Category: Politics
Wall Street vs. Your Street
by WS Editors | Jul 15, 2010 | Economy, PoliticsBang for Your Buck “Nothing has a quicker return on the dollar than unemployment insurance. Once you get to 70 or 80 weeks, and instead of earning $1,000 a week you earn $300 a week, you are in pretty rough shape and everything you get goes right back into the economy.” —Ross Eisenbrey Economic Policy […]
Channeling Ike | Wages of War | Camp Followers | The Real Strategic Threat
by WS Editors | Jul 15, 2010 | Economy, National SecurityChanneling Ike—Robert Gates’s May 8 address at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, got passing attention from the media when he delivered it. Two months later, the speech has taken on a life of its own, in particular at the Pentagon, where it is read as a warning about out-of-control budgets, a dysfunctional appropriations process, […]
Petroleum Club | Right Angle
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2010 | Environment, PoliticsPetroleum Club—Republicans claimed to be shocked by Texas Congressman Joe Barton’s apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward. Democrats (including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) claim that Barton simply went public with the Republican Party principles at the wrong time. Rahm’s right. So are the Democrats, as the Democratic National Committee is running ads […]
The View from Grand Isle
by Shawn Martin | Jul 1, 2010 | Environment, Legal AffairsGRAND ISLE IS Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island and is normally a destination spot for tourists who want to experience the Gulf Coast Cajun-style. The sandy beaches that summer tourists and residents once flocked to are closed after being sullied by the crude oil washing up since late May, following the April 20 explosion of […]
Two Congressmen, One Chair
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2010 | Environment, Legal AffairsA (Dead) Man, A (Response) Plan Rep. Markey: Mr. Lutz died in 2005, four years before the plan was actually filed. How, Mr. Tillerson, can you justify in a response plan having a person who has been dead for four years? Is that also an embarrassment? Mr. Tillerson: Well, it’s embarrassing. —Rep. Edward Markey questioning […]
Bad Faith Documentary
