Archive for January, 2009

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Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Bush, History

“I can summarise Bush’s legacy in two words: Barack Obama.” – James Lindsay, a politics professor at Texas university in a Financial Times article. Here’s more… Observers have traced much of Mr Bush’s alleged incompetence to his dislike of what he calls “process decisions” – conclusions reached through the normal Washington inter-agency process. Following his [...]

January 20th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, History, McCain

“I’m here tonight to say a few words about an American hero I have come to know very well and admire very much — Senator John McCain. And then, according to the rules agreed to by both parties, John will have approximately thirty seconds to make a rebuttal.” – President-elect Barack Obama’s intro to his [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Last Thoughts On the Bush Presidency

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Bush, Economy, Hurricane Katrina, The War On Terrorism

As we move within 24 hours of inaugurating a new president, most of America’s attention is focused on the future, with a great many Americans hopeful about Barack Obama and his coming presidency. But what about the guy packing up the White House? Does he deserve more than a passing goodbye after eight years? Bush [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

MLK Predicted Black President In 40 Years

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, History, Race, Video

Check out the clip at the BBC. However, I will offer one question to this: do you view Obama as an “African-American” president? Yes, I know he is and it’s a historic day, but (to me at least) he just seems like the President. And maybe that’s the most enduring legacy of MLK’s work…that race [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

A Just And Good Final Act

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Immigration, Law

If you know anything about the case of former border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, you’ll know that Bush’s commutation of the remaining amount of their sentence is justice being served. And let’s face it, if Scooter Libby got his sentence commuted, these guys should too. First, the backstory… Ramos and Compean were sentenced [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Your Moment of Musical History of the Day

By Brad Porter | Related entries in News

Pete Seeger, now in his 80s, agrees to play “This Land is Your Land” at the inaugural concert. But only if he can play the original. This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2008

By Brad Porter | Related entries in News

One of my favorite annual blog lists, from The Beast. Replete with some great one-liners.

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

What is Obamaism?

By Nick Ragone | Related entries in News

Michael Scherer of Time Magazine has an interesting piece titled “The Permanent Campaign” which describes the millions of Obama backers who are staying involved (and connected) through Facebook, Meetup, and other online tools. There’s no doubt that Obama has tapped into social networking in a way that has changed American politics.  Note to Republicans: ignore it [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Cuddling with Obama won’t score you Inauguration tickets

By Darren Garnick | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Media, New Hampshire, News, Obama, Palin

Way back when Barack Obama was just a regular rock star, only filling high school gymnasiums instead of NFL stadiums, my daughter got to cuddle with him twice. Nothing scandalous, mind you, Dahlia was a five-month-old baby at the time. But her combined 90 seconds with the future president made her a New York Daily [...]

January 19th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Wimpy Economics

By donar | Related entries in Bailouts, Cartoons, Economy, Political Graffiti
January 18th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »
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