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• Thanks Chrysler

  
  Garnering Right Ideas — Authority: 133
  The American taxpayer needs to send a Thank You note to Chrysler for their thoughtful use of the billions of dollars of taxpayer money provided to them during the bailout. Attached to the note should be a memo that tells the Chrysler executives that we will never consider buying a Chrysler product again. If Chrysler ...
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• New $170 Billion Stimulus Package On Deck

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  The economy is so hot, that democrats in Congress are now moving with yet another stimulus package, this one for $170 billion, targeting bankrupt states and formerly surging unemployment (Obama has some TV appearances today; the BLS will be back to its previously scheduled job collapse next month). In other news, ...
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• Our VERY NEEDS are being IGNORED by Obama and CONGRESS!

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 155
  Osama Should Consider A Blonde Wig And An Escalade By Lisa Richards December 3, 2009 If Osama bin Laden , or any terrorist for that matter, wants to make news headline nowadays, they need to don blonde wigs and crash White House parties , or get some tall blonde Swede to come after them with a nine iron. Unless ...
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• Bank of America to Repay TARP, Raise Cash

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 434
  Yesterday, Bank of America announced plans to repay the $45 billion in government bailout money it received last year. They hope the move will help them recruit a new CEO, a feat they have yet to manage since their last CEO (Ken Lewis) announced this was to be his last year with the company. The bank said ...
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• "The AIG Bailout Alone is Enough to Send You Back To Princeton"

  
  Credit Bubble Stocks — Authority: 126
  Watch Senator Bunning CRUSH Bernanke . I have never seen a bureaucrat held to account like this. He says " I will do everything I can to stop your nomination and drag out this process as long as I can ."
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• The fix is in, liberal media selling out for pot of government gold

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 144
  Watching liberal journalists desperate for a government bailout as they prostrate themselves before Congress can be so confusing: Should we be embarrassed as these media representatives of the “best and brightest” beg for official handouts while proclaiming their devotion to independent journalism? The Lap Dog ...
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• Rep. Waxman Advocates Media Bailout

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 144
  Rep. Henry Waxman trekked from Capitol Hill to Federal Trade Commission headquarters today to deliver a message to journalists and news consumers: All of you need to reach a consensus about working with the government in order to bail out the struggling news industry. Waxman wants to bailout the media so he can ...
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• Waxman Wants Federal Government to Resolve Newspapers Problems

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  A powerful Democratic lawmaker has stated his willingness to intervene on the behalf of the federal government in the nations news sector. Insisting that the newspaper business is vital to democracy, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., suggested that the government "resolve" the problems in the industry, potentially though ...
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• AP Report on Ford Nov. Sales Holds Huge Planned Production Increase Until Very End

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  In their report on Fords November sales results, the Associated Presss Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin seemed to downplay the companys pretty decent month, and definitely downplayed the companys better near-term prospects compared to its principal rivals. Additionally, despite the reports Wednesday time stamp, the ...
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• Schultz Uses Questionable Foreclosure Data Generated by Agenda-Driven Newspaper to Blast Bachmann Voting Record

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 834
  The seemingly creepy fixation some MSNBC on-air personalities have with Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann just continues to persist on the cable network. The latest installment involves MSNBCs "Ed Show" host Ed Schultz relying on a left-wing publication, The Minnesota Independent, which found a high rate ...
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• Frontrunning: December 3

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  The Wall Street Journal: The country needs a new Fed Chief ( WSJ ) Steve Rattner reminds people he still exists: Bernanke deserves our thanks ( WaPo ) Roubini on lessons from Dubai: Dont assume government backing for state owned businesses ( Forbes ) Must read: Fudging losses is easy when the FDIC does it, too "The ...
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• Geithner: TARP to End Soon

  
  The Big Picture — Authority: 151
  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress it was the administration’s intent to “end the $700 billion financial bailout program soon.” The Associated Press quoted Geithner as suggesting that the government was “close to the point at which we can wind down this program” and end it. The “substantial ...
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• Another Treasury Bailout To Assist First-Time Homebuyers

  
  Housing Doom — Authority: 572
  A commentator by the name of Larry Doyle asked yesterday: With the recent news that the FHA insurance fund is depleted, now the FHA decides to tighten standards. Spend money first, ask questions later? Where and when will this madness end? The madness clearly won’t be ending anytime soon.  The Wall Street ...
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• Quid Pro Quo: Windfall Profits Tax for Wall Street

  
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet — Authority: 641
  When Simon Nixon published this statement in a recent WSJ piece , his words spread like wildfire through the blogosphere: A windfall tax is blunt, arbitrary and something supporters of free markets usually instinctively avoid. Even so, following news that Goldman Sachs Group has already set aside a $16.7 billion ...
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• Guest Post: On Allocation

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  Submitted by The Contrary Investor On Allocation… A while back in on our subscriber site, we penned a discussion trying to put the whole “mountain of money” thesis into perspective.  The bottom line is that there is less than meets the eye, especially as that applies to households and corporations. Simply ...
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• Higgs hits back at Bernanke on Fed audit

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 566
  This is a few days old, but it is so worth your time if you missed it. Robert Higgs dresses down Bernanke’s arguments against the Ron Paul audit effort in classic Higgs fashion. And about this “economic and financial stability in the United States” that a Fed audit would threaten: Is Bernanke thinking about ...
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• The $50 Billion New Socialist Media

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 144
    Robert W. McChesney, the socialist professor whose Free Press organization is leading the charge for the $50 billion transformation of the media, hosts a one-sided, tax-supported radio program sponsored by the University of Illinois that could serve as a model for the "New Public Media" the group has envisioned ...
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• Wag The Dog

  
  All The News That Fits — Authority: 123
  So yesterday General Motor’s CEO Fritz Henderson quietly resigned. Did you know that? Yeah, it’s been pretty quiet. So far I’ve only found four or five articles about it on all of the internet.  I’m sure by the time anyone reads this little blog post there will be more media coverage, but still . . . I ...
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• The Cost of Government Guarantees

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  John Kay’s column in yesterday’s Financial Times criticizes government guarantees to banks because they involve hidden but large costs. According to Kay: Such guarantees distort competition: sheltered banks outperform rivals not because of greater efficiency, but because capital becomes cheaper to obtain. ...
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• Former Tesla Executive Questions “Green” Corporate Welfare

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 597
  In a December 1 article in Wired , “In Role as Kingmaker, the Energy Department Stifles Innovation,” former Tesla Motors Chief Marketing Officer Darryl Siry critiques the federal government’s campaign of “green” corporate welfare for the American automobile industry ( Advanced Technology Vehicles ...
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