{"id":5827,"date":"2008-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2008-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T05:00:00","slug":"obama-nominates-another-doozy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=5827","title":{"rendered":"Obama Nominates Another Doozy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/28284995'><img src='http:\/\/tbn3.google.com\/images?q=tbn:MO3DKv-hUSxcSM:http:\/\/www.equitiesmagazine.com\/covers\/07_09_US_Cover_300x405.jpg' alt=''><\/img><\/a><br \/><\/br>Today, Mary Shapiro nominated Mary Shapiro to be the Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro is chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). &quot;At FINRA, Schapiro leads the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the U.S. public. The group conducts examinations of securities firms, sets and enforces rules governing conduct of the industry, and administers a dispute resolution forum for investors.&quot; (<a href='http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/28284995'>CNBC<\/a> &#8211; 12\/18\/08)<\/p>\n<p>Yup, that&#8217;s right, Ms. Shapiro&#8217;s agency should have warned investors about Bernie Madoff the alleged $50,000,000,000 scam artist who stole money from <a href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elie_Wiesel'>Elie Wiesel<\/a>, among countless others. Now she is in-charge of regulating the nation&#8217;s financial industry. Fabulous!<\/p>\n<p>Add Mary Shapiro to other cabinet nominees, Arne Duncan, Robert Gates, Ray LaHood, plus Inaugural bigot, Rick Warren and it&#8217;s beginning to look an awful lot like a 3rd term for George W. Bush!<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.unconfirmedsources.com\/nucleus\/media\/3\/20080222-bush-obama.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.unconfirmedsources.com\/nucleus\/media\/3\/20080222-bush-obama.jpg' alt=''><\/img><\/a><br \/><\/br>President-elect Obama, don&#8217;t forget to get bogged down in Iraq and cut taxes for rich folks too.<\/p>\n<p>Labels: <a href='http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/labels\/Barack%20Obama.html'>Barack Obama<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/labels\/Madoff.html'>Madoff<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/labels\/Presidential%20cabinet.html'>Presidential cabinet<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/www.stager.org\/blog\/labels\/SEC.html'>SEC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Mary Shapiro nominated Mary Shapiro to be the Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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