Elizabeth Warren: First Amendment Right 'Scares Me', Needs 'Dialing Ba

September 23rd, 2010 8:21 AM
    Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . .the right of the people . . . to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- First Amendment to the ConstitutionRemember the MSM brouhaha when some conservatives suggested reconsidering the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the US to illegal immigrants? Suddenly, the sanctity of the 14th Amendment became the…

Open Thread: Obama, the Imperial President

September 22nd, 2010 9:25 AM

CBS: Americans 'Angry' Over Bad Economy, 'Taking It Out On' Obama

September 21st, 2010 12:56 PM
At the top of Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith proclaimed: "Angry Americans. A new report declares the recession officially over. But many of us are not feeling it. Even taking on the President himself." Later, he seemed to portray the President as a victim: "...a lot of Americans are still suffering its [the recession's] effects, and are taking it out on President Obama."In a report…

'Early Show': Why Not Limit Compensation for Non-TARP Companies Too

October 22nd, 2009 1:32 PM
The Federal pay czar announced that executives in companies that took bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Recovery Program should not receive the bonuses that were announced recently. And there are rumblings about extending government reach into the executive compensation at all publicly traded companies. That would be just fine with Harry Smith at CBS's "Early Show." On Oct. 22, Smith…