Wow. Venocchi slices and dices Obama in a piece on Kerry and deservedly so. But I think she may also subconsciously be displacing some residual resentment against Kerry onto Obama here. After years of dithering, Kerry's got a lot of make-up … [Read more...]
Dear President Obama
I am asking you to speak up loudly and strongly against the recent actions of Republican governors and legislatures in Wisconsin and other states. The working people of the United States, the very people who comprised the army of grassroots … [Read more...]
Mad Men Make Online Pitch for High Speed Rail
"But, honestly, I think you can relax on this whole thing. I read that in 40 years, gas is going to be almost a dollar a gallon," he adds. The video comes at a time when high-speed rail debate is heating up throughout the … [Read more...]
Campaign Manifesto #3: On The Road, Defending Social Security
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, grass grows by Itself. --From the "Zenrin Kushu", attributed to Toyo Eicho I-90, the main route from West to East (if your fake trip begins in Seattle, as ours did), was closed at Wall, South … [Read more...]
These comfortable shoes are made for walking… or maybe just talking
Even the Kos ventured only a little tiny criticism -- and immediately defended himself, like a child anticipating a scolding, from his liberal parents. And he assured the readers that he will vote for Obama anyway. This is very … [Read more...]
Obama drops defense of DOMA in NY and CT cases
The Obama administration has announced that it will refuse to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in lawsuits filed in Connecticut and New York. Why now, rather than previously? Here's DOJ's explanation: In the … [Read more...]
Don’t cut LIHEAP. Just, don’t.
*For the sticklers among you, yes, I am aware that the Hippocratic Oath does not contain those exact words. But it's close. So lighten up. ;-) … [Read more...]
On Getting A Warning, Or, For Just One Day, I’ll Be The CIA
"...The fact that you have sent him here just goes to prove that you are the leading...asshole in the state." --From the telegram complaining about the new Sheriff, in the movie "Blazing Saddles" So before we go any further, if you're just … [Read more...]
Obama broke pledge to help homeowners
Treasury staffers began conversations with congressional aides by saying the administration supported cramdown and would then "follow up with a whole bunch of reasons" why it wasn't a good idea, said an aide to a senior Democratic … [Read more...]
Social Security: Where’s Our Tahrir Square?
Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! --William Makepeace Thackeray, from the "Vanitas Vanitatum" It's a simple point I make today: we want a Social … [Read more...]
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