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18 March 2009

Hope, Change and...

GOING, GOING...
President Obama was informed about the $165 million in bonuses due to employees of the American Insurance Group the day before they were paid out last week, the White House disclosed late Tuesday.
GONE...
During late-night, closed-door talks last month, negotiators for the House, Senate and White House stripped out a measure to the stimulus bill that could have restricted the AIG bonuses.
Yeah... shocked AND surprised.

Hey, buddy... there's a little tarnish on that halo.

About $101,332 worth.

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RELATED: Okay... everybody settle down

"The One" has it covered.

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LAST WORD: Are they nuts?
The U.S. Census Bureau is working with several national organizations to help recruit 1.4 million workers to produce the country's 2010 census, including one with a history of voter fraud charges.

ACORN, which claims to be a non-partisan grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people, came under fire in 2007 when Washington State filed felony charges against several paid ACORN employees and supervisors for more than 1,700 fraudulent voter registrations.
(h/t reader rich)