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Pundits Competing to Frame Obama

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Barack, Conservatism, Liberalism, Media, Obama

After less than two months of Barack Obama’s presidency, pundits across the spectrum are competing to “frame” the new administration. There are lots of narratives, but, in my mind, the most potent ones are expressed in two editorials appearing today. From the negative side, Janet Daley at Britain’s Telegraph argues that Obama is handing the [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

The Myth of Europeanism

By Mark Thompson | Related entries in Conservatism, Dumb Things Said By Smart People, Economy, Liberalism

One thing that has long baffled me has been the idea on the American Right that Europe is some kind of socialist hell-hole that borders on Communist. The thrust of the argument always seems to be that European government is so large and intrusive, and it public mores so lacking and dare I say nihilistic [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 16 Comments »

White House Looking To Recoup AIG Money?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Business, Economy

This is more political theatre than anything, but the populist rage against those irresponsible bonuses is at a fever pitch and if Obama doesn’t handle this one smartly it could seriously hurt the administration’s chances to get more bailout money down the road if it’s needed. From CBS: (CBS/AP) The Obama administration is looking for [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 9 Comments »

Small Business Help On The Way

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Business, Economy, Money

While everybody is focused on the ups and downs of the top 30 companies, Obama and Geithner have plans to free up money for the little guys. From AP: Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday planned to announce a broad package that includes reduced small-business lending fees and an increase on the guarantee [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Quote Of The Day – Market Madness

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Economy, Media, Money

“I’m listening to the “market analyst” on CNN, and she assured me the market is going to rally today because, and I’m paraphrasing, “they were reassured by Ben Bernanke’s appearance on 60 Minutes.” “Really. No wonder we are in this mess. That is how my ex-girlfriend picked restaurants- “Let’s go here. I liked the look [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Bush revisionism not helping the Republicans

By Nick Ragone | Related entries in News

The Bushies have been out in full force this week trying to burnish the former president’s legacy with the argument that “at least he kept us safe.” Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer and Chris Matthews went at it pretty good earlier in the week, and today Dick Cheney sat down with CNN’s John King [...]

March 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Missouri Law Enforcement Eyes Ron Paul And Bob Barr Supporters As Possible Terrorists

By Glenn Church | Related entries in Missouri, Terrorism

If you’re in Missouri, it might be better to take that old Ron Paul or Bob Barr bumper sticker off your car. A February 20 report to help Missouri law enforcement identify domestic terrorists has some alarming advice. The report is put out by the Missouri Information Analysis Center, which is a “public safety partnership [...]

March 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 21 Comments »

Sears Tower Renamed Willis Tower After London Firm

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Crazy, History, Illinois

WTF? Obviously I don’t take part in jingoistic, populism often, but this just strikes me as just plain unamerican. From NY Times: In a sentimental gesture from a no-nonsense kind of guy, Jory Spears lifted his camera phone on Friday in a somber salute to this city’s beloved Sears Tower. “The Sears Tower has some [...]

March 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Stephen Baldwin V. Ron Paul On Marijuana

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Drugs, Law, Libertarian, Ron Paul, Video

As expected, it’s the “gateway drug” theory v. reality of human existence. Guess which one sounds more credible… I do still love Ron Paul in many ways, and I wish he wouldn’t have been mixed up in that remarkably dumb newsletter operation he was. Because then he’d be a viable third party candidate. Oh well.

March 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Thriftville Vs. Squanderville

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Economy, Money, The World, Video

Our trade deficit is out of control, and in this video Warren Buffett explains why that’s so dangerous. I remember a discussion I had recently on this blog where I said that consumer spending drove this economy. Somebody disagreed and said our economy is based on making things. Well, that’s obviously not true if our [...]

March 15th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »
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