Operation WTF
By: scipio62 (Diary) | March 20th at 01:02 PM |
The Obama administration may call it Operation Odyssey Dawn, but I think my name is more appropriate. This is Obama’s war. Worse, it’s a war seemingly without a legitimate foreign policy goal; it also follows the administration’s lack of real outrage at the release, by the British government, of the Lockerbie terrorist al-Megrahi (who still hasn’t croaked). Full Disclosure: I would love to see Qaddafi | Read More »
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barack obama,
bill clinton,
England,
foreign policy,
france,
george h. w. bush,
george w. bush,
Hundred Years War,
Qaddafi,
somalia,
war
Skeptical of the Obama/Geithner Plan – Part II; It’s a Protection Racket
By: scipio62 (Diary) | March 25th at 08:21 AM |
Part I is here. Full disclosure; I am not an economist or an accountant, nor do I play those parts on TV. The opinions expressed below are mine and are based on observation and reading. As mentioned in Part I, Treasury Secretary “Tax Cheat” Geithner finally came up with more details on how the government plans to work out the mess in the financial and | Read More »
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banks,
barack obama,
bill clinton,
community reinvestment act,
fannie mae,
franklin raines,
freddie mac,
george w. bush,
gramm-leach-bliley,
hank paulson,
mark-to-market,
mortgage lending,
mortgage-backed securities,
sec,
tim geithner,
toxic assets
Skeptical of the Obama/Geithner Plan – Part I
By: scipio62 (Diary) | March 24th at 08:28 AM |
Full disclosure; I am not an economist or an accountant, nor do I play those parts on TV. The opinions expressed below are mine and are based on observation and reading. Treasury Secretary “Tax Cheat” Geithner finally unveiled his plan to get the credit and banking systems moving again by getting the federal government and private entities (backed by the federal government, including the Fed) | Read More »
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banks,
barack obama,
bill clinton,
community reinvestment act,
fannie mae,
franklin raines,
freddie mac,
george w. bush,
gramm-leach-bliley,
hank paulson,
mark-to-market,
mortgage lending,
mortgage-backed securities,
sec,
tim geithner,
toxic assets
Politicizing Justice
By: scipio62 (Diary) | March 6th at 09:55 AM |
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese “President” Omar Bashir. Benny Avni of the New York Post says the Obama administration might rethink the idea of having the U.S. join the ICC, which was soundly rejected by both the Clinton and Bush (George W. Bush) administrations: It’s a bad idea: The ICC is as concerned with politics as with justice – and | Read More »