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Barney Frank Puts Code Pink in Their Place

By ⋅ March 24, 2009 ⋅

Here is a great clip of Barney Frank telling Code Pink to “grow up” during today’s House Finance Committee hearings. It’s about time someone shut them up.

In Defense of AIG Bonuses

By ⋅ March 18, 2009 ⋅

While I’m sure at present, the idea of defending American International Group (AIG) isn’t exactly the most popular on either the left or right. However this is one of those issues where I think passion has superseded common sense, and some perspective might fruitful. A few points: First, let’s remember that AIG never actually went [...]

Marketing on the Bailout

By ⋅ March 17, 2009 ⋅

Now this is a great way to play off of current events! In this commercial, Dominos Pizza has used the bailouts and stimulus package to their advantage by poking fun at the process, and selling pizza at the same time. This is definitely smart advertising.

250 Potheads, $1.2 million seized? Something sounds Phishy.

By ⋅ March 12, 2009 ⋅

This is an interesting story that I came across on Reason.com (first reported on rawstory.com). According to police officials in Hampton, VA, during the first set of shows for the Phish reunion concert, police claim to have arrested 250 concertgoers, collected $68,000 in cash, and recovered over $1.2 million in narcotics. While I have no [...]

Card Check to be introduced today

By ⋅ March 9, 2009 ⋅

From CongressDaily: Democrats will introduce contentious labor legislation in both chambers today even though Senate Democrats do not yet have the support necessary to overcome a certain Republican filibuster. This is all going to come down to the Blue Dogs in the House of Representatives. Those 51 Members, all self-proclaimed conservative democrats, have the power [...]

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