Monthly Archives: June 2010
Insubordinate
Salazar is going to fight a federal judge’s ruling that strikes down a 6 month ban on deep water drilling. A panel of experts says Obama misrepresented its views to justify the ban in the first place.
Disclose Act
The Disclose Act is new legislation designed to make political speech more difficult for special interests. To ease passage of the bill a special loophole was added for the National Rifle Association special interest.
Afghanistan
Turns out Afghanistan is the lithium capital of the world. Lithium is used for batteries and treatment of mental illness. I think General Petaeus’ battery ran down.
Gusher Side Chat
The President’s Oval Office call to arms over BP turning the Gulf of Mexico into the La Brea Tar Pits didn’t play to rave reviews. Here’s Andrew Malcolm in the Los Angeles Times.
Slick
Under White House pressure, BP suspended it’s dividend and established a $20 billion escrow account to help the “small people“. Here’s Steve Chapman’s lowdown on the shakedown.
