Posted on 03/04/2010 8:19:10 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
While most of the world is recovering economically, the US continues to flounder. Greece is highly unionized. Result? Chaos.
Is that our trial canary? We know that tax cuts work. Please feel to help with informative / shocking links regarding economics, government budgeting, what triggered the meltdown, Obama-nomics, and/or Greece.
AZ Doc To Close Practice Due to Obamacare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2495688/posts
After Health Care Passage, Obama Pushes to Get It Rolling - “faster than the law requires”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2495557/posts
Thanks Arthur Wildfire! March.
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Latest in global warming:
LA Times: Why cleaner air could speed global warming
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2495446/posts
Gore takes cash for water campaign from chemical firm...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gore-takes-cash-for-water-campaign-from-chemical-firm-1947723.html
Global Warming? Vostok Antarctica sits at -100F — with windchills to -142F ...
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=-78.44999695,106.87000275
Climategate bust: UN’s last, desperate bid for unelected world government depends on Bonn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2490785/posts
Coldest weather in 30 years marks the start of a series of extreme winters
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2495635/posts
Despite predictions, state’s green economy yet to bloom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2495443/posts
Maine Sunday Telegram ^ | April 17, 2010 | BY TUX TURKEL
Jon Corzine and Goldman Sachs:
Jon Corzine: People Hate Goldman Sachs Because They “Envy ...
In an interview with Bloomberg Television yesterday, former Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine — and former New Jersey governor — defended the firm he once ran, alleging ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/25/jon-corzine-peop
http://financecareers.about.com/od/whyfinancialservices/a/corzine.htm
Jon Corzine made a fortune as a trader and executive at Goldman Sachs, and rose to CEO. When he was forced out of this position, he turned to politics, ...
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/12194/
Jul 10, 2005 ... Before he was pushed out as CEO of Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine had never lost at anything, and his unassuming mien masks a deep hunger for ...
Goldman Sachs, John Paulson, And ‘The Fabulous Fab’ — Seeking Alpha
http://seekingalpha.com/article/199157-goldman-sachs-john-paulson-and-the-fabulous-fab
Apr 16, 2010 ... The Securities and Exchange Commission securities fraud complaint against Goldman Sachs (GS) and Fabrice Tourre makes for some fascinating ...
Chuck Schumer in bed with both Goldman Sachs’ John Paulson and ...
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/04/schumer-in-bed-with-both-goldmans.html
Apr 18, 2010 ... Chuck Schumer in bed with both Goldman Sachs’ John Paulson and Bernard ... John Paulson, the hedge fund short-artist in the middle of ...
Flashback: Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496286/posts
Obama Campaign Bought the Google Search for Goldman Sachs SEC
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496189/posts
Goldman Sachs: Summary (Goldman Gave Dems 75% Of Its Campaign Donations In The 2008 Election Cycle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496032/posts
“Timing of Political Points” - DNC & Goldman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496017/posts
Copy of post by Liz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2425070/posts?page=13#13
Goldman Sachs Will Be Sitting Pretty With Emanuel in the Obama White House
By: Timothy P. Carney, Examiner Columnist, Nov 21, 2008
Goldman Sachs always has clout in Washington, as evidenced by the firm’s alumni serving as Treasury secretaries under both Presidents Bush and Clinton. Today, in these tumultuous times of bailouts and meltdowns when the investment banking leviathan needs Washington more than ever before, Goldman can leverage its most valuable asset yet—incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Goldman Sachs is the giant of Wall Street, and more than any other investment bank, Goldman is surviving the current financial storm.
Traditionally a Democratic booster, and one of Barack Obama’s top sources of funds in this past election, Goldman has always had some particularly strong allies within government. Emanuel is one such ally. An interesting early chapter in the Goldman-Emanuel relationship took place in the setting of Bill Clinton’s campaign for the White House in 1992. Clinton hired Emanuel as his chief fundraiser.
At the same time, however, Emanuel was on the payroll of Goldman Sachs, receiving $3,000 per month from the firm to “introduce us to people,” in the words of one Goldman partner at the time. This is certainly a noteworthy relationship, but it’s one that has almost entirely escaped scrutiny. (snip)
In his four terms in Congress, Emanuel has raised $74,750 from Goldman, making the firm his number four source of funds. Goldman has helped Emanuel. How has Emanuel helped Goldman? The most obvious answer, as mentioned in this column two weeks ago, is in Emanuel’s lead role in shepherding the “$700 billion” bailout—first proposed by former a Goldman CEO, Bush Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson—through the skeptical House.
Of course, back in the Clinton days, Goldman benefited from NAFTA and the bailout of the Mexican currency, with Emanuel pushing NAFTA through Congress, and Rubin hammering out the peso bailout. Did Goldman improperly funnel money to the Clinton campaign by subsidizing Emanuel’s salary in 1992? Did Goldman’s help to Clinton spur the Democratic president to push NAFTA and the Mexican bailout?
The answers to these questions are opaque, and with Emanuel burrowed deep within the Obama White House, the continued relationship between Goldman Sachs and Obama’s right hand man won’t be easy to follow.
Watch which regulations of Wall Street Obama fights for. Watch where the bailout money goes. And don’t be surprised Goldman soon sitting pretty once again.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/TimothyCarney/
THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT RAHM Did Wall Street Rahm reveal all of his ties to financial institutions involved in Obama’s trillion dollar federal bailout of financials.......like Goldman Sachs, for instance?
Global Warming Researchers Get “F”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2496658/posts?page=11
Six links on the latest in global warming [April]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464021/posts?page=64#64
[Such as air being TOO clean causes global warming!]
Ten green sex sins that can sabotage your love life
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2489435/posts
[Note that only perverts can use viagra sin free]
Do unemployment benefits prolong unemployment?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2495804/posts
Look how much money illegals milking you for
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=141985
Amount expected to rocket if Democrats grant amnesty
Soros: Euro, EU Will Collapse if Germany Doesn’t Make Concessions
http://www.infowars.com/soros-euro-eu-will-collapse-if-germany-doesnt-make-concessions
Newsmax | Billionaire financier George Soros thinks the euro and the European Union itself are at risk of breaking up if Germany refuses to play its traditional role and make concessions.
Ratigan Deconstructs Goldman, Connecticut AG Blumental Wants Criminal Charges Filed
http://www.infowars.com/ratigan-deconstructs-goldman-connecticut-ag-blumental-wants-criminal-charges-filed
Bi-partisan Effort to Impose Additional Gas Taxes On Strapped Americans
http://www.infowars.com/bi-partisan-effort-to-impose-additional-gas-taxes-on-strapped-americans
[Loose Immigration Policy Leeches Taxpayers]
USCIS Robs Social Security Fund of $1 Billion a Year
http://www.cis.org/north/OPT-social-security
“How does this impact Social Security? The work being done by OPT nonimmigrants would otherwise be done by either residents of the U.S. or H-1B workers; members of both groups pay FICA and Medicare taxes. OPT workers, like others on F-1 visas, pay no such taxes. The Center estimates that if the OPT program participants, who are not students and who often hold jobs in the $60-$90,000 a year range, were to be covered by FICA and Medicare it would bring at least $1 billion a year to these hard-pressed government funds. It would take a one-line act of Congress to close the gap.”
Brace yourself! Next bubble to burst could be $600 trillion?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=143057
WILL OBAMA RETURN $994,795 IN GOLDMAN SACHS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638
Republican returns GOLDMAN donations...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100419/pl_afp/useconomyfinancereformpoliticskirk_20100419214623
Limbaugh: Timing of SEC’s Fraud Case Was No Coincidence...
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_041910/content/01125107.guest.html
GOLDMAN shares RISE...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_bi_ge/us_goldman_sachs_shares_4
Dem Congessman: Dodd bill ‘contains permanent, unlimited bailout authority’ for Wall Street...
http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Brad_Sherman_5DAC0573-548C-4953-8FF3-5F771F55E323.html
Cap & trade? Or Crap & Crap?
EPA Contest Seeks Videos Promoting Government Regulations...
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/64297
Obama Calls Wall St Meetings ‘Shocking’ as Rahm Emanuel (Secretly) Meets with Wall St Investors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496765/posts
Goldman Sachs / DNC Recap:
Goldman Sachs: Summary (Goldman Gave Dems 75% Of Its Campaign Donations In The 2008 Election Cycle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2496032/posts
WILL OBAMA RETURN $994,795 IN GOLDMAN SACHS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS?
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638
Limbaugh: Timing of SEC’s Fraud Case Was No Coincidence...
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_041910/content/01125107.guest.html
GOLDMAN shares RISE...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_bi_ge/us_goldman_sachs_shares_4
Ratigan Deconstructs Goldman, Connecticut AG Blumental Wants Criminal Charges Filed
http://www.infowars.com/ratigan-deconstructs-goldman-connecticut-ag-blumental-wants-criminal-charges-filed
Copy of post by Liz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2425070/posts?page=13#13
Goldman Sachs Will Be Sitting Pretty With Emanuel in the Obama White House
Is Goldman Obama’s Enron? No, it’s worse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2496948/posts?page=1
“ ... nearly seven times as much as President Bush received from Enron ...”
That guy, John Paulson, is a piece of work. And in bed with Chucky Putzhead Schumer:
Timing of SEC’s Goldman Sachs Fraud Case Was No Coincidence
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_041910/content/01125107.guest.html
[Rush] The New York Post on Saturday: “Wall Street Suspects Goldman Charges ‘Not Coincidental’ to Financial Reform Effort.” And there’s an interesting little tie here. John Paulson is the hedge fund guy who was allowed to pick the mortgage-backed securities that Goldman was going to package, and then this guy was allowed to go short on them, he bet that they were going to fail, he bet that whoever bought these as investment vehicles would lose money, and Goldman let him pick part of the portfolio. And he won, or scored a billion dollars when he was right. That’s what all this is about. This guy, John Paulson, not related to Henry, this guy has not been charged at all. He’s the hedge fund guy. Some vice president somewhere in Europe has been charged. But guess who’s in bed with John Paulson? That would be Chuck Schumer. “[Hedge fund billionaire John] Paulson goes to Goldman Sachs and asks the investment bank to create mortgage-backed bonds that he could short. Goldman Sachs agrees, taking a $15 million payment from Paulson for doing so. But Goldman goes a step farther by allowing Paulson to pick the mortgages that would be bundled into bonds — the mortgages that Paulson thought would be most likely to fail. Goldman then sold those tainted, Triple A-rated bonds to unwitting Goldman clients, collecting another hefty fee in the process. Like Paulson, it too placed secret bets that the bonds it had sold to trusting clients would fail.
“Paulson and Goldman are alleged to have created the investment vehicles to fail — they went short and Goldman got to sell them to investors who were long.” Some might say that this is a little conflicting. “John Paulson, the hedge fund short-artist in the middle of today’s SEC suit against Goldman Sachs, recently helped raise money for Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), referring to the Senator in a fund-raising letter as ‘one of the few members of Congress that has consistently supported the hedge fund industry.’” You know who else was very close to Madoff was Chuck-U Schumer. So Senator Schumer is theoretically very close here to John Paulson and Bernie Madoff. But, my friends, a tough sell, because, remember, the Democrats are for the little guy. The Democrats are out there looking out for the little guy. Oh, yeah. “Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Monday led a long list of officeholders and groups expected to give up more than $430,000 in political contributions from Bernie Madoff and his family... ‘My money, I’m returning,’ Schumer said... The $100,000 Madoff donated to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, run by Schumer until last month, should also be returned, but ‘that is their decision,’ Schumer said... A spokesman for the committee, now headed by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), said, ‘We’re reviewing it.’” But, remember, the Democrats are for the little guy, folks. [snip]
[Side note: Trying to defend Clinton’s definition of ‘alone’, then-representative Schumer tried to argue that the sky wasn’t necessarily blue but arguably pink from some peoples’ perspective. Schumer is almost as fanatical about protecting infanticide as Obama himself. It all rolls together if you think about it.]
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