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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

September 29, 2008 05:13 PM Forum: Politics

Sarah Goes To Debate Camp

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Sarah has been wisked away to "debate camp" in Sedona!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/29/palin-heads-to-%e2%80%98debate-camp%e2%80%99-in-arizona/
A "crash course" in a rustic setting, fall colors, babbling brooks, an opportunity for Sarah to prove human foot prints co-exist with dinosaur foot prints, and away from the media...

September 30, 2008 03:16 AM Forum: Politics

Another Call for Palin to Exit

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Too bad it doesn't come from McCain:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/29/zakaria.sarah.palin/index.html

October 3, 2008 05:32 PM Forum: Politics

Bailout Passed

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/news/economy/house_friday_bailout/index.htm?postversion=2008100309
Is it too late?

October 4, 2008 03:36 PM Forum: Politics

More Lipstick on a Pig

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Now that McCain has abandoned Michigan, Sarah and Todd have other ideas:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/04/palin-disagrees-with-mccains-michigan-decision/
Since when is Todd Palin and ticket to win? These two are more full of themselves than a Christmas turkey.
And they can't be deterred by those pesky probes in their own home state while they're saving Michigan:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/palin.probe/index.html
The McCain campaign will see to that:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/25/palin.probe/index.html
She's a canned ham who definitely needs to do the perp walk...

October 5, 2008 03:35 PM Forum: Politics

"The wheels...coming off economy..."

Posted By Rod Kaufman
On the one hand I want Obama to win in November and the thought of an abomination like Palin as our president is too much to stomach, perhaps another dose of Republican insanity is needed before the country arises from its coma and the state of the economy eliminates the latter from our collective minds for years to come:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-econ5-2008oct05,0,3369735.story

October 5, 2008 04:04 PM Forum: Politics

Fact Checking Palin's Claim

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/05/fact-check-is-obama-palling-around-with-terrorists/
Three comments:
1. More of the same from the "straight-talk express."
2. Palin used the word "terrorists" in her speech at the Home Depot in Carson California. CNN and the rest of us are still waiting on an explanation of the pleural use of the word "terrorist" by Sarah Palin.
3. I don't know why the Home Depot hosted Ms Palin but I won't be doing business with them again.

October 7, 2008 07:07 PM Forum: Politics

Re: Infinite Depth of the Fed Pocket

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Jim Brown said:

Chris Myers said:

Sure wish my pockets were this deep. First 700 billion, now possibly as much as 1.3 trillion more (see figures about halfway down the linked article). Give 'em an inch...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown

Hi Chris,

I would be interested in an analysis of the projected net cost of this plan. For example, if the Fed buys 1.3T in short term commercial paper and is paid back at a reasonable interest rate with minimal defaults, the net cost will be reasonably low. If this move thaws the credit markets a bit, the net cost is worth it.

I don't want to sound like an irrational optimist, but the 1.3T figure (like the 700B figure) is being discussed in the popular press as a simple expense. It is not. Under certain scenarios (that are probably extremely far fetched,) the Fed makes a lot of money on these deals. Under no scenario are these simple expenditures of cash out with no possible recovery. for the press, the net projections lack the shock and awe value of the gross figures though....

Jim
Shock and awe? You want shock and awe? Try this:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/walker.bailout/index.html

October 8, 2008 05:00 AM Forum: Politics

The No-Talk Express Speaks

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/07/politics/fromtheroad/entry4508297.shtml
Palin panders to the press for 15 precious minutes. Will miracles never cease?
And how about that John McCain? He's back touting his $7000.00 tax exemption for every kid you pop out. Funny, I hadn't heard that one for awhile, and that one isn't on his website either...

October 9, 2008 01:37 AM Forum: Politics

AIG Wants More Bailout Billions and Party Hardy

Posted By Rod Kaufman
AIG wants more of your tax payer dollars:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/news/companies/aig/index.htm?cnn=yes
so it can do more of this:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1007083aig1.html
Crisis? What crisis?

October 10, 2008 03:22 AM Forum: Politics

Palin Clears Self in Self-Probe

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_TROOPERGATE?SITE=CASCN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
I guess there's nothing more to say, Palin investigated herself and she's Mrs Clean...

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