Disgraceful.


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David Brooks wrote an article in today's NY Times that annoyed the hell out of me. Particularly this:Then the story would come to Act III, the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009. This act is a climax of sorts because it exposed the shortcomings of the whole field. Economists and financiers spent decades building ever more sophisticated models to ( Read more... )

Newt Gingrich (The Daily Show, twice), Sarah Palin (Tea Con), and President Obama (Business Week) all made complete assholes out of themselves this week. They are the 3 front runners for the 2012 Presidency...

So in 2009, Barack Obama had a plan to fix the weak economy and job market. The idea was to provide stimulus spending (i.e. deficit spending) in order to pump money through the economy to create jobs. This made sense as America's Great Depression was exited through a massive surge of deficit spending during World War II. While leading economists ( Read more... )

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Bush Press Secretary #4 Perino said this on Fox News last night:"I don't say this to be political, but it matters a lot what we call [the Fort Hood incident]. We had a terrorist attack on our country, and we should call it what it is...We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during Bush's term. I hope they're not looking at this ( Read more... )

After the election in 2004, with a narrow 1 seat majority in the Senate, a mere 17 seat majority in the House, and 2% margin on their Presidential victory, Republicans triumphantly declared that they had a clear mandate from the American people. They cited that "mandate" for pushing their agenda through ( Read more... )

I cannot think of a worse move for Obama than to do what Liz Cheney and Thomas Friedman are calling for - going to the Nobel Prize ceremony and dedicating the prize to the US military.

Do these people even know why the Nobel Prize is awarded? From Alfred Nobel's will:"[The Peace Prize shall be award to the person who] during the preceding year ( Read more... )

It's a rare day I agree with Fox News's Chris Wallace, but let's call a spade a spade. The Nobel Committee awarding their Peace Prize to President Obama is first and foremost a repudiation of the eight years of George W Bush. It's also a manuever by Oslo to leverage Obama toward their vision of the world, a vision they obviously believe Obama ( Read more... )

It didn't surprise me that none of the Pensacola theatres are showing Moore's film Capitalism: A Love Story the weekend it debuted. It did surprise me when I found out that none of theatres will ever show it in their theatres at all.