Part of today’s Wall Street Journal’s editorial on the “political class” going after Wall Street’s compensation levels: Yet the hard truth remains that whether on Wall Street or across the American business landscape, compensation levels are a business judgment made under the pressure of competition. The “idiots” notwithstanding, Wall Street has lots of highly talented [...]
The RNC just released a statement from Governor Pawlenty on Michael Steele. I believe (looking back through my press releases) that this is the first statement on Steele released today by the RNC coming from a Republican leader outside of Washington. Very interesting. Maybe. Governor Pawlenty’s statement: “Michael Steele brings precisely the type of dynamic, [...]
Congratulations, Mr. Steele. I wish you the best of luck. You are going to need it.
Senator Chris Dodd, who knows an incumbent political lynch mob when he sees one, is getting out in front of the action. So is Claire McCaskill. Meanwhile, you better believe that a good piece of the $18 billion dollars worth of taxpayer funded Wall Street bonuses is right now flowing into the coffers of some [...]
The current bets being placed by New Hampshire’s chattering class (as near as I can tell): 1. Senator Gregg has been offered the position of Secretary of Commerce 2. Senator Gregg, with great regret, will turn Obama’s offer down. 3. However, if Senator Gregg accepts Obama’s offer, Governor Lynch will appoint a no-nonsense Democrat to [...]
The “Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes“. America, time to get your eat on. Yet again.
Gray haired ladies and gentlemen vote. The under 30 crowd don’t. Until that changes, real entitlement reform likely remains an unreachable goal. At least until our country is wholly bankrupt. Trying to stop a fiscal jackpot, the Pete Peterson Foundation and MTV Networks created InDebtEd.com, an organization attempting to wake Generation WE up to what [...]
New Hampshire based website 2012 Presidential Watch has gone live. Any wannabe presidential operative worth slightly more than a bucket of warm spit will bookmark it now.
Rejected Super Bowl Memories #3 – Father and Son – watch more funny videos “I miss my mom.” Happy Friday of Superbowl weekend everyone!
The NY Times has a dispatch from Davos, where the U.S.’s creditors are getting anxious. Who can blame them? But the NY Times story dances around the real reason that the world’s bankers are preparing to short the American economy – America’s upside down Social Security and Medicare entitlement programs. This isn’t much of a [...]