One of the meme’s going around is that if Obama didn’t waste time on health care reform and instead spent that time doing something else, that seat in Massachusetts wouldn’t have been lost. Absent from this theory is any list of things that Obama might have worked on that the GOP wouldn’t have tried to… Continue reading Lessons not learned in the health care debate
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Op-Ed Columnist – The Big Zero – NYTimes.com
Id suggest that we call the decade past the Big Zero. It was a decade in which nothing good happened, and none of the optimistic things we were supposed to believe turned out to be true. From Op-Ed Columnist – The Big Zero – NYTimes.com
No evidence of illegal actions by ACORN
After media outlets and figures have repeatedly claimed that videos released by conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles revealed a pattern of ACORN aiding efforts to evade taxes on a fictitious child-prostitution ring, an investigation by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger (D) found that “there is no evidence that action, illegal or otherwise,… Continue reading No evidence of illegal actions by ACORN
What Have They Wrought?
A new Rasmussen poll suggests that the Tea Party movement – funded and embraced by the Republican Party – is now more popular than the GOP itself. Tea Party movement is the new GOP? Are they now the party of Beck and Palin?
The limits of good vs. evil thinking
Take Climategate. One response is: 1. “These people behaved dishonorably. I will lower my trust in their opinions.” Another response, not entirely out of the ballpark, is: 2. “These people behaved dishonorably. They must have thought this issue was really important, worth risking their scientific reputations for. I will revise upward my estimate of the… Continue reading The limits of good vs. evil thinking
The Nation of Futurity
The Chinese now have lavish faith in their scientific and technological potential. Newsweek and Intel just reported the results of their Global Innovation Survey. Only 22 percent of the Chinese believe their country is an innovation leader now, but 63 percent are confident that their country will be the global technology leader within 30 years.… Continue reading The Nation of Futurity
The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American
In a republic, the people should not pledge allegiance to the government; the government should pledge allegiance to the people. From The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American – Salon.com Good point.
Teabaggers punk’d by anti-racists who get them to cheer rant against European-American immigrants
Teabaggers punk’d by anti-racists who get them to cheer rant against European-American immigrants Funny.
Treasury Invites Bloggers to Round Table
Mr. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, was among the senior officials who talked with bloggers at an outreach session on Nov. 2. The two-hour round table was held on background, meaning that the bloggers could describe the sessions, but not attribute quotes to specific officials. Lengthy posts about financial system reforms — and the bloggers’ disagreements… Continue reading Treasury Invites Bloggers to Round Table
South Park Mocks Glenn Beck
Cartman is chosen to read the morning announcements at South Park Elementary, but he turns the forum into a bully pulpit to unleash criticism of the student-body president. South Park Mocks Glenn Beck | Video Cafe Almost as funny as the Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a young girl in 1990? Not that I… Continue reading South Park Mocks Glenn Beck