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Surprise, surprise, surprise. Guess who the Paulson plan benefits?
Bank of America’s top credit strategy analyst says Paulson Debt Plan May Benefit Mostly Goldman, Morgan.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley may be among the biggest beneficiaries of the $700 billion U.S. plan to buy assets from financial companies while many banks see limited aid, according [...]

I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.”

Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.

If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.

Graduate from [...]

Writing Raven (Native Tlingit/Athabascan) on Sarah Palin’s egregious policies and attitudes toward Native People and on the spuriousness of Todd Palin’s claim to a Native (Yup’ik) identity, which is being reported as an uncritical fact in the lower 48.
Indian Country Today (the newspaper of record in Native America) on McCain/Palin’s egregious policies toward Native issues.
A [...]

Even his own family is coming out and remarking on the 180° turn from the Straight Talkin’ Maverick to the craven, say anything, do anything, pander to all politician desperately taking his last covetous bid at the White House.  Ouch.
John and I are related through our grandmothers. Katherine Vaulx McCain and Huetta Vaulx Boles, both [...]