If officials with Citibank are not bright enough to prevent Nigerian e-mail scammers (a.k.a., “419 scammers”) from hustling them out of $27 million, should they — or their parent, Citigroup — be trusted with $45 billion in bailout funds? That’s the too-little-too-late question I asked myself after reading a report in The New York Times [...]
Entries from February 2009
Citibank Loses $27 Million to Nigerian Scammers
February 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: · 419 scammer, bailout, bailout funds, citibank, citigroup, e-mail scammer, ethiopia, national bank of ethiopia, New York Times, nigerian e-mail scammer, skunkfeathers, The New York Times
An Excuse for a Headline: ‘I Was Kidnapped By LESBIAN PIRATES From OUTER SPACE!!!’
February 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
You might be wondering why I chose to feature the cover of a comic book, I Was Kidnapped By LESBIAN PIRATES From OUTER SPACE!!! Allow me to kill your Friday afternoon with an explanation. In a post published one year ago tomorrow, I made note of the downward spiral of stock in Lee Newspapers, the [...]
Tags: · atlantis rising, blood nation, comic book projects, Comics, comics to film, cowboys and aliens, hero by light, i was kidnapped by lesbian pirates from outer space, incredible male man, kidnapped, lee newspapers, lesbian pirates, new york times company, newspaper industry, outer space, platinum studios, Post-Dispatch, publishing industry, St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, stimulus, stimulus package, susan bell
Congressional Democrats to Seek Vehicle Miles Tax (Updated)
February 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood thinks taxing motorists based on the number of miles they drive might be a good idea, according to an Associated Press article today. For budgeting purposes, the word “might” should be replaced with the word “is.” Reportedly under consideration is a quarter-cent-per-mile driven tax that could end up costing the average [...]
Tags: · Congress, Democrats, House of Representatives, lahood, ray lahood, secretary lahood, secretary of transportation, stimulus package, tax-and-spend democrats, transportation secretary, transportation secretary ray lahood, vehicle miles tax, vmt
Barack Obama Tops Jesus Christ in ‘Hero’ Poll
February 20th, 2009 · 8 Comments
He’s been called, “The One” and “The Messiah,” so I cannot say I was surprised by a headline I read in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times: Obama beats out Jesus as America’s hero That headline, spawned by the results of a recent Harris Poll®, simply reflects the fact that President Barack Obama receives more frequent and favorable [...]
Tags: · america's hero, Barack Obama, carter, Chicago Sun-Times, Harris Poll, hero poll, Jesus Christ, Jimmy Carter, news media, Obama, political soup, president barack obama, President Jimmy Carter, president obama, Son of God, soup du jour, the messiah, the one
American Issues Project Stimulus Video Hits Mark
February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
American Issues Project is launching a major television advertising campaign, spotlighting the excessive spending and pet projects within the far-reaching stimulus legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office has said will harm the American economy in the long term. The ad will begin running Friday on FOX News, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNBC and FOX Business [...]
Tags: · aip, american issues project, cbo, charles schumer, CNBC, CNN, cnn headline news, congressional budget office, economic stimulus, economic stimulus package, ed martin, excessive spending, Fox, fox business network, Fox News, pet projects, pork, pork projects, porky amendments, spending circus, stimulus, stimulus package
CNBC’s Rick Santelli Calls for ‘Chicago Tea Party’ (Updated)
February 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Rush Limbaugh mentioned — and I strongly recommend you watch — this video of CNBC financial reporter Rick Santelli’s rant on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange today. In the video, Santelli calls for President Barack Obama to put up a web site and conduct an online referendum to find out how many Americans [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Chicago, chicago mercantile exchange, chicago tea party, cme, CNBC, Limbaugh, mortgages, Obama, online referendum, president barack obama, president obama, rick santelli, Rush Limbaugh, santelli
Congress Drafting New ‘SCHIMP’ Legislation
February 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Barely two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program into law, Congress is said to be drafting new legislation aimed at preventing tragedies like the one that occurred Monday when a 175-pound chimpanzee severely wounded a woman in North Stamford, Conn. Introduced concurrently in the Senate by Sen. Christopher Dodd [...]
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