Holbrooke Back From Telluride, Still Irrelevant
Laura Rozen reports:
But almost a year later, neither Holbrooke nor Mitchell is looking as confident about his status in the administration or prospects for success.
Holbrooke, who once seemed to relish his access to both Obama and Clinton and built a staff of more than two dozen aides while commanding veto power over department South [...]
Could See This Coming!
In the companion piece to this post, Couldn’t See That Coming!, we noted that the United States Department of the Treasury, run by tax evader Timothy Geithner, has decided to institute wage controls at those companies that accepted large amounts of TARP money; TARP is the Troubled Asset Relief Program… that is, the Wall Street [...]
Obama Confuses Corruption with Competition. So What Else Is New?
Another question that answers itself:
President Barack Obama on Tuesday squared off with the insurance lobby over industry charges that a government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half-century and overtake the system….
“If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care … then [...]
