Tag Archives: Corruption

Why the bailout plan will fail

The current bailout plan will fail–all of it–because it relies on one specific element to be true to succeed: the good intentions and will of the people running the companies that receive the bailout. FoxNews is reporting the latest reason we should all be skeptical of that good intention and will in the form of the arrest of Bernard Madoff, former NASDAQ chairman and, apparently, swindler who may have cost his “investors” as much as $50 billion. […] Continue reading

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Is Obama lucky or protected

Worldview Item of the Day Writing for the FoxNews Fox Forum weblog, Richard Miller suggests that Barack Obama is lucky that the Blagojevich scandal did not break before he was elected. I wonder if Obama is lucky or protected.

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The taint of corruption

Worldview Item of the Day Barack Obama seems to be taking quite a few plays out of former president Bill Clinton’s book, not the least of which is the parade of associates charged with or convicted of federal crimes or … Continue reading

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