By PUMA Pundit on December 7, 2011
Amazing, isn’t it? I guess if there’s one thing some Chicago pols know how to do, it’s how to play the game. Anyone who has followed the trial of Rod Blagojevich knows that something doesn’t add up, specifically how Blagojevich and Rezko, can be in jail, while the man who played the game with [...]
Posted in Nation | Tagged illinois, James Zagel, Rod Blagojevich
By PUMA Pundit on August 6, 2009
As we all know, the reason the whole financial meltdown took place is because government intervened in the workings of the market, it seems the side-effects of this intervention shall remain in place for much longer; by 2011 over 50% of US Mortgages shall be more than the value of the home that is mortgaged [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged Arizona, California, deutsche bank, fannie mae, florida, freddie mac, home prices, illinois, karen weaver, las vegas, Massachusetts, michigan, mortgage, national association of realtors, nevada, ohio, west virginia, wisconsin, ying shen
By PUMA Pundit on August 4, 2009
What a difference a day month can make in politics… Six months ago, the 2010 Senate battlefield looked relatively bare, with a few obvious skirmishes mostly in states with GOP incumbents… Democrats no longer have the momentum they once possessed. Even more important, signs of some Democratic vulnerability have appeared, giving the National Republican Senatorial [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged 2010 senate race, Arlen Specter, charlie melancon, chris dodd, connecticut, david vitter, democrats, Harry Reid, illinois, jim bunning, john ensign, kay bailey hutchinson, kelly ayotte, kentucky, lisa madigan, Louisiana, mark kirk, mike castle, missouri, national republican senatorial committee, nevada, New Hampshire, north carolina, nrsc, ohio, pat toomey, paul hodes, richard burr, trey grayson
By PUMA Pundit on April 13, 2009
As some may recall, during the primaries, Jesse Jackson Jr. was used by the Obama campaign to whip black delegates into voting for Barack Obama or risk being labelled ‘traitors’ to the black race if they didn’t. Well, such a prominent role obviously put him in the center of Chicago’s political machine, one which rewards [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged barack obama, illinois, jesse jackson jr., raghuveer nayak, rahm emanuel, rejinder bedi, Rod Blagojevich
By PUMA Pundit on March 17, 2009
The great economic genius of our time, President Comrade Barack Obama had told us that if his $787 Billion Stimulus bill was passed, Caterpillar would hire back some of the 22,00 people it laid off… MSNBC President Barack Obama says Caterpillar’s chief executive has told him the company will rehire some laid-off workers if the [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged barack obama, caterpillar, East Peoria, Economy, illinois, layoffs, stimulus bill |