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Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation is the same man who represented Stanford Financial Group and its now-indicted founder R. Allen Stanford between 2002 [...]
What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Amazon Defense Coalition? Lobbyist Ben Barnes
June 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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What Does Bob McCarty Writes Have in Common with The Swamp, LA Times, HuffPo and Others?
June 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Guess which online publication saw fit to mention my work in the same virtual breath as writers at The Swamp (The Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bureau blog), the Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post and the Democratic Underground?
Give up yet? Click on the graphic above right to see the answer, then come back.
Yes, thanks to a [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, barack obama's first 100 minutes, Chicago Tribune, dc comics, democratic underground, enid, huffington post, issue 498, la times, Los Angeles Times, mad, mad magazine, Obama, Oklahoma, Parody, the swamp, tom harrison, what me worry
Barack Obama Says ‘Uhh’ Once Every 9 Seconds During White House News Conference Tuesday
March 25th, 2009 · 12 Comments
An analysis of the words spoken by President Barack Obama during his hour-long news conference Tuesday night shows that, while answering reporters’ questions, he uttered a variant of the word “uhh” at least once every nine seconds.
Though relying upon a flat-screen monitor placed behind a throng of reporters instead of his much-maligned teleprompter, President Obama [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, barack obama news conference, barack uhhbama, gifted orator, Harvard, harvard law school, Los Angeles Times, news conference, Obama, president barack obama, president obama, teleprompter, uhh, uhhbama
Fair Tax Offers ‘Jumper Cables’ for Economy
February 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
FairTax.org, the grassroots campaign to replace the income tax with a national retail sales tax, announced in a news release they are running full-page ads (pdf) in papers across the country praising the FairTax as “The World’s Biggest Economic Jumper Cables.” today that they have begun running.
Ads will run this week in the Los Angeles [...]
Tags: · business climate, capital gains taxes, Chicago Tribune, economic crisis, economic jumper cables, Fair Tax, fairtax.org, federal taxes, jumper cables, ken hoagland, Los Angeles Times, national sales tax, payroll taxes, private investment, world's biggest economic jumper cables
Yes, Israeli Elections Hang in the Balance (Updated)
February 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Few statements are more true than the one made in the headline which appeared above Con Coughlin’s blog post published today: Israeli elections hang in the balance. It’s the details, however, that paint a vivid picture of what’s at stake.
According to the Foreign Policy section of the White House web site, President Barack Obama wants [...]
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