Category Archives: Economy
Crucifixion
EPA official Al Armendariz washed his hands of his Roman centurion approach to oil and gas executives.
“They’d go into a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them,” Armendariz continued. “And then you know that town was really easy to manage for the next few years. And so you make examples out of people who are in this case not compliant with the law.”
Arizona
While the Supreme Court hears oral arguments over the Arizona immigration law, a Pew study says more Mexican immigrants are leaving the U.S. than entering.
Amen
The president bonded with students over college loans.
The Feds took over the student loan market in 2010. Now Obama wants Congress to keep interest rates low so students and their parents can more easily go into debt to pay tuition.
Tuition has increased faster than fuel prices.
So far Obama hasn’t insisted that college president fat cats be hauled before Congress.
One and Out at Kentucky
The NBA didn’t accept the University of Kentucky basketball team as a franchise. But it did the next best thing. It accepted its players. All the starters.
Clowns, Mind Readers, and Hookers
Jeff Neely took the fifth yesterday. He was appearing before a House Oversight Committee hearing regarding an $823,000 GSA conference in Las Vegas. Neely was the GSA Official in charge. Clowns, mind readers and commemorative coins were all part of the festivities.
According to Bloomberg, “the GSA manages property and purchases goods and services for other government agencies”. As far as we know that doesn’t include services for now famously frugal Secret Service agents in Caragena.
The Secret Service was in Cartagena while the president, in his words, scouted out vacation spots for Michelle.
