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If Wall Street Managers Don’t Like Their Pay, They Could Always Become Scientists
Posted by Mike on November 2, 2008 I think this quote by Nell Minow sums up what most people feel about bonuses for employees at bailout-receiving investment banks:
More AIG Follies
Posted by Mike on October 17, 2008 If there were ever an argument for high income tax rates on large incomes (i.e., greater than five million), AIG is making it. The arrogance of its executives, even after a bailout, can only be called by its true name–corruption (italics mine):
Reed Elsevier Is Stealing My Words
Posted by Mike on August 13, 2008 This displeases us greatly.
William Kristol and Nepotism
Posted by Mike on May 24, 2008 I had no idea how deeply involved nepotism was in the New York Times’ decision to hire William Kristol as an op-ed writer. From the Greenwald:
California GOP to the Rest of Us: Take This Yacht and Shove It Up Your Sloophole
Posted by Mike on February 22, 2008 I think Republicans want to be cast as cartoon villains. In California, Republicans have twice prevented a Democratic measure (supported by Republican governor Schwarzenegger) that would fix a loophole that allows yacht owners to avoid paying their sales tax.
Iraq and the Catastrophic Failure of the U.S. Political System
Posted by Mike on September 10, 2007 This quote from Fred Kaplan’s Slate article has left me gobsmacked:
This Person Needs to Pay More Taxes
Posted by Mike on August 5, 2007 (from here) While reading this NY Times article about houses in Newport, RI, I saw the above picture and thought, “That would be a really nice house to live in.” Then my head exploded as I read the caption:
So When Does Scooter Get His Medal of Freedom?
Posted by Mike on July 4, 2007 Go read Hunter now. Here’s a taste:
Bush Obstructs Justice…
Posted by Mike on July 3, 2007 …and are you in any way, shape, or form surprised? Has anything in the last six years suggested to anyone in the Coalition of the Sane that the Bush/Cheney Administration has any sense of shame or propriety? Of course not.
A Question About DLC Democrats
Posted by Mike on March 29, 2007 How can the DLC-wing of Democratic Party, including Rahm Emanuel, continue to claim to know what’s best for the Democratic Party after they’ve been so badly schooled? By other Democrats (italics mine):