….. But I Don’t Have Any Time For:
- You have to get to the last paragraph of this report from Bloomberg (HT NewsAlert via Instapundit) to get to the most important quote from Rogers Holdings Chairman Jim Rogers about Tax Cheat Tim Geithner — “‘He caused the problem all last year. He came up with TARP, and he came up with all these absurd bailouts. Mr. Geithner has never known what he is doing. He doesn’t know what he is doing now and pretty soon everybody is going to find out, including Mr. Obama.” Ruh-roh.
- The job numbers in the mislabeled “stimulus” package don’t add up. Looks like Tim Geithner isn’t the only one who “doesn’t like math.” Hot Air has more.
- Speaking of math, the true cost of the mislabeled “stimulus” package is $3.27 billion (HT Michelle Malkin), primarily because, as Heritage says, “No one believes that the increased funding for programs the left loves like Head Start, Medicaid, COBRA, and the Earned Income Tax Credit is in any way temporary.” For those on the left who object to going out multiple years, my response is, “You did that with the Bush tax cuts. Fair is fair.” And why did a congressman have to separately ask the Congressional Budget Office for this info? That alleged Trio of Transparency — Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid — should have had this at the ready.
- Rasmussen says that Americans “Oppose Any More Government Help For Banks” by almost 3-1 (56% – 20%). Any more “help” like that coming from Tim Geithner and we’ll be at Dow 7000 in no time.
- The five most recent editions of the Carnival of Ohio Politics are here (#154), here (#153), here (#152), here (#151), and here (#150). Credits for astute assemblage go to “Jack Daniels” Williamson of Buckeye RINO, Lisa Renee at Glass City Jungle, Boring Made Dull, Ben Keeler at Keeler Political Report, and Jill at Writes Like She Talks, respectively.
- Among the benefits of Judd Gregg’s principled withdrawal as Commerce Secretary nominee is the fact that it mostly forced the issue of the Obama administration’s plan to control the 2010 census from the White House into the open. Publications and broadcasters who had ignored the intended power grab when it was first exposed mostly cited it as a reason for Gregg’s change of heart. Perhaps a few readers and viewers will wonder why Gregg’s withdrawal is the first time they heard about it. Although Brent Baker at NewsBusters reports that the TV networks gave the census issue short shrift, they did not avoid mentioning it, (update/correction) with the exception of CBS, which really isn’t a news organization any more anyway. Update: At NewsBusters, Scott Whitlock reports that the nets’ morning shows didn’t mention the Census at all, proving that they’re not in the news business any more either.
