Comments on: Give an inch, and they try to take it all

By: Giving Failed Bureaucrats Even More Power is Not a Good Idea : The Sundries Shack

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:24:12 +0000

[...] the questionable Constitutionality of the request or that fact that it is profoundly un-American. Sister Toldjah, Fausta, John Hawkins, and Dan Collins will give you chapter and verse on all of that, including [...]

By: A Blog For All

A Blog For All — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:13:44 +0000

Treasury Seeks Power To Seize Failing Companies…

Wait a second? You mean to tell everyone that AIG should have been shut down, not fed hundreds of billions, including billions as a conduit to avoid the TARP limitations? If AIG should have been shut down, why did it getting the bailout in the first …..

By: Hal

Hal — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:21:51 +0000

And now China is calling for a new reserve currency. Our biggest debt holder is wanting out more or less. And as you note, Geithner is calling for the ability to seize institutions they view as taking too much risk. Which in my eyes means they better seize themselves because yesterday’s buyout plan of the “Legacy” assets is in my sight terribly risky for the tax payers. I’ve been tracking gold using the real time widget ExactPrice and I’m frankly surprised that it’s not higher. Quite a bit of profit taking after it’s run up following last week’s monetizing of debt announcement but looks to me like people are continue to go to it as a safe haven from future inflation, which is the FED’s desire if you ask me. Though I have a feeling they’re going to get a lot more then they are counting on since as you noted, they have no idea whether what they're doing will work.

By: janetney

janetney — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:01:14 +0000

this scares me…i’m beginning to believe mark levin about the whole ‘statetism’ thing…farenheit 451, here we come…

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:59:41 +0000

First, they came for the banks………

By: Gosh, I Could Swear I've Heard This Before [Dan Collins]

Gosh, I Could Swear I've Heard This Before [Dan Collins] — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:27:32 +0000

[...] There’s plenty more there that you should see, so go check it out. The last bit is pretty funny, because it once again turns the tables on those who say that those who oppose retrieving AIG bonuses on the grounds, for example, that that amounts to a Bill of Attainder, have been hypocritical for supporting, for example, the renegotiation of union contracts at the form…. [...]