Thanks to a little known law passed on the day before Thanksgiving in 1991, the Senate voted to do just that — bailout Wall Street when it became necessary. [...]
You really got to love Texas Governor Rick Perry. After refusing stimulus money to help the unemployed, he now wants to use $11 million of that money to repair the governor’s mansion. [...]
The propaganda attacks have begun in full force to lay blame on a particular political party for this financial mess we are in. While supporters of both parties are guilty of these attacks, the Republican supporters have a clear edge over the supporters of the Democratic Party. You see a little of this in the presidential campaign ads and a bit more comes from pundits. And we saw it today with the House leaders blaming the Democratic leadership for some Republicans not voting for the bailout bill and Barney Frank blaming the Republicans. But the vast majority comes from those who have appointed themselves as the head attack sharks for their party, and they do it in the form of propagandist emails and video clips. Continue Reading » »
Today I received a comment on my original post about the letter that is going around entitled “Big Oil” by Bill Phillips. (In case you haven’t seen it, the letter suggests Bill Phillips is a descendant of Frank Phillips of the infamous Phillips Petroleum Company, which is supposed to qualify him on oil and oil politics.) The comment is by Randy Phillips, who says he is a descendant of Frank Phillips. I use Randy’s name in this post, as he proudly used his name with his comment to my original post, so I don’t think he would have a problem with me using it here. You can read Randy’s comments by linking to my original post, but the following is his comment. Continue Reading » »
You may have already received an email from a friend (with content inserted, attached, or a hyperlink) of an article (or letter) supposedly written by Bill Phillips entitled “Big Oil”. Or, if you have “googled up” the words “big oil”, you most certainly have found this article. Bill Phillips is a descendent of the infamous Phillips Petroleum Company owner(s) (now ConocoPhillips), and, according to the intro to the article (obviously by someone else), has been in the oil business for “nearly 50 years”. Continue Reading » »
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Thanks to a little known law passed on the day before Thanksgiving in 1991, the Senate voted to do just that — bailout Wall Street when it became necessary. [...]