Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
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It's -- I in Kennedy's America President Obama tax cheat Tim Geithner created the TARP program to rescue failing banks. But what about the banks that don't want to be rescued. Well it appears that the president and tax --
Want to control them two how one not two but three CEO's of major banks Goldman Sachs is Lloyd Blankfein JPMorgan -- diamond. And Bank of America's catalysts have all expressed their desire to return the government's -- After investment -- daily reported. At the Treasury Department was refusing to accept -- payments from smaller banks -- miraculously. Decided to accept their money.
It's now up to tax cheat -- to decide.
Whether these larger and more influential banks will be allowed to return the money and we gain their freedom. Mr. -- said at the outset of -- tenure that his goal was not for the government to control private financial institutions. I guess the manner in which he chooses to resolve this problem. We'll show he's telling the truth or the federal government is merely used in the bailout bill to exert control. Over the private sector.
And it tonight's edition -- media -- we don't a recent change in the media's coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan now.
Throughout the Bush Administration mills of American casualties in Iraq -- Afghanistan which frequently on the front page news. -- media personalities like Wolf Blitzer in Katie Couric. And liberal publications like the New York Obama times in the Washington Post. They reported daily on the mounting casualties. But failed to -- the bravery and heroism of our troops. -- this type of coverage effectively stirred up anti war sentiment right here at home. And when -- 2000. Soldier died in Iraq while the New York Obama times -- breathlessly reported that quote. At the 1000 mark many still -- the war is having a clear purpose and goal now polls show that a majority of Americans think it was wrong to invade Iraq.
In the first place and do not see a good way out. We -- at the American baker notes that since president Obama's inauguration the media has steered clear of these sorts of reports.
85 Americans have in fact died in Afghanistan and Iraq since the beginning of February. But we haven't heard much about them from our friends in the Obama may -- media now. I can't explain what accounts for the media strange silence on this issue that they once was so passionate about but maybe you can figure it out.
Now before Barack Obama raised his right hand to take the oath of office. Pundits and historians -- already assessing the presidency of the man who would become his predecessor and that's George W. Bush.
Well one major verdict on the Bush Administration has just been released and not surprisingly.
This one wasn't featured by the liberal mainstream media.
Now a study by two doctors at Stanford University. Recently took a look at former President Bush's emergency plan for aids relief in Africa and came up with some staggering figures. According to the report which was featured in the Washington times the program has reportedly reduce the mortality rates in fifteen countries.
By 10% and get this has saved an overwhelming one point one million people.
Ironically the man who oversaw the successful program under President Bush. Ambassador market guy bolt had initially been asked to stay on by President Obama but that changed the day after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state.
On that day he was abruptly asked to submit. His resignation.
Now one thing is clear as President Bush. And ambassador -- they're great Americans and we can all be proud of this lifesaving program. And finally tonight the meltdown is brought to you by the president's science adviser John Holdren now in his first interview since being confirmed. Doctor Holdren took the opportunity discount some rather alarmist notes on the subject of global warming. -- he told the Associated Press twice in a single interview that global warming -- just like being quote.
In a car with bad break striving toward a cliff and the father.
He went on to say that the situation so dire that the administration is discussing radical strategies to cool the Earth's air. Including shooting pollution particles into the atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays now this is also known as climate engineering. In some corner of the European vanquished vice president is crying. But as he picked the wrong president to work for just think of all the joy be getting out of all of this doom and gloom and -- science.