A totally biased and unreasonable list of blogs that I think you might enjoy reading.
First, my letter to Jon Cornyn, and his response:
Thank you for contacting my offices. Your correspondence has been received, and we will respond to you as quickly as possible. A copy of your message is attached below for your records.
If you need immediate assistance regarding an urgent problem you are experiencing with the federal government, [...]
Continue reading " Conservatives have reason to vote for Rick Noriega "
Period.
Plus where the Fannie and Freddie Money goes, again.
Hat tip campaign spot
I am livid about this vote. Here is the statement from John Culberson.
Dear John:
My preferred solution to the credit crisis was to repeal the mark-to- market accounting rule and raise the $100,000 FDIC insured limit on bank deposits to $250,000. Unfortunately, this bailout bill also included $42 billion in tax increases [...]
From Coach
By STEVEN A. HOLMES
Published: September 30, 1999
In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets — including [...]
My thoughts on the debate:
The only place Palin loses points here is early on when Biden keeps blaming the current bailout crisis on deregulation. I don’t know why Palin and McCain refuse to mention the expansion of the community reinvestment act in 1995. It is sad that Palin is willing to give the [...]
Since Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke testified before Congress on the depth of the financial crisis facing our economy, in the midst of our recovery from Hurricane Ike, I have heard from thousands of District Seven constituents expressing their shock and outrage over the government’s failure to prevent this crisis and their [...]
Dr. Boustany explains that, in his view, he hears what we’re saying, but seriously, now it is time to bail out Wall Street.
His words:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the nation’s financial crisis. I appreciate your input.
Earlier this week I voted against the plan to provide up to $700 billion in taxpayer dollars to shore [...]
Continue reading " Dr. Boustany: Ok, enough playing around "
Anyone who doesn’t want to bankrupt the USA is ok in my book.
Congressman John Culberson released the following statement today voicing his strong opposition to the Paulson-Pelosi $700 billion Wall Street bailout:
“The $700 billion Paulson-Pelosi bailout forces Americans to choose between bankrupting our children or big Wall Street banks. The revised plan was just released [...]
Continue reading " John Culberson comes out against the bailout "
Bad news is usually announced Friday night. This bailout is such a monster it is announced at 1 am on a Saturday. Politically, the only recourse available is for voters to support non-incumbents who are against this bailout. One of those is John Gard-R, running against incumbent Steve Kagan-D in Wisconsin, and [...]
Jim Bunning’s recent speech
The gist:
Well, I am not buying it, and neither are many of the nation’s leading economists. If some sort of government intervention is needed to fix the mess created by the government failures I talked about earlier, we need to get it right. Congress owes it to the American people to slow [...]
Continue reading " Jim Bunning and Jim Demint: Two Senators making sense "
Scottie linked to a good story about Lehman brothers.
The gist is this:
Barclays is paying $1.75bn for the US operation of Lehman and is keen to retain its best staff. It said it had made no promises to individual staff members about how much they will receive but that the bonus fund would be paid [...]
Continue reading " Lehman Brothers: Execs skedaddle with investors’ cash "
Senator Hutchinson,
I am a lowly research scientist at Baylor College of Medicine and I don’t normally keep track of the news. I am, however, quite aware of the bailout and the economic implications of acting and not acting. Ben Bernanke is the most powerful man in the world right now, and [...]
The Conservative Cajun forwarded me this link to an interview with Arthur Lammy, an energy analyst. About 4 months ago I joked that, “The time to buy gold has passed, the time to buy bullets is now”. Gold is still probably a good investment.
Has the world gone topsy turvy? These guys are partisan jerks, but Krugman is right about Paulson’s arrogance.
Continue reading " Johnny B agrees w/ Krugman and Olbermann? "
I received this email from Bobby Jindal while I was waiting for the power to come back on with Ike.
In the coming weeks, you will hear the stories of heroes who built levees while storm waters rose, evacuated patients in the middle of the night, and risked safety to rescue the stranded. You will hear [...]
Continue reading " A far cry from “You will be shot on sight” "
Johnny B is back in business.
Jon Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John Culberson, pay attention:
Here is the question posed by NPR:
This $700 billion bailout plan, this potential 20-year mess that you’re talking about, comes from a Republican administration, comes from your own party. What’s happened to Republican faith in small government and free markets?
Gingrich:
Well, I think [...]
Here is a little known fact about Sarah Palin I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else.
Even when approaching the speed of light, Sarah Palin knows exactly the location and momentum with which she is traveling.
Sarah Palin Rumors debunked
Sour Grapes from Anne Kilkenney
This lady is entitled to her opinion, but why did she leave out the most important part…the shenanigans Sarah pulled to become starting point guard in Wasilla!
This is my favorite little known fact about Sarah Palin
The 2008 convention was the most sloppy, unorganized convention I’ve ever seen.
Joe Lieberman was a disaster. I guess to make Sarah look good by comparison?
I felt bad for Mitt Romney for trying to throw out a low of red meat. He looked desperate out there.
Mike Huckabee has killer charm on the pulpit podium. When Sarah [...]
So they did schedule Al Gore for tonight, they just didn’t show the schedule until today. He just may get my vote in 2012.
Some poor hapless soul named ‘Barney Smith’ says”We need a president that puts Barney Smith ahead of Smith Barney”. The whole crowd was yelling “Barney, Barney, Barney” Priceless, killer line. Remember, it [...]