A few days ago I said here that someone should record and check current claims by the Obama Administration about what the Afghanistan troop surge will accomplish against reality at intervals of 1, 1.5 and 2 years. Gen. McChrystal helped us … [Read more...]
Afghanistan Accountability
Is somebody recording the statements this week of Obama, Clinton, Gates and Mullen about how the troop surge will work? The latter three made specific statements today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the beneficial impacts … [Read more...]
Republicans attack, Democrats react. Awful.
Kudos to Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson as the only Democratic congressperson in the last hour to comment on the ridiculousness of Republican claims about the Health Reform bill being debated now (live on C-SPAN). The Repubs criticize the debt … [Read more...]
Karzai & Khazei
Friday Spelling Test Without looking, how many BMG'rs can spell both men's names? It took us a while initially to learn to spell "Barack Obama," right? But we got the hang of it. In the Globe today: Karzai bad! Khazei good! … [Read more...]
Goldman Sachs Eyeing Philanthropy
Those old softies at Goldman! After accepting, and repaying, billions of dollars in government funds as part of the federal bank bailout, Goldman Sachs earned record second-quarter profits and has already set aside $16.7-billion for … [Read more...]
Bashful Barney
How is it that the brilliant, wisecracking, reporter-bullying Barney Frank has become such a toothless tiger on financial reform? Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation by Representative Barney Frank to tighten derivatives regulation contains an … [Read more...]
No Barney at DC March?
Speaking of Barney (re Wall Street reform elsewhere on BMG), after criticizing the strategy of the huge Oct. 11 National Equality March in DC, I notice his name does not appear in the write-up by Don Gorton of Join the Impact MA. Anyone … [Read more...]
“Getting to Know You” – Khazei and Pagliuca
Biographical information on Alan Khazei (and wife Vanessa Kirsch) and Steve Pagliuca. … [Read more...]
revive Clean Elections in Mass.
Former senators Warren Rudman and Bob Kerrey make a case for a "system of voluntary public funding for qualified candidates, combining small donations with matching public funds" like the successful Clean Elections options in Arizona and … [Read more...]
Menino’s election year largesse
To what degree is Mayor Menino's $200,000 loan offer to the Bay State Banner an example of election year pandering to a critical voting bloc? To about the same degree as this rare mayoral reversal. … [Read more...]
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