Tag Archives: This Week

Obama and Axelrod’s Mixed Messages

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

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 →

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Operation Enduring Insanity

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

CIA Director Leon Panetta appeared on ABC’s This Week yesterday, where he laid out some of the “problems” we face in Afghanistan along with our “fundamental purpose” there and what “winning” might look like. From Think Progress: Too bad most, … Continue reading →

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Self-Contradictory Sarah

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

Poor Sarah. She wakes up in a new world every day. Following White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s remarks on ABC’s This Week on Sunday that the sentiment Joe Barton expressed when he apologized to BP was… “…not a … Continue reading →

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A Crucial Week for Financial Reform

Posted on April 26, 2010 by

In what’s shaping up as a crucial week in the quest for financial reform there are some encouraging signs, some not so encouraging, and a demonstration by the executives at “the great vampire squid” (aka Goldman Sachs) give us an … Continue reading →

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Alan Greenspan and the “Everybody Missed It” Myth

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

On ABC’s This Week yesterday former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan once again pulled out the “nobody saw it coming” excuse for missing the conditions which led to the financial meltdown in 2008: “…the reason it was missed is we have … Continue reading →

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Why Is This Man Not Facing a War Crimes Tribunal?

Posted on February 16, 2010 by

Every time I see former Vice-President Dick Cheney interviewed on any news program, national or otherwise, I think to myself, ‘Why is this man here and not facing a war crimes tribunal?’ Cheney made a remark during an interview with … Continue reading →

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