by Richard Eskow | May 25, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
A group of Democratic representatives has joined consumer groups- along with prominent figures like Dr. Phil (yes, that Dr. Phil) - in calling on the President to make a "recess appointment" of Elizabeth Warren. That will allow her to get to work running the new...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 25, 2011 | Blog
When Elizabeth Warren, the White House adviser who is setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, went to speak before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning, one of the things she compared the visit to was the Biblical story of Daniel in the lion's den....
by Richard Eskow | May 25, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The post-bin Laden afterglow is fading. Those video clips of his home movies seem like scenes from a reality show, not glimpses of an Existential Threat. It's the master terrorist as an addled Ozzy Osbourne, minus the Beverly Hills couturiers and groomers. And while a...
by Richard Eskow | May 25, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The bankers are endangering innocent people, their pals are roughing up the law, and the people who should be helping out are sitting on the sidelines doing nothing You can almost hear Tex Ritter singing "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'," the theme song from High...
by Eric Lotke | May 25, 2011 | Blog
Enough with blaming public employees for all of America’s problems. Last week public employees in Oregon marched on the state Capitol with a billion dollars worth of recommendations for government efficiencies and revenue enhancements. On Monday in Lansing, Michigan,...
by Richard Eskow | May 25, 2011 | Blog
"Money doesn't talk," sang Bob Dylan, "it swears." Rep. Patrick McHenry gave the week's most famous seventy year old a dark birthday gift on Tuesday by proving that those lyrics still ring true after nearly half a century. McHenry's savage attack on Elizabeth Warren...
