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He just now said there was no prok or earmark spending in the $787B stimulus bill.

Hello fellow Freepers: A friend of mine has just recorded this anti-spending / Obama rock tune. It's a professional job and I think it... rocks. He is at a loss as to how to market it and considering the subject will be dated soon - he's in a hurry. He has tried submissions to several radio shows like Rush. Not suprisingly - no response. Any suggestions? You can listen to the song here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=897450&songID=7493066

Here is video of Democrat Rep. Paul Kanjorski this morning saying the Obama Administration and the Congress must stop looking like the "Keystone Cops" if they are going to have credibility with the American people and be able to turn the U.S. Economy around. He was talking in reference to the AIG bonus scandal, and really came down hard on the need to "slow down" and get things in order and under control in terms of oversight on the massive bailouts that have already been passed. This kind of sentiment among some Democrats may become a roadblock to President Obama...

In an effort to attract private capital back into the banking system, the Treasury plans to allow firms to introduce preferred shares that can be converted into common stock as part of its new Capital Assistance Program (CAP). According to the Treasury Department, the program allows banks the "opportunity to turn first to private sources of capital, should additional capital buffers be deemed necessary for a financial institution." The preferred shares will carry a 9% dividend yield and can be converted into common equity at a 10% discount to the price, the Treasury said. Securities that have not been converted...

Bailouts, bailouts everywhere, and not an end in sight. The automakers want more, the banks want more, even the nation’s biggest insurance company is back because its $150-billion bailout last year wasn’t enough. And what about the people who can’t pay their mortgages? Taxpayers are beginning to wonder if the U.S. Treasury is going to run out of money. So what do Americans think about all these bailout requests? Given the choice between federal bailouts for the auto companies, the finance industry and financially trouble homeowners or no bailouts for any of them, 54% say no bailouts period. Just 26%...