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Schumar gave torture thumbs up in 2004?

By AmericanElephant on May 14, 2009

“My guess is most Americans and most Senators, maybe all, would say “do what you have to do”. So its easy to sit back in the armchair and say that torture can never be used, but when you’re in the foxhole it’s a very different deal.”

Posted in Elephant Watch | Tagged CIA, pelosi, schumer, terrorism, waterboarding

The Government’s Most Powerful Weapon

By AmericanElephant on March 17, 2009

As the furor over AIG bonuses continues, the rhetoric form Washington has intensified. Today The Weasel Chuck Schumer, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and others have called on AIG employees who received bonuses to return them to the company and/or the government. They went on to warn these individuals that the government might seek to tax the individuals receiving the bonuses at such a high level that the government would recover most if not all of the bonus income.

Posted in Blog | Tagged aig, bailout, barack obama, economy, robert gibbs, schumer

What Chuck Schumer Said

By AmericanElephant on February 11, 2009

As was widely reported yesterday, Weasel Chuck Schumer (Senator from New York) famously said on the Senate floor that the American people don’t care about the pork in the stimulus bill. As infuriating as that is, its not the worst thing Schumer said.

Posted in Blog | Tagged congress, economy, liberals, pork, schumer, stimulus

Old Man Potter from New York

By AmericanElephant on July 20, 2008

You’ve probably read a lot of posts (this site included) complaining that the weasel Chuck Schumer’s disgraceful actions caused the bank run that led to the failure of IndyMac Bank. If you want a good illustration of what a bank run is and why the Weasel Chuck Schumer is no different than the evil Old [...]

Posted in Blog | Tagged indymac, mortgages, schumer