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Veep Debate Transcript
The Commission on Presidential Debates, a nonprofit organization, has conveniently posted a transcript of last night’s debate between the two major party’s vice presidential candidates, Senator Joe Biden (Democrat) and Alaska’s…
Matthew Vadum
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Paulson, Congress to California: Drop Dead! (It Probably Won’t Happen.)
Hat in hand, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a pretend conservative Republican, is asking President Bush’s left-wing Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, to lend cash-strapped California $7 billion. Hey, what’s $7…
Matthew Vadum
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GREEN ALERT: Hidden Carbon Tax Provisions in Paulson’s Bailout 2.0
Why is the mainstream media ignoring what might be the most earth-shattering provisions in Treasury…
Matthew Vadum
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Schadenfreude and Sandra Bernhard
Schadenfreude is in order. After the spectacularly unfunny entertainer Sandra Bernhard joked in her routine here last month that if GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin came to Manhattan…
Matthew Vadum
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Paulson’s Wall Street Bailout 2.0 Passes Senate
The Senate has easily approved Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s Wall Street bailout package, but only after it was buried under a mountain of legislative goodies. The House, which rejected…
Matthew Vadum
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Doom List – Listing the Worst Prophecies of Environmental Catastrophe, Part Three
At GreenWatch we now have archived an interactive list of the “worst environmental prophecies of catastrophic doom.” It is a list of eleven of the most interesting and pointed cases of environmental activists raising…
James Dellinger
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Energy Independence Day
October 1, 2008 marks the expiration of the Congressional moratorium on energy production and exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf. This is great news, but it means very little in…
Eric Heidenreich
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Community Organizers’ Whitewash
I just got back from a fascinating panel discussion on community organizing. It was called, “Mr. Obama’s Neighborhood,” and was hosted by the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy…
Matthew Vadum
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Soros Gets in on the Wall Street Bailout Action
While the Senate reportedly prepares to vote on its own version of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s bank bailout package, liberal philanthropist and financial speculator George Soros has come up with…
Matthew Vadum
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In Goldman Sachs We Trust
In recent years the powerhouse bank Goldman Sachs has supplied Treasury secretaries to both Republican and Democratic administrations. A Goldman veteran serves as President Bush's chief of staff, while one…
Fred Lucas