<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:31:30.567-07:00</updated><category term='seo'/><category term='facebook'/><category term='ford gm'/><category term='rankfanatic'/><category term='ebags.com'/><category term='walmart'/><category term='gold'/><category term='eliot cobb'/><category term='huffington Post'/><category term='eliotcobb.com'/><category term='taurus'/><category term='denver co.'/><category term='loan modifications'/><category term='cars'/><category term='search engines.'/><title type='text'>Eliot Cobb</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>532</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1696752832144452874</id><published>2009-10-06T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T13:51:23.230-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loan modifications'/><title type='text'>Wamu Loan Mods Starts New Blog</title><content type='html'>WamuLoanMods.com has started a new Blog discussing the latest events and stories related to Loan Modifications and Home Refinancing.  Start reading now with these introductory articles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wamuloanmods.com/loans/"&gt; WamuLoanMods Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wamuloanmods.com/loans/2009/10/loan-modifications-how-do-they-work/"&gt; How Do Loan Mods Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wamuloanmods.com/loans/2009/10/ditech-offers-up-refinancing-deals/"&gt; DiTech Offers Refinancing Incentives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wamuloanmods.com/loans/2009/10/more-generous-loan-modifications-now/"&gt; More Generous Loan Mods Coming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1696752832144452874?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1696752832144452874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1696752832144452874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1696752832144452874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1696752832144452874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/10/wamu-loan-mods-starts-new-blog.html' title='Wamu Loan Mods Starts New Blog'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-9190295206452243695</id><published>2009-10-05T16:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T16:54:37.951-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taurus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ford gm'/><title type='text'>Cash for Clunkers Pushed 30% to Buy</title><content type='html'>In a survey produced by Cars.com, 30% of consumers reported that they had no intention of buying a car until the just ended "Cash for Clunkers" program was announced.  Many said the program was too good to pass up.  The program had the biggest impact on younger drivers, where 34% said they purchased a car because of the program. &lt;a href="http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/10/05/cars-for-clunckers-pushed-auto-sales-up-by-30/"&gt;More.........at eliotcobb.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-9190295206452243695?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/9190295206452243695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=9190295206452243695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9190295206452243695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9190295206452243695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/10/cash-for-clunkers-pushed-30-to-buy.html' title='Cash for Clunkers Pushed 30% to Buy'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-9212952653540156084</id><published>2009-10-05T16:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T16:23:30.070-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eliotcobb.com'/><title type='text'>Gold Closes Above $1,017</title><content type='html'>Gold is up to $1,017, due mostly to an uptick in the Euro against the US Dollar.  &lt;a href="http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/10/05/gold-closes-above-1017/"&gt; For more details...........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-9212952653540156084?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/9212952653540156084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=9212952653540156084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9212952653540156084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9212952653540156084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/10/gold-closes-above-1017.html' title='Gold Closes Above $1,017'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7142158185082670695</id><published>2009-08-31T17:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T17:44:18.660-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ebags.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='denver co.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='walmart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eliot cobb'/><title type='text'>Walmart Adds 1 Million New Items Including eBags.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com announced today that it will begin carrying 1 million new items with the addition of it's new &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace. The additional products will come from a number of sites including well known &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;etailers&lt;/span&gt; like &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;CSN&lt;/span&gt; Stores and Pro Team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This will have a significant impact on &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt; and will help further solidify &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt; as the place to go for luggage", according to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://eliotcobb.com/blog/"&gt;Eliot Cobb&lt;/a&gt;, of Denver CO, a Co-founder of &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt;, and the original CFO&lt;/strong&gt;. "It's also coming at a perfect time for the upcoming Christmas Holiday and should have a direct impact of &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt; Holiday quarter sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information see the attached press release:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com Adds Nearly One Million New Items With the Launch of &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketplace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BRISBANE, Calif., Aug. 31 /&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;PRNewswire&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;FirstCall&lt;/span&gt;/ -- &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com today announced that it has added nearly one million new items to its online product assortment with the launch of "&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace," a new program that gives customers more choices at &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com (www.walmart.com). &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace enables a select group of retailers to offer additional products at &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com, providing customers more selection and added convenience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace further expands its online assortment with new products&lt;br /&gt;and top brands within some of the most popular online categories, including&lt;br /&gt;Home, Baby, Apparel, Toys and Sporting Goods / Sports Memorabilia. In&lt;br /&gt;addition, the program offers the added convenience of purchasing from select&lt;br /&gt;retailers known for their customer service and large selection. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com&lt;br /&gt;carefully chose these specific retailers based on their strong customer&lt;br /&gt;service track records and large assortments of quality brands and products.&lt;br /&gt;Also, &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com will continue to grow the &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace program with&lt;br /&gt;additional retailers over the next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace retailers include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;CSN&lt;/span&gt; Stores (www.csnstores.com) - home, baby, toys, sporting goods and&lt;br /&gt;shoes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;eBags&lt;/span&gt; (www.ebags.com) - bags and luggage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Pro Team, a subsidiary of Dreams, Inc. (NYSE &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Amex&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;DRJ&lt;/span&gt;) - licensed&lt;br /&gt;sports apparel and collectibles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We've added nearly one million new items to our online assortment with the&lt;br /&gt;introduction of &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace, making it even easier for customers to&lt;br /&gt;find more of what they want when shopping &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com," said Kerry Cooper,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;com's&lt;/span&gt; chief marketing officer. "Working with select retailers, known&lt;br /&gt;for their strong customer service and large online assortments of new&lt;br /&gt;merchandise, gives our customer more reasons to choose &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com when&lt;br /&gt;shopping online."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Customers can find the expanded assortment online at &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com beginning&lt;br /&gt;today. As an added convenience for customers, all purchases from a &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketplace retailer are managed through &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;com's&lt;/span&gt; trusted and secure&lt;br /&gt;checkout process. The &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt; Marketplace retailer will then manage and&lt;br /&gt;support the order, including shipping and handling, customer service,&lt;br /&gt;exchanges and returns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the coming months, &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Walmart&lt;/span&gt;.com will announce additional programs designed&lt;br /&gt;to further expand its online assortment for customers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7142158185082670695?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7142158185082670695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7142158185082670695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7142158185082670695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7142158185082670695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/08/walmart-adds-1-million-new-items.html' title='Walmart Adds 1 Million New Items Including eBags.com'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6845705673029127554</id><published>2009-08-22T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T12:07:49.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='search engines.'/><title type='text'>Seven SEO Tips That Will Crank up Your Website</title><content type='html'>1.    It’s an old technique but make sure your&lt;strong&gt; meta tags &lt;/strong&gt;for each page are unique and clearly tell the Search Engines what keywords they will find on your pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://rankfanatic.com/blog/?p=12"&gt;more.........&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6845705673029127554?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6845705673029127554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6845705673029127554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6845705673029127554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6845705673029127554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/08/seven-seo-tips-that-will-crank-up-your.html' title='Seven SEO Tips That Will Crank up Your Website'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7201172393224966510</id><published>2009-08-21T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T09:39:32.480-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rankfanatic'/><title type='text'>SEO Tips for Facebook and Social Sites</title><content type='html'>Check out these important articles that I just located on &lt;a href="http://rankfanatic.com"&gt;rankfanatic.com&lt;/a&gt;. They have some great information on SEO tips for facebook, as well as a few other SEO tidbits worth looking at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;               &lt;img src="http://rankfanatic.com/images/bullet_ball_red.png" alt="" align="bottom" height="8" width="8" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://rankfanatic.com/3_ways_to_use_social_sites.php"&gt;Three Ways to Use Social Site Links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;              &lt;br /&gt;               &lt;img src="http://rankfanatic.com/images/bullet_ball_red.png" height="8" width="8" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://rankfanatic.com/3_seo_screw_ups_that_can_cost_you.php"&gt;3 SEO Screw Ups That Can Cost You&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;              &lt;img src="http://rankfanatic.com/images/bullet_ball_red.png" height="8" width="8" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://rankfanatic.com/facebook_seo_tips_for_everyone.php"&gt;Facebook SEO TIPS for Everyone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7201172393224966510?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7201172393224966510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7201172393224966510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7201172393224966510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7201172393224966510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/08/seo-tips-for-facebook-and-social-sites.html' title='SEO Tips for Facebook and Social Sites'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2592226994822623704</id><published>2009-05-24T10:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T10:58:46.691-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow - Three New Ann Coulter Videos</title><content type='html'>Check out three new Ann Coulter vidoes at &lt;a href="http://acoulter.com/"&gt;Acoulter.com.........&lt;/a&gt;Two from her interviews with Bill Maher, and a third with Donnie Deutsch on the Big Idea....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2592226994822623704?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2592226994822623704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2592226994822623704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2592226994822623704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2592226994822623704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/05/wow-three-new-ann-coulter-videos.html' title='Wow - Three New Ann Coulter Videos'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4676059655014497362</id><published>2009-05-21T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T12:26:53.632-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Check the Delsey Garment Bag Helium Fusion Trolley Garment Bag</title><content type='html'>Try the Delsey Garment Bag Helium Fusion Trolley Garment Bag at eBags.com! Voted 2006 Website of the Year, eBags offers the best prices on a huge selection of bags, luggage, backpacks, handbags, and more. Comfort wrapped carrying handle. Recessed one button trolley handle in zippered pocket. Detachable add a bag strap. Inline skate wheels. &lt;a href="http://ebags.cc/"&gt;Integrated ID tag............&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4676059655014497362?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4676059655014497362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4676059655014497362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4676059655014497362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4676059655014497362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/05/check-delsey-garment-bag-helium-fusion.html' title='Check the Delsey Garment Bag Helium Fusion Trolley Garment Bag'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3496727763711937402</id><published>2009-04-16T12:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T12:37:26.578-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='huffington Post'/><title type='text'>Check out the Latest on Huffington Post</title><content type='html'>John Madden Retires...YouTube sensation Susan Boyle sings......Obama Meets with Mexican President...Why the GOP is unraveling&lt;a href="http://huffingtonpost.info/home.php?&amp;amp;id=1221702356"&gt;.................Huffington Post&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3496727763711937402?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3496727763711937402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3496727763711937402' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3496727763711937402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3496727763711937402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/04/check-out-latest-on-huffington-post.html' title='Check out the Latest on Huffington Post'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5658120765930888082</id><published>2009-03-01T08:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T08:06:00.148-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5658120765930888082?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5658120765930888082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5658120765930888082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5658120765930888082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5658120765930888082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/03/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3168448439504882642</id><published>2009-03-01T02:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T02:06:18.853-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3168448439504882642?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3168448439504882642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3168448439504882642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3168448439504882642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3168448439504882642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-not-your-money.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4652615193754857568</id><published>2009-03-01T00:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T00:05:59.727-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4652615193754857568?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4652615193754857568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4652615193754857568' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4652615193754857568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4652615193754857568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/03/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-349628150977421391</id><published>2009-02-28T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T16:05:50.800-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-349628150977421391?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/349628150977421391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=349628150977421391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/349628150977421391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/349628150977421391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_28.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1980611372382517876</id><published>2009-02-28T12:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T12:05:06.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1980611372382517876?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1980611372382517876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1980611372382517876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1980611372382517876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1980611372382517876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_28.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-9187875203142547710</id><published>2009-02-28T06:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T06:06:55.643-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-9187875203142547710?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/9187875203142547710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=9187875203142547710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9187875203142547710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/9187875203142547710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_4553.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7489252743087079438</id><published>2009-02-28T04:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T04:04:20.065-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7489252743087079438?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7489252743087079438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7489252743087079438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7489252743087079438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7489252743087079438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_28.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2037864068618285077</id><published>2009-02-28T02:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T02:05:31.255-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2037864068618285077?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2037864068618285077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2037864068618285077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2037864068618285077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2037864068618285077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_28.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5409246896228664929</id><published>2009-02-28T00:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T00:05:22.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5409246896228664929?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5409246896228664929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5409246896228664929' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5409246896228664929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5409246896228664929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_28.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7013566112053317943</id><published>2009-02-27T22:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T22:04:50.803-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7013566112053317943?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7013566112053317943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7013566112053317943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7013566112053317943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7013566112053317943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_27.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4350275460235236984</id><published>2009-02-27T20:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T20:06:59.628-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4350275460235236984?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4350275460235236984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4350275460235236984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4350275460235236984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4350275460235236984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_5823.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6364031223258788684</id><published>2009-02-27T16:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T16:06:31.314-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6364031223258788684?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6364031223258788684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6364031223258788684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6364031223258788684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6364031223258788684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_27.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8819980934106493189</id><published>2009-02-27T14:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T14:04:50.329-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8819980934106493189?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8819980934106493189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8819980934106493189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8819980934106493189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8819980934106493189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_5446.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4119868199890309774</id><published>2009-02-27T08:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T08:05:58.817-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4119868199890309774?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4119868199890309774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4119868199890309774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4119868199890309774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4119868199890309774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_27.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5636927979367922293</id><published>2009-02-27T02:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T02:04:51.769-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5636927979367922293?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5636927979367922293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5636927979367922293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5636927979367922293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5636927979367922293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_27.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-249355047596608253</id><published>2009-02-26T22:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T22:04:17.289-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-249355047596608253?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/249355047596608253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=249355047596608253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/249355047596608253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/249355047596608253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_4841.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6308073932658148794</id><published>2009-02-26T20:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T20:06:15.614-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6308073932658148794?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6308073932658148794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6308073932658148794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6308073932658148794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6308073932658148794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_6385.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2887550268222725750</id><published>2009-02-26T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T16:05:25.918-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2887550268222725750?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2887550268222725750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2887550268222725750' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2887550268222725750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2887550268222725750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_26.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4413599459647406843</id><published>2009-02-26T08:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T08:05:51.942-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4413599459647406843?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4413599459647406843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4413599459647406843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4413599459647406843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4413599459647406843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_26.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8973330285870795378</id><published>2009-02-26T06:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T06:06:59.592-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8973330285870795378?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8973330285870795378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8973330285870795378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8973330285870795378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8973330285870795378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_26.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1035150819417764652</id><published>2009-02-26T04:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T04:05:38.113-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1035150819417764652?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1035150819417764652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1035150819417764652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1035150819417764652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1035150819417764652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_26.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4269561215073243401</id><published>2009-02-26T02:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T02:04:58.057-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4269561215073243401?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4269561215073243401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4269561215073243401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4269561215073243401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4269561215073243401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_26.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2099408524818823279</id><published>2009-02-25T16:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T16:06:35.505-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2099408524818823279?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2099408524818823279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2099408524818823279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2099408524818823279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2099408524818823279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_25.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5162366239135132850</id><published>2009-02-25T12:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T12:06:42.256-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5162366239135132850?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5162366239135132850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5162366239135132850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5162366239135132850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5162366239135132850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_25.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4201741559393104767</id><published>2009-02-25T10:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T10:06:23.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4201741559393104767?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4201741559393104767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4201741559393104767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4201741559393104767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4201741559393104767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_8582.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7021670528267734969</id><published>2009-02-25T06:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T06:06:15.413-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7021670528267734969?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7021670528267734969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7021670528267734969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7021670528267734969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7021670528267734969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_25.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7890349927769036920</id><published>2009-02-25T04:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T04:05:09.078-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7890349927769036920?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7890349927769036920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7890349927769036920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7890349927769036920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7890349927769036920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_25.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1075776356861279860</id><published>2009-02-25T00:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T00:04:20.469-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1075776356861279860?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1075776356861279860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1075776356861279860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1075776356861279860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1075776356861279860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_25.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6773855474933866509</id><published>2009-02-24T22:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T22:09:31.477-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6773855474933866509?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6773855474933866509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6773855474933866509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6773855474933866509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6773855474933866509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_4985.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4720024173751347457</id><published>2009-02-24T10:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T10:04:17.749-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4720024173751347457?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4720024173751347457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4720024173751347457' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4720024173751347457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4720024173751347457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_24.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1526790057021421516</id><published>2009-02-24T02:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T02:06:16.880-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1526790057021421516?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1526790057021421516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1526790057021421516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1526790057021421516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1526790057021421516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_24.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-37207319604945164</id><published>2009-02-23T20:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T20:06:56.638-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-37207319604945164?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/37207319604945164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=37207319604945164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/37207319604945164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/37207319604945164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_23.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4931807030035925309</id><published>2009-02-23T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T16:05:29.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4931807030035925309?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4931807030035925309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4931807030035925309' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4931807030035925309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4931807030035925309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_23.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1811402511574993774</id><published>2009-02-23T08:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T08:05:58.318-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1811402511574993774?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1811402511574993774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1811402511574993774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1811402511574993774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1811402511574993774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_23.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6189145214818878451</id><published>2009-02-23T06:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T06:06:11.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6189145214818878451?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6189145214818878451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6189145214818878451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6189145214818878451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6189145214818878451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_23.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3412602537578295035</id><published>2009-02-22T18:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T18:08:13.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3412602537578295035?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3412602537578295035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3412602537578295035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3412602537578295035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3412602537578295035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_22.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6934884275694748767</id><published>2009-02-22T14:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T14:06:12.898-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6934884275694748767?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6934884275694748767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6934884275694748767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6934884275694748767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6934884275694748767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_22.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4364535194944977634</id><published>2009-02-22T08:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T08:05:27.613-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4364535194944977634?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4364535194944977634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4364535194944977634' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4364535194944977634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4364535194944977634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_22.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4670356639876969351</id><published>2009-02-21T20:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T20:05:50.168-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4670356639876969351?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4670356639876969351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4670356639876969351' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4670356639876969351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4670356639876969351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_5129.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1325032518326375967</id><published>2009-02-21T16:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T16:06:30.341-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1325032518326375967?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1325032518326375967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1325032518326375967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1325032518326375967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1325032518326375967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_9272.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-132892361150091515</id><published>2009-02-21T14:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T14:04:33.737-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-132892361150091515?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/132892361150091515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=132892361150091515' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/132892361150091515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/132892361150091515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_21.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1066185291735487048</id><published>2009-02-21T12:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T12:05:26.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1066185291735487048?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1066185291735487048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1066185291735487048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1066185291735487048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1066185291735487048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_21.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5834801106585378431</id><published>2009-02-21T10:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T10:05:19.561-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5834801106585378431?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5834801106585378431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5834801106585378431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5834801106585378431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5834801106585378431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_9207.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8173118708633819955</id><published>2009-02-21T08:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T08:04:50.640-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8173118708633819955?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8173118708633819955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8173118708633819955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8173118708633819955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8173118708633819955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_21.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4305477076281140926</id><published>2009-02-21T06:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T06:05:02.975-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4305477076281140926?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4305477076281140926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4305477076281140926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4305477076281140926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4305477076281140926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_21.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6952272271354517575</id><published>2009-02-21T02:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T02:04:59.602-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6952272271354517575?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6952272271354517575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6952272271354517575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6952272271354517575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6952272271354517575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_21.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8729084798027646391</id><published>2009-02-21T00:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T00:04:51.331-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8729084798027646391?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8729084798027646391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8729084798027646391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8729084798027646391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8729084798027646391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_21.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7037713269489198575</id><published>2009-02-20T20:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T20:06:14.888-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7037713269489198575?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7037713269489198575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7037713269489198575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7037713269489198575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7037713269489198575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_728.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4776282641918317667</id><published>2009-02-20T18:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T18:05:55.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4776282641918317667?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4776282641918317667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4776282641918317667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4776282641918317667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4776282641918317667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_8182.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4464418952135242982</id><published>2009-02-20T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T16:05:38.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4464418952135242982?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4464418952135242982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4464418952135242982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4464418952135242982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4464418952135242982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_20.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6150265255861506299</id><published>2009-02-20T14:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T14:05:38.413-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6150265255861506299?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6150265255861506299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6150265255861506299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6150265255861506299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6150265255861506299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_20.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-425003092153519143</id><published>2009-02-20T10:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T10:05:04.240-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-425003092153519143?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/425003092153519143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=425003092153519143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/425003092153519143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/425003092153519143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_20.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2956313979799121031</id><published>2009-02-20T08:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T08:07:23.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2956313979799121031?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2956313979799121031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2956313979799121031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2956313979799121031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2956313979799121031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_20.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8925844083102842272</id><published>2009-02-20T02:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T02:05:28.338-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8925844083102842272?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8925844083102842272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8925844083102842272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8925844083102842272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8925844083102842272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_20.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4224865302234725830</id><published>2009-02-20T00:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T00:09:42.180-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4224865302234725830?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4224865302234725830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4224865302234725830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4224865302234725830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4224865302234725830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_20.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1912139195683606687</id><published>2009-02-19T10:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T10:05:34.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1912139195683606687?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1912139195683606687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1912139195683606687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1912139195683606687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1912139195683606687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_19.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5461529675200633448</id><published>2009-02-19T06:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T06:05:50.291-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5461529675200633448?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5461529675200633448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5461529675200633448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5461529675200633448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5461529675200633448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_5535.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8661539868574834780</id><published>2009-02-19T00:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T00:06:03.317-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8661539868574834780?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8661539868574834780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8661539868574834780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8661539868574834780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8661539868574834780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_19.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7062530666296808386</id><published>2009-02-18T20:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T20:04:33.470-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7062530666296808386?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7062530666296808386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7062530666296808386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7062530666296808386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7062530666296808386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_18.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3179444885465236616</id><published>2009-02-18T18:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T18:05:41.365-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3179444885465236616?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3179444885465236616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3179444885465236616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3179444885465236616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3179444885465236616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_18.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-119770786623173975</id><published>2009-02-18T14:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T14:04:26.781-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-119770786623173975?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/119770786623173975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=119770786623173975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/119770786623173975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/119770786623173975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_18.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6078097711510715499</id><published>2009-02-17T22:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T22:04:33.823-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6078097711510715499?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6078097711510715499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6078097711510715499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6078097711510715499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6078097711510715499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_17.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2283680153820874842</id><published>2009-02-17T14:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:04:27.320-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2283680153820874842?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2283680153820874842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2283680153820874842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2283680153820874842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2283680153820874842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_17.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6742283517109627333</id><published>2009-02-17T06:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T06:05:41.748-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6742283517109627333?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6742283517109627333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6742283517109627333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6742283517109627333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6742283517109627333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_17.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7124298427049314633</id><published>2009-02-17T02:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T02:04:43.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7124298427049314633?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7124298427049314633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7124298427049314633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7124298427049314633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7124298427049314633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_17.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6605969135862931173</id><published>2009-02-17T00:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T00:04:18.429-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6605969135862931173?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6605969135862931173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6605969135862931173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6605969135862931173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6605969135862931173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_17.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7650560265449106533</id><published>2009-02-16T22:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T22:05:54.625-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7650560265449106533?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7650560265449106533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7650560265449106533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7650560265449106533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7650560265449106533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_16.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7507693989893607874</id><published>2009-02-16T16:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T16:07:03.350-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7507693989893607874?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7507693989893607874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7507693989893607874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7507693989893607874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7507693989893607874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress_16.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5215052393314473163</id><published>2009-02-16T12:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T12:05:43.398-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5215052393314473163?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5215052393314473163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5215052393314473163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5215052393314473163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5215052393314473163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_16.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2602525235713128647</id><published>2009-02-15T22:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T22:06:34.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2602525235713128647?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2602525235713128647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2602525235713128647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2602525235713128647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2602525235713128647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_3896.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-5716653664306103421</id><published>2009-02-15T16:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T16:05:31.893-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-5716653664306103421?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/5716653664306103421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=5716653664306103421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5716653664306103421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/5716653664306103421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_15.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6758080962658836592</id><published>2009-02-15T12:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T12:04:21.024-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6758080962658836592?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6758080962658836592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6758080962658836592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6758080962658836592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6758080962658836592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_332.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2395974941883477837</id><published>2009-02-15T08:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T08:06:21.799-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2395974941883477837?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2395974941883477837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2395974941883477837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2395974941883477837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2395974941883477837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_826.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3537071109108381598</id><published>2009-02-15T06:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T06:06:33.664-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3537071109108381598?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3537071109108381598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3537071109108381598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3537071109108381598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3537071109108381598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_15.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-7111826954139886352</id><published>2009-02-15T02:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T02:07:38.582-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-7111826954139886352?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/7111826954139886352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=7111826954139886352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7111826954139886352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/7111826954139886352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_15.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4143044485524699661</id><published>2009-02-14T12:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T12:06:20.607-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4143044485524699661?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4143044485524699661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4143044485524699661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4143044485524699661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4143044485524699661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_14.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6464893629396487158</id><published>2009-02-14T10:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T10:04:17.058-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6464893629396487158?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6464893629396487158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6464893629396487158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6464893629396487158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6464893629396487158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_5428.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-8261612618620958898</id><published>2009-02-14T04:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T04:07:17.723-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-8261612618620958898?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/8261612618620958898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=8261612618620958898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8261612618620958898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/8261612618620958898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_14.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-2908680373028652444</id><published>2009-02-13T22:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T22:06:22.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-2908680373028652444?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/2908680373028652444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=2908680373028652444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2908680373028652444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/2908680373028652444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_6282.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-789444680185571108</id><published>2009-02-13T20:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T20:05:59.342-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-789444680185571108?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/789444680185571108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=789444680185571108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/789444680185571108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/789444680185571108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_13.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6228868147895822266</id><published>2009-02-13T10:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T10:06:47.751-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6228868147895822266?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6228868147895822266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6228868147895822266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6228868147895822266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6228868147895822266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_8427.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1847407459675665855</id><published>2009-02-13T06:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T06:05:22.477-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw this Interesting TidBit</title><content type='html'>Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1847407459675665855?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1847407459675665855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1847407459675665855' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1847407459675665855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1847407459675665855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/saw-this-interesting-tidbit_13.html' title='Saw this Interesting TidBit'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6119162012115901059</id><published>2009-02-13T04:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T04:06:58.626-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress</title><content type='html'>The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6119162012115901059?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6119162012115901059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6119162012115901059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6119162012115901059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6119162012115901059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress.html' title='Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6206185750436006876</id><published>2009-02-13T02:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T02:05:44.614-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6206185750436006876?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6206185750436006876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6206185750436006876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6206185750436006876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6206185750436006876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_13.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3819495660990344975</id><published>2009-02-13T00:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T00:10:37.541-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It?s Not Your Money!</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3819495660990344975?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3819495660990344975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3819495660990344975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3819495660990344975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3819495660990344975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-not-your-money_13.html' title='It?s Not Your Money!'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-4490509438864690285</id><published>2009-02-12T18:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T18:10:02.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress</title><content type='html'>U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-4490509438864690285?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/4490509438864690285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=4490509438864690285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4490509438864690285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/4490509438864690285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout_12.html' title='Auto executives take case for bailout to Congress'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-6135430814564790850</id><published>2009-02-12T14:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T14:08:25.721-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-6135430814564790850?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/6135430814564790850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=6135430814564790850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6135430814564790850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/6135430814564790850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_12.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3680311631472764497</id><published>2009-02-12T12:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T12:07:50.117-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3680311631472764497?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3680311631472764497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3680311631472764497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3680311631472764497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3680311631472764497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes_12.html' title='Obama interview sets ?60 Minutes? viewership record'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-3244004533257249670</id><published>2009-02-11T20:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T20:04:51.680-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach</title><content type='html'>The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-3244004533257249670?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/3244004533257249670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=3244004533257249670' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3244004533257249670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/3244004533257249670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach_11.html' title='US Admiral ?stunned? by pirates? reach'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1889425588323010536</id><published>2009-02-11T16:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T16:06:07.330-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill</title><content type='html'>Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The top US military officer said Monday he was &amp;#8220;stunned&amp;#8221; by the reach of the Somali pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker off the east coast of Africa, calling piracy a growing problem that needs to be addressed. But Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there were limits to what [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/us-admiral-stunned-by-pirates-reach/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the New Huffington Post. INFO There&amp;#8217;s a new HuffingtonPost.info out there now (not connected to huffingtonpost.com). It features a more balanced approach to politics and other news. You can find opinion from both the right and the left, instead of the biased commentary you sometimes get on huffingtonpost.com.  Check it out&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;      [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/saw-this-interesting-tidbit/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The chiefs of the &amp;#8220;Big Three&amp;#8221; US automakers travel to Congress Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to save their talismanic American industry, despite fading hopes for a quick congressional bailout. The chairmen and CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will testify to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee as Democrats mount a long-odds [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-chiefs-on-hotseat-in-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1889425588323010536?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1889425588323010536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1889425588323010536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1889425588323010536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1889425588323010536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3_9936.html' title='Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458337994224378457.post-1266903584487576843</id><published>2009-02-11T10:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T10:04:52.207-08:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair</title><content type='html'>Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign. The Connecticut independent will lose a panel post on the Environment and Public Works panel as punishment for criticizing Obama this fall.  Lieberman&amp;#8217;s colleagues in the Democratic caucus voted [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee-chair/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&amp;#8217;s Not Your Money! There&amp;#8217;s a lot of talk about stimulus using Government money to bail out the economy. But will this really work. And who&amp;#8217;s actually paying for this. When do we get a say? Barack Obama claims that the House of Representatives’ new stimulus plan is needed to save the economy. Democrats promise to be [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2009/01/26/its-not-your-money/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Barack Obama&amp;#8217;s first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;60 Minutes&amp;#8221; its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks the show&amp;#8217;s largest viewership since 1999.  Veteran correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed Obama about a range of domestic and [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/17/obama-interview-sets-60-minutes-viewership-record/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government&amp;#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25 billion rescue package for Detroit&amp;#8217;s Big Three automakers, no matter how badly they need the help. &amp;#8220;There are other ways&amp;#8221; to help battered automakers, Paulson told the House Financial [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/paulson-voices-opposition-to-big-3-bailout-bill/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House. The hearings come as government and business officials around the globe look for new ways to bolster struggling automakers.  Ahead of [...] 		 &lt;a target="_blank" href='http://eliotcobb.com/blog/2008/11/18/auto-executives-take-case-for-bailout-to-congress/ 		'&gt;"eliotcobb.com"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1458337994224378457-1266903584487576843?l=eliotcobb.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/feeds/1266903584487576843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1458337994224378457&amp;postID=1266903584487576843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1266903584487576843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1458337994224378457/posts/default/1266903584487576843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eliotcobb.blogspot.com/2009/02/mccain-backer-lieberman-keeps-committee_11.html' title='McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair'/><author><name>eec</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
