I suppose turns about is fair play. For the four years that I’ve kept up, the Progressive Blogs have kept tight watch on the Bush Administration, looking behind every decision for some not so savory agenda. And they were always there – the distorted and fabricated prewar intelligence, the secretive N.S.A. Domestic Spying Program, the […]
Illinois leaders ponder what to do with governor By DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS Associated Press … It was unclear what incentive the governor had to give up his office. A resignation might make him appear guilty. The office also gives him a certain amount of clout, which can help him raise money for his […]
In my professional life as a psychotherapist – psychoanalyst – psychiatrist, I was exposed to a number of differing ideologies. But before that, I was a "hard" scientist – Mathematics, Internal Medicine, Immunology, Rheumatology. I kind of like ideologies – ways to think about things. But, they’re just ideas – formalized and dolled up with […]
What Fitzgerald Is Hiding in His Blagojevich Complaint By emptywheel December 10, 2008 Yesterday’s complaint against Blagojevich has … silences worthy of note. We know this, partly, because Patrick Fitzgerald tells us. He makes it clear that he has not included everything he’s got in this case, generally. Because this affidavit is submitted for the […]
A Very Raw Deal12.10.08 — 6:52P By David Kurtz It’s looking increasingly like Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., was truly uninvolved in Rod Blagojevich’s alleged Senate-seat-for-sale scheme, other than expressing the usual interest in getting the appointment. Most telling was the report from Jackson’s lawyer today that the feds called Jackson as Blagojevich was being arrested […]
When you put a piece of an article on a blog, you look for its "essence." Some articles are all "essence," like this one. I tried, but feel inadequate to the task. So, go read the original if you have any interest in knowing how the current financial crisis was created [yes, I said created]. […]
Officials Say Jackson Was ‘Candidate 5’ in Case By DAVID JOHNSTON December 10, 2008 Federal authorities on Wednesday identified Democratic Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois as the potential United States Senate candidate who was portrayed in court papers made public Tuesday as being the most deeply enmeshed in the alleged scheme by Gov. Rod […]
CHICAGO: Carl Sandburg (1916) HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders. They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. […]
It takes a while to take in the arrogance of Governor Rod Blagojevich. When I first skimmed the formal complaint, I think I felt a little numb. It reminded me of the first time I read the Nixon Tapes, it was so much more than I’d expected. I recurrently put it down, and came back […]
Jesse Jackson Jr. with Barack Obama Emil Jones talking to Barack Obama Right now, there’s someone in Chicago who is having a rough evening, known as Senate Candidate 5 in the formal complaint. Most blogger sleuths narrow it down to one of these two guys. Governor ROD BLAGOJEVICH was in the selling role, that part […]