Month September 2008

San Francisco. Protest the bailout today

Today Mon. Sept. 29th 4 pm San Francisco Federal Reserve 101 Market (at Stearns. Embarcadero BART.) From Cindy Sheehan’s listserv: In response to the bipartisan “done deal” of the Wall Street bailout plan, Cindy for Congress is calling for another…

Naomi Wolf on Sarah Palin

“Has Sarah Palin been picked as the titular head of the coming police state?”, asks Naomi Wolf. My answer: No. Journalists were arrested [at the RNC] — for reporting. Amy Goodman and ABC producers were arrested. Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake…

Current “Excess Compensation” rules

From Sue, a CPA There are already limitations on executive compensation, and they already take the form of disallowing tax deductions and a tax penalty on the person receiving the compensation. There is no law capping executive compensation (yet). First,…