Archive for February, 2009
Depends on the Definition of “Make Sense”
Obama: Nationalization “Wouldn’t Make Sense” – TPM (2/10/09)” “[Sweden] took over the banks, nationalized them, got rid of the bad assets, resold the banks and a couple years later, they were going again. So you’d think looking at it, Sweden looks like a good model. Here’s the problem — Sweden had like five banks,” he [...]
Treason Most Foul
So have you committed treason yet today? Here’s Nachama Soloveichik, communications director for the right-wing PAC, Club For Growth, offering a carefully nuanced perspective on Alan Specter‘s support of the stimulus bill: “Grassroots Republicans are infuriated. They’re fed up. They’ve had it,” Soloveichik said, even going so far as to add that for many, “this [...]
Major League Farceball
I confessed a few years ago how I used to be a big-time baseball fan for many years. I did redeem myself by coming to realize that MLB was essentially just a slicker version of WWE, only with much better PR, and an entirely undeserved amount of national goodwill. I have for many years now [...]
Maddow
Really nice that she has a big microphone. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
White House Access: No Liberals Allowed
After reading this post, my sister asked me if steam was coming out of my ears when I wrote it. The funny thing is that I’m currently way more calm than I was during the seemingly endless election cycle because rather than hearing Obama sycophants tell me how totally awesome Obama would be, I have [...]
Reality Check
Yesterday, Sarabeth caught me by surprise with this: Everyone simply assumes that the tax cuts were inserted to attract Republican votes. But there’s really no evidence of that, is there? None whatsoever. We assume they were inserted for that reason, because we assume that no one on the Democratic side of things believes they have [...]
Obama And Tax Cuts In The Stimulus Bill
And since Sarabeth will have her little moment of triumph too, yesterday evening also brought us this. In the President’s own words, uttered directly to the American people, pretty much, in his prime-time press conference: And you’ll remember that when we initially introduced our framework, they were pleasantly surprised and complimentary about the tax cuts [...]
Because There Aren’t Any People Predisposed to Riot/Protest in San Francisco
Goldman Sachs moves meeting from Las Vegas – AP (2/9/09) Goldman Sachs has moved a three-day technology conference from the Las Vegas Strip to San Francisco amid what the firm is calling a broad review of its activities. I bet Goldman figured they’d duck some bad press by not having their little conference in Sin [...]
Huge In Belgium
A couple of years ago longtime reader and furious globetrotter Glen alerted us to the fact that 1115.org is blocked in China. This morning Glen checks in from the British Airways lounge in Heathrow with similar news: Remember, you can always sign up for 1115.org by Email if The Man is blocking us where you [...]
The Secret Meaning Of Things
So now we know what Barack Obama really meant when he promised us change we can believe in. Believe it or not, he meant “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. First, there was the whole surrealistic plot line of The Stimulus Bill’s Progress. Matt has put it pretty well already. After [...]