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September 26th 2008 01:47
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Obama among the leaders in money given by Fannie and Freddy
September 25th 2008 23:00
Obama won't act like a leader
John McCain took the hits from the people who claim he fears a debate with Obama. Being a much more polished debater than Obama, that is just dumb anyway to say he fears a debate
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Senator McCain: Let’s deregulate health insurance, it worked so well for banking
September 23rd 2008 01:04
Admittedly, it hasn’t been a good week for the Republicans and their policy of deregulation. John McCain’s suggestion, in effect, to “cure” defects in the health care system in the United States by allowing the fox to guard the henhouse demonstrates an unrealistic belief that private corporations will regulate themselves. Senator McCain has said that the virtual collapse of the economy over the past week was caused, in significant part, because of the monumental greed of the executives in charge of the biggest banks and investment houses in America. At least as to banking and the economy, John McCain has come to realize that governmental regulation and oversight is vital.
(Unfortunately, this same realization has not crossed over in the GOP’s stewardship of the environment, usage of private mercenary armies or in connection with food and drug safety, but that’s fodder for another post[ Click here to read more ]
(Unfortunately, this same realization has not crossed over in the GOP’s stewardship of the environment, usage of private mercenary armies or in connection with food and drug safety, but that’s fodder for another post
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Wealth Redistribution
September 22nd 2008 13:34
Lets not take money from those who earn it. Photo by Alvimann at morguefile.com
If a person makes the money legally then they have a right to keep it, that is a fairly simple concept to grasp. This country will be destroyed by liberal plans like this. If people know that no matter what, they can’t get ahead, then they won’t try to do so
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A primer on the economic crisis
September 20th 2008 19:13
James Moore, a very bright guy, starts his latest article:
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Don't let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated mess. It's not. Our national financial crisis is readily understood by anyone who has seen greed and hypocrisy. But we are now witnessing them on a profound, monumental scale.
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The gap between the extremely rich and the rest of us expands.
September 20th 2008 18:07
Over the past 25 years or so, the gap between corporate executive and regular worker-employee has widened to an obscene degree. One of the results of this separation has been crisis after crisis in the financial markets and the United States economy. Senator John McCain, certainly no advocate of government intervention or regulation, acknowledged this, noting that the economy was being threatened "because of the greed by some based in Wall Street and we have got to fix it."
The magnitude of the manifest unfairness is reflected in the numbers. In 1980, the average income of the chief operating officers of the largest American corporations was 42 times that of the average worker in the company; ten years later, in 1990, the ratio had increased to 107 to one; the latest figures reported in the Wall Street Journal reelected a ratio of 364 to one[ Click here to read more ]
The magnitude of the manifest unfairness is reflected in the numbers. In 1980, the average income of the chief operating officers of the largest American corporations was 42 times that of the average worker in the company; ten years later, in 1990, the ratio had increased to 107 to one; the latest figures reported in the Wall Street Journal reelected a ratio of 364 to one
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Congratulations, you’re now in the banking, investment and mortgage business.
September 20th 2008 12:49
You and I are now in the mortgage business with a rather limited contract of employment. We pay the bills but do not reap any potential profits. Heck of a deal!
But that’s exactly what has happened with the government’s (i.e. the taxpayers, you and I) taking over Fannie and Freddie. We are also going into the banking business as we take over, outright, or guarantee the bad debts and decisions of leading banks and investment houses. Out of the goodness of our hearts, as each private business fails, workers’ pensions go down the tubes, loyal rank-and-file employees lose jobs and homes, we reward the most senior executives who made the bad decisions to take tens of millions of dollars and live very well indeed. One of the worrisome trends in corporate governance is the income and bonuses paid to corporate executives and this will be the subject of a future post[ Click here to read more ]
But that’s exactly what has happened with the government’s (i.e. the taxpayers, you and I) taking over Fannie and Freddie. We are also going into the banking business as we take over, outright, or guarantee the bad debts and decisions of leading banks and investment houses. Out of the goodness of our hearts, as each private business fails, workers’ pensions go down the tubes, loyal rank-and-file employees lose jobs and homes, we reward the most senior executives who made the bad decisions to take tens of millions of dollars and live very well indeed. One of the worrisome trends in corporate governance is the income and bonuses paid to corporate executives and this will be the subject of a future post
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“It’s the economy, Stupid”
September 18th 2008 16:17
The polls are showing the Republicans starting to falter. The “bounce” provided by the introduction of Governor Palin is disappearing as Americans learn more and more about her specific views, such as a prohibition on all abortions, equal pay for women, foreign policy experience garnered by proximity to Russia and Canada (neither has invaded us) and repeated bald-faced untruths. As the realization that the economy is in dire straits, the public is appreciating who put it there.
In American politics, when one party repeatedly gets it wrong and has obviously failed, we choose the other party[ Click here to read more ]
In American politics, when one party repeatedly gets it wrong and has obviously failed, we choose the other party
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I’m not him; he’s not us; throw the loser ‘neath the bus.
September 18th 2008 15:57
Earlier this month, I posted an article on the McCain-Palin campaign claiming to be the agents of change, totally ignoring the fact that they were, in effect, repudiating the actions of a Republican president’s administration and the failures of a Republican controlled Legislature over the past eight years.
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Senator Obama’s Rabbi Relative.
September 18th 2008 10:12
I greatfully acknowledge the suggestion by fellow Orbler, Gene, to follow up on this story.
It’s no secret that there has been widespread uneasiness by Jews in connection with Barack Obama. Part of this is the result of push polling by Republican operatives, the subject of an article published a day or so ago on this site. Part of the problem has been the rumors and innuendo of the Right. A recent article in the New York Times described the situation[ Click here to read more ]
It’s no secret that there has been widespread uneasiness by Jews in connection with Barack Obama. Part of this is the result of push polling by Republican operatives, the subject of an article published a day or so ago on this site. Part of the problem has been the rumors and innuendo of the Right. A recent article in the New York Times described the situation
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Republican “push polling” focuses on Florida Jewish voters
September 18th 2008 00:46
A “push poll” is a form of negative political techniques, more in line with “dirty tricks” employed by Republicans over the past several presidential election campaigns. They are effective and that’s why they are used.
Illegal in at least one state, New Hampshire, under the pretense of conducting a poll, large numbers of presumed voters, usually focused on a specific ethnic or cultural group, respondents are contacted. No effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll[ Click here to read more ]
Illegal in at least one state, New Hampshire, under the pretense of conducting a poll, large numbers of presumed voters, usually focused on a specific ethnic or cultural group, respondents are contacted. No effort is made to collect and analyze response data. Instead, the push poll is a form of telemarketing-based propaganda and rumor mongering, masquerading as a poll
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Just fun... Charactures of the candidates
September 15th 2008 17:38
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The government we deserve.
September 13th 2008 14:06
Thomas Jefferson said, “The government you elect is government you deserve.” H.L. Mencken agreed, with a sardonic edge, "People deserve the government they get, and they deserve to get it good and hard."
The willingness of the American public to be tricked by the group that gave us, and the world, the inattentiveness and buffoonery of George Bush is carrying the day[ Click here to read more ]
The willingness of the American public to be tricked by the group that gave us, and the world, the inattentiveness and buffoonery of George Bush is carrying the day
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A Must Read, explaining much
September 9th 2008 21:54
I urge everyone to read this post, carefully. It explains clearly why Senator Obama is not 15 points ahead and illustrates the mystery of the GOP's numbers.
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Puffery, slanting or intentional lies – through a political prism.
September 9th 2008 21:16
Last night I was watching and listening to Barack Obama on MSNBC’s Countdown and suddenly realized a reason why the Democrats may well lose the election. The issue under discussion was the Republican political advertisements that presented total and absolute untruths; Senator Obama, even after prompting, seemed reluctant to label the false statements “lies”; instead he repeatedly said that he was “bothered” but that he had faith in the American public to see through the false statements and the result would be a backlash against the GOP.
There is an excellent post on Blogging in America, lucid and exceedingly well written and exhaustively researched, on the 2004 United States presidential race, the “Swiftboat” slandering of John Kerry which, although dismissed as untrue by impartial observers, remained a very real reason why George Bush was elected[ Click here to read more ]
There is an excellent post on Blogging in America, lucid and exceedingly well written and exhaustively researched, on the 2004 United States presidential race, the “Swiftboat” slandering of John Kerry which, although dismissed as untrue by impartial observers, remained a very real reason why George Bush was elected
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When the going gets tough…lie, smear and insult.
September 6th 2008 18:33
Karl Rove did not invent the deceptive, untruthful and viscous political attack approach and advertisements, nastiness being present in American politics since the early days of the republic. Of course, then, the language was far more classical and lofty. This presents what a negative TV advertisement would have been in the John Adams – Thomas Jefferson 1800 election.
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Chutzpah and the McCain-Palin campaign
September 5th 2008 23:51
The Yiddish word “chutzpah” has entered into the English language; it has a meaning not that well expressed in other words. It means gall, nerve, all to an extreme degree. It is often illustrated thusly: A child murders his parents and then pleads for mercy on the grounds that he is an orphan.
Senator McCain’s speech at the GOP convention and his latest political advertisement is unique in that it required a total loss of memory and a total suspension of belief[ Click here to read more ]
Senator McCain’s speech at the GOP convention and his latest political advertisement is unique in that it required a total loss of memory and a total suspension of belief
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The media and the bloggers are out of order.
September 5th 2008 19:06
I am about to befuddle many of the readers (and scorners) of these scribbles to suggest that, while I have usually felt Fox News to be irresponsible and out of line, the Roger Ailes’ weapon of choice in fibbing about Democrats and those he perceives to be too progressive, those whose political views have natured beyond the eighteenth century, I had the opinion that the other news outlets were reasonably fair. While I still believe that the major news companies are owned and controlled by Republican-sympathetic corporations, I acknowledge that most of the analysts come to their jobs with a progressive slant, much as they try to be, truly, “fair and balanced”. I still am of that opinion, but in recent days, the media, and many bloggers, have gone to excess and totally out of bounds. To a lesser degree, so have some Democratic supporters.
John McCain, for obvious and pandering reasons, chose a totally unqualified, inexperienced person to join his ticket. The reasons are manifest: Governor Palin will energize and solidify the far Right wing of his party, social conservatives who have had doubts about Senator bona fides. She professes to be, and is, on the far right fringe of the Right;, anti-abortion to the extent of believing it should be illegal even in the cases of rape, incest or where the health of the mother is threatened. She favors unrestricted oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, doubts any human impact or causation to global warming, would limit sex-education in schools to that preaching abstinence, decries any gun control measures, would deny homosexuals the right to enter into legal relationships short of marriage that would allow medical access, inheritance rights and adoption. She has, even, advocated Alaskan secession from the United States – take THAT, party of Abraham Lincoln[ Click here to read more ]
John McCain, for obvious and pandering reasons, chose a totally unqualified, inexperienced person to join his ticket. The reasons are manifest: Governor Palin will energize and solidify the far Right wing of his party, social conservatives who have had doubts about Senator bona fides. She professes to be, and is, on the far right fringe of the Right;, anti-abortion to the extent of believing it should be illegal even in the cases of rape, incest or where the health of the mother is threatened. She favors unrestricted oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, doubts any human impact or causation to global warming, would limit sex-education in schools to that preaching abstinence, decries any gun control measures, would deny homosexuals the right to enter into legal relationships short of marriage that would allow medical access, inheritance rights and adoption. She has, even, advocated Alaskan secession from the United States – take THAT, party of Abraham Lincoln
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More shame on Joe Lieberman
September 3rd 2008 20:54
Some months ago, I submitted an article Really Long Link expressing my extreme displeasure and disgust of Senator Joseph Lieberman’s turning his back on many core principles that brought him prominence in American politics. The incident that made me most upset was his decision to appear before John Hagee’s church and give the keynote speech at the latter’s forum.
Last evening I watched Senator Lieberman address the GOP convention and my revulsion increased! I might have understood, sort of, if Senator Lieberman had merely said that he was a friend of John McCain that he was willing to cross party lines to get things done, but he also gratuitously criticized Barack Obama as being unqualified, cheered Sarah Palin’s political positions and was a strong GOP advocate[ Click here to read more ]
Last evening I watched Senator Lieberman address the GOP convention and my revulsion increased! I might have understood, sort of, if Senator Lieberman had merely said that he was a friend of John McCain that he was willing to cross party lines to get things done, but he also gratuitously criticized Barack Obama as being unqualified, cheered Sarah Palin’s political positions and was a strong GOP advocate
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The “Cold War” redux: Provocation without Purpose!
September 2nd 2008 00:12
A nation must do whatever is in its own national interest, regardless of world opinion, although the latter is part of the formula for determining the former. The issue posed by the Bush (43) administration is whether the United States foreign policy has been kidnapped by a group of neo-conservatives which is determined to flex our military muscle even if (1) the military has been so spread that it’s muscle is limited; (2) the United States threatens relations with allies whose support is necessary in combating world-wide terrorism and in other endeavors; and (3) we resume the era of the Soviet-U.S. “cold war” which we had won over 25 years ago. Added to this mix is a president willing to acquiesce, determined to be more of a warrior than his father and intellectually incapable to recognize that he is being manipulated.
Russia had used naked aggression against Georgia, an independent free sovereign country formerly a part of the U.S.S.R. The reason for the entry into Georgia was a dispute over two small areas in which the majority was ethnic Russians. The incursion was wrong and was condemned by most of the world, including the United States, and, in fact, the Russian troops have withdrawn or will have withdrawn[ Click here to read more ]
Russia had used naked aggression against Georgia, an independent free sovereign country formerly a part of the U.S.S.R. The reason for the entry into Georgia was a dispute over two small areas in which the majority was ethnic Russians. The incursion was wrong and was condemned by most of the world, including the United States, and, in fact, the Russian troops have withdrawn or will have withdrawn
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Well worth reading -- Check them out!
September 1st 2008 19:37
Over the past year or so, I wrote several articles complaining that the GOP had lost its way, that it was important that a vibrant Republican party that served as a brake against extreme progressive-liberal positions, thus keeping American policies firmly in the moderate center.
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