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Bulletin Board:
Gone But Not Forgotten
It has now been three months since President Bush and his family
boarded their plane back to Texas and handed the reins of power over to
President Obama. Yet Bush administration officials are pushing to make
sure that the American public remembers them -- or rather, remembers
what they want them to remember. While Bush has been focusing on
fundraising for his presidential library and
hitting the lecture circuit, his top aides have been aggressively
taking to the airwaves to
criticize Obama. With
Obama's approval rating still above 60 percent, these aides are
pulling out all the stops to shape Bush's legacy and pass blame on to
his successor. However, there's little proof that these attacks are
working. In a recent C-SPAN poll of presidential historians, Bush made a
list of the
top 10 worst presidents in U.S. history. Even abroad, officials are
attempting to hold the Bush administration accountable. Last month, a
Spanish court "agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six
former Bush administration officials...over allegations they gave
legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay."
THE DECIDER: Even while still in
office, Bush was looking forward to making a "ridiculous"
amount of money on the lecture circuit. According to his
bio on the Washington Speakers Bureau website, the point of his
speaking tour is to promote his policies that were "controversial
at times" but "kept the country safe for more than seven years."
Bush is now lecturing approximately
once a week. His first appearance was in Canada, where activists and
human rights lawyers tried to
bar his entry into the country. Bush has also been working to raise
$300 million for his presidential library, although "the prospect"
of being identified "in perpetuity" with Bush's agenda "freezes
the blood" of some of Southern Methodist University's leading
academics. Even though he is
writing a book on his time in office, Bush is not sitting around and
reflecting on his missteps and regrets. "He's secure in the place he's
in. He's confident in the decisions he made. There's none of that 'Shoulda,
woulda, coulda,'" said former aide Dan Bartlett. One event that Bush
is trying to wipe from the American public's minds is the Iraq war. His
advisers have said that the war is "unlikely" to be one of the topics of
focus at the presidential library; in fact,
Bush's official 483-word bio on the library website doesn't have a
single mention of Iraq. A newly released five-minute promo video for the
library
mentions the word "Iraq" just once, although it devotes a full 35
seconds to clips showing extensive footage of 9/11 and Bush's subsequent
reaction.
THE LOYAL BUSHIES: Finding work
has been tough for many former loyal Bushies. A Washington job recruiter
estimated that only "25%
to 30% of ex-Bush officials seeking full-time jobs have succeeded,"
a rate that is "much, much worse" than when Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
Bush, and Bill Clinton left office. Former Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales has been one of the most high-profile job seekers; he has
blamed his troubles on the "rough
economy" rather than
his incompetence while in the Bush administration. Others have been
lucky enough to stay in the public light by appearing on cable news. Fox
News contributor Karl Rove continues to use his platform to
attack the Obama administration -- even though Bush has said that
Obama deserves his "silence." Last week, for example, Rove called
Vice President Biden
a "blowhard" and a "liar." He also went after Obama for
praising the "Turkish secular movement" while abroad, even though
Bush did the same thing while in office. Former chief of staff Andrew
Card's objections have been less substantive, focusing on the fact that
unlike Bush, Obama does not require his staff to wear a jacket at all
times in the Oval Office. In January, Card said that the new dress code
showed a lack of "respect" for the office and created a "kind of
locker room experience." Most recently, the President's brother, former
Florida governor Jeb Bush, has made headlines for telling Obama to leave
his brother alone. "If I had one humble criticism of President Obama, it
would be to stop this notion of somehow framing everything in the
context of, 'Everything
was bad before I got here,'" Jeb Bush told Fox News's Sean Hannity
last week, not noting that his brother also repeatedly
attacked Clinton. In addition to attacking Obama, these Bushies have
banded together to create a
Bush-Cheney Alumni Association, committed to "help
build a lasting legacy for President George W. Bush and the
Bush-Cheney Administration."
SAME OLD DICK: The former vice
president has been one of Obama's loudest and most controversial
critics. On March 15, Cheney received widespread attention -- and
criticism -- for saying that Obama is "making some choices that, in my
mind, will, in fact,
raise the risk to the American people of another attack." Senior
White House Adviser David Axelrod responded that although Bush has
"behaved like a statesman...I just
don't think the memo got passed down to the vice president." Both
Biden and
Attorney General Eric Holder similarly came out and condemned
Cheney's comments. Cheney is also up to his old secrecy tricks,
refusing to transfer his records and gifts to Bush's presidential
library. Next week, top administration officials will be gathering
in Dallas for a reunion with the ex-president. One person who won't be
there? Cheney, who is still reportedly
at odds with Bush over his decision not to pardon Scooter Libby.
OFF TO THE RACES
Who'll Play Defense?
Midterm elections are rarely a referendum on the party out of power. by Charlie Cook
A senior Democratic strategist observed last week that at this stage in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles, he had some inkling that the political environment would be favorable for his party on Election Day. Today, though, he has no idea whether Democrats will be playing offense or defense in November 2010.
Midterm elections are usually a referendum on the president and his party. And right now, President Obama is certainly no liability: His job-approval ratings average about 60 percent and hit 66 percent in a just-released CBS News/New York Times survey. These are solid numbers for a new president.
The budget package apparently took a bit of a toll on the popularity of congressional Democrats.
An analysis of the Gallup Organization's nightly tracking surveys, which over the course of a week poll about 3,500 adults, shows that for seven consecutive weeks Obama's job-approval rating has been in a very tight range -- from 61 percent to 64 percent. Attitudes toward the president's performance are holding remarkably stable across the 40 demographic and political subgroups measured. For example, among Democrats, Obama's approval rating consistently lands within 2 percentage points of 90 percent, among independents within 3 points of 60 percent, and among Republicans within 4 points of 31 percent.
Americans who like Obama, think highly of him, and wish him well are sticking with him. His critics aren't changing their stripes, either. And the initially undecided are gradually choosing sides.
In the CBS/Times poll, 63 percent of respondents said that Obama was more likely than congressional Republicans to make the right decisions about the economy. Just 20 percent disagreed. Sixty-one percent said that Obama was more likely than congressional Republicans to make the right decisions about keeping the nation safe. Twenty-seven percent disagreed.
For now, the public largely perceives Obama as trying to get the country out of an economic mess that he didn't create. And, perhaps largely as a result, his approval ratings are higher than the share of the vote he received in November.
Inevitably, if the economy doesn't begin to recover, he will be assigned full ownership of the problem. Politically, Obama needs the economy to be clearly bottoming out by early next year and showing signs of recovery in the second half of the year.
Among economists these days, the new buzz phrase is "green shoots," meaning signs of new growth amid all the economic deadwood. Two months ago, even remotely positive economic statistics were isolated and seemingly random events. Now there is a steady stream of tiny glimmers of hope. The crackerjack Wall Street economic forecasting firm ISI Group pointed in an April 3 report to 38 such green shoots in global economic numbers. It concluded, "This probably means that the rate of decline in economic activity is moderating, but we do not believe that the economy is making a bottom." In other words, we haven't hit bottom but might be able to see it soon.
However, if the economy doesn't begin its comeback by mid-2010, Obama's approval numbers and his party's prospects in the midterm elections could dramatically drop. Although he is a huge asset now, it's not hard to see how he could become a liability.
Once a recovery begins, the danger becomes a "double dip." Recoveries can be extremely fragile. It doesn't take much for the economy to sink back into recession.
In some ways, Democrats are in a good news/bad news situation. The good news for them is that the Republican Party still has horrific ratings -- 31 percent favorable, 58 percent unfavorable in the CBS/Times poll, compared with 56 percent favorable, 34 percent unfavorable for Democrats. And nothing the GOP is saying or doing is helping its cause.
The bad news for Democrats is that midterm elections are rarely a referendum on the party out of power. The only exception that comes to mind is the punishment that the GOP took in 1998 for trying to oust President Clinton from office.
For now, even though Obama and his party enjoy favorable ratings, the public does distinguish between the president and congressional Democrats. The budget package apparently took a bit of a toll on the popularity of congressional Democrats. On the generic ballot test, they are now running ahead of Republicans by only mid-single digits. That's not a sign of GOP recovery, but it could be an indication that some voters are having second thoughts about the Hill Democrats' enjoying such big majorities.
Bottom line: Watch the economy, Obama's approval ratings, and the generic ballot test for clues about the environment in November 2010.
Executive PayWatch: CEO Perks Rise as Workers’ Wages, Jobs Wilt by James Parks
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Even as the U.S. economy went into a tailspin, the median salary for CEOs of 200 large corporations increased by 4.5 percent to $1.08 million. On top of that, these corporations keep plying executives with generous freebies, despite the public outcry over private jets and other executive perks.
The 2009 AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch site, which launches today, points out that the perks for executives rose on average by 12.5 percent in 2008 to $336,248—or nine times the median salary of a full-time worker. Even more appalling is the practice of rewarding executives who drive their companies into the ground.
For example, the site reports that in 2007—the year the financial crisis began to unfold—the top 10 recipients of the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) collectively paid their CEOs a combined $242 million in total annual compensation. That averages nearly $25 million per CEO to run companies that might have gone bankrupt if not for billions of dollars in taxpayer assistance.
The PayWatch site also features an e-mail action. Click here to send a letter to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, respectively. Let them know we’re counting on them to draft legislation that truly strengthens our financial regulations and begins curing the disease that has infected our economic system.
This year’s Executive PayWatch highlights 10 case studies that show the multiple ways CEOs profited big time, while the average worker could barely hang on. There is the well-known case of AIG, which has been kept afloat by more than $170 billion in federal assistance—about $1,500 for every household in the nation—and still paid out more than $500 million in salaries and bonuses to hundreds of senior employees.
Here are other prime examples in the case studies of corporate failure:
- While retirees worry over the fate of Deere & Co.’s pension surplus, which is shrinking because of stock market losses, the value of Deere CEO Robert Lane’s retirement income increased $5.5 million in fiscal 2008 to $22.5 million. Lane and other senior executives participate in not one but three different pension plans.
- SunTrust Bank, which received $4.9 billion from the federal bailout fund, wants shareholders to approve a mega-grant of $7.7 million in stock options for James Wells, its chairman and chief executive officer, even as investors have lost billions.
- While workers who are laid off in these tough economic times are lucky if they receive anything more than their last paycheck, Richard Bond, who retired as CEO of Tyson Foods in January, stands to collect more than $14 million in “golden parachute” severance payments.
Want to know what your CEO made last year? The Executive Paywatch site offers three user-friendly ways to find out. And if you want to have a little fun at the CEO’s expense, play the “Boot The CEO” game and kick the money out of the greedy CEO’s hands.
If you lost your job today, would you know where to turn for help? The new online Unemployment LifeLine from Working America and the AFL-CIO is a one-stop resource center to guide jobless workers to local services and advice from others coping with unemployment.
YOUR COMMENTS
DAILY GRILL
"We do not pick and choose these rallies and protests. We were there for
the Million Man March." -- Fox News's Neil Cavuto,
4/11/09, defending the network's "Tea
Party" coverage.
VERSUS
"The Million Man March occurred October 16, 1995 whereas FOX News was not
operating until October 7, 1996, nearly a year later." -- Newshounds,
4/12/09
Quotes of the Day
"You know what you call a bunch of lawyers sitting around out of work doing nothing? Congress!" --Jay Leno
Recent Senate Votes
NONE THIS WEEK
NONE THIS WEEK
JUSTICE -- SIX BUSH OFFICIALS TO BE INDICTED BY SPANISH PROSECUTORS:
Human Rights lawyer and Daily Beast contributor Scott Horton reports that
Spanish prosecutors will announce today that they are moving forward with
the indictment of six top Bush officials who are
charged with providing legal cover for torture. The investigation deals
specifically with the case of five Spanish citizens who were detained at
Guantanamo Bay and allegedly tortured there. The Bush 6, as Horton calls
them, are former attorney general
Alberto Gonzales, former Undersecretary of Defense
Douglas Feith, former Cheney chief of staff
David Addington, Justice Department officials
John Yoo and
Jay S. Bybee, and Pentagon lawyer
William Haynes. The State Department has been in constant contact with
the Spanish government since the case was initially filed on March 17.
During a meeting at the American embassy in Madrid, "Spanish prosecutors
advised the Americans that they would suspend their investigation
if at any point the United States were to undertake an investigation of
its own into these matters." Horton reports, however, that when "pressed to
know whether any such investigation was pending," they received no answer.
Still, Obama faces the ongoing issue of Republicans "promising
to 'go nuclear' and filibuster" his legal appointments if he authorizes
the Justice Department to release the torture memos written by the Bush 6.
ECONOMY -- BUSINESS LOBBY GOES INTO HIGH GEAR TO PRESERVE OFFSHORE TAX
DEFERRAL: Yesterday, both CQ
and
National Journal reported on the "tax
battle" evidently looming between big business and President Obama, over
his administration's proposal to begin taxing the profits that companies
earn overseas. The business lobby is casting the proposal as a
business-killing apocalypse. "Just imagine a world 10 years from now
where there are no U.S. multinationals because they've all been bought up by
foreign competitors," said tax lobbyist Kenneth Kies. "Everything
else pales in comparison," said National Foreign Trade Council President
William Reinsch, whose group is partnering with the Business Roundtable, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers to
preserve the deferral rule. The business lobby's rhetoric has been
similar to that used by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who warned that "companies
are going to leave" because of Obama's "stupid,
dumb-ass" tax proposals. But their fearmongering ignores the fact that
U.S. corporate tax revenue as a share of the economy is
below the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
average. The U.S. raises less revenue from corporations than do
countries like the United Kingdom and Ireland, even with a technically
higher rate. As the Wonk Room has noted,
loopholes and
shelters contribute to a skewed idea of what the U.S. corporate tax
system really looks like, but suffice to say,
it's not the crippling system that businesses make it out to be.
RADICAL RIGHT -- DHS REPORT: AFTER OBAMA'S ELECTION, RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM 'MAY BE GAINING NEW RECRUITS': The extreme right -- those who are "hate-oriented," "mainly antigovernment," or those dedicated to a "single issue" -- is a legitimate threat that law enforcement must deal with, according to a new assessment from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security. The report, which was coordinated with the FBI and is being given to federal, state, and local law enforcement, warns, "The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment." Most extremists have made "rhetorical" statements and have "stopp[ed] short of calls for violent action," but since the 2008 election, right-wing extremists are "reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers." The DHS under President Bush was apparently more reluctant to make such assessments about the right. According to CQ, a 2005 report outlining terrorist threats "does not mention anti-government groups, white supremacists and other radical right-wing movements." Conservative bloggers -- such as Michelle Malkin and Newsbusters -- are up in arms over the report. A DHS official responded to the right's criticism, noting that DHS did an assessment of left-wing extremism in January. "This is nothing unusual. ... This is about awareness," the official said.
Think Fast
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has
launched a direct attack on President Obama "in a new mass mailing,
accusing the president of being
part of the 'blame America first' crowd."
Leaders of the nation's two major labor federations -- AFL-CIO president
John Sweeney and Joe Hansen, a leader of the rival Change to Win federation
-- said yesterday that they “have agreed for the first time to join
forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system." The move
“could give President Obama
significant support among unions as he revisits the stormy issue in the
midst of the recession."
Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino is joining Mark Penn's public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, as "chief issues counselor." Penn called Perino “an extremely skilled practitioner" who had weathered "some incredibly difficult experiences." Perino joins former Bush aide Karen Hughes, who also works at Penn's firm.
Forty-one percent of Americans now believe that lower-income people are paying their "fair share" of federal taxes, up from 32 percent last year, according to a new Gallup poll. At the same time, just 23 percent say that upper-income taxpayers pay their “fair share," while 60 percent say they pay too little.
More than a half the country's voting-age population used the Internet to get political news or get involved in the political process in 2008, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "Nearly one in five (18%) internet users posted their thoughts, comments or questions about the campaign on an online forum such as a blog or social networking site."
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responded to criticism of a leaked DHS report on right-wing extremism, saying that "we are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not -- nor will we ever -- monitor ideology or political beliefs." In TV interviews today, she said "these are routine reports" that were "begun months ago, in fact, in preparation before this new administration took office."
HUMOR
"Some Americans did a very dumb thing today. They had tea party protests.
They've been mailing tea bags to Congress to I guess express their
dissatisfaction with taxes and government spending because nothing shakes a
politician up like a complimentary bag of tea. 'Hey if you don't straighten
up next year, crumpets, buddy.'" --Jimmy Kimmel
"A lot of protests today. Thousands of people had these tea parties,
during which they protested higher taxes. But here in LA, it was called the
Green Herbal Double Decaf Tea Party." --Jay Leno
"According to MSNBC, there's a big problem with identity theft affecting
electronic tax filing. People are stealing other people's identities, filing
taxes in their name, and then getting their refund check. Today, half the
Obama administration said, 'That's what happened to us!'" --Jay Leno
"President
Obama should get a big refund this year because he has a lot of
dependents. AIG, Citibank, Morgan Stanley -- all dependents." --Jay Leno
"And as you know, that captain of the merchant ship that was held captive by
three Somali pirates was rescued when the pirates were shot and killed by a
group of Navy Seals. President Obama authorized the military to use any
force necessary to accomplish this. And today, the CEOs of Ford, Chrysler
and GM said, 'We'll build any car you want.'" --Jay Leno
"President Obama has lifted the travel ban to Cuba. If you do travel to
Cuba, don't forget to set your watch back 50 years. Yeah, if you go back. If
you're looking for a '58 Buick, that's the place to get it." --Jay Leno
"President Obama is going to Mexico tomorrow. He visited Canada a couple
weeks ago, then he went throughout Europe, then he went to Iraq, and
tomorrow he's going to Mexico. See, this is what happens when your
mother-in-law moves in with you. 'Honey, I'm going to be out on the road a
couple weeks.'" --Jay Leno
"And, according to the U.S. Labor Department, because of the recession, the
number of unemployed lawyers in this country has hit a ten-year high. So,
see, there is a silver lining in all of this." --Jay Leno
"You know what you call a bunch of lawyers sitting around out of work doing
nothing? Congress!" --Jay Leno
"In Arlington, Virginia, the Environmental Protection Agency is holding
something called the National Bed Bug Summit. Health officials are going to
offer advice on how to combat the growing problem of bed bugs. And it's
being held in Arlington's Crystal City Sheraton Hotel. See, that's when you
know the economy is bad, okay? When a Sheraton hotel is thrilled to be
hosting the bed bug summit. 'Hey, be sure to come back in June for the big
head lice symposium.'" --Jay Leno
"Here's something that caught my attention as I was leafing through the
paper this morning. NBC is making a reality show starring former Illinois
Gov.
Rod
Blagojevich. This is the same network that didn't want me." --David
Letterman
"And the mayor of New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, is going to outlaw cab
drivers talking on cell phones. And are you like me? Do you hate it when you
are in a taxicab and the driver is twittering the Taliban? Awful." --David
Letterman
"I heard this coming out here a few minutes ago. Apparently, Rush Limbaugh's
dog said it hopes that Obama's dog fails." --David Letterman
"But the good news is we have a new White House dog, a Portuguese water dog
named Bo. So welcome to the White House, Bo. Actually, Bo has only been
there a couple of days, but he is already very busy. Earlier today, Bo
hosted a luncheon for former White House dogs." --David Letterman
"And you know they have Bo wearing one of those electronic collars. If he
strays beyond the perimeter of the White House grounds he gets a little
buzz. That's to make sure he doesn't -- no, wait a minute, that's
Joe Biden." --David Letterman
"Well, hey, it's tax day today. It's tax day. It's Wednesday, April 15th.
But if you don't get yours down in time, don't worry about it. The good news
is, you may be on your way to an Obama cabinet position. So that's good.
Congratulations. Good luck." --Jimmy Fallon
"This whole pirate situation is getting out of control, right? Just can't
stop thinking about it. Two more attacks yesterday. I mean, I don't
understand how it works. Apparently, they pull up to the ship, they fire
some shots, scare everyone off, then they climb up the side, then I guess
they copy and distribute DVD's. Is that what they do?" --Jimmy Fallon
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Buy American Mention of the Week, By Roger Simmermaker
Get American-made khakis and support a U.S. Military supplier
Ever wondered how you could order from the same suppliers to the U.S. military for yourself on a consumer level? Well now you can! Just visit www.USwings.com and you can order a wide range of goods from a worldwide supplier of U.S.-made items made with American pride.
There are probably more items available on www.USwings.com than I could cover in a simple article, but there’s one I wanted to concentrate on that I have struggled to find for myself, and that is the variety of U.S. Wings’ Adventure Gear khakis.
There are all sorts of American companies that offer or produce American-made denim jeans like www.AllAmericanClothing.com, www.MadeinUSAForever.com, www.PointerBrand.com, www.ShopForAmerica.com, www.TheUnionShop.com, www.UnionLabel.com, and www.BuyAmerican.com, but it has always been an uphill battle when it comes to khaki pants, shorts, and the like.
You can order khakis from www.BillsKhakis.com, but the prices are over $100.00 a pair. Adventure Gear khakis from www.USWings.com is a much more reasonable $33.95 a pair, which is sale price reduced from the original price of $39.95. And as they say at U.S. Wings, if they were good enough for General MacArthur, they’re good enough for you, and I’m sure that’s probably true. Also available with the khaki clothing are matching accessories like the Aussie snap-brim twill hat and U.S. Military web belt.
U.S. Wings also offers American-made aviator sunglasses from American Optical which are reasonably-priced at $51.00 or less, including the renowned, genuine U.S. Military-issue Original Pilot Sunglass. The Original Pilot Sunglass has been the preferred aviator sunglass of all U.S. Military branches for over 40 years. I’ve been looking for a replacement pair of American-made sunglasses for my personal use ever since formerly American-owned Oakley was bought out by Italian-owned Luxottica (owner of LensCrafters and Pearle Vision outlets). And now you can receive a free Top Gun cap and a free Top Gun patch with your order of U.S. Wings’ Top Gun sunglasses.
U.S. Wings was created by Sgt. David Hack (retired from the U.S. Army) in 1986 and is the culmination of the Sergeant’s and his wife Lani’s lifelong love and respect of the U.S. Military. U.S. Wings is the only official licensee for Flying Tigers-brand apparel and other government-issue aviator jackets. If you’re ever in the Hudson, Ohio area, you can visit the U.S. Wings store where all U.S. Wings gear is shipped worldwide.
Not all U.S. Wings products are American made, so be careful to order from the items that clearly list “Made in the USA” in the description. For example, all sunglasses are made in USA, but a small percentage of products are listed as imported and others don’t mention a country of origin.
Other types of products on www.USWings.com are made in USA where they would be hard to find domestically otherwise. The American-made Signature Series line of flight jackets is, for example, hand-cut, hand-sewn and hand-inspected by highly-skilled American craftspeople in New Jersey. U.S. Wings points out that their genuine USA-made “bomber” jackets, like many other manufactured goods one might name these days, are getting harder to find nowadays.
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Roger Simmermaker is the author of How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism and writes "Buy American Mention of the Week" articles for WorldNetDaily.com and his website www.howtobuyamerican.com. Roger is a member of the Machinists Union and National Writers Union, has been a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC, and has been quoted in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Business Week among many other publications.
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