As I said previously, there is plenty of blame to go around in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP is now getting around to naming names and so far I was on the money, though they fail to mention lax government oversight, but then again, why would they burn that bridge? From FastCompany.com: BP’s...
After some exchange with a couple of people on Twitter regarding the WikiLeaks subject, I decide to post some quick, personal notes here, where I’m not limited to 140 characters of text, though I still aim for brevity. To give you some context on what shapes my opinion (in no specific order and obviously...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this: “It’s very hard work to run an organization, let alone one that’s constantly being spied upon and sued,” Mr. Assange said in the interview. This completely removes any credibility wikileaks may have claimed. Julian Assange has no claim to any moral high ground at this point.
Today’s New York Times is reporting that the political action committee and lobbyists for Genentech and its parent company Roche provided statements to both Democrats and Republicans, to be entered into official Congressional Record. According to the Times’ article, Genentech supplied information to one of their lobbyists, Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli & Berzok. The firm...
It’s very telling to see that the AFLCIO has already read all 1990 pages of H.R. 3962, performed conclusive analysis, including cost analysis and coverage analysis, all in the same day the bill was released. They posted this to their twitter account; @AFLCIO. The House health care bill: great on coverage, fairly financed, affordable....
Just like welfare becomes a disincentive to self-sufficiency for individuals, it becomes the same for bailed-out companies. GMAC is negotiating with the government to receive even more of our tax money. The U.S. government is likely to inject $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion of capital into the Detroit company, on top of the $12.5...
I have a column set up in Tweetdeck, specifically to follow the #HCR hashtag and I continue to be amazed at how some people react when they learn specific politicians are “owned” by lobby groups. For example, today we found out that Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) would vote to block health care reform in...
ANOTHER Update 9/24/09: The Massachusetts GOP is seeking an injunction to stop the appointment of Paul Kirk, Jr. The GOP claims the governor didn’t have the authority under the state’s constitution to declare the bill an emergency law (for history on the bill, read the paragraph below, beginning with “Five years ago“). Update 9/24/09:...