Sooner or later, there won’t be much around… There is only so much oil in the ground Sooner or later there won’t be much around Tell that to your kids while you driving ’round downtown That there’s only so much oil in the ground We can’t cut loose without that juice Can’t cut loose [...]
“High gas costs spur debate, little else”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 26, 2012 It’s been an up couple of months. Stocks up, jobs up, confidence up — all the economic arrows have been pointing in the right direction, even if they aren’t quite soaring yet. All, that is, but one: gas prices. Nothing can [...]
“Can’t help but repeat Jeremy Lin’s story”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 19, 2012 We may not care about narratives. But sure as Jeremy Lin is a red-hot, Harvard-educated, against-all-odds New York Knick, narratives care about all of us. Just ask Jeremy. “I didn’t think it was gonna happen like this,” the Greatest Sports Narrative [...]
Bank Foreclosures – Underwater Mortgages…Tom Waits couldn’t possibly have known about the housing crisis that had yet to occur when he penned these lyrics – but it sure sounds like something right out of today’s news. “House Where Nobody Lives” by Tom Waits tinyurl.com/nobodyshome There’s a house on my block That’s abandoned and cold Folks [...]
The $25 billion dollar mortgage fraud settlement punishes banks and other lenders. But homeowners…more than 2 million have lost their homes to foreclosure during the last four years; this deal will provide 750,000 with a payment of only $2,000 each. LET’S ALL MOVE TO . . . 1. Bubble Acres 2. Underwater Gulch 3. Fannie [...]
“It won’t do any good. It will propel and embolden the worst regime in power and it will almost guarantee the development of nuclear weapons moves ahead more aggressively.” – Ellis Henican “There is no single target, there is no way a lightening strike by Israeli troopers can make any kind of difference at [...]
“$25B mortgage settlement is only a start”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 12, 2012 Go get ‘em, Eric. After a ridiculously drawn-out negotiation, the nation’s top mortgage servicers have agreed to pay $25 billion in mea-culpa money for their assorted sins in the collapse of the housing market. Checks of up to $2,000 will eventually reach [...]
“There is nobody that thinks that Mitt Romney is too liberal that’s going to support Barack Obama.” – Ellis Henican Mitt Romney isn’t loved by anyone but Trump. The Tea Party supports Gingrich but does the Tea Party vote matter? And the endorsement of the day goes to the famed Nevada Bunny Ranch who chose [...]
“Let’s go jail a few of them.” – Ellis Henican The Stock Act – legislation to bar members of Congress from Insider Trading – passed the Senate in a 96 to 3 vote. It still needs to pass the House. But, aren’t members of Congress already subject to insider trading laws? Ellis Henican with [...]
“I still have not met a single person who loves Mitt Romney. I’m convinced there is inadequate enthusiasm for him – he is going to lose in November.” – Ellis Henican Henican hosting the Alan Colmes Show – January 31, 2012: E-mail ellis@henican.com Follow him at twitter.com/henican
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
