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Tag Archives: President Obama
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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Reaction of a Sanctimonious Purist
In response to President Obama’s Tuesday hissy fit press conference: Mr. President, At the risk of going all sanctimonious and purist here, and not wanting to sound like an ungrateful pie-in-the-sky idealist who fails to recognize your greatness and the … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Congress, economy, Obama, Politics, Taxes
Tagged Bush tax cuts, capital gains, estate tax, President Obama, press conference, public option, purist, sanctimonious, supply side
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Shorter Frank Rich: ‘We’re Screwed’
This quote by Virginia Senator Jim Webb referenced in Frank Rich’s op-ed yesterday entitled, “Still the Best Congress Money Can Buy” says all we need to know about our broken, corrupt, two-party system: “Webb has pushed for a onetime windfall … Continue reading
A Milestone in Colossal Stupidity
Proving Santayana right, today marks a milestone in the Afghanistan quagmire. A milestone in colossal stupidity: “On Saturday Nov. 27, the United States and its allies will reach a grim milestone: they will have been in Afghanistan a day longer … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Obama, Obama administration, Pentagon, war on terror
Tagged 100 years, 1989, 2014, Afghanistan, Congress, exit strategy, General David Petraeus, Johnson, July 2011, milestone, NATO, Pentagon, Peter Galbraith, President Obama, quagmire, Soviet Union, surge, Vietnam, withdrawal
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Look in the Mirror, Democrats
If the election results go as expected tonight and Republicans take control of at least the House, the hand-wringing and ‘what happened?’ from the Democratic side of the aisle will commence shortly thereafter. In the search for someone or something … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Obama, Politics, Republicans
Tagged advisers, Afghanistan, assassination, Bush, civil liberties, Democrats, drone war, election, enthusiasm gap, health care reform, Larry Summers, Pakistan, President Obama, Robert Rubin, stimulus, Tim Geithner, war or terror, White House
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Obama Invokes “State Secrets” in Assassination Plot
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”—James Madison, often referred to as the father of that antiquated, outdated, document known as the Constitution of the United States, which … Continue reading
Posted in Bill of Rights, Constitution, Justice Department, Obama administration, torture, war on terror
Tagged ACLU, al Qaeda, American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, assassinate, Center for Constitutional Rights, Constitution, due process, George Bush, Glenn Greenwald, James Madison, Justice Department, President Obama, state secrets, tyranny. oppression
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Making Sense of the Tax Cut Extension Contradictions
A couple of things don’t make sense in this debate over letting the tax cuts for the top 2% expire. Don’t make sense on the surface, that is. Dig a little deeper and it becomes perfectly clear. Why is there … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, lobbyists, Obama, Politics, Republicans, special interests
Tagged Congress, corporate interests, deficit, Democrats, job creation, millionaires, organized labor, President Obama, Republicans, tax cuts, top 2%, unions
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What Hath 9/11 Wrought?
September 11, 2001 has been dubbed ‘The Day That Changed America’ and indeed it did. Indeed it did—and not for the better. It changed America from the land of the free and the home of the brave to the land … Continue reading
Posted in Bill of Rights, Constitution, Justice Department, Obama administration, terrorism, torture, war on terror
Tagged ACLU, Andrew Sullivan, Bush administration, Daily Dish, due process, equal justice, Executive Branch, habeas corpus, Judicial Branch, national security, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Obama administration, President Obama, rendition, rule of law, September 11, state secrets, The Day That Changed America, torture, war crimes
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Why Tim Geithner Opposes Elizabeth Warren as Head of the CFPB
Elizabeth Warren should be a no-brainer as President Obama’s choice to head the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She is a long-time advocate for the rights of consumers, the person most responsible for the Bureau’s inclusion in the recently-passed … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, economy, financial reform, financial regulation, Obama administration, Politics, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged bankers, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, Hank Paulson, Huffington Post, John Ralston, Larry Summers, President Obama, scheme, TARP, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street
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Obama and Axelrod’s Mixed Messages
To whom it may concern at the White House and the DNC: If you want to lose the House and possibly the Senate in November, if you want to increase the possibility of the 2 most dreaded words in the … Continue reading
