KBR Does It Again

May 24, 2009 - New York Times editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/24sun3.html?_r=1 Far from suffering for its shoddy military contracting in Iraq, Congressional investigators have found that KBR Inc. was awarded $83 million in performance bonuses. Even worse, more than half came after Pentagon investigators linked faulty KBR wiring to the electrocution of four soldiers intent on relaxation. - 3 Comments

Franken's 1st Amendment Targets Govt Contractors

Oct 07, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the most public tests of his political skills since taking office in July, Sen. Al Franken pushed through an amendment Tuesday that would withhold defense contracts from companies like Halliburton if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court. - 4 Comments

ACORN: A Cautionary Tale

Sep 25, 2009 - Wendy Kaminer (The Atlantic) Politics ACORN: A Cautionary Tale When is thievery not a crime but a personal tragedy? When is lying for personal gain or political expedience a mere error in judgment? The answer is obvious to any partisan. - 1 Comment

Say it aint so, ironies of 2008

Jan 10, 2009 - Victor Davis Hanson (1/9/09) Ironies of 2008 Once one decides to unite the oppressed people of the universe and save the planet, a number of ironies arise in such megalomaniac responsibilities. Here are five that bothered me this past year. 1. - 4 Comments

The true face of Hollywood (Just for Cinelover) ;-)

Feb 02, 2009 - BREITBART: The true face of Hollywood Andrew Breitbart ANALYSIS/OPINION: The Washington Times Sometimes I just don't get the Republican Party. Back in 2004, a smart, good-looking moderate Republican Hispanic ran for Congress. At the time Victor Elizalde was just under 40 years old and working as an executive at a big-time Hollywood studio. - 9 Comments

More Than 40,000 US Jobs Lost Today

Jan 26, 2009 - WASHINGTON — The recession is killing jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest names in American business _ Pfizer, Caterpillar and Home Depot. More pink slips, pay freezes and other hits are expected to slam workers in the months ahead as companies desperately look for ways to survive. "We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg _ the big firms," said Rebecca Braeu, economist at John Hancock Financial Services. - 2 Comments

Boeing, Boeing… Gone?

Jan 17, 2009 - Boeing, Boeing… Gone? By Quin Hillyer on 1.16.09 @ 6:08AM A curious thing, and some would say a suspicious one, happened on the morning of September 10, 2008. On the floor of the House of Representatives, Members representing districts where the Boeing Company had a heavy presence began cheering and celebrating. - 2 Comments

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Dec 20, 2008 - First Sarbanes- Oxely Law caused new corporate offerings world wide to move from Wall Street, to the London Exchange Now Oilfield Service and Drilling Companies Respond to Hope and Change The two largest offshore drilling companies, one of the largest oilfield service companies, and other major firms have announced plans to relocate their corporate offices to Switzerland: “Noble Corp. today became the latest in a recent string of Houston oil and gas firms to announce plans to move their corporate headquarters to Switzerland, a change experts said is cheifly for tax purposes. The world’s second largest offshore drilling contractor, now incorporated in the Cayman Islands and run from Sugar Land [Texas], said its board has approved the change, and now will put the proposal to shareholders and the Cayman courts. - 7 Comments

Blame Everyone But Russia!

Aug 21, 2008 - Blame Everyone But Russia! By Victor Davis Hanson Everyone is distracted by the Olympics. The squabbling here on the campaign trail consumes the media. - 1 Comment

Just a few gems from Obama

May 24, 2008 - Marking the anniversary of the March 1965 "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Ala., Obama, speaking at a church, said his parents got together "because of what happened in Selma." Obama was born in 1961. • Obama told Larry King on CNN -- asked about that anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton YouTube ad, a doctored version of a spot created for Apple computers -- "We don't have the technical capacity to create something like that." - 3 Comments