The "Obama Crew", as we were coined, with our new pal from the LTLC, George Hodges. George, wearing his new Obama pin, said to me, "I hope Obama does all the things he said he would do. Especially getting our boys back from Iraq." (h/t to … [Read more...]
Archives for January 19, 2009
Inaugural Committee regrets “error”
Statement from Presidential Inauguration Committee to HRC on Bishop Gene Robinson January 19, 2009 PIC communications director Josh Earnest responded today to the outcry over Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation prayer being omitted from … [Read more...]
Why nationalize banks
Option Result Chapter 11 bandruptcy Not possible with banks: no one will provide debtor-in-possession financing other than the U.S. government Liquidation A fire sale on a large bank's assets would depress asset prices worldwide. It … [Read more...]
Obama Must Stop a 48 Year Travesty!
Hello. Barack? It's me. Ernie. Please Sir, I beg you. Bring back the soft hat. You know. The one that Presidents, gangsters and everyone in between wore before that son-of-a-bitch Kennedy ruined it by going hatless during his long cold … [Read more...]
“By the relief office I saw my people”
The more I think about it, the happier I am about Pete Seeger, accompanied by his grandson Tao and Bruce Springsteen, singing Woody Guthrie's great anthem "This Land Is Your Land" at the end of yesterday's concert. As I noted … [Read more...]
Why support unions?
Corporate profits have doubled since 2001, while real wages have flatlined and the number of workers earning poverty wages has risen to nearly a quarter of the workforce. A line tracing the rise of wealth inequality and one tracing the … [Read more...]
Inaugural Committee, not HBO, made the call to exclude Robinson from TV
HBO has given a statement to the effect that it was the Presidential Inaugural Committee that made the determination that NH Bishop Gene Robinson's invocation would not be part of the televised portion of yesterday's "We Are One" event on … [Read more...]