Rewards Without Risks for Wall Street Our tax dollars are being used to protect the financial services industry from the consequences of its own risky decisions. It’s time to stop giving them a free ride. ROBERT B. REICH | April 2, 2008 | web only I spent all night trying to figure out how much I [...]
Archive for April 8th, 2008
8 Apr
Petraeus, Tell Us Something We Don’t Already Know
Petraeus, Tell Us Something We Don’t Already Know General David Petraeus is appearing before Congress this week to continue the debate over the success of the surge. But the surge has already worked — it’s turned the Iraq War into the next president’s problem. MATTHEW YGLESIAS | April 8, 2008 | web only General David Petraeus’ [...]
8 Apr
The Iraq war, for $100 month
The Iraq War, For $100 Month By Bill Adair?Published on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 01:46 p.m. St Petersburg Times SUMMARY: Sen. Barack Obama says the war costs each household about $100 per month. We do the math and find he’s right. The cost of the Iraq war has often been expressed in billions [...]
8 Apr
General Resists Timetable for Withdrawal of Troops in Iraq
General Resists Timetable for Withdrawal of Troops in Iraq Doug Mills/The New York Times Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS Published: April 9, 2008 WASHINGTON — The senior commander of multinational forces in Iraq warned [...]
8 Apr
White House opposes Senate housing bill
?April 08, 2008?Categories:�Housing crisis White House Opposes Senate Housing Bill By Martin Kady II 02:54 PM For a moment, the trains are running on time in the intransigent Senate, with the chamber poised to pass a major housing bill some time Wednesday. But the White House has expressed opposition to several provisions in the [...]
8 Apr
Blitzer: Iraqis playing U.S. taxpayers for ‘sucke
April 8, 2008 Blitzer: Iraqis playing U.S. taxpayers for ‘suckers’? Posted: 01:45 PM ET The Bush administration had predicted Iraqi oil exports would finance reconstruction of the country. WASHINGTON (CNN) ? Just before and immediately after the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq, Bush administration officials optimistically predicted that Iraqi oil exports would soon finance [...]
8 Apr
FBI Data Transfers Via Telecoms Questioned
Privacy Concerns Raised FBI Data Transfers Via Telecoms Questioned » Links to this article By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 8, 2008; Page A03 When FBI investigators probing New York prostitution rings, Boston organized crime or potential terrorist plots anywhere want access to a suspect’s telephone contacts, technicians at a telecommunications carrier [...]
