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Quick Hits
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Health care reform still hasn't passed yet?
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Did Netanyahu mean to embarrass Joe Biden during his trip to Israel? http://bit.ly/cOpeHz
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How the filibuster was invented http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/how_the_filibuster_was_invente.html
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If majorities of Congress and the WH support public option, why are they whipping against it? http://is.gd/akE5v /via @ggreenwald
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"One-Fifth As Racist As It Used To Be" http://bit.ly/9fm8UB
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AG Holder feet being held to the fire for not agreeing that the President is a dictator http://nyti.ms/cJSdDH
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"There is a lot of offensive sh*t in the Washington Post, and it certainly isnt 2 Americans celebrating their wedding." http://bit.ly/dz6sig
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
I won’t be posting tomorrow, so go shopping or something.
Paying for our economic sins
Andrew Sullivan fears that our leader’s attempts to fix the economy will do us more harm than good.
… the radicalism of the current policies pioneered by Paulson and Brown and now getting even more outlandish seems to me to have two potentials: to somehow drag us out of this without an almighty crash now but [...]
Democracy, the 'Obama army' and change
Noam Chomsky recently spoke about the Miraculous Display of Democracy, a.k.a. our election of Barack Obama. I thought this passage was good food for thought:
In Haiti, there was an election in 1990 which really was an extraordinary display of democracy much more so than this.
In Haiti, there were grassroots movements, popular movements that developed in [...]
My pledge
I may have been an unabashed Obama supporter during the primary and general election seasons. I maintain that Obama was a far better choice for President than any of the realistic alternatives – specifically, Hillary and McCain.
Now that the election is over, and my preferred candidate is preparing to take the reigns of the country, [...]
Past is prologue
I’ve written before about how failed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was right about the nature of the threat of terrorism. Today, I’m going to up the ante and pronounce that failed Democratic President Jimmy Carter was right about the rot afflicting the foundation of America.
Below is Jimmy Carter’s entire “Crisis of Confidence” speech delivered [...]
Quantum of Solace Review
Don’t worry, there will be no spoilers in this review.
If I had to sum up Quantum of Solace in one word, it would be “Meh” or possibly “Bleh.”
The latest 007 flick, the second with Daniel Craig as James Bond, was a respectable action movie, but it had very few moments of genuine fun or humor. [...]
What bipartisanship has wrought
Watch cable news for a few hours and you’ll pickup on the idea that Washington DC is so screwed up because of partisan gridlock. Or more simply, Democrats and Republicans cant agree on anything and so nothing gets done. It’s also an idea based on tone; how can you get things done if everyone is [...]
A better auto industry bailout
I’ve written a letter to Congress asking them to not bailout the faltering American auto industry. I’ve also written a post explaining you why I think the same industry deserves its date with the dustbin of history.
I guess you could consider me an ardent opponent of any bailout of the Big Three. But sometimes an [...]
A matter of grave importance
My friend Andrew has brought it to my attention that Luke Russert was “c*ck blocked” by Brian Williams live on NBC during their election coverage.
You can check it out in this clip:
(A higher quality version is available here.)
I may be imagining things, but it seems to me that the girl on Russert’s right, or our [...]