Yesterday, I wrote a post about the Wichita Eagle selling out and pandering to the teabaggers who made a brief appearance in my fair city of Wichita on Wednesday at Lawrence Dumont Stadium. In that post, I wrote:
“The astroturf movement is paid for by David Koch of Wichita-based Koch Industries to the tune of $20 [...]
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The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has been one of the many strong voices speaking up for real healthcare reform and speaking out against its challengers. Maddow featured a piece about the progress of their latest petition to stripe Democrats in leadership positions of their titles if they block the vote on Healthcare reform.
Here’s the [...]
One of my favorite people, Rachel Maddow, covers an issue that hits close to home for us Kansans.
Read the article about this at The Pitch
A few years ago when the gross incompetence with Enron occurred you had elected officials clamoring to hold someone accountable. Enron wanted to know about the executives and their part in the wrongdoings that bankrupted the company in a $600-million loss, swindled its shareholders, investors, and employees who thought their pensions were safe with Enron investments. Officials at the Justice Department were forming a task force to conduct a criminal investigation of Enron executives and at one point on Capitol Hill, there were five congressional panels looking into the company’s collapse.
Fast forward five years: Countrywide Mortgage reports a $1.2billion stock tumble after reporting that they were losing $1billion in mortgage defaults.
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