Tag Archive | "Cronyism"

CISPA’s Cronyism

“From the no-conflict,-no-interest dept”

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Whitney Pitcher: Will ACES Be Discarded?

“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu”

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Don’t Miss Sean Hannity’s Special—‘Boomtown: Washington, the Imperial City’ with Peter Schweizer and Stephen K. Bannon

“Boomtown promises to be a hard-hitting exposé of an area we believe needs to be fully explored—the cronyism rampant in Washington.”

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The Republican Establishment Wants a New People

The GOP establishment has been reading Bertolt Brecht, and wants a new people

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More on Crony Capitalism & the Hunger Games

More news about Crony Capitalism: Crony Chronicles has added a new feature called Crony Capsules. Each entry focuses on a specific issues area of cronyism. This week: Agribusiness, especially sugar. Reaon’s Nick Gillespie noted the Hunger Games theme last July, and included a link to “a new edition of Arthur A. Ekirch’s great The Decline [...]

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Breaking: Jesse Jackson, Jr. To Resign Within the Hour

Can we call him a “quitter?”

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Romney Lacks Credibility to Attack Crony Capitalism

‘…when Romney was governor, the state handed out $4.5 million in loans to two firms run by his campaign donors that have since defaulted, leaving taxpayers holding the bag.”

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Peter Schweizer: Spencer Bachus’ Whitewash

“Rather than explain how and why he has spent years enriching himself through his aggressive options trading, Rep. Spencer Bachus feigned victimhood and cast himself as just an Average Joe who likes to trade stocks.”

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Peter Schweizer Exposes More of Obama’s Green Corruption – Updated

“These programs might be the greatest—and most expensive—example of crony capitalism in American history.”

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The Glaring Differences Between Palin & Perry

“I would not propose govt mandating anything like shots for our kids.”

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Governor Palin Wont Play the Special Interest Game

Governor Palin not “proving herself trustworthy to interest group leaders”

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