Dollar Politics
NPR is running a series called Dollar Politics. I’n not sure I could make it through the entire series without losing it completely if the following quote from the staff of my favorite senator is an example: As for Dodd, his spokesman wrote an e-mail: “Campaign contributions do not and never have influenced Senator Dodd’s [...]
Portuguese Water Dog
The big news today is that the Obama’s have a new dog. A Portuguese water dog. Buried in the article is news that Senator Kennedy also has a Portuguese water dog. You can’t make this stuff up.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Memo To Senator Dodd – Please Shut Up
Yesterday there was the story from Planet Money that government officials weren’t even mentioning nationalizing banks because just doing so could send their stock into the toilet. Today there’s the story that bank stocks plummeted after Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the banking committee, said banks my have to be nationalized. The story was headline [...]
Investors Lose – Politicians Win
The Connecticut Post reports that Senator Dodd received $27,500 in campaign contributions from the Stanford Financial Group which was recently accused of ripping off investors to the tune of $8 Billion. Of course, Stanford made sure to spread the money around so Dodd can hardly be singled out. But, since he’s my Senator (well, not [...]
Chris Dodd To Write Book?
There’s been reports that Senator Dodd might write a book about the financial crisis. An insider’s guide? A tell-all? Sure, someone says he plans to donate the proceeds to charity. Even if that’s true it’s not without benefit to him. He gets to put a spin on his contributions to the meltdown while on Senate [...]
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