Blaming The Blogosphere For Democratic Failures
So. In response to a Politico piece in which the authors and White House whine about the left wing blogosphere not being happy with all of Obama's "wins" and not caring about potential losses in 2010,...
View ArticleOf Course The Political Class Doesn't Listen To Ordinary Citizens. Why Would...
So, apparently 68% of Americans think that the political class doesn't listen to them. After TARP, where calls were running between 100:1 to 1200:1 against, passed, the failure of Congress to get out...
View ArticleNetroots Schizo
I had a good time in Vegas, so I didn't spend a huge amount of time at NN, but I did spend enough time to take in the mood, and it was schizophrenic. About half the people there are some combination...
View ArticleSocial Security Trustees Report: No Social Security Crisis
Social Security Trustees report that social security will be able to make full payments until 2037(pdf). Tax receipts will dip below outlays before then, but this is precisely why the Social Security...
View ArticleIsraeli PM Netanyahu's Unguarded Talk On Video: How I Destroyed The Oslo...
One of the most important videos you've never seen is this one, in which Benjamin Netanyahu, 9 years ago -- thinking there is no record -- explains his actually strategy to inflict pain on the...
View ArticleThe Right Thing To Do
What makes me saddest of all things in the world is this: the vast majority of the time the right thing to do morally is the right thing to do in terms of broad self-interest, and yet we don’t believe...
View ArticleWhat Can Obama Really Do?
A zombie argument is going around about why Obama hasn't accomplished liberal and progressive ends to the extent many would have liked him to:Obama can't do anything because he needs 60 votes in...
View ArticleTax Cuts For The Rich Create Jobs Outside The US
A standard right wing talking point is that tax cuts for the rich and corporations create jobs.This is, actually, true. They create jobs overseas.The tax cuts’ two bills, in 2001 and 2003 – changed...
View ArticlePray For The French
In news you may not have heard, the French have been protesting a bill to raise the retirement age in France from 60 to 62. And by protesting, I don't mean just showing up for one day. French President...
View ArticleWhy Assange And WikiLeaks Have Won This Round
The odd thing about Wikileaks is that their success has been assured, not by what they leaked, though there is some important information there, but by their enemies.The massive and indiscriminate...
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