Feb

6

Chrysler’s Super Bowl Ad Featuring Clint Eastwood: An Obama Ad in Cheap Disguise?

Filed Under Business, Entertainment, Politics | 19 Comments

Sunday night I watched the Super Bowl but must have ducked out in the kitchen for another beer and Dorito re-load when they showed the ad that’s being talked about in political circles: The Clint Eastwood “Halftime in America” ad for Chrysler that could double as an Obama for America ad. It does have that [...]

Feb

2

Those Chevy Volts Sure are Selling Like Hot Cakes

Filed Under Business, Politics | 68 Comments

In December, Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the dusty relic who’s been in Congress so long his length of service can only be determined by carbon-14 dating, claimed the Chevy Volt is “selling like hot cakes.” What Dingell didn’t mention is that the hot cakes in question are being sold to macrobiotics. The Detroit News has [...]

Jan

26

If Warren Buffett Paid Higher Taxes Maybe His Secretary Wouldn’t Be Forced to Confine Herself to Only Two Homes

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Debra Bosanek, Warren Buffett’s longtime “secretary” who is Obama’s newest favorite stage prop in the theater of class warfare, has become the “Joe the Plumber” of the left. She’s used as an example of the put-upon 99% who struggle to make ends meet while people like her boss pay lower tax rates and make off [...]

Jan

24

What a Surprise: Obama Supporter’s Company May Benefit From Keystone Pipeline Rejection

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Another day, another story about crony capitalism: Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit. With modest expansion, railroads can handle all new oil produced in western Canada through 2030, according [...]

Jan

17

Obama Going to Disney World

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I was really excited about this at first because I thought we’d finally get a photo of Obama in the Magic Kingdom with Goofy. But sadly, Joe Biden won’t be travelling with the President this week. Why am I guessing that this POTUS assistance will culminate in Disney going bankrupt before summertime? WASHINGTON — President [...]

Jan

14

Bank of America Stadium, Which Could Host Final Night of Dem Convention, Constructed With Non-Union Labor

Filed Under Business, Politics, Unions | 6 Comments

A couple of days ago I wrote that the Obama campaign was considering moving the final night of the Dem convention to Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers. The large outdoor venue would allow the fighters against Wall Street greed to sell high-priced skyboxes and raise even more campaign cash, and do [...]

Jan

5

Kodak Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing, Possibly Allowing CEO to Devote More Time to Being an Obama Economic Adviser

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The wind-up: Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would cap a stunning comedown for a company that once ranked among America’s corporate titans. The 131-year-old company is still making last-ditch efforts to sell off some of its patent portfolio [...]

Dec

19

Pelosi ‘Economic Expert’ Just Happened to Be Her Husband’s Business Partner

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Again Nancy Pelosi walks the “not technically wrong but just looks shady” tightrope with Wallenda brother confidence: In May 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to a podium in the Capitol to introduce a half-dozen economic experts she had convened for a meeting on how to jump-start the economy. The group had met for several hours [...]

Dec

9

Former Obama Economic Adviser and MF Global CEO: I Don’t Know Where the Money Is

Filed Under Business, Corruption, Politics | 10 Comments

Here’s are some brief portions of Jon Corzine’s testimony to a congressional committee yesterday about the MF Global collapse and the “missing” $1.2 billion. I’d expect nothing less than “I don’t know where the money is” coming from one of the economic gurus of the era of Hope & Change. It’s a miracle he was [...]

Dec

8

Baldwin Publicist: Everybody Else in First Class Was Breaking the Rules Too!

Filed Under Business, Celebrity Idiots | 19 Comments

American Airlines’ version of Alec Baldwin joining the mile-low club confirms what has over the years become apparent to even casual observers — he’s a dick: The customer then stood up “with the seat belt light still on for departure” and took his phone into the plane’s lavatory, the company continued. “He slammed the lavatory [...]

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