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		<title>No One At White House Realizes President is De Facto CEO of AIG</title>
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There is much hand wringing and continual cries of &#8220;outrageous&#8221; from the Obama Administration over the AIG bonuses. Mere displays of consternation are not going to be enough to still the righteous fury of the American public over the original &#8216;too big to fail&#8217; company, though.
Put simply, many Americans viewed the original corporate bailout &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/16/no-one-at-white-house-realizes-president-is-de-facto-ceo-of-aig/</link>
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		<title>Transcript: President Obama Talks About AIG Bonuses Today at White House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(The following is the section of the President&#8217;s remarks on small business where he diverted to discuss his displeasure with the AIG situation. Source: White House Press Office)
THE PRESIDENT: Now before I talk about the new steps we&#8217;re taking to get credit flowing to small businesses across our country, I do want to comment on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/16/transcript-president-obama-talks-about-aig-bonuses-today-at-white-house/</link>
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		<title>After A Weekend of Bad Press, Obama Officially &#8216;Outraged&#8217; Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I Think AIG Has the President&#8217;s Attention
Barack Obama From the Washington Post:
&#8220;Under these circumstances, it&#8217;s hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay,&#8221; Obama said. &#8220;How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?&#8221; He said he has asked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/16/after-a-weekend-of-bad-press-obama-officially-outraged-too/</link>
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		<title>Video: Ben Bernanke Interview on 60 Minutes &#8211; Depression Averted, Recovery Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bernanke on 60 Minutes Part 1:

Watch CBS Videos Online
Bernanke on 60 Minutes Part 2:
Watch CBS Videos Online
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		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/16/video-ben-bernanke-interview-on-60-minutes-depression-averted-recovery-soon/</link>
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		<title>The Daily Graphic: U.S. Money Base, 1959 &#8211; Present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.  Chart 1 is the straight graph.  Chart 2 is the same data with periods of recession displayed as grey bars.
Chart 1:

Chart 2:

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		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/16/the-daily-graphic-us-money-base-1959-present/</link>
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		<title>State of Ohio Received Some of AIG&#8217;s Bailout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can add $490 million to Ohio&#8217;s federal stimulus total.
That&#8217;s the amount Ohio has received from AIG since the federal government put the world&#8217;s largest insurer on life support last fall. Sunday evening AIG released information regarding how it spent over $70 billion of the $180 billion it has received from U.S. taxpayers through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/15/state-of-ohio-received-some-of-aigs-bailout/</link>
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		<title>AIG Begins To Share With Taxpayers Where Their Money Is Going</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Screen Grabs from AIG Slides &#8211; The four slide deck can be found here.  AIG&#8217;s press release may be found at bottom of post.
NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Mar. 15, 2009&#8211;       American International Group, Inc. (AIG) recognizes the importance of       upholding a high degree of transparency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/15/aig-begins-to-share-with-taxpayers-where-their-money-is-going/</link>
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		<title>This Is Retarded.  Twitterviews? Give Me A Break &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I have to say a thing about this:


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		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/15/this-is-retarded-twitterviews-will-not-save-journalism/</link>
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		<title>The Daily Graphic BONUS: Choose From Four Printable NCAA Tournament Brackets &#8211; ESPN, Sporting News, CBS Sports, USA Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Tournament Printable Bracket from The Sporting News
2009 NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Tournament Printable Bracket from ESPN
2009 NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Tournament Printable Bracket from CBS Sportsline
2009 NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Tournament Printable Bracket from USA Today
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		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/15/the-daily-graphic-bonus-choose-from-four-printable-ncaa-tournament-brackets-espn-sporting-news-cbs-sports-usa-today/</link>
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		<title>Transcript: DICK Cheney Interview with CNN&#8217;s John King &#8211; Cheney Says Obama Choices Create Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Source: CNN)
Aired March 15, 2009 &#8211; 09:00   ET
JOHN KING, HOST:  I&#8217;m John King, and this is our STATE OF THE UNION report for this Sunday, March 15th.
President Obama urges absolute confidence in the struggling economy, but can the country afford his ambitious plans? We&#8217;ll ask the former vice president, Dick Cheney, who joins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2009/03/15/transcript-dick-cheney-interview-with-cnns-john-king-cheney-says-obama-choices-create-risk/</link>
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