Glenn Beck has a plan to save America that apparently involves giving Glenn even more money for his books and appearances. [...] The article summary: "All-American Michael Oher went from the streets as a 15-year-old son of'" [...]
Aww, the poor babies:
One night in Adams Morgan, the sons and daughters of lawyers and corporate executives padded into a friend’s rowhouse for a kind of group therapy session about their families’ wealth.
They are young people who have inherited or stand to inherit big money, and they are spending [...]
It’s getting to the point where we should probably begin every story about what they’re doing in Washington with the disclaimer, “No this isn’t a joke. We’re not kidding. They really are considering this.”
Senate Democrats crafting a job creation bill are considering a proposal to give money to workers [...]
Some interesting information has been brought to the attention of this blog about PAC's, PAC money, hypocrisy and a 5th Congressional challenger.The Libertarian Party of Marion County is asking Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi to probe Smoke Free Indy to see whether the group used public money for political purposes.
As I told you last week Smoke Free Indy posted a blog critical of the LPMC which could be [...]
Shame on the residents of Fishers for voting to spend more money on education, complicating things for everbody else in the state. So says the Richmond Palladium-Item:
Officials in Fishers say the referendum approval will spare them having to cut at least 60 teachers in the faces of property tax [...]
With ominous voice-overs and a promise to "follow the money," the teaser included a question posed to a panicked Steve Buyer: "What happened to the $25,000?"
Tune [...]
Continuing my look at privatization transactions, this installment focuses on appropriate uses of funds.
Some types of privatization involve paying a third party to deliver an outsourced service. If, by outsourcing, you are able to save money and get better service, great. If you are able to realize recurring savings from [...]
The rising gas prices and SUV buyer's remorse led to this week's "Caption This" winner: Phyllis Ketrow, Martinsville, IN - "I shouldn't have bought a V-8!"
Runners up: Dan Jensen, Brownsburg IN - "Keep looking kids...I know I saw some more money down in those seats."
Mark' [...]
(Image from a painting displayed at the Riverview Community Bank).
Matt Taibbi’s latest pounds on Goldman Sachs international adviser Brian Griffiths speaking at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London:
“The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest,” Goldman’s Griffiths [...]
As with everything it is refocused as a money question: it isn’t so simple.
Go into our schools and you will see remarkably stimulating environments, and kids facing in every direction, some are focused on the topic, others are not. Go to study hall an you will see people studying and [...]
A summary of the stimulus money state government received so far showed it paid for the equivalent of 16,310 [...]
“I have often heard great English property owners congratulate themselves on the fact that in our day they get more money from their domains than their fathers did. Perhaps they are right to rejoice; but surely they do not know what they are rejoicing about. They believe they are making [...]
I’ve been hearing a lot from Todd Rokita on the radio lately. Clearly these aren’t campaign ads because they are airing with public money. And that would be wrong. Ergo, they aren’t campaign ads. iPOPA flags one of the ads that really made my ear perk up. I forgot [...]
I subscribe to the DCCC emails so I can see what the left is up to. Usually, it’s just a weak plea for money, with nothing substantive in the email.
While I was out mulching leaves, the following email came addressed from James Carville.
from James Carville <dccc@dccc.org>
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