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POPS Obama And Congress Are Crushing Small Businesses
Economist Stephen Moore, who is an editorial writer at the Wall Street Journal, said the stimulus package that became law in February is “like injecting yourself with morphine. It may feel “pretty good now,” but six months from now when you have to pay for it there will be a problem, he said. Brett Parker, CFO of Bowlmor Lanes (which operates bowling alleys in four states), said the legislation known as “card check,” which would outlaw secret ballots by employees on unionization votes, is the single biggest threat to his company. If his company’s labor force were to be unionized, “it would be so enormously expensive and make it so difficult for us to run our business,” he said. Parker added: Our government right now is proposing some of the most radical, fundamental changes in America that we’ve seen in a long, long time, and I think people need to be very careful when they’re looking at these programs and not think about change as a goal. And if we let this president . . .
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POPSAARP is coming under criticism from its own members AARP officials say the organization is used to being attacked, by both conservatives and liberals, and wears the bipartisan criticism as a badge of honor. "The AARP speaks out of both sides of their mouth and tells their constituents or their members one thing and do another," Barton said. Bipartisan hell, they're in the tank with Obama right alongside MSM. I never wanted to join this sham of an organization, my wife signed us both up for it. Now you can bet they will have to strike 2 from their membership role. The AARP is one of the most hypocritical organizations around, on one hand they con the elderly into believing they (AARP) actually give a damn about them while they side politically with the opposition. Every member should help AARP to eliminate the stress they are under - divest yourself from them, that would alleviate the headaches of conning folks into thinking they actually give a damn about them.
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POPSPaulson to Testify July 16 to House Panel He denied that the Fed inappropriately persuaded Bank of America Chief Executive Ken Lewis to continue with the deal, despite Lewis' concern about Merrill's condition. Lewis had told Bank of America's board that federal officials said if he did not go through with the transaction, "the Treasury and the Fed would remove the Board and management of the Corporation," according to a transcript of that meeting. The committee has released hundreds of pages of documents that it subpoenaed from the Federal Reserve, which has shined a spotlight on the internal deliberations that took place during the time the deal was being negotiated. Towns and Kucinich, both Democrats, also said they want Paulson to answer whether the government had any role in persuading Bank of America to acquire Merrill Lynch. Republicans on the committee have accused regulators of strong-arming Bank of America to complete the Merrill acquisition,
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POPSChicago Schools Note that Arne Duncan was selected by Barrack Hussein Obama as Secretary of Education because of his Excellent performance with the Chicago public schools.
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POPSDocuments Detail Historic Treasury/Bankers Meeting # "CEO Talking Points" used by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson confirming that the nine bank CEOs present at the October 13 meeting had no choice but to accede to the government's demands for equity stakes and the resulting government control. # "Major Financial Institution Participation Commitments" signed by the nine bankers on October 13. The CEOs not only hand wrote their institution's names but also hand wrote multi-billion dollar amounts of "preferred shares" to be issued to the government. # Email documenting that, on the very day of the meeting, the Chief of Staff to the Treasury Secretary and other top Treasury staff did not know the names of any of the banks that would be in attendance. # Email showing Treasury officials wanted to use the Secret Service to help keep the press away from the CEOs arriving at the meeting. # Email showing a public relations effort, run in part out of the Bush White House, to tamp down public concerns about "nationalizing the banks."
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POPSObama’s ‘Advisory’ Board on Climate: Little Dissent from consumers and taxpayers through bogus Al Gore-endorsed “green technologies.” If you’re thinking that Doerr is only one voice on the ERAB and that less-biased heads will prevail, think again. Here are the other ERAB members and their interests/positions on cap-and-trade: * Austan Goolsbee as staff director and chief economist (Obama administration); * William H. Donaldson, SEC Chair, 2003-05 (Obama supporter who has spoken in support of climate legislation); * Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., president and CEO, TIAA-CREF (TIAA-CREF promotes climate change legislation through shareholder activism and possibly stands to benefit from “green” investments); * Robert Wolf, chairman and CEO, UBS (sells climate change-related financial products); * David F. Swensen, CIO, Yale University (Yale supports climate change legislation); * Mark T. Gallogly, founder and managing partner, Centerbridge Partners L.P. (early Obama supporter);
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POPSLewis on the Hot Seat Shareholder activities are gunning to remove Bank of America's Ken Lewis from his job, angry about the acquisition of Merrill Lynch
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POPSMy Internet - is it the same as yours? More: This wasn't the first time this had happened. Someone very high up in an organisation and in charge of an internet didn't know what srceen res was. Now, I'm not being facetious you can't expect everyone to know everything. But I thought it might be a nice idea to get everyone to describe 'their internet' at the first meeting of any new client. Like they do at school when the new kids arrive mid term. Get everyone up to the same level. That way, everyone would know the 'level' of everyone else and there would be no clangers later on. Here's My Internet, it's not finished so feel free to add your own in the comments.
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POPSInside Obama's Bank CEOs Meeting Having created the mob, he threatens to use it. Which fascist dictator does this remind you of? “These are complicated companies,” one CEO said. Offered another: “We’re competing for talent on an international market.” But President Barack Obama wasn’t in a mood to hear them out. He stopped the conversation and offered a blunt reminder of the public’s reaction to such explanations. “Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that.” “My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” The fresh details of the meeting — some never before revealed — come from an account provided to POLITICO by one of the participants. A second source inside the meeting confirmed the details, and two other sources familiar with the meeting offered additional information. Watch the bank CEOs' news conference after last week's meeting: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.
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POPSWhy government has to care for the poor In recessions, when more people need help, donors give less, for donors have less to give. Charities turn away from the more expensive long-term indepence-development programs, to simply keeping up with short-term emergencies. And many simply go out of business. For example:
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POPSCap-And-Trade Means Energy Bubble These CEOs don’t seem to realize the impact of cap-and-trade could have on their own companies. At the 2007 shareholder meeting of USCAP member Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of construction equipment, CEO James Owens confessed he had not conducted a cost-benefit analysis of emissions regulation on his business. If he had, Owens would have learned that cap-and-trade would specifically harm the coal industry — a key Caterpillar customer. ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva has also turned a blind eye to the long-term. Under cap and trade, his company’s investment in Canadian oil sands, which release about three times the amount more carbon dioxide than traditional oil, would become more costly. Furthermore, the Natural Resources Defense Council, a USCAP partner, is currently taking legal action to block the processing of oil sands at a ConocoPhillips refinery. As cap-and-trade policy raises prices and reduces jobs, America will slip further into economic chaos. Ou
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POPSWPP's digital push A BusinessWeek article with some fairly interesting info about the goals and obstacles faced by WPP as it tries to transform itself into a next generation marketing agency. Interestingly its CEO is pushing employees and Board Directors alike to adopt new practices from video, to Facebook, to Twitter and other social tools. And that's the right way to go.
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POPSEven As AIG Pleads For Another $40 Billion Dollars In Loans ~ ~ ~ They're Discovered at a $343,000 Secret Gathering, AIG Signs and Logos Hidden~ ~ ~ The company’s portion of the total meeting costs is under $25,000. Additionally, financial planner attendees are responsible for their travel-related expenses, registration fee ($199), and guest registration fee ($250).The company’s portion of the total meeting costs is under $25,000. Additionally, financial planner attendees are responsible for their travel-related expenses, registration fee ($199), and guest registration fee ($250). Conference Sponsors (as seen on a board in one of the conference rooms) -AIG SunAmerica Mutual Funds -OppenheimerFunds -Russell Investments -Brinker Capital -Investment Advisory Services -Curian Capital -Dimensional Fund Advisors -eMoney Advisor -Financial Guidance -Genworth Financial -Hanlon Investment Management -Invesco AIM -Icon Advisers -IAS -iShares -John Hancock -Lockwood Advisors -Morningstar -Rochdale Investment Management
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POPSObama Conducts First Presser as President-Elect This is from Obama's temporary site, Change.gov . It's a site to release news about the transition and progress toward building a cabinet. It'll probably give you an idea of how WhiteHouse.gov will look under President Obama. The use of Youtube is interesting, since you can obviously go ahead and post these videos anywhere, making them a lot more user-friendly than videos on Bush's site. He may regret it though, since he makes a joke at Nancy Reagan's expense; "I have spoken to all of them who are living -- I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan moment, doing any seances..." That one may turn up on a website or two with some forced outrage. Still, I suppose anyone with TiVo could upload a cable news version, but this just makes it that much easier. I guess we can consider this one a test run.
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POPSAngelo Mozilo's Bedfellows For the sake of its shareholders and the taxpayers who are ultimately on the hook, Fannie should immediately launch an internal investigation into the terms offered to Countrywide, and exactly what role Messrs. Johnson and Raines played in the negotiation of these terms. Did these men exert any pressure on Fannie employees to do business with Countrywide? Congress also needs a full accounting of the contacts between Countrywide and the politicians receiving favors from the lender. Did Countrywide ask for and receive assistance from the Friends of Angelo? Meanwhile, until it is clear how much Countrywide will benefit from Senator Dodd's proposed $300 billion mortgage rescue – and exactly how Mr. Dodd came to do business with Countrywide – Congress should call a halt to legislating bailouts. Taxpayers deserve no less. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121357125417575867.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
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POPSVirgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson Willing To Pay Carbon Offsets Former United Nation's chief Kofi Annan. "We must have climate justice." Abdul Gayoom is president of The Maldives, a band of 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean. He said his nation faces elimination if sea levels rise, as a result of global warming... and suggested proceeds from aviation-related carbon offsets go towards benefitting small nations.
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POPS Castrated U.S. Media Remains Obediently Silent On Bilderberg 
David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, the secretary general of NATO, CEO’s of the world’s biggest corporations, U.S. politicians and European royalty were all there in Chantilly, but the U.S. media failed to show and did not even mention that the meeting was taking place, despite Bilderberg themselves issuing a press release! Central Bilderberg member David Rockefeller’s infamous quote about the castrated U.S. media and its sycophantic support for Bilderberg’s agenda has never been more prescient. “We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the light of publicity during those years. But now the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government." Rockefeller can thank the ideological pros
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POPSGetting Oil From A Rock Exxon Mobil's CEO says his energy company's "corporate social responsibility" is to produce more energy. While Congress wants to tax oil profits, he wants to spend them to find more oil. What a concept. Speaking to reporters after the annual meeting of Exxon stockholders Wednesday, CEO Rex Tillerson shoved political correctness aside and insisted the science on climate change is not settled and "that to not have a debate on it is irresponsible" and that to "suggest we know everything about these issues is irresponsible." He spoke of Exxon spending $8 billion of its profits on the Kearl oil sands project in Alberta, Canada. This project alone is aimed at recovering between 4.5 and 6.5 billion barrels of oil. Finding such oil takes money and expensive technology. That money comes from profits. Read Full Article http://jevica2003.blogtownhall.com/2008/05/29/getting_oil_from_a_stone.thtml
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