"Do you know how to make God laugh? You tell him your plans." Hari Sheldon – Foudation's Fear
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 28th, 2010
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” He learns to play some hardball. The GOP has no interest in working in working with the President. They’ve proven it repeatedly. Obama Plays Hardball | Mother Jones. This is pretty fascinating. Years ago, after Republicans filibustered a Carter nominee to the NLRB, [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 22nd, 2010
The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” I’m not sure I agree with point 4, but to be fair the author says he’s least sure of that point. The process was ugly, at least in part because there was no “Obamacare” bill, no matter how often Tea Partiers attacked that [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 14th, 2010
Obama announces a “financial responsibility tax” to impact large financial firms that benefited from TARP*. This is to remain in place until all TARP money is re-paid and internal practices regarding risk taking and ridiculous compensation and bonuses are changed. That may strikes the right note of populist anger. I’m not sure that it will [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Sep 30th, 2009
In Case You Missed It | Talking Points Memo. A long time Newsmax.com columnist, possibly suffering from and acute case of Obama Derangement Syndrome, wrote a piece describing the reasons why a domestic “military intervention” would be a good idea. He tosses about “gems” like this: Military intervention is what Obama’s exponentially accelerating agenda for [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Aug 19th, 2009
About time, he should have been doing this since April… In a late-afternoon telephone call with religious leaders on Wednesday, Mr. Obama cast the difficulty of the health care debate in terms larger than his presidency, comparing it to the creation of Social Security and Medicare. “These struggles always boil down to a contest between [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jul 6th, 2009
Sullivan asks if Obama is too timid for times that call for stronger leadership? The question buzzing around Washington’s chattering classes is the following: is the actual historical moment that Obama inherited — unforeseen in its scope and danger this time last year — the right moment for these instincts? Are his caution and delegation [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 28th, 2009
Informed Comment: Urdu Editorials Condemn US Predator Strikes on Pakistan. Obama has to change the policy in Pakistan, either flat out declare war on Pakistan or give up on Afghanistan. This half-assed shit isn’t cutting it. We ARE turning more and more of the Muslim world against us. It only gets worse from there. Let’s [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 24th, 2009
Stocks Surge On Bank Plan, Rise In Home Sales – NPR.org Stock markets took a big upward swing Monday on news of the Fed’s and the Treasury’s plans to encourage private investors to buy up to $2 trillion in real estate assets from banks. Also real estate showed improvement, according to the Washington Post, with [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 12th, 2009
The press has simply been sppon fed the GOP narrative on the stimulus package. The Obama team needs to use this against the various GOP talking heads that appear on TV talking about how tax cuts are the best approach. Is Obama’s Tax Cut the Biggest in History? – Steven Waldman. The Democrats have been [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 9th, 2009
Its’ sad to see that Obama is going to use the same state secrets argument to prevent the American public from seeing the disgusting depths the Bush administration stooped to: Administration Invokes State Secret Argument – NYTimes.com. “This is not change,” he said in a statement. “This is definitely more of the same. Candidate Obama [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 21st, 2009
Obama Orders Halt to Prosecutions at Guantánamo – NYTimes.com. That was quick! This is one of the main reasons why I voted for him. Gitmo will be remembered as a national shame, much like the WWII era imprisonment of Americans of Japanese descent. Gitmo has only enabled the recruitment of more sucide bombers and encouraged [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Aug 1st, 2008
By way of Paul Krugman. I know it’s asking a lot I’d like to see the mainstream media actually report the truth when they show McCain mocking Obama for suggesting conservation and developing new sources of energy like solar and wind. The Energy Dept. reports that expanding drilling will on the continental shelf add a [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 21st, 2008
Because I’m completely sick of the stupidity displayed by a press anxious to fluff up non-issue bullshit like this I’ve done my best to ignore it. I’m linking to this post because it shows there maybe hope for American politics after all, despite a dysfunctional press corp. The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan Gallup [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 12th, 2008
So Michigan was “fair” even though Obama wasn’t even on the ballot because he was actually abiding by party rules? Clinton and Obama Split Over Florida and Michigan – New York Times “The results of those primaries were fair and should be honored,” she told the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce here.
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 11th, 2008
You get more stupid: Ferraro defends controversial comments on Barack Obama – The Daily Breeze “Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up,” Ferraro said. “Racism [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 11th, 2008
If Obama gets the nomination, it looks like it’s going to be a nasty campaign: Mutual Contempt Though they differ in many ways, John McCain and Barack Obama have one thing in common: Each sees the other as a posturing phony. When McCain talks about Obama on the stump, he trades his typical graciousness for [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 6th, 2008
Clinton raises specter of a ‘dream ticket’ with Obama – The Carpetbagger Repot I agree with the argument that it benefits Clinton more to have Obama at the bottom of the ticket, than it does Obama to have Clinton as his running mate. He brings new voters in that may stay home without him. Her [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 19th, 2008
The Clinton campaign has plans to take the nomination even if Obama has wins the delegate count. This has the potential to be more destructive than using super-delegates to steal the election. Perhaps this come up as the possibility of having enough super-delegates to make difference fades. It doesn’t really matter to me that party [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 13th, 2008
Who’s Singularly Lacking In Specifics? – THE NEW REPUBLIC Jon Chait points out that Obama has made very specific policy recommendations and that it’s Sen. McCain who’s been all fuzzy and non-specific. Voicing a criticism of an opponents positions is certainly valid, but pretending that they don’t exist is just stupid.
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 12th, 2008
The Potomac primaries are a sweep for Obama. It gives him some momentum going into the final stretch. But Hillary still leads in the large states. Ohio and Texas still appear to be Clinton country. Obama has gained considerably in Texas since November when he was 34 points behind, which has been cut to 10% [...]
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