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While BP has resisted some government interventions, it has lobbied for tax hikes, greenhouse gas restraints, the stimulus bill, the Wall Street bailout, and subsidies for oil pipelines, solar panels, natural gas and biofuels.

HOBOKEN, N.J. | With a rooftop pool and 24-hour concierge service, the new luxury condominiums off Frank Sinatra Drive here seem an unlikely spot in need of a multimillion-dollar federal giveaway.

Over the past year there has been a steady drumbeat of criticism focused on public unions and the havoc they have wrought on our public finances. Governments — city, country, state and federal — are drowning in red ink. What is to be done?

In a blatant vote buying gimmick, liberal Democrats supported by unions want to borrow another $23 BILLION (which you will have to pay back) to bail out union teachers pinched by state and local governments.

Spurred by state budget crunches and an angry public mood, Republican and some Democratic leaders are focusing with increasing intensity on public workers and the unions that represent them, casting them as overpaid obstacles to good government and demanding cuts in their often-generous benefits.

I predict that he will resign in discredited disgrace before the fall of 2012. Like my previous prediction, that is based not just on where we are now, but where we are going under his misleadership.

Among the top lobbyists who double as fundraisers is one of Nancy Pelosi’s closest aides (Brian Wolff), who also raised millions as head of the DCCC. When he left the DCCC, Wolff became a top lobbyist at a firm that represents major power companies in the climate debate and he has bundled more than $600,000 for the DCCC in the last year and plans to raise $2 million more by November.

Glenn Beck highlights about the corruption surrounding the cap and trade bill now known as the American Power Act. Call, fax, email and write your legislators now!

President Obama and leading Democrats are pushing the House to vote on a controversial campaign-finance bill designed as an end run around the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down efforts restricting the rights of business to run political ads. The idea, conservatives say, is to silence critics heading into the midterm elections.

Socialism competes with capitalism for resources. Its philosophy demands that people invest in a government that will take care of them, rather than in pursuing their own economic destiny. Put the American Dream on the shelf and say hello to the Nanny State. That’s the general idea here.