Tag Archives: Stimulus Bill

Harry Targ : Did Obama Stimulus Save Kokomo, Indiana?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visit Chrysler Indiana Transmission Plant II in Kokomo, Indiana, on November 23, 2010. Photo by Brian Kersey / UPI.Recovery Act brings jobs to Kokomo:Obama in the conservative heartland By Harry Targ / … Continue reading →

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Bad Boy Mark Sanford, and the Freedom Fighters from Martin Jr. High

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, no longer MIA, fesses up. Photo by Mary Ann Chastain / AP.Modern-day Freedom Fighters On June 4, the state Supreme Court ruled 5-0 against Gov. Sanford, finding that he must apply for the $700 million … Continue reading →

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Stimulus Bill Continues Tradition : No Funding for LGBT Arts Groups

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band during “christening” of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in 2008. Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008 / San Francisco Sentinel> After more than 40 years of business as usual, will the NEA be able … Continue reading →

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‘Bank Holiday’ Coming? Obama and the Crippled Economy

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Bush near-depression spirals downward while President Obama’s powers to act seem circumscribed . . .there are many interrelated parts of this deep economic crisis. Nothing improves until the banks are again stable and are lending money. The banks in … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Where Our Health Care Money Goes

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

William McGuire, former CEO of United HealthGroup, was paid $54.1 million, not counting stock options. Photo by G. Paul Burnett / NYT. One wonders just what motivates these [Republican] clowns. One could conjecture that it is an abiding, almost religious … Continue reading →

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Big Oil Led the Fight Against the Stimulus Plan

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

North Carolina millionaire businessman and former state legislator Art Pope is a director of Americans for Prosperity. Why would an organization funded by oil and gas interests be hostile to the economic stimulus plan? Could it be the $50 billion … Continue reading →

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