Today marks 200 years since the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Quite a milestone. What a happy coincidence that this great American's long shadow casts itself on the American scene at this time! Our country could do much worse than to always...
Now that we have seen just exactly what the influence of the centrists in the Senate has been on the stimulus bill, it is clear that the bill is much worse than when it arrived in the Senate and if...
I am simply amazed at what I've just seen on yahoo news. After it's shameful anti-Democratic reporting of the past couple of years they now have the gall to attempt to get a piece of the Obama marketing pie by...
God how I wish Harry Truman were here today because he would give Obama the advice he needs to be successful and Harry would quickly disabuse him of some of the more Quixotic ideas clouding the President's vision as he...
Don't know about anyone else, but I didn't see the following story in the news last week about a coalition that has formed to press the Medicare for All legislation in Congress. If you can get two very different kinds of...
In this piece running right now on TPM http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/02/obama_urged_not_to_backbur... Al Gore advocates the President take strong action now on Climate Change. He is right and everyone who loves humanity and this precious blue jewel of a planet needs to join him in demanding...
Taking a momentary break from politics... who are ya for in today's Super Bowl and what's your prediction? Personally, I'm for the Steelers but if the Cardinals win it won't upset me. They are a good team too and Warner is...
I just saw the following short news item on yahoo. I propose moving the sculpture to America. In fact, why not just make copies and place them in ever major city in the United States to show our solidarity with...
I'm glad to see the President moving quickly to allow the states to establish their own tighter emissions standards. It's a good initial step toward combatting climate change, but it's a relatively small step. We need much, much more if...
I clearly recall the jubilation of Nixon leaving office. For most of us it was a long awaited moment of relief and perhaps the country would recover from the mean-spirited nastiness of the Nixon White House and the pall it...
I was surfing the net and came to yahoo and saw the headline: "In politics, does race race trump gender?" So, I checked it out. Turns out yahoo was shilling an article by Roger Simon, well known wingnut dumbass, that...
FROM: YOUR BENEFACTORS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND YOUR VERY SMART DC DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANTS TO: CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPERATIVES You are, of course, generally familiar with how the game works but this memo should serve as a refresher...
Regardless of what anyone thinks of Gov. Blago of Illiniois, he remains the Governor and therefore retains all the powers of the office undiminished in any way. It is very clear that he has full authority to appoint anyone who...
In another post, TheraP asked the following question: "So, how do you value your life? How do you value what is most precious but cannot last? Does it affect how you live, knowing you will die?" This is...
Take a good look at the calendar folks. It's 1929. The ride has just started. Better hold on tight cause it's gonna get pretty rough. I just pray people don't wait terribly long before they realize that drastic changes...
While the media and our elected officials obsess about how to make sure the rich stay rich, the ordinary American family is being heaped with the debts they are generating to do this. Problem is, throwing money at the perptrators...
As I observe all the absurdities and shenanigans going on in Washington to save the very people and organizations that created the financial catastrophe we are now in it seems to me as though we have a situation analgous to...
Headlines on TPM as I write this indicate that Democratic leaders will recommend a slap on the wrist to the vile and reprehensible Joe Lieberman and that Obama will not pursue any sort of meaningful investigation or prosecution of the...
Discussion in the media is now beginning to focus on the transition, how much they will tackle initially, and which issues will take precdence. Clearly, the most successful modern Presidencies focus on just a handful of major items and stick...
The economic crisis was caused in large part because millions of Americans could not pay their mortgages when interest rates kicked in that were far too high for them to be able to maintain payments on their home loans. As...
