Friday, March 20, 2009

Innocents Held at Gitmo and More US Ships Collide and More for Friday, March 20, 2009

More on Bailoutrage (Our Comments Posted to WikiNews on 3/20/2009):

About 4 days ago, we "coined" the term "Bailoutrage" (The American Political Handbook, 3/15/2009) to describe the emotions experienced by some of the public over the AIG Bonus Payouts. A poll was posted alongside the term and its definition. The small response has so far been negative and the public seems to identify with this "new" emotion (strongly, in at least one case).

We identify with it strongly, but believe that we must temper our "Bailoutrage" against falling into AIG Hysteria (as one online news source described it). Further, it seems that some of these bonuses may have been repaid and the "Bailoutrage" should be lessened. Had the Obama administration truly expected this level of public outcry, we expect that they may have tried to more forcefully stop the AIG bailouts - which, it now appears, must be stopped at all costs. Had the previous administration been expecting this level of public outcry, we expect they would have went ahead anyway with allowing the bonus payments to proceed.

Punishment and penury seems unfair at this point, however. As some elected officials have pointed out that punishment ex post facto and Bills of Attainder are unconstitutional. The apparent equation is unconstitutional = unfair. But, is it fair to all?

No, it is not. Because some of us that were scheduled to receive monies through the omnibus spending plan are now finding that those monies have been stopped. For example, those disqualified from receiving unemployment payments will not receive their meager stimulus funds. (Meager being defined as a payment of some $ 25 per week). While some of us believe that the stoppage of those stimulus payments through a state-run apparatus is unfair, it may still be constitutional. What may be constitutional, may not have the appearance of fairness to all concerned. —66.51.146.94 16:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_wrongly_held;_ylt=AgifGpFSQA45G3SLcakXRGYDW7oF

SEC probes insider trading at subprime lenders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52j3jp-us-financial-fraud-sec/

U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov/

Anti-AIG demonstrations draw small, animated crowds

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i7zp-us-financial-aig-protests/

Obama offers Iran 'new beginning'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7954211.stm

Obama promotes reforms on TV show

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7954187.stm

New car sales push up January retail activity

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/20/retail-sales-january-834.html

Nineteen US states go after AIG

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7954942.stm

EconWatch: Treasury Says AIG Could Have Been Stopped

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/20/link/main4879255.shtml

Democrats blame each other on AIG bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29780457/

House passes bill taxing AIG, other bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29771499/

AIG bonus tax: Feels good, but is it?

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/19/news/economy/bonus_tax_policy/index.htm?cnn=yes

Ex-AIG CEO: Don't Blame Me For Bonuses

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/20/earlyshow/main4878528.shtml

Bonuses Not All Bad? Who Deserves Them?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7125611&page=1

Madoff To Remain Locked Up

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/20/business/main4879254.shtml

Sex scandal puts focus on how CIA polices itself

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29786453/

FBI puts spies in mosques, group says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/20/fbi.muslim.groups/index.html

US navy vessels collide in Gulf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7955185.stm

USS Hartford (SSN-768)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hartford_(SSN-768)

USS New Orleans (LPD-18)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Orleans_(LPD-18)

Russian planes again fly over U.S. Navy ships (Who can blame them, what with the US Navy crashing its ships into each other and French submarines...)?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/us.russia.planes/index.html

U.S. deports former Nazi guard to Austria

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/20/austria.nazi.guard.deported/index.html

Documents show U.S. knew of Guatemalan human rights abuses

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Documents_show_U.S._knew_of_Guatemalan_human_rights_abuses

CFIA recalls 2 more meat products from No Frills store in Guelph

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/20/cfia-guelph.html

Weak Food Inspection Protocol Revealed

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/20/health/main4878412.shtml

AG Signals Shift In Medical Pot Policy

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/19/politics/100days/domesticissues/main4875417.shtml

As Planet Warms, Poor Nations Face Economic Chill

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316173421.htm

Odds Of Tipping: Better Than Even Chance Of Major Changes In Global Climate System, Experts Predict

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317095450.htm

10 wounded in shooting near French school, nursery

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/20/lyon-nursery-school-shooting.html

Africa rejects Madagascar 'coup'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7954356.stm

Pirates 'seize ship off Somalia'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7954467.stm

Somalis reject Bin Laden threats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7954670.stm

Chinese guard shot dead in attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7954712.stm

WKMG: Wal-Mart gives $933M to hourly workers

http://www.clickorlando.com/money/18973265/detail.html

Fiat says it won’t assume Chrysler debt in deal (Come to think of it, would you buy a used debt from Chrysler?).


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