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nostalgia…

FDR’s Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia FDR died when I was three years old. I didn’t think of him as a real person when I was a child. I thought of him like I thought of King Aurthur, or George Washington – more myth than a man. After all, he defeated the Nazis […]

the truth hurts…

My reaction to David Frum’s article [Waterloo] last week was to be pleased that a conservative politician founded sounded like a Conservative [reactions…]. Like many, I’ve lamented the almost zero commentary from true Conservatives since the Circus performing Republicans came on the scene. Then this morning, I was looking over the usual papers before driving […]

getting ready to worry about Financial Reform…

What I had to say about Alan Greenspan in September 2009: Alan Greenspan took over the Fed in August 1987 during Reagan’s waning days. He had a belief. He thought, as many have thought, that the free market economy is self correcting – that it will upright itself under any circumstance. He felt he could […]

the big one…

Healthcare Reform season seems to be winding down, at least in Congress, and we’re entering the cycle of Financial Reform Legislation. Congressmen Chris Dodd and Barney Frank held a recent Press Conference to roll out their Billl – now out of Committee and headed to the floor of the Congress [over 1300 pages!]. Just perusing […]

for what it’s worth…

Today, the Dow Jones Index made it back to where it was the day Lehman Brothers imploded eighteen months ago.

the parade of my old wedding cake graphs…

In Health Care Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality New York Times By DAVID LEONHARDT March 23, 2010 For all the political and economic uncertainties about health reform, at least one thing seems clear: The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more […]

against their own better interests…

I’m really tired of listening to Republicans talk. It’s boring and monotonous. I think they were more creative in former times, though I’m having trouble remembering. What I recall is so vague that I can’t count on the memories because I didn’t keep up so well in the past, but what I recall is that […]

brilliant…

Thousands of years ago in a former life, I was a college student majoring in math [because it was the thing that was easy for me]. There were lots of questions coming from home about what I was going to do when I grew up. At that particular time, I wasn’t really interested [not in […]

today…

aha!…

Why Boehner is angry — and Republicans should worry Passage may clear away the propaganda and let voters understand healthcare reform – a scary prospect Salon By Joe Conason Mar 22, 2010 …No doubt John Boehner is well aware of that public contempt. Watching the minority leader speak on the House floor, pretending to be […]