Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009Great Liberal Cover Ups in American History
Gotta love this Tom Tomorrow cartoon.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009The Latest GOP Phantom War
I received this alarmist e-mail from NewsMax today:
Radio Insiders, Congressmen Aim to Stop Fairness Doctrine
Moves are afoot to head off any Democratic efforts to reinstate the so-called Fairness Doctrine and stifle conservative talk radio.
A group of radio insiders has formed the Free Radio Coalition to fight the reinstatement, Radio America President James Roberts said […]
Government’s Role: According to Wall Street
When times are good, Wall Street wants the government to get out of the way so that the market can work.
Translation: Privatize the profit.
When times are bad, Wall Street wants the government to step in and play a role in the economy.
Translation: Socialize the risk.
If you watch, you can hear this philosophy reiterated subtly again […]
Best and the Worst of the Bailout
With so much garbage commentary being thrown around about the bailouts, it’s interesting to see a writer in a very popular forum talking about some of the real good and bad of the bailout.
First, the good:
Regulation is necessary to reduce systemic risk - What happens without regulation? Too much risk leading to a collapse of the […]
Sunday, February 15th, 2009No Oversight, Chaos, and Breathtaking Sums of Money
“You had no oversight, chaos and breathtaking sums of money. And over all of that was the notion that failure was O.K. It doesn’t get any better for criminals than that set of circumstances.” - Senator Claire McCaskill describing the operation to rebuild Iraq.
I was glad to see the Justice Department and the Special Inspector […]
Thursday, February 12th, 2009They Can’t Deport Us All
T-shirt seen at the U.S. vs. Mexico soccer game in Columbus.
Mexico actually lost the soccer game, but I’m scoring the public relations battle 1-0 in their favor.
Negotiating with Conservatives
Tom Delay writes in his book “No Retreat, No Surrender” that he would “start every policy initiative from as far to the political right as we could.”
The conservative bargaining strategy looks something like this:
Conservative: How much is that rug?
Seller: $100
Conservative: I’ll give you $10.
Seller: How about $80?
Conservative: How about $7 and I’d also like that […]