8/2009
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David Sirota at Salon gives a concise, brutal assessment of Obama's economic team and its priorities. We've now had two bait and switch Presidents in succession. Bush promised "compassionate conservatism" and dragged the country far to the right, enriching those at the top of the food chain ...
salon.com - 2/8/2009
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salon.com —
Even under the new president, Washington is the
same one-party town it always has been -- controlled
not by Democrats or Republicans, but by thieves.
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Obama's team of zombies
msnbc.msn.com - 2/16/2009
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msnbc.msn.com —
The Obama administration is establishing a panel, led
by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, the
director of the National Economic Council, to direct the restructuring of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.
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Obama creating auto industry panel
politico.com - 2/5/2009
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politico.com —
At this crucial juncture in the push to
pass an economic recovery package, President Barack Obama finds
himself in the most unlikely of places: He is losing the message war. Despite Obama s sky-high personal approval ratings, polls show support has ...
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Obama losing stimulus message war - Jeanne Cummings
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the invincible predator state
Decline and Fall of Western Civilization —
"change we can believe in." the shallowness of the slogan is proving as galling as "compassionate conservatism", as slate's david sirota (via yves smith) dissects the extremely disappointing first steps of the obama adminstration to confirm the towering strength of the predator state and the immovability of the monied interests which make up this society's leadership class. From former federal officials like Robert Reich and Brooksley Born, to Nobel Prize-winning economists like Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman, to business leaders like ...
THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 09 February 2009
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... Fintag says Good luck. Maybe the UK government should underwrite all Rights Issues? There you go. Another freebie stimulus idea. It is fun spending my taxes. DAVID SIROTA: "OBAMA'S TEAM OF ZOMBIES" (UPDATED: FRANK RICH ON GEITHNER) naked capitalism ...
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