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Seller’s Remorse: Banks Regretting Acquiescing to “Good Enough Nationalization”

We’ve all seen the story of banks lining up to get “free” money from the federal government in an attempt to pump up the economy. The reality is, the money hasn’t pumped up much of anything except the national debt. One trend, however, is that banks ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogger News,  1 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barney Frank

Book Review The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso

For people who pay attention to politics, the phrase "Chicago Machine Politics" means all the worst aspects of electioneering, corruption and dirty politics. Jobs are handed out as political favors, contributions are solicited in exchange for ...

From JOHN C. A. BAMBENEK, Associated Content,  27 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Jack Ryan

Financial Mismanagement Caused Illinois’ Backlog of Bills

Last week, state Comptroller Dan Hynes reported that the backlog of state bills has reached over $4 billion. Several vendors have threatened to stop providing services to the state if they cannot be paid on timely basis. Many Medicaid patients are ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogger News,  3 Dec 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Emil Jones

The Party of Hate and Sexism

Governor Sarah Palin is named as McCain's running mate; Democrats spew disgusting sexist remarks in response. The Party of HateI have not been following the "veepstakes" as closely as some. I think the VP pick matters more for McCain than it does for ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogcritics.org,  29 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

Thoughts on the Best Western Compromise

The Sunday Herald reported on Sunday that Best Western was struck by a trojan attack that lead to the possible compromise of about 8 million victims. There is some debate as to the extent of the breach and not a small amount of rumor going around. I'm ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, CircleID,  25 Aug 2008

A Republican Renaissance in Alaska? David Cuddy Challenges Ted “Bridge to Nowhere” Stevens

When David Cuddy decided to run against Senator Ted Stevens for the Republican nomination for the US Senate in Alaska, he had no idea that Stevens was going to be indicted on federal corruption charges. He was simply tired of the excessive earmarks, ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogger News,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Ted Stevens,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party

Sandbox Politics

The Republican "revolt" in the House is no way to advance a sound energy policy. Last Friday, the United States House of Representatives adjourned without voting on an offshore drilling bill supported by the Republicans. Instead of adjourning and going ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogcritics.org,  4 Aug 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party

Is Anti-Virus Dead?

Each SANSFIRE, the Handlers who can make it to DC get together for a panel discussion on the state of information security. Besides discussion of the hot DNS issue, between most of us there is a large consensus into some of the biggest problems that we ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, CircleID,  31 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Angelina Jolie

Is Obama Afraid of Change for Illinois?

The presidential candidate for change has adopted the twin themes of "hope" and "change" for his political campaign. These themes are the creation of David Axelrod, Barack Obama's senior campaign adviser. It was a stroke of brilliance to tap into the ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogger News,  14 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Debbie Halvorson,  Todd Stroger,  Barack Obama,  David Axelrod,  U.S. Congress

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: Supreme Court Rules for Gun Rights

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to own firearms for self-defense and hunting. The Supreme Court of the United States has finally settled one of the most contentious constitutional questions in decades. Do ...

From JOHN BAMBENEK, Blogcritics.org,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Dick Heller

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