Interesting use of 30M of the re-couped TARP money...not sure why Republicans wouldn't like that. They must LOVE cutting all capital gains taxes
Just saying. Radley Balko (reason.com live chat): instead of punishing companies that go overseas (no more jobs for Haitians!), why not just make the laws in the U.S. more business-friendly so they wouldn't leave in the first place? More hating on China. Did they spit on him or something?
Xie Zhenhua, a Chinese bureaucrat and their negotiator at Copenhagen, cursed Obama out in a tirade at the Copenhagen climate summit per the Washington Post. And it looks like the Chinese strategy per various sources was to destroy the summit behind the scenes and then blame its failure on the U.S. and Western Europe.
The smirks he keeps sending towards the Republican side of the house each time they sit there in silence is cracking me up
It's like a comedian who knows his joke only made half the room laugh. "C'mon, I thought this side of the room would like that one."
Following trade agreement rules, huh? Didn't the USA get called on the carpet for our idiotic online poker laws, which were deemed a violation by the WTO?
It's unexpected. Most thought he'd be "fiesty"...which I guess he is. But to me, he's relaxed and confident.