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Ace of Spades HQ: Change! Plurality In Rasmussen Poll Say Cancel The Rest Of The Stimulus Plan

Ace of Spades HQ: Change! Plurality In Rasmussen Poll Say Cancel The Rest Of The Stimulus Plan 45% say cancel the rest of the stimulus spending, but 55% say keep the tax cuts. The US has lost a million more...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 10, 2009 12:29 PM

Pajamas Media » My Fellow Conservatives, Let's Be Bad Guys!

Pajamas Media » My Fellow Conservatives, Let's Be Bad Guys! Stephen Green writes: "No matter what we do, we're painted as the villains. So let's twirl our mustaches and get to work.... "We cannot buy our way into friendship in...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 11, 2009 5:16 PM

Knox to Detroit: Drop dead - Crunchy Con

Knox to Detroit: Drop dead - Crunchy Con Supplier to the auto industry sends a scorching reply to GM's request for help in passing an auto industry bailout: "The dream is over! The dream that we can ignore the consumer...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 23, 2009 5:55 PM

Bailout for Bloated Union Contracts | OpenMarket.org

Bailout for Bloated Union Contracts | OpenMarket.org "The [proposed auto] bailout is similar to the failed British auto bailout of the 1970s, which destroyed whatever chance the British auto industry had left to survive by diverting its focus from producing...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 11, 2008 8:26 AM

Detroit crap city (Rod) - Crunchy Con

Detroit crap city - Crunchy Con The proposed Big 3 / UAW bailout in one photo and 13 words (including one very rude one)....

Posted by Michael Bates on December 9, 2008 1:08 AM

reason.tv - Videos > Where's Sock Puppet's Bailout?

reason.tv - Videos > Where's Sock Puppet's Bailout? Sock Puppet (mascot of Pets.com, a victim of the tech bubble popping eight years ago) testifies before a congressional committee. "Why are you talking about bailing out the auto companies, when you...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 28, 2008 3:26 PM

JammieWearingFool: Soros-Funded Pair Running Obama Transition Team

JammieWearingFool: Soros-Funded Pair Running Obama Transition Team Obama already has a transition team up and running, and who's heading it? A guy whose salary is funded by America-hating tycoon George Soros and subprime mortgage moguls Herbert and Marion Sandler. (Remember...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 18, 2008 9:56 PM

Strategery Capital Management LLC

Strategery Capital Management LLC "Strategery is a unique hedge fund. It is the largest in the world, with expected initial capital of $700 billion. It has a free and unlimited credit line should it need more. It has no fixed...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2008 12:41 PM

Ace of Spades HQ: Where's That Credit Crunch?

Ace of Spades HQ: Where's That Credit Crunch? Gabriel Malor looks at the most recent Federal Reserve data on commercial bank loans and leases and finds that credit growth is slowing but credit isn't contracting....

Posted by Michael Bates on September 30, 2008 1:46 AM

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 674

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 674 Oklahoma's Sullivan, Lucas, and Fallin refused to eat the "crap sandwich" aka the bailout bill. Good on 'em. (More here from House conservatives about what was wrong with the proposed bailout.)...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 29, 2008 2:04 PM

Bad News For The Bailout - Forbes.com

Bad News For The Bailout - Forbes.com Where did that $700 billion bailout number come from? "'It's not based on any particular data point,' a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. 'We just wanted to choose a really large number.'" Via...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 29, 2008 12:04 PM