Good catch, my friend. Chis the lying Dodd (D) said:

“I did not want to make any changes to my original Senate- passed amendment” to the stimulus bill, “but I did so at the request of administration officials“

jeff_from_mpls on March 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM

Who were these government officials? What are their names? Who else was in the meeting when this was decided? What did TOTUS know and when did he know it? It’s time for Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican congress to start asking questions and demanding specific answers.

right now.

Ding aling Brothers and Barney Bailout Circus.

We will see a lot of tricks in the big tent.

And I’ll add those can NOT be blamed on the CRA. It’s something I’ve noticed is totally absent from all conservative talk on this matter. Why is it no one is talking about credit default swaps and the way big banks gambled on the housing market and now WE have to pay them off for gambling on the wrong side of it. No matter how you slice it, that’s not the fault of the CRA.

I’ll also add that most poor communities where CRA most benefited are NOT the places where foreclosures are up. They are up in new, overvalued developments in (formerly) middle class suburbs. This isn’t poor peoples fault for the last time!!!

its too strong for republicans to admit that their deregulation fetish led to this…so all we have left is the only thing everyone can understand. this bs. 2 wars and we’re reshaping the world order as we speak…but its now 4 days straight of AIG all day.

ernesto on March 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM

What deregulation fetish? Please name a law which deregulated anything, and also name the Presidency under which such laws were enacted. In eight years of Bush, nothing was deregulated, and a lot of things became more regulated.

Of course, it didn’t help that exactly the things Bush wanted more regulation on (like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) were stymied by Democratic intransigence. It isn’t for nothing that I call the recent meltdown Obama Waters Franks LLC.

Rushed process
No one reads it
Strongly favoring the target of the pork
It viloates common sense
It would get tossed by a conservative with line item veto in 5 seconds.

Barney Frank has NEVER ever held a job in the private sector…

suzyk on March 19, 2009 at 10:12 AM

Didn’t Frank have a gay prostitution ring operating in his apartment? That could be considered private sectorish.

Other Democrats who voted for the stimulus bill have ramped up criticism of AIG’s bonuses, including Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, who told reporters, “I think the time has come to exercise our ownership rights.”

I can’t wait until the time comes for the voters to exercise their voting rights. Unfortunately, Frank is probably safe, but not if he’s in the minority. These people voted for the porkulus bill, and they didn’t know what was in it. Now they’re shocked and appalled. Join the club!!

ernesto on March 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM

This is what we were warning you about when you voted for the Obot.
You didn’t believe us, did you?
Do you believe even a little bit now?

Besides, with Hussein having said that the buck stops with him, he cut the legs off of any attack from the left.

…isn’t an elected anything….

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What and the sam h#ll,is going on, in the stinkin Obama
Administration,

is he running America,or what!

He’s pickin sports team picks,and he’s galavanting all
over gawd’s green acres on the Leno Show,on American
taxpayers dime,and time!

Now Obama is allowing every Tom,Dick,and Scott Murphy
into the White House!

Is the President of the United States of America,doing
the peoples work,or is he in perpetual campaign mode!

And, is Obama working for America,or is he busy coniving
up grand ideas on how to inrich himself in office,not to
mention his $500,000 dollar book deal before taking office!

Oh ya,and remember there’s a Economy Perpetual ‘Crisis ‘
borderlining a ‘Depression’!

But it seems Hopey/Changey has all the time in the world
on his hands,to be planning and plotting,

but not economy!!!!

And its Day # I can’t remember,and where the

h#ll is the ‘PLAN”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not until the MSM says it is and they are still munching on what he’s feeding them.
When(if)he loses them he’d better grab his hardhat.

“AIG BOGUS SCANDAL”

and I thought, great, at last someone is calling a spade a spade. But when I looked closer I noticed it said:

“AIG BONUS SCANDAL”

Ah well. I had hope the MSM was coming to its senses. This AIG bonus story is a prime example of Mo Udall’s observation that the media is like a flock of birds perched on a power line. Afther the first one flies off, all the rest fly off too. It’s all AIG bonus scandal, all the time. They’re always talking about the same thing, and giving it the same slant.

Wonder if the king President tonight would have asked Jay to give back part of his million dollar salary?
Oh, I forgot. Jay made a campaign contribution to BO so forget that idea.

Hummer53 on March 19, 2009 at 9:40 AM

So did AIG. Fat lot of good that is doing them now.

If they want to be outraged about how each bit of bailout money is being spent, Citi’s spending would at least be a more worthy target:

• Citigroup Inc. (C) plans to spend about $10 million on new offices for senior executives, according to a Bloomberg report. The changes at the bank’s headquarters in New York City will include a new office for Chief Executive Vikram Pandit. The project is made up of 17 private offices, two conference rooms and open areas, reported Bloomberg.

what i mean is that we need to get these jerks out of Congress & out of the WH–the money quote has to appeal to lowest common denominator.

kelley in virginia on March 19, 2009 at 9:28 AM

This is the wrong issue to hammer on incessantly. as widespread as the anger is that says more about how moronic the general population can get and less about the proper governing philosophy. there are very real problems with the financial system, but bonuses arent one of them.

Good catch, my friend. Chis the lying Dodd (D) said:

jeff_from_mpls on March 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM

artist mentioned it on another thread, I just went and found a link.