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2010-05-28 Economy

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Posted by Fred 2010-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The decision about Elizabeth Birnbaum, who has run the service in the Interior Department since July 2009, is among the announcements made by President Obama on Thursday

It really didn't happen e x a c t l y this way, but Barry's lips were moving at the time.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-05-28 04:52|| 2010-05-28 04:52|| Front Page Top

#2 "Account" is an interesting word to use for a politician who received so much in donations from BP.

Posted by no mo uro 2010-05-28 06:07|| 2010-05-28 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama vows to hold BP accountable

As in Accounts Receivable, that would be about 10 million in small untraceable credit card donations for the reelection fund.

"Johnson. Cut the 30 second commercial ad from the next Super Bowl and schedule a luncheon at the yacht club tomorrow with Advertising where I'll tell them about the Chicago Way(tm)."

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-05-28 08:38|| 2010-05-28 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 In a White House news briefing, Obama called the five-week-old BP spill an "economic and environmental tragedy" and said he was frustrated and angry over its duration. Every morning when he's finished shaving, he said, one of his daughters quizzes him: "Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?"

Girls, I don't think daddy could plug in a lamp without a teleprompter spewing him the instructions...

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-28 09:15|| 2010-05-28 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think they were referring to the oil well, TU

Posted by Frank G 2010-05-28 09:52|| 2010-05-28 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I still like what Noonan said over at the WSJ -

"When your most creative thoughts in the middle of a disaster revolve around protecting your position, you are summoning trouble."

That's a 'keeper'.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-05-28 10:29|| 2010-05-28 10:29|| Front Page Top

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