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Tuesday, December 2
Scapegoating the Social Right
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 10:22 PM EST
In 2002 and 2004, Republicans ran hard on social issues and the courts — and scored victories at every level of politics. In 2006 and 2008, they left those issues off the table, and got walloped. It follows, naturally, that the social issues are to blame for the Republican defeats. At least, that’s the conclusion that a chorus of commentators has reached. More>>>
Obama Fomenting A Constitutional Crisis: Constitutional Lawyer Discusses Ramifications
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 04:12 PM EST
Controversy continues to surround President-elect Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president, and a case involving his birth certificate waits for its day before the U.S. Supreme Court. A constitutional lawyer said were it to be discovered that Mr. Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, it would have grave consequences for the nation. More>>>
Why Make Holder Attorney General?
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 03:52 PM EST
When you’re the attorney general, you’re the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. You should be above and beyond politics...Although the dramatic lapses in judgment and ethics demonstrated in the Rich and FALN pardons are enough to oppose Mr. Holder’s confirmation as attorney general, there is a larger case against him. HE: What are your thoughts about the Elian Gonzales case and Holder’s role in it? More>>>
The Krugman Recipe for Depression
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 03:34 PM EST
Mr. Krugman is a new Nobel Laureate, teaches at Princeton University and writes a column for a nationally prominent newspaper. So what he says is believed to be objective by many people, even when it isn't. But the larger reason we should care about the 1930s employment record is that the cure Roosevelt offered, the New Deal, is on everyone else's mind as well. In a recent "60 Minutes" interview, President-elect Barack Obama said, "keep in mind that 1932, 1933, the unemployment rate was 25%, inching up to 30%." The New Deal is Mr. Obama's context for the giant infrastructure plan his new team is developing. If he proposes FDR-style recovery programs, then it is useful to establish whether those original programs actually brought recovery. The answer is, they didn't. New Deal spending provided jobs but did not get the country back to where it was before. (H/T Steve!) More>>>
Psychotic terrorists in search of a grievance
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 11:59 AM EST
So, why kill the rabbi? There is a branch of apologetics - which I take crudely to be the belief that the crime is the fault of the victim - that assumes a milder form, and which I'll call explanetics. So the explanatists view of the Mumbai massacres last week is that the cause lies in what concretely has been done to, or in the vicinity of, the young, cool-looking men with the grenades and the machineguns More>>>
Reid: We won't smell the tourists anymore
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 11:18 AM EST
The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore. "My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true." More>>>
Convert Paulson’s Last $350 Billion into Tax Holiday, says U.S. Congressman
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 09:31 AM EST
According to American Solutions, a conservative think tank founded by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Americans pay $101.6 billion per month in personal income tax and $65.6 billion per month in FICA tax. Under Gohmert's proposed plan, all of these taxes would not be paid during January and February of 2009, and the money would stay in the hands of American taxpayers - the ones who best know where economic stimulus should be targeted. Gohmert's two month tax holiday would stimulate the economy while costing less than the remainder of the Paulson-Pelosi bailout plan. Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) has also recently proposed returning all 2008 income taxes to American taxpayers as a solution to boost the ailing economy, as he believes taxpayers, rather than the government, should be using their hard-earned money to choose the economy's winners and losers. (H/T to our man Pedro) More>>>
0bama Gets $30G Bauble For Michelle; Left Still Howling About Campaign Wardrobe GOP Provided Sarah
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 07:59 AM EST
Michelle Obama is to receive this £20,000 thank you from her husband for her support during the election. The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal --and encrusted with diamonds. It is being hastily made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco in time for January's inauguration ceremony. Only about 25 tons of rhodium are mined each year, mostly in South Africa, and as a result its price is typically around £5,000 an ounce. More>>>
Mumbai: Deadly Media Euphemisms
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 07:31 AM EST
THE international media have already morphed the horrific slaughter in Mumbai into the murky realm of euphemism and apologetics. Al Jazeera and The Guardian label the terrorists "gunmen"; CNN calls them "militants." Some analysts identified the underlying cause as the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Psychological guru Deepak Chopra called it the result of "collateral damage" from the US war on terrorism and the Iraq war. One cameraman who saw armed police refusing to open fire on the Mumbai terrorists lamented that he didn't have a gun instead of a camera. Yet what the world desperately needs today is not armed media, but reporters brave enough to tell the truth More>>>
Some people seem to misunderstand which country was invaded
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Dec 2008 07:27 AM EST
This question has been pushed to the center in large degree by a fierce, multimillion-dollar Russian PR campaign that hinges on leaked, very partial, and misleading reports from a military observer from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that claimed Georgia responded militarily in South Ossetia without sufficient provocation by Russia. Judging from recent media coverage, this campaign has been successful. More>>> |
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