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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Timothy Geithner Leaving The Treasury?

  That is the story coming from Bloomberg on Thursday, and this will be great if he leaves as he has done enough damage to the American economy as it is. Of course, he will probably go to work for Goldman Sachs and continue to screw Americans out of their cash on an individual basis.

Geithner, 49, has told associates he needs a break from government service after dealing with the turmoil that followed the collapse of Wall Street firms, including Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., first as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as Treasury secretary.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he’s considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the national debt limit, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Geithner hasn’t made a final decision and won’t do so until the debt ceiling issue has been resolved, according to one of the people. All spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about private discussions.

  Maybe this hood will be replaced with someone that we can believe in, such as Elizabeth Warren, which would really send the Republicans into a tizzy. There would be GOP exploding heads everywhere that you turned. How about some of that change that we can believe in, Barack?

Jon Stewart: Balancing The Budget

  Stewart tackled the Presidents news conference which he gave on Wednesday.

 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Jon Stewart Still Ragging Fox News and Stephen Colbert Makes Fun Of Governor Rick Scott…

   …who has posted at his website a letter that his fans can send in to newspapers in the guise of letters to the editor praising him and the job that he has done thus far in Florida.

  Jon Stewart:

 

The Colbert Report

 

Fox News Viewership Declines Again…

…so one has to wonder if the viewers have finally figured out that the news channel is really a propaganda arm of the conservatives, and that maybe those viewers are tired of being rated as the most misinformed on current events.

   The latest Q2 2011 ratings have Fox News as being the only cable news network losing viewers year-over-year, while CNN had double-digit growth compared to the same period last year.

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Primetime:

In M-F prime, CNN was up +16% in total viewers (725k vs. 625k) and +29% in the key demo (235k vs. 182k) compared to Q210, while MSNBC’s growth was less, increasing only 3% among total viewers (924k vs. 894k) and 13% in the demo 25-54 (277k vs. 245k).  Fox News continued to lose viewers vs. the same quarter a year ago, declining -6% in M-F prime total viewers (2.151m vs. 2.293m) and down -14% in the demo 25-54 (506k vs. 585k).