<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Countdown to the Inauguration: 34 Days &#8212; Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:23:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Scrapebox blast</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-610271</link> <dc:creator>Scrapebox blast</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-610271</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Great Site…...&lt;/strong&gt;Hey Admin , Extremely nice blog , if you need backlinks to your website I provide upto 10,000 high quality SEO backlinks for only $5. 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Check it out here :<a href="http://bit.ly/msweL2.." rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/msweL2..</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anyhthing Goes</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-530558</link> <dc:creator>Anyhthing Goes</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-530558</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Top 10 favourites...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]here are some other links to sites that we find everyday so here are some popular sites we like today[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Top 10 favourites&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]here are some other links to sites that we find everyday so here are some popular sites we like today[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: parker404</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338937</link> <dc:creator>parker404</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:13:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338937</guid> <description>What&#039;s crazy is that his Michelle is better than his Barack.  He really makes a pretty woman.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#39;s crazy is that his Michelle is better than his Barack.  He really makes a pretty woman.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338926</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:36:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338926</guid> <description>rikyrah:   More on &quot;BLAGO&quot;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/blagojevichs-multi-millio_n_151944.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Blagojevich&#039;s Multi-Million Dollar Campaign fund To Be Frozen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Federal authorities plan to freeze Gov. Blagojevich&#039;s campaign fund, crippling the governor&#039;s ability to use the money for his legal bills.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In a letter this week, they put the Blagojevich camp on notice they intend to freeze the money, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That disclosure comes a week after the governor was hit with federal charges including scheming to sell the U.S. Senate seat given up by President-elect Barack Obama.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Today in Springfield, the governor&#039;s lawyer, Ed Genson, appeared before a House panel investigating whether to impeach Blagojevich. Genson asked to be appointed a special attorney general to represent the governor in the impeachment process.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the whole story here.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;NOW the FEDS appear to be moving quickly.   Annnnnnd, this investigation has been going on - - &quot;how long?&quot;    Hmmmmm!?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah:   More on &#8220;BLAGO&#8221;:</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/blagojevichs-multi-millio_n_151944.html" rel="nofollow">Blagojevich&#39;s Multi-Million Dollar Campaign fund To Be Frozen</a></p><p><i><b>Federal authorities plan to freeze Gov. Blagojevich&#39;s campaign fund, crippling the governor&#39;s ability to use the money for his legal bills.</p><p>In a letter this week, they put the Blagojevich camp on notice they intend to freeze the money, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.</b></p><p>That disclosure comes a week after the governor was hit with federal charges including scheming to sell the U.S. Senate seat given up by President-elect Barack Obama.</p><p>Today in Springfield, the governor&#39;s lawyer, Ed Genson, appeared before a House panel investigating whether to impeach Blagojevich. Genson asked to be appointed a special attorney general to represent the governor in the impeachment process.</p><p>Read the whole story here.</i></p><p>NOW the FEDS appear to be moving quickly.   Annnnnnd, this investigation has been going on &#8211; - &#8220;how long?&#8221;    Hmmmmm!?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CraigHickman</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338944</link> <dc:creator>CraigHickman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:28:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338944</guid> <description>His lawyer is a swamp alligator. I wouldn&#039;t mess with him at all.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His lawyer is a swamp alligator. I wouldn&#39;t mess with him at all.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338927</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:19:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338927</guid> <description>rikyrah:  O.K. I found this and I hope that it is NOT what should  NOT be posted here.  I&#039;m still learning all the subtleties/nuances.  :&gt;)   I don&#039;t know anything about this author.&lt;br&gt;Soooo, B very gentle IFFF this is a BAD post!     :&gt;)  :&gt;)    :&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=2308&amp;plckController=Blog&amp;plckScript=blogScript&amp;plckElementId=blogDest&amp;plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a1daca073-2eab-468e-9f19-ec177090a35cPost%3abf027c0d-8042-4414-aa2b-7331c7bd97fb&amp;plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending&amp;sid=sitelife.chicagobusiness.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The 12 Days Of Fitzmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The part that I liked was &quot;Five Bleeping Blagos!&quot;   :&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I don&#039;t get the rest.  :&gt;(     Annnnd, that betta be a POSITIVE line about P-E Obama!  :&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;O.K.   I&#039;m submitting this and PRAYING!!    :&gt;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah:  O.K. I found this and I hope that it is NOT what should  NOT be posted here.  I&#39;m still learning all the subtleties/nuances.  :&gt;)   I don&#39;t know anything about this author.<br />Soooo, B very gentle IFFF this is a BAD post!     :&gt;)  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</p><p><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=2308&#038;plckController=Blog&#038;plckScript=blogScript&#038;plckElementId=blogDest&#038;plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&#038;plckPostId=Blog%3a1daca073-2eab-468e-9f19-ec177090a35cPost%3abf027c0d-8042-4414-aa2b-7331c7bd97fb&#038;plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending&#038;sid=sitelife.chicagobusiness.com" rel="nofollow">The 12 Days Of Fitzmas</a></p><p>The part that I liked was &#8220;Five Bleeping Blagos!&#8221;   :&gt;)</p><p>I don&#39;t get the rest.  :&gt;(     Annnnd, that betta be a POSITIVE line about P-E Obama!  :&gt;)</p><p>O.K.   I&#39;m submitting this and PRAYING!!    :&gt;)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338943</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:14:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338943</guid> <description>true, but he better come serious, after asking Obama to hold off until the 22nd. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Blago has hunkered down. That lawyer of his is no joke. And a street fighter to boot.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>true, but he better come serious, after asking Obama to hold off until the 22nd.</p><p>Blago has hunkered down. That lawyer of his is no joke. And a street fighter to boot.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338935</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:12:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338935</guid> <description>he&#039;s so non-descript, Craig. I hadn&#039;t even heard this mentioned. this came out of nowhere. sorry. I knew he was from Illinois, but he wasn&#039;t loud or strident or hogging the tv enough for me to know him in Illinois.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he&#39;s so non-descript, Craig. I hadn&#39;t even heard this mentioned. this came out of nowhere. sorry. I knew he was from Illinois, but he wasn&#39;t loud or strident or hogging the tv enough for me to know him in Illinois.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CraigHickman</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338942</link> <dc:creator>CraigHickman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:10:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338942</guid> <description>The arrest was purely political. That&#039;s why all the attempts to link Barack to Blago have reached such a fever pitch.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They think we can&#039;t see.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The arrest was purely political. That&#39;s why all the attempts to link Barack to Blago have reached such a fever pitch.</p><p>They think we can&#39;t see.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CraigHickman</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338945</link> <dc:creator>CraigHickman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:57:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338945</guid> <description>Well, that makes no sense. And Barack is being made out by the media as someone with something to hide. Which makes me believe Fitzgerald was pressured by more than a Tribune scoop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where is Karl Rove?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The media needs to be asking Fitzgerald all the questions they&#039;re asking Barack.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;ve had to turn off the television.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, that makes no sense. And Barack is being made out by the media as someone with something to hide. Which makes me believe Fitzgerald was pressured by more than a Tribune scoop.</p><p>Where is Karl Rove?</p><p>The media needs to be asking Fitzgerald all the questions they&#39;re asking Barack.</p><p>I&#39;ve had to turn off the television.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CraigHickman</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338934</link> <dc:creator>CraigHickman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338934</guid> <description>And his transportation credentials?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Color me lazy. I figured someone from IL would have the 411.)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And his transportation credentials?</p><p>(Color me lazy. I figured someone from IL would have the 411.)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338940</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:52:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338940</guid> <description>Patterson will appoint Caroline Kennedy as New York&#039;s Senator.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patterson will appoint Caroline Kennedy as New York&#39;s Senator.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338928</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338928</guid> <description>rikyrah:  &quot;HOLD UP!!&quot;  The GOP is &quot;doggin&#039; Holder!:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/eric-holder-nomination-go_n_151797.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Eric Holder Nomination:  GOP Casts Wide Net To Derail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senate Republicans are casting a wide net in their efforts to dredge up information that could be damaging to the candidacy of Eric Holder as Attorney General.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In addition to pushing Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy to delay the start date of the Holder hearings, GOP officials on the committee also have asked the Justice Department and the Clinton library to hand over large swaths of information relating to virtually every potentially controversial aspect of Holder&#039;s time as Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton White House.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Republicans on the committee will thus have more time and information to consider Holder than with any AG nominee in recent history. &lt;b&gt;In the process, they are leaving the impression that they are actively looking to derail the nomination rather than merely examining his qualifications for the post. Leahy suggested as much when he accused Karl Rove of instigating the (unexpected) opposition to Holder.&lt;u&gt; Democratic staffers on the Hill, likewise, are deeply suspicious of the GOP&#039;s ploys.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Most telling, however, is that even a Republican Senator on the committee suggested that his colleagues may have overreached in demanding documents that could be beyond their purview.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;I believe Senator Specter is justified in asking that this hearing not start so soon,&quot; Senator Jeff Sessions, said recently from the floor. &quot;Members of the committee have sought a bunch of documents. I am not sure they are entitled to all of those documents, but many of them are public record documents that are quite appropriate to be requested. These members have requested those documents and they need to be looked at because there are some questions here that are going to have to be examined.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is THIS how you define - -&quot;macra-fackas??&quot;    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m just askin&#039;  . . . . . . . .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;P.S.  THAT CHOIR IS &quot;SANGIN&#039;!!&quot;    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah:  &#8220;HOLD UP!!&#8221;  The GOP is &#8220;doggin&#39; Holder!:</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/eric-holder-nomination-go_n_151797.html" rel="nofollow">Eric Holder Nomination:  GOP Casts Wide Net To Derail</a></p><p><i><b>Senate Republicans are casting a wide net in their efforts to dredge up information that could be damaging to the candidacy of Eric Holder as Attorney General.</b></p><p>In addition to pushing Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy to delay the start date of the Holder hearings, GOP officials on the committee also have asked the Justice Department and the Clinton library to hand over large swaths of information relating to virtually every potentially controversial aspect of Holder&#39;s time as Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton White House.</p><p>Republicans on the committee will thus have more time and information to consider Holder than with any AG nominee in recent history. <b>In the process, they are leaving the impression that they are actively looking to derail the nomination rather than merely examining his qualifications for the post. Leahy suggested as much when he accused Karl Rove of instigating the (unexpected) opposition to Holder.<u> Democratic staffers on the Hill, likewise, are deeply suspicious of the GOP&#39;s ploys.</u></b></p><p><b>Most telling, however, is that even a Republican Senator on the committee suggested that his colleagues may have overreached in demanding documents that could be beyond their purview.</b></p><p>&#8220;I believe Senator Specter is justified in asking that this hearing not start so soon,&#8221; Senator Jeff Sessions, said recently from the floor. &#8220;Members of the committee have sought a bunch of documents. I am not sure they are entitled to all of those documents, but many of them are public record documents that are quite appropriate to be requested. These members have requested those documents and they need to be looked at because there are some questions here that are going to have to be examined.&#8221;</i></p><p>Is THIS how you define &#8211; -&#8221;macra-fackas??&#8221;</p><p>I&#39;m just askin&#39;  . . . . . . . .</p><p>P.S.  THAT CHOIR IS &#8220;SANGIN&#39;!!&#8221;    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338939</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:44:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338939</guid> <description>claudia_m, I&#039;m excited about E.A. Just staring to familiarize myself with her works.  Looking forward to experiencing her presence and recitation.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>claudia_m, I&#39;m excited about E.A. Just staring to familiarize myself with her works.  Looking forward to experiencing her presence and recitation.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338929</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338929</guid> <description>rikyrah:  Looking ahead:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16696.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Next up for Obama: SEC, transportation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday will name the first woman to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to two senior Democratic officials.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Mary Schapiro&lt;/u&gt; is currently CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a non-governmental association that oversees all American securities firms. She is a former SEC commissioner.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then on Friday, he’ll come back with a &lt;b&gt;Republican for his Cabinet — retiring Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, who will be tapped as Obama’s transportation secretary, two Democratic officials said.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama is keeping up this week’s news-conference-a-day pace with the announcement of Schapiro Thursday in Chicago. She would take the post at the height of a national economic crisis fueled in part by Wall Street excesses.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Current SEC chairman Christopher Cox came under fire during the presidential campaign over how his agency missed the Wall Street meltdown. Republican candidate John McCain said he’d fire Cox.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But even Cox raised questions this week about how the SEC failed to investigate fraud allegations surrounding Bernard Madoff, accused of leading a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that bilked investors ranging from Steven Spielberg to Mort Zuckerman. Cox said credible accusations about Madoff were brought to the agency but never formally investigated.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Then on Friday, Obama will fulfill his promise to add a Republican to his Cabinet with LaHood, a former top aide to House Minority Leader Robert Michel, LaHood has a friendly relationship with both Obama and incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THERE IS MORE!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;HE is just MOVING RIGHT ALONG!!   :&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mr. President-Elect Obama!:&gt;)  &lt;b&gt;LEADERSHIP!!!  :&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;P.S.  Watching &quot;Christmas in Washington:&quot;  Rafael Sadiqq(sp?) is on now!  :&gt;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah:  Looking ahead:</p><p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16696.html" rel="nofollow">Next up for Obama: SEC, transportation</a></p><p><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday will name the first woman to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to two senior Democratic officials.</b></p><p><b><u>Mary Schapiro</u> is currently CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a non-governmental association that oversees all American securities firms. She is a former SEC commissioner.</b></p><p>Then on Friday, he’ll come back with a <b>Republican for his Cabinet — retiring Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, who will be tapped as Obama’s transportation secretary, two Democratic officials said.</b></p><p>Obama is keeping up this week’s news-conference-a-day pace with the announcement of Schapiro Thursday in Chicago. She would take the post at the height of a national economic crisis fueled in part by Wall Street excesses.</p><p>Current SEC chairman Christopher Cox came under fire during the presidential campaign over how his agency missed the Wall Street meltdown. Republican candidate John McCain said he’d fire Cox.</p><p>But even Cox raised questions this week about how the SEC failed to investigate fraud allegations surrounding Bernard Madoff, accused of leading a $50 billion Ponzi scheme that bilked investors ranging from Steven Spielberg to Mort Zuckerman. Cox said credible accusations about Madoff were brought to the agency but never formally investigated.</p><p><b>Then on Friday, Obama will fulfill his promise to add a Republican to his Cabinet with LaHood, a former top aide to House Minority Leader Robert Michel, LaHood has a friendly relationship with both Obama and incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.</b></i></p><p>THERE IS MORE!</p><p>HE is just MOVING RIGHT ALONG!!   :&gt;)</p><p>Mr. President-Elect Obama!:&gt;) <b>LEADERSHIP!!!  :&gt;)</b></p><p>P.S.  Watching &#8220;Christmas in Washington:&#8221;  Rafael Sadiqq(sp?) is on now!  :&gt;)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338930</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:30:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338930</guid> <description>Most Promising Places to Start a New Career&lt;br&gt;by Amelia Gray, FindTheRightSchool&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All things being equal, where you live can make a huge difference in what you earn. Whether you&#039;re ready to make a move to a new city or you want to choose an education that fits the needs of your hometown, career training can make a big difference to your wallet.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When it comes to marketing your degree, the old axiom for real estate holds true -- it&#039;s all about location, location, location. Check out these top degrees available online, matched with some of their best areas nationwide and earnings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There is more&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-most_promising_places_to_start_a_new_career-606&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-most_p...&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most Promising Places to Start a New Career<br />by Amelia Gray, FindTheRightSchool</p><p>All things being equal, where you live can make a huge difference in what you earn. Whether you&#39;re ready to make a move to a new city or you want to choose an education that fits the needs of your hometown, career training can make a big difference to your wallet.</p><p>When it comes to marketing your degree, the old axiom for real estate holds true &#8212; it&#39;s all about location, location, location. Check out these top degrees available online, matched with some of their best areas nationwide and earnings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).</p><p>There is more</p><p><a href="http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-most_promising_places_to_start_a_new_career-606" rel="nofollow">http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-most_p&#8230;</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Trumystique</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338938</link> <dc:creator>Trumystique</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:30:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338938</guid> <description>From your lips to Gods ears...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From your lips to Gods ears&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338932</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:25:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338932</guid> <description>From Politico:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;LaHood to head Transpo&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Retiring Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) will be tapped on Friday as Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary, according to senior Democratic officials.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A moderate Republican and former top aide to House Minority Leader Robert Michel, LaHood has a friendly relationship with both Obama and incoming Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His appointment would also fulfill Obama’s promise to include Republicans in his cabinet (While serving in President Bush’s cabinet, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is not a registered Republican). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LaHood, who represented Peoria in the House, took his old boss’s seat in the Republican sweep of 1994, and later won a seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Known for his familiarity with House rules and press-friendly style, LaHood urged more civility in the often-rancorous House and held bipartisan member dinners with Emanuel. While some Republicans criticized Obama’s selection of Emanuel as Chief of Staff last month, LaHood said publicly that it was a wise choice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Politico:</p><p><i>LaHood to head Transpo</p><p>Retiring Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) will be tapped on Friday as Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary, according to senior Democratic officials.</p><p>A moderate Republican and former top aide to House Minority Leader Robert Michel, LaHood has a friendly relationship with both Obama and incoming Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.</p><p>His appointment would also fulfill Obama’s promise to include Republicans in his cabinet (While serving in President Bush’s cabinet, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is not a registered Republican).</p><p>LaHood, who represented Peoria in the House, took his old boss’s seat in the Republican sweep of 1994, and later won a seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee.</p><p>Known for his familiarity with House rules and press-friendly style, LaHood urged more civility in the often-rancorous House and held bipartisan member dinners with Emanuel. While some Republicans criticized Obama’s selection of Emanuel as Chief of Staff last month, LaHood said publicly that it was a wise choice.<br /></i></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338933</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:19:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338933</guid> <description>moderate Republican. nobody strident.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>moderate Republican. nobody strident.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/12/countdown-to-the-inauguration-34-days-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-338941</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:17:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=5526#comment-338941</guid> <description>the thing is, now that I step back, this is making me doubt Fitzgerald. Because, I&#039;m going to be honest....this shouldn&#039;t even be what the indictment is about. It should be all about Rezko, who SUPPOSEDLY has been singing.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the thing is, now that I step back, this is making me doubt Fitzgerald. Because, I&#39;m going to be honest&#8230;.this shouldn&#39;t even be what the indictment is about. It should be all about Rezko, who SUPPOSEDLY has been singing.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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