Thursday, February 17, 2011
Civility, Violent and Eliminationalist Rhetoric
The next time some dumbass lefty tries to tell you that the Tea Party engages in uncivil and violence-promoting rhetoric and the Left does not, answer with one word: Madison. OK, so the Wisconsin GOP made the video--do you really think the whole thing was CGI? Hmmmm?
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Labels: Democrats, Financial Reform, government, Political correctness, politicians, politics, the Left
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Obama's Speeches
I watched the signing of the Finance Reform bill a little while ago. Sad.
What's sadder (because I weep for my country that it has chosen Mr. Obama to be President), is that every time I hear Obama speak, I am reminded of the old joke about the Three Big Lies.
For those of you who were born yesterday, the Three Big Lies are:
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What's sadder (because I weep for my country that it has chosen Mr. Obama to be President), is that every time I hear Obama speak, I am reminded of the old joke about the Three Big Lies.
For those of you who were born yesterday, the Three Big Lies are:
"This won't hurt a bit."How much damage can this guy, along with his allies Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the Dems in Congress, do before he's turned out of office? I don't want to find out, because I suspect that it will involve our Constitution being rendered a dead letter.
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."
"Of course I'll respect you in the morning." (or some variation on that theme)
Labels: Constitution, Democrats, Financial Reform, government, Humor, Obama, Pelosi, Reid
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The SEC's Goldman Sachs Settlement
Here are the first two sentences of a Washington Examiner editorial dated 20 July 2010:
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It seemed a little odd last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission settled its lawsuit against Goldman Sachs within two hours of Senate passage of the Democrats' Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. After all, who could ask for a more perfect backdrop than a successful prosecution of the investment colossus of Wall Street and a prime mover in the economic crisis of 2008?
Wednesday, April 21, 2010The SEC's Goldman Lawsuit
After reading a whole bunch of articles and listening to a whole bunch of news stories and commentary about the SEC's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, I find the timing vis a vis Obama's push for financial industry reform to be too cute by half. I do not believe the disclaimers by Rahm Emanuel and others that the White House or the DNC had no prior knowledge of the SEC action. As any literate person over the age of about 15 knows, politicians lie. Especially about things that help them get what they want.
Then there are the stories about how much money Goldman's employees gave the Obama campaign, and how Obama's not going to give any of it back. There are other stories about the former Goldman employees occupying posts in the administration. Strange bedfellows, indeed.
Sorry, Charlie, I just don't believe in coincidences, especially in this administration.
I have no actual evidence of collusion, of course, but I'd like to go on record with a comment about how unsurprised I will be if, after a "decent" amount of time, the SEC and Goldman reach a settlement that either lets Goldman off the hook or has them paying a face-saving (to the SEC) but immaterial (to Goldman) sum in settlement, and all will once more be right with the world.Labels: Banking, Finance, Obama, politics, Regulation, SEC
I'm unsurprised.
Labels: Banking, Corruption, Finance, Financial Reform, Obama, politics, Regulation, SEC
