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My syndicated column this week rips Hapless Hank Paulson and his flock of sheeple in Washington. The latest headlines suggest that the auto bailout is in trouble. But don’t get your hopes up too high. Politicians will cave. And no matter what euphemism they use, you will pay for it.
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Hank Paulson, naked emperor
by Michelle Malkin
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From reader Bill:
My father in the last years of his life needed to go south to warmer weather because of his health problems. While renting in Florida in the late 70’s my Mom & Dad ran into many auto workers that had been laid off. They bragged about the fact they were getting more money [...]

As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about as Hank Paulson’s Treasury Department presides over the behemoth, expanding bank/insurance/auto/all-purpose bailout, Frank Gaffney sends up a warning flare:
The U.S. Treasury Department is submitting to Shariah – the seditious religio-political-legal code authoritative Islam seeks to impose worldwide under a global theocracy.
As reported in this space [...]

Do For Me. Plus: Right on cue, Pelosi renews call for stimulus-palooza plan.

Socialism. It’s what’s for breakfast.

“I’ll get mine.”

It begins at 9pm Eastern.
Liberal Beltway fixture Bob Schieffer moderates. I noted in 2004 that he asked a question about immigration during one of the 2004 debates. Wouldn’t it be novel if the subject finally came up tonight? Not that the La Raza twins would differ much. I’m not the only one who wants to [...]

Monsters, Inc.

Update…here’s the vid via Allah…
I am away from my office, so haven’t seen the video of this yet. But several readers are reporting on a frustrating exchange John McCain had with a passionate supporter in Waukesha, Wisconsin. McCain gets a softball — and bungles again.
Banging. Head. Against. Wall.
Commenter nyc123me:
CNNlive online covering McCain/Palin event in [...]

Home and garden.

Covering Barney Frank’s you-know-what.

Dude, where’s your bailout?

I don’t have any prizes to give away, but you get Special MM.com Bonus Points if your insipid question suggestion gets asked tonight.
As for drinking game proposals, I recommend taking a swig every time Tom Brokaw inserts his two cents after the citizens ask their questions. Apparently, the two campaigns agreed that he wouldn’t be [...]

Now, you see it. Now, you don’t. Now, you do.

Scroll down for updates…still no response from NBC/SNL…the vid clip is currently up on YouTube…watch below before it goes down…10/7 5:20pm Eastern…SNL is editing the skit…

Over the weekend, I watched a hilarious, dead-on, and surprisingly honest skit on Saturday Night Live about the craptastic bailout and its Democrat roots. The skit called out Fannie/Freddie and [...]

Gloves off.

Shhhhhhhhhh.

Taste the Crap Sandwich.

Earth to McCain. Earth to McCain.

Soft-headed.

No fear.

Wipe the smirk off your face, Joe.

Are you ready? I’m praying and pulling for Sarah Palin. I know you are, too. Let’s go.
8:01pm Eastern. Will Gwen Ifill disclose or won’t she?
Nothing.
The candidates walk out. Sarah looks lovely and confident.
She asks Biden, “Nice to meet you. Hey, can I call you Joe?”
First question: The bailout.
Biden launches into a Bush attack. He sounds [...]

No Earmark Left Behind.

Risen from the dead.

The crony pseudocapitalists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been served federal grand jury subpoenas. Better late than never:
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage finance giants that were taken over by the government this month, said on Monday they were subpoenaed for documents as part of a federal grand jury investigations into [...]

No cash for trash.

Don’t swallow.

“Not debatable.”

Scroll for updates…Thanks to N.Z.Bear/Porkbusters for a link to the 108-page draft bill…updated version here…
It’s full steam ahead for the trillion-dollar-plus bailout boondoggle. Washington is euphoric.
If you didn’t already have a sick feeling in your stomach all week, the photos of the late-night press conference announcing that a tentative deal had been struck should make [...]