Fool Me Twice (34 page)

30.
Christopher J. Dodd, “Infrastructure and Job Creation—a Priority for Urban America,” National Urban League. The State of Black America, 2009, 101+.

31.
Press release, Center for Strategic and International Studies, undated 2008,
http://www.stanford.edu/~jgrimmer/Website/Joint/File970.txt
.

32.
Ibid.

33.
Keith Laing, “Obama Pushes for Infrastructure Bank Proposal after Debt Deal,”
The Hill
, July 11, 2011,
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/highways-bridges-and-roads/170681-obama-pushes-for-infra structure-bank-proposal-after-debt-deal
.

34.
Press Release: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Testimony Before the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, September 10, 2010,
http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=4ecea306-d131-400c-9d96-1227cb356b15
.

35.
Ed Pilkington, “Obama Enters Mid-Terms Campaign with $50bn Infrastructure Plan. President on the Road to Persuade Voters Economy Is Safe in His Hands, Ahead of Elections Expected to Be Tough on Democrats,”
Guardian
(UK), September 6, 2010,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/06/obama-mid-terms-campaign-economy
. Press Release: “Bill Will Boost Obama Infrastructure Plan,” Official Website of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), September 6, 2010,
http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=d2b3c52b-5d59-40ef-abb9-5d0bff5b2e78
.

36.
About, European Investment Bank,
http://www.eib.org/about/index.htm
.

37.
Ibid.

38.
Zachary A. Goldfarb, “S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating for First Time,”
Washington Post
, August 5, 2011,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sandp-considering-first-downgrade-of-us-credit-rating/2011/08/05/gIQAqKeIxI_story.html
.

39.
Press Release: “Testifying In Favor of National Infrastructure Bank,” Official Website of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), September 21, 2010,
http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=4ecea306-d131-400c-9d96-1227cb356b15
.

40.
BUILD ACT, March 15, 2011,
http://kerry.senate.gov/work/issues/issue/?id=22C909EF-1B4D-4454-BDBF-257AA80DC02A
. “Sen. Kerry Introduces New Infrastructure Bank Bill,” DC.StreetsBlog.org, March 15, 2011,
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/03/15/sen-kerry-introduces-new-infrastructure-bank-bill
/. Michael Cooper, “Group Wants New Bank to Finance Infrastructure,”
New York Times
, March 15, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/us/politics/16infrastructure.html
.

41.
Ibid.

42.
Vicki Needham, “Kerry to Introduce Bipartisan Infrastructure Bank Bill,”
The Hill
, March 14, 2011,
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domes tic-taxes/149347-kerry-set-to-introduce-bipartisan-infrastructure-bank-bill
.

43.
“Sen. Kerry Introduces New Infrastructure Bank Bill,” March 15, 2011; Michael Cooper, “Group Wants New Bank to Finance Infrastructure,” March 15, 2011.

44.
S.3938 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006,
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:4:./temp/~c109q6oK37
.

45.
Timothy P. Carney, “John Kerry's ‘Infrastructure Bank': A Corporate Welfare Slush Fund,”
Washington Examiner
, March 15, 2011,
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/beltway-confidential/2011/03/john-kerry%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98infrastructure-bank%E2%80%99-corporate-welfare-slush
.

46.
Deron Lovaas, “An Infrastructure Bank for Transportation,” NRDC.org, June 28, 2011,
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dlovaas/an_infrastruc ture_bank_for_tra.html
.

47.
PublicRadio.org, June 16, 2011,
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/06/16/pm-wall-street-washington-talk-nice--for-a-change
/.

48.
Michael Likosky, “Kerry's American Infrastructure Bank,”
Huffington Post
,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-likosky/kerry-infrastructure-bank_b_836203.html
.

49.
Glen Ford, “Obama's Phony Infrastructure Bank,”
Black Agenda Report
, September 2010,
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/obamas-phony-infrastructure-bank
.

50.
Jake Tapper, “Obama's $50 Billion Infrastructure Plan to Create Jobs in 2011,” ABC News, September 2010,
http://blogs.abcnews.com/political punch/2010/09/obama-50-billion-infrastructure-plan-to-create-jobs-in-2011-.html
.

51.
Ibid.

52.
Mike Lillis, “Liberal House Democrats Urge ‘Bold Action' from Obama on Jobs Issue,”
The Hill
, September 1, 2011,
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/179289-liberal-dems-urge-bold-action-from-obama-on-jobs-
.

53.
Act for the 99% introduced December 13, 2011, sponsored by Raul M. Grijalva,
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:2:./temp/~bdJicf::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
. Part I—American Infrastructure Financing Authority, H.R.12 American Jobs Act of 2011 introduced September 21, 2011, by sponsor Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT) (by request),
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:3:./temp/~bdXp2M::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

54.
S.1769 Rebuild America Jobs Act introduced October 31, 2011, by sponsor Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN),
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:9:./temp/~bdUN7G::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

55.
Act for the 99% introduced December 13, 2011. Andrew Fieldhouse and Rebecca Thiess, “The Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act: An Analysis of Job-Creation Provisions,” Economic Policy Institute, December 13, 2011,
http://www.epi.org/publication/restore-american-dream-99-act-analysis-job
/.

56.
Transcript: Obama's Speech to Congress on Jobs,
New York Times
, September 8, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/us/politics/09text-obama-jobs-speech.html?_r=1
.

57.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, “Obama to Send Jobs Plan to Congress Monday,”
Financial Times
/CNBC.com, September 11, 2011,
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44480202
/.

58.
Evan Lehmann and Saqib Rahim, “Obama Skips Clean Energy to Avoid a Political Battle on Jobs,” ClimateWire/
New York Times
, September 9, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/09/09/09climatewire-obama-skips-clean-energy-to-avoid-a-politica-36928.html
.

59.
Part I—American Infrastructure Financing Authority, H.R.12 American Jobs Act of 2011, introduced September 21, 2011.

60.
Ibid.

61.
Patrick Wood, “National Infrastructure Bank: Another Trilateral Ripoff?” The August Forecast and Review, September 9, 2010,
http://www.august forecast.com/tag/delauro
/.

62.
Transcript of President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012.

63.
About, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
http://www.fincen.gov/about_fincen/wwd
/.

64.
Mike Brownfield, “State of the Union 2012: Heritage Reaction Roundup,” Heritage Foundation, January 24, 2012,
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/24/state-of-the-union-2012-heritage-reaction-roundup
/.

65.
Ibid.

66.
Edwin Meese III, “Principles for Revising the Criminal Code,” Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, December 13, 2011,
http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2011/12/principles-for-revising-the-criminal-code
.

67.
Reid J. Epstein, “Richard Shelby: Richard Cordray is DOA,”
Politico
, July 21, 2011,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59545.html#ixzz1qLey4wiW
.

68.
Ibid.

69.
Brownfield, “State of the Union 2012: Heritage Reaction Roundup.”

70.
Peter Schroeder, “Advocates Explore Constitutional Options to Appoint Consumer Agency Nominee,”
The Hill
, December 11, 2011,
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1007-other/198579-advocates-explore-consti tutional-powers-to-appoint-consumer-nominee
.

71.
Press Release: Executive Order—Establishment of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center, Office of the White House Press Secretary, February 28, 2012,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/28/executive-order-establishment-interagency-trade-enforcement-center
.

72.
John Hull, “Obama Issues Another Unconstitutional Edict,” Yahoo.com, February 28, 2012,
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-issues-another-unconstitutional-edict-222500519.html
.

73.
Transcript of President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address, January 24, 2012.

74.
Jordan Wolf, “5 Low Points in Obama's 2012 State of the Union,” Polymic.com, January 25, 2012,
http://www.policymic.com/articles/3603/5-low-points-in-obama-s-2012-state-of-the-union/category_list
.

75.
About, Third Way,
http://thirdway.org/about_us
.

76.
Ed Gerwin, Anne Kim, and Josh Freed, “Getting Our Share of Clean Energy Trade,” thirdway.org, February 2010,
http://content.thirdway.org/publications/264/Third_Way_Policy_Memo_-_Getting_Our_Share_of_Clean_Energy_Trade.pdf
.

77.
S.708 Trade Enforcement Priorities Act introduced March 31, 2011, by sponsor Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH),
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:2:./temp/~bdVcPM::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

78.
H.R.1518 Trade Enforcement Priorities Act introduced April 13, 2011, by sponsor Rep. Mark S. Critz (D-PA),
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:1:./temp/~bdVcPM::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

79.
S.1827 Trade Prosecutor Act of 2011 introduced November 8, 2011, by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI),
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:3:./temp/~bdVcPM::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

80.
Ken Jarboe, “Obama Plans Government Re-Organization,” Athena Alliance, January 26, 2011,
http://www.athenaalliance.org/weblog/archives/2011/01/obama_plans_government_re-organization.html
.

81.
Derek Shearer, “Advice to the President: Abolish the Commerce Department,”
Huffington Post
, February 16, 2009,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-shearer/advice-to-the-president-a_b_167223.html
. Professor of Diplomacy at Occidental College and former US ambassador.

82.
Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott,
Red Army. The Radical Network That Must Be Defeated to Save America
(New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 102.

83.
John Bresnahan and Jonathan Allen, “At White House, Nancy Pelosi Leverages Tension,”
Politico
, July 14, 2010.

84.
Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act
, Congressional Progressive Caucus, December 13, 2011,
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/uploads/2One.Pager.RAD.99%282%29.pdf
. The separate Buy American Improvement Act of 2011, introduced August 1, 2011, by its sponsor, Rep. Daniel Lipinski, (D-IL), was last referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

85.
Russell Berman, “Hoyer Pushes ‘Make It in America,'”
The Hill
, May 4, 2011.

86.
Ibid.

1.
Ashley Southall, “Obama Vows to Push Immigration Changes,” The Caucus/
New York Times
, October 25, 2010,
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/in-appeal-to-hispanics-obama-promises-to-push-immigration-reform
/. Video: “Obama to Latinos: ‘Punish Our Enemies',” RealClearPolitics.com, October 26, 2010,
http://www.realclear politics.com/video/2010/10/26/obama_to_latinos_punish_our_enemies.html
.

2.
Conn Carroll, “Obama's Tax Plan: Crony Capitalism at Its Worst,”
Washington Examiner
, February 22, 2012,
http://campaign2012 washington examiner.com/blogs/beltway-confidential obamas-tax-plan-cronycapitialism-its-worst/389026
.

3.
Lester C. Thurow,
Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity
(New York: HarperCollins, 2003), 134.

4.
George G. Brenkert,
Marx's Ethics of Freedom
(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983),
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/brenkert.htm#24
.

5.
Burton W. Folsom Jr., “Our Economic Past. Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Vision of History,”
Freeman
60, No. 8 (October 2010),
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past/teddy-roosevelt-and-the-progressive-vision-of-history
/.

6.
Theodore Roosevelt, “New Nationalism” (speech), Osawatomie, Kansas, August 31, 1910,
http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdf
.

7.
Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas,” WhiteHouse.gov, December 6, 2011,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/06/remarks-president-economy-osawatomie-kansas
.

8.
Ken Chowder, “The Father of American Terrorism. Two Hundred Years After His Birth, Americans Still Revere Him as a Martyr and Loathe Him as a Fanatical Murderer. What was he?”
American Heritage
51, no. 1 (February/March 2000),
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/father-american-terrorism
.

9.
“Osawatomie: the Weather Underground Newspaper,” zomblog, November 1, 2008,
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=70
.