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Pointing Fingers and Bringing GM and Chrysler Back to Life

By oleeb on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 3:43pm |
With the government moving in and essentially acting as a new majority stockholder would act after a takeover, by demanding all kinds of changes in the auto companies in return for their investment, including the immediate removal of a...
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John Hope Franklin

By oleeb on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 2:18pm |
In the past day or two you may have seen in the headlines that John Hope Franklin died.  His death is even noted on the TPM front page.  He lived a long and extremely productive life.  He was, in my...
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Rate the President's Press Conference Performance and That of the Press

By oleeb on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 2:16am |
Two simple and short items here.  1.  On a scale of 1-10 (1 being worst and 10 being best) how would you rate the President's performance at the Press Conference?  2.  Using the same scale, how would you rate the...
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Hey Paul Krugman!

By oleeb on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 9:20pm |
This brief music video will warm the hearts of Krugman fans and drive those who don't want to hear what he has to say aboslutely crazy! I highly recommend it!  It's worth a couple of your minutes. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOYAuk809fY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrooksandli......
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Class war ya say? Bring it on Baby!

By oleeb on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 2:56pm |
On TPM's front page,  in a post headlined "Just What is a Bonus?" reader TR points out that a big part of the outrage on the part of the public is that people commonly see a "bonus" as a reward...
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Has it really come to this?

By oleeb on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 5:35pm |
Whatever you may think of the individual decisions he made, President Truman stood his ground with the Soviet Union in Greece, in Berlin, and he acted decisively in Korea.  It was clear that he was in command.  President Kennedy stood...
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Surprise! Surprise! Health Insurance Parasites Going for the Kill on Capitol Hill and the Democrats are Willing Victims

By oleeb on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 3:48pm |
I just saw this AP article on the predictable metamorphasis of the insurance industry and how they are now suddenly and miraculously making themselves into something they are not: organizations interested in providing the best health care possible to the...
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Meet the new boss?

By oleeb on Sat, 03/14/2009 - 3:00pm |
As Josh points out on the front page,(http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/03/if_you_remember_not_lo...) the Chinese, in the usual subtle manner of tyrants and despots throughout history, are reminding us that they have us by the financial balls and are not shy about reminding us of...
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Stewart's Triumph: What it says About "Journalism" and Government

By oleeb on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 7:57pm |
LIke, I think, everyone else, I was delighted to see John Stewart put the screws to Jim Cramer as he did last night.  He was reasonable, prepared, made his points clearly and without the use of any ad hominem attacks. ...
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Oscar Opinions Anyone?

By oleeb on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 4:12pm |
Departing just for a moment from politics, what do you think about this year's nominees and their chances on Oscar night? In my opinion, this really was one of the best years for films in a very long time.  The...

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