Wall Street Welfare Package Contains One Good Thing
We noted happily a few hours ago that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s $700 billion Wall Street welfare package no longer includes the infamous ACORN handout that so enraged conservatives.
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ACORN Bailout Struck From $700 Billion Paulson Bank Package: Report
The especially odious provision in the Wall Street “rescue” package that would have provided millions of dollars in government money for kooky left-wing activists has been deleted. The Politico reports…
MoveOn.org Uses Senate Candidate Al Franken to Beg for Money
This is unusual. Al Franken, the liberal Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, just sent out a solicitation email for MoveOn.org urging MoveOn members to give money to…
BBC Investigated for Savage Attacks on Global Warming Skeptic
Leading global warming skeptic Lord Monckton, a frequent victim of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s pro-manmade…
Liberals Try to Bail Out ACORN and Other Radical Community Organizer Groups
As America peers into the economic abyss, radical community organizer groups are itching to get in on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s big bucks, Big Government bank bailout action. (Maybe we…
“Liberal Realignment”?
Jim Manzi at National Review Online’s blog has a thoughtful piece on the ideological inclinations of the American people: Every U.S. presidential election matters a lot in absolute terms,…
Anti-McCain Ad Highlights Candidate’s Past Medical Problems
The New York Times reports that voter mobilization groups are running an attack ad on TV that highlights Senator John McCain’s battles with cancer: Two liberal groups – one of…
Automobile Industry Joins in the Corporate Welfare Fest
Although an hour ago it was looking like the Henry Paulson $700 billion-plus bank bailout was close to being a done deal, now it’s far from clear. AP…
Economists Denounce Paulson Bank Bailout
Although lawmakers have reportedly reached a tentative deal on Henry Paulson‘s $700 billion-plus bank bailout, more than 180 economists are begging policy makers to reject the plan. (A…