Update on SEC Lawsuit, Congressional Hearing on Goldman Sachs and the Financial Reform Bill

It's not just the conservatives out there that notices something a bit suspicious about the timing of all this. Former President Bill Clinton expressed a similar suspicion.

Senator Kevin Parker Reveals What Most Liberals Think

New York State Senator Kevin Parker (D.) today went on a race-based rant accusing Republicans of being white supremacists. When you spend all your time calling anyone who disagrees with you a racist, eventually you're going to believe it.

Apparently Tea Bagging Wasn't Enough of an Insult

ACORN leader Bertha Lewis referred to the Tea Parties as "a bowel movement" and claimed "they are coming after you". "You", of course, referred to her audience, the Young Democratic Socialists. Luckily our President had almost nothing to do with ACORN. That is, unless you actually look at his past statements and actions.

Just When I Think I've Seen the Lowest of the Low...

Along comes another public employee to show me I haven't seen anything from the realm of disgusting just yet. Shouldn't she have been at work?

What are You Doing for Earth Day?

I, for one, have removed the catalytic converter from my car. I now emit a smokescreen behind me reminiscent of a spy movie. I also left the lights on at my home and set the air conditioner on 32 degrees. I turned on an old laptop at work that I don't use anymore just to have it on. Later today, I hope to strangle a hippy.

Happy Earth Day!!

Goldman-Sachs and the Financial Reform Ruse

I was holding off on posting anything about this because the evidence was too tenuous and the reports too speculative for me to think there was anything solid enough to merit writing about. However, today things became a bit more solid.

Originally, there was speculation, and not unreasonably so, that the timing of the Security Exchange Commission civil suit against Goldman-Sachs was too close in preceding the President's push for a financial reform bill to be coincidence. Now it has been revealed that at the same time as Goldman-Sachs attorneys were negotiating with the SEC over the civil suit, the CEO of Goldman-Sachs was visiting the White House on a regular basis. At the same time as the administration is demonizing financial institutions and the charges were set forth against Goldman-Sachs, President Obama has refused to return the nearly $1 million in campaign donations he received from them.

While there still does not appear to be a smoking gun that the case was discussed at the meetings with President Obama and Larry Summers, this stinks to high heaven. Given the history of this administration, an investigation would be appropriate.

And of Course, Even More Taxes

The recently revealed Democratic budget proposal would contain...you guessed it, higher taxes. Luckily, it's designed to help them spend more on economic killing policies. Did IQ's drop massively in the last 30 years?