I’m not going to watch any pundits talk about Obama’s speech because from my perspective, it was just perfect. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. I do want to comment of one aspect of his Economic Recovery Plan. From the Liberal side, some of the critics are up in arms that there’s no […]
A thoughtful man – Harold Meyerson… A Page From the Hoover Playbook Washington Post By Harold Meyerson January 7, 2009 As the nation navigates through the most perilous straits it has seen since the 1930s, policymakers are looking back to the ’30s to see which of the paths that Depression-era America embarked upon actually led […]
Liberals Push Back on Weak Stimulus Bill By: Stirling Newberry Firedoglake There’s one big problem with Obama’s stimulus bill: the numbers don’t work. Because of the excessive reliance on tax cutting up front, the bill forgoes over 200 billion dollars of GDP, and approximately 40 billion dollars of additional lost tax revenue. This means he’s […]
House renews probe of U.S. attorney firings By Lisa Mascaro The untold story of the firing of Nevada’s former U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden may yet be unraveled. The House on Tuesday voted to continue a lawsuit seeking testimony from the Bush administration about the politicizing of the Justice Department. As part of a routine package of […]
Palestinian woman stands up to Israeli troops …this video below is transfixing. About a minute and 15 seconds into the video you’ll see a young American woman walking up to an Israel soldier and pushing his gun away, while trying to logically talk him out of firing on Palestinian rock throwers. It’s absolutely fascinating to […]
Yoo and Bybee war memos revealed Marisa Taylor of McClatchy’s D.C. bureau reports: Former Justice Department attorneys John Yoo and Jay Bybee are known for their memos on torture, but little was known about their role in the lead-up to war with Iraq. Until now. A string of previously secret memos recently released to the […]
Like a lot of people here, I moved to this County eight years ago when I retired. I love the place, the people, and my life here after a long career in Atlanta. It feels like where I grew up [in East Tennessee]. It’s more than just the mountains and the beautiful scenery. It’s the […]
The only thing I did was wrong Stayed in the wilderness too long. Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on. The only thing we did was right Was the day we began to fight. Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on. Eyes on the Prize" adapted by Alice Wine I’m not sure revolutionaries […]
Op-Ed Contributors Restore the Senate’s Treaty Power By JOHN R. BOLTON and JOHN YOO Published: January 4, 2009 blah, blah, blah… So, here’s a New York Times op-ed by John Bolton and John Yoo warning about letting the President have too much power in Foreign Affairs. By John Bolton and John Yoo? Warning about the […]
The Little Bomblet for Turdblossom in the New Rules By: emptywheel Tuesday January 6, 2009 Kagro has been tracking the passage of the new House rules package over at his new digs. As he described earlier, John Conyers stuck something in the new rules that will allow the House Judiciary Committee to continue its lawsuit […]