tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post8148768613530293434..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: Why I Hate Barack ObamaStentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-51317463586021161182010-10-31T14:50:13.279-07:002010-10-31T14:50:13.279-07:00You are awesome - that's was a refreshingly an...You are awesome - that's was a refreshingly angry read.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-15020670802911662632010-10-04T13:09:39.692-07:002010-10-04T13:09:39.692-07:00You won't get an argument out of me on any of ...You won't get an argument out of me on any of your negative assertions about Obama (and don't start me on his use of the State Secrets Privilege), but for me, the primary reason I voted for him in the first place was so we could at least maintain an ideological balance on the Supreme Court, and so far he has done that. I didn't expect any great change from the status quo otherwise, and he has certainly lived up to that expectation.dogscratcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604795007817060655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-30268886523230514362010-07-29T15:23:44.473-07:002010-07-29T15:23:44.473-07:00On the transparency issue, with a nod to the "...On the transparency issue, with a nod to the "I never saw the bill before I signed it" policy, <i>"Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.<br /><br />The law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts the SEC from disclosing records or information derived from "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities." Given that the SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the agency, lawyers say. Congress and federal agencies can request information, but the public cannot."</i><br /><br />Full story <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/07/28/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-public-disclosure/?test=latestnews" rel="nofollow">here</a>Joel Monkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.com