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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Obama Administration Pot Calls Out Pakistani Kettle
From the Department of Blatant Hypocrisy, Do As I Say, Not As I Do Division: “The Obama administration is expressing alarm over reports that thousands of political separatists and captured Taliban insurgents have disappeared into the hands of Pakistan’s police … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Bill of Rights, drone strikes, Justice Department, Obama, Obama administration, Pakistan, torture, war on terror
Tagged al Qaeda, Bill of Rights, Bush administration, CIA, Department of Justice, drones, due process, extrajudicial killings, Gitmo, human rights, hypocrisy, indefinite detention, look forward not back, Obama administration, Pakistan, Poland, Taliban, torture investigation, treaties, war on terror
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Forecast for the Obama “Compromise”: “Weak Growth, Little Decline in Unemployment”
Dean Baker writes at The Guardian: “The enthusiasm of the US business press for the compromise tax package worked out by President Obama and Republicans in Congress led to a mini-euphoria of upbeat economic projections for 2011. While the economy … Continue reading
Posted in budget, economy, Obama, Obama administration, Taxes, Unemployment
Tagged compromise, Dean Baker, GDP, guardian, Obama, stimulus, tax cuts, unemployment
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Deficit Peacocks, Debt Ceilings, and Indefinite Detention
In a January 20 article at the Center for American Progress, Michael Linden differentiated between those who are serious about addressing our fiscal problems–the deficit hawks–from those who posture and preen about it—the deficit peacocks. Here’s how he defines a … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, Constitution, economy, financial regulation, health care, Obama, Obama administration, Politics, Taxes, Unemployment, war on terror
Tagged Center for American Progress, Continuing Resolution, deficit commission, deficit peacocks, executive order, Ezra Klein, financial regulation, Guantanamo, health care reform, indefinite detention, Mark Warner, Michael Linden, Obama administration, Saxby Chambliss, tax cut extension, unemployment benefits
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A “Good Deal” For Who?
Now that President Obama’s “good deal” has been signed, sealed, and delivered thanks to the warm and fuzzy “spirit of compromise” floating around D.C. this holiday season, let’s take a look at who got goodies in their Christmas stocking and … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, economy, Obama, Politics, Taxes, Unemployment
Tagged 99ers, compromise, DADT, Dave Dayen, debt ceiling limit, Firedoglake, good deal, government funding, hostage, Huffington Post, letter, Lucy and the football, omnibus spending bill, President Obama, Reid, Senate Republicans, START, TANF, tax cuts, working poor
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Six of One, Half Dozen of Another
This concludes another chapter in the ongoing saga of “It Doesn’t Matter Who You Vote For, You Get the Same Thing.” When all the smoke has been blown, and all the posturing and pontificating is done, this is what we … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, economy, Politics, Social Security, Taxes, Unemployment
Tagged 99ers, debt ceiling, Huffington Post, Jamie Dimon, legislative extortion, Majority Leader Reid, Medicare, pay the ransom, Sen. Franken, Sherrod Brown, Social Security, tremendous accomplishment, working poor
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Senate Caves, House Soon to Follow
The Senate voted 83-15 yesterday to invoke cloture on President Obama’s sell-out compromise on the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2%. Nine Democrats and Bernie Sanders voted “no.” The nine were: Jeff Bingaman (NM), Sherrod Brown … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, Democrats, economy, Obama, Taxes
Tagged alternative energy, Bush tax cuts, China, cloture vote, compromise, create jobs, dog and pony show, House, infrastructure, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mary Landrieu, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Republicans, Senate, starve the beast
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President Obama to Meet With Corporate CEOs
*Sigh* “President Obama will host a roundtable with about 20 corporate chiefs on Wednesday, according to the White House, part of an attempt to ease strained relations with business. Expected for the session at the Blair House, across the street … Continue reading
Posted in budget, economy, Foreclosures, Obama, Politics, Social Security, special interests, Unemployment
Tagged 99ers, Bernanke, Camden, COLA, corporate chiefs, firefighters, foreclosure fraud, gasoline, Geithner, home heating oil, laid off, legal aid, police, President Obama, quantitative easing, roundtable, Social Security
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They’re Coming After Social Security
And it’s a bi-partisan effort: “Both Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the incoming chairman of the House Budget Committee, signaled that they’re preparing budgets that would seek cuts to … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, economy, Politics, Social Security, Taxes
Tagged fiscal commission, Kent Conrad, mandatory spending, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Social Security
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Senator Sanders on the Class War
Just one small segment of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ marathon speech on the floor of the Senate yesterday, dealing with the class war and the winners and losers in that war: “…in the year 2007, the top 1 percent of all … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Clinton, Congress, economy, Financial Crisis, Obama, Politics, special interests, Taxes, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Chamber of Commerce, Charles Ferguson, Citigroup, class war, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, derivatives, free trade, George Carlin, Glass-Steagall, Inside Job, Jacob Lew, Mitch McConnell, NAFTA, oligarchs, OMB, Peter Orszag, pork, President Clinton, President Obama, Senate, South Korea, speech, too big to fail
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Today on Let’s Make a Deal
The latest on “The Deal”: President Obama at Tuesday’s press conference: [I]t’s a big, diverse country, and people have a lot of complicated positions, it means that in order to get stuff done we’re gonna compromise…This country was founded on … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, economy, Obama, Politics, Taxes
Tagged Bob Corker, compromise, Don't Ask Don't Tell, double dip recession, House Democrats, Lamar Alexander, Larry Summers, payroll tax holiday, President Obama, press conference, Social Security, Susan Collins, take it or leave it, Vice President Biden
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