Following Dodd’s Stories Are Exhausting
The lead for the story on the Hawaii Reporter website was: It’s exhausting trying to follow Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s story about how and why a loophole was slipped into last month’s stimulus bill that facilitated the scandalous bonuses at AIG. And it truly is. I can’t say which story is the truth, or if [...]
Phantom Power
My power usage has doubled in the last three years. As it would happen, the average temperature in January 2006 and January 2009 were only a degree apart and a relatively mild 32 and 33 degrees. While I technically have gas heat, electricity is needed to force the air around so the more the heat [...]
More Dodd Real Estate Deals
Looks like Senator Dodd has a history of beneficial real estate deals. Not only do the deals seem to fit the “sweetheart” category, but the deals included a convicted of tax and securities fraud. That felon received a pardon that was secured by Dodd. That felon still owed the SEC millions for his violations when [...]
Boiling Blood
I came across two stories in recent days that make my blood boil. One even used the term. The first was from the Planet Money blog and pointed me to Joe Nocera’s NY Times column. He talks about the AIG mess and how the company has to be kept alive: And yet — and this [...]
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