Archive for the 'big business as usual' Category
When Do I get My Bailout
I always thought “personal responsibility” was a platform of the modern conservative Republican party, along with “let the market sort things out”.
Turns out that’s true only if you’re not a massive corporation, since Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are joining Bear Stearns for another taxpayer-funded bailout. What’s that line about private profits, public risk?
the [...]
A Realist, Not a Cynic
“But the larger point is that you can’t bring yourself to make any distinctions between any of these groups. You’ve given up.
I actually wrote the Four Lethal Cynicisms for you.
–Booman
The Four Lethal Cynicisms:
The first lethal cynicism is the conviction that the people are too stupid, too susceptible, and too selfish to be counted upon [...]
A Whole New Meaning
Given his outrageous vote on FISA, following his broken promise to filibuster the bill, perhaps it’s time for Obama to redefine what “Listening to America” means:
It’s sure not his base he’s listening to. I joined the anti-FISA group at Obama’s website two weeks ago. I had to switch over to the “digest” version because my [...]
Read More..>>Reality Bites
We got home from OATS yesterday around 5:30 or so. I really pulled my back on Thursday afternoon when I picked up the boy, and when I say that I mean pulling him from his feet as he was running around the pick up area. Or maybe it was the 13-hour drive, who knows. [...]
Read More..>>George Carlin: Deceased Truth Teller
George talks, you listen.
Read More..>>More Trouble for Pat and Joe: Drinking Liberally, 6/24/08
The following went out to about 800-1000 Philadelphia Democrats, progressives, and left-leaning independents this morning, many of who are members of MoveOn, DFA, Philly for Change, and other activist groups. My dad always said, when someone tries to bully you, hit back and hit hard. Pat and Joe want to tap my phones? [...]
Read More..>>Who Died and Left Comcast in Charge?
Via Greenwald, Comcast seems to think that they’re above criticism, and above the law.
As many Pennsylvanians know, electing Chris Carney was a BIG mistake. First, he lied to progressives to obtain their money by pretending to champion issues he never had any intention of standing up for. Now he’s trying to get companies like [...]
In the Tank
So much for the liberal media.
John McCain and Barack Obama both appeared before the nation’s newspaper editors yesterday. The putative Republican presidential nominee was given a box of doughnuts and a standing ovation. The likely Democratic nominee was likened to a terrorist.
Read the whole thing. The press was literally handing donuts to McCain: you [...]
Saw This Coming Too.
A Return to the Cold War
administration, military and intelligence officials assigned to counterterrorism have begun to change their view. After piecing together a more nuanced portrait of terrorist organizations, they say there is reason to believe that a combination of efforts could in fact establish something akin to the posture of deterrence, the strategy that [...]
The Bush Administration Is Right.
And right after saying I’m bored with politics, I read this.
Bush officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 12:06:57 EST
The Bush administration says the 2002 congressional authorization to go to war in Iraq gives it the authority to conduct combat operations in Iraq and negotiate far-reaching [...]
