Despite overheated rhetoric by its defenders, history will not prove kind to George W. Bush and his foreign policy decisions that have been or well be debacles. The Obama administration is quite right to argue repeatedly that the Bush team left behind a foreign policy mess...
Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you: NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT: Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped...
opinion by BMCWrites | 3 years ago 148 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In an investigative report that aired last night on NBC affiliate KSDK Channel 5, reporter Leisa Zigman tried to stoke the fires of anger and discontent that have been brewing in St. Louis ever since the 2008...
opinion by BMCWrites | 4 years ago 686 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" The 2008 AIG bonus pool just keeps getting larger and larger. In a response to detailed questions from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the company has offered a third assessment of exactly how much it paid out in...
opinion by CynicalPatriot | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 178 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Insurance giant AIG has angered Americans by receiving billions in bailout money and millions in bonuses, now a new report says that AIG often turns down the injury claims of American contractors who have lost...
The corporate owned mass media, has vocalized loudly about an apparent "shift to the left" in the United States. This includes decries from veteran CNN Harvard University educated Lou Dobbs, who has cried out...
created by agora | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 498 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Written by Phil Gremillion, a man described as "a businessman, farmer, inventor and Cajun who lives in Lafayette (La.)," a commentary published today in The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, La., follows perfectly on...
opinion by BMCWrites | 4 years ago 411 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Elizabeth Monrad, former CFO of Gen Re, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for fraud. The charges stem from a manipulation of AIG's financial statements, which ended up costing AIG shareholders over $500...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 304 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
On his Fox show, conservative talker Glenn Beck claimed that GM's failed CEO and failed AIG executives were a victimized by "bloodsuckers" in Washington D.C.:"These vampires are not going to be satisfied by just...
President Barack Obama's new Tax Task Force, an offshoot of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, is a consortium of non-governmental leaders in the fields of business, industry, and academia includes...
created by Blaine Metzgar | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 221 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
AIG now stands for "arrogance, incompetence and greed" ...according to U.S. House Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH). Now it ratchets way up... U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), said AIG executives should follow...
created by danglingwrangler | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 317 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
AIG CEO Edward Liddy is citing death threats against his execs as a reason not to disclose the list of bonus recipients. House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank says that the list must be made public...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 180 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
Several of AIG's biggest bonus recipients have been subpoenaed to appear before the Connecticut Attorney General. This isn't just about outsized bonuses, though: it's about campaign donations in excess of $100,000...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 164 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
Fox Business Network anchor Dagen McDowell appeared on Fox News to make the case against the tax on AIG bonuses by comparing it to sexual abuse:"You don’t want to think if you get in bed with Uncle Sam he’s...