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Republicans use most recent JPMorgan scandal to demonstrate folly of regulation, instead of criminal corporate behavior

By Mark | May 23, 2012

There’s a great piece in the Washington Post today about Republicans in the Senate, and how they seem determined to focus their wrath not on the individuals at JPMorgan who were recently caught engaging in risky, irresponsible stock trades, but on those federal regulators who didn’t somehow foresee these actions and stop them from happening. […]

Tonight’s Sate of the Union address

By Mark | January 24, 2012

I’m listing to the President’s State of the Union address right now, and wondering how in the hell any of the Republicans currently fighting for their party’s nomination think they’ve got a realistic shot against him come November. I know it’s just a speech, and a lot of the ideas will never come to fruition, […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged class warfare, Financial Crimes Unit, food stamps, foreclosure, get the money out of Washington, GITMO, Guantánamo Bay, health care reform, higher education, income inequality, Obama, Osama bin Laden, poverty, public option, State of the Union, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the politics on envy, threats to the middle class, unions, Wall Street, welfare | 23 Comments

Newt Gingrich tells dirty OWS hippies to get jobs, take baths

By Mark | November 23, 2011

I know that I should’t waste any more effort thinking about the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, as it’s doubtful that he’ll remain at the front of the Republican pack for much longer, but I found the following footage of Gingrich, appearing on-stage in Iowa, so offensive that I couldn’t just let it go without comment… […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged baths, class warfare, corruption, family values, Freddie Mac, hippies, hypocrisy, jobs, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Presidential politics, republican primary, Ronald Reagan, tea party, telling people to take baths, the growing gap between rich and poor | 14 Comments

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

By Mark | November 12, 2011

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, banks, Barney Frank, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Richard Cordray, Schoolhouse Rock, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation | 10 Comments

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff on just how easy it is to “own” members of Congress

By Mark | November 7, 2011

Last night, as I was driving around Ann Arbor in my pajamas, in search of my daughter’s friend Mox, I started flipping around between AM stations, in hopes of finding an episode of When Radio Was. While I wasn’t able to find one, I did happen across something interesting – a station that was broadcasting […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged asshole Republicans, buying politicians, campaign finance reform, corruption, get the money out of Washington, Jack Abramoff, Lesley Stahl, lobbyists, Mox, old time radio, stuffed animals | 3 Comments

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Republicans use most recent JPMorgan scandal to demonstrate folly of regulation, instead of criminal corporate behavior

Tonight’s Sate of the Union address

Newt Gingrich tells dirty OWS hippies to get jobs, take baths

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff on just how easy it is to “own” members of Congress

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