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To: Brumar89 who wrote (73555)	8/26/2009 9:47:15 AM
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Alan Grayson: Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve? Via YouTube This is a high quality version of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing of May 5, 2009. Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of off balance sheet obligations. Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money is.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (73555)	8/27/2009 6:41:04 AM
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How Not to Make Important Decisions By Ramesh Ponnuru The Corner Michael Tomasky writes: <<< "A health bill will likely have a very weak public option or it won't have one at all. But liberals will have to battle for that bill as if it's life and death (which in fact it will be for thousands of Americans), because its defeat would constitute a historic victory for the birthers and the gun-toters and the Hitler analogists." >>> I suppose choosing sides this way is easier than thinking through the merits. corner.nationalreview.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (73555)	8/27/2009 6:47:46 AM
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Is MSNBC a Front for Corporate Lobbying and P.R.? By Stephen Spruiell The Corner MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has accused the town-hall protesters of being mindless puppets for "AstroTurf" groups, which is how she describes Dick Armey's FreedomWorks -- she called the group "a front for corporate lobbying and P.R." If we applied Maddow's own standards to MSNBC and its parent company, GE, we would have every right to lob the same accusation at Maddow and her liberal colleagues for supporting cap and trade: <<< Leaked e-mail shows how GE puts the government to work for GE By: Timothy P. Carney "The intersection between GE's interests and government action is clearer than ever," General Electric Vice Chairman John G. Rice wrote in an Aug. 19 e-mail to colleagues. Rice was calling on his co-workers to join the General Electric Political Action Committee. "GEPAC is an important tool that enables GE employees to collectively help support candidates who share the values and goals of GE." The full letter suggests that "share the values and goals of GE" really means "support policies that profit the company." [...]. "On climate change," Rice wrote, "we were able to work closely with key authors of the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill, recently passed by the House of Representatives. If this bill is enacted into law it would benefit many GE businesses." >>> Accusing Maddow and other MSNBC talking heads of acting as GE's puppets when they attack cap-and-trade opponents would be stupid and unfair, but that's exactly what Maddow is doing when she accuses FreedomWorks and other groups of being fronts for corporate interests. corner.nationalreview.com