ThinkFast: March 13, 2009
ThinkFast: March 13, 2009
In their much-anticipated face-off, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart told CNBC’s Jim Cramer, “I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it’s not a f**king game.” Lobbing a series of tough questions at Cramer, Stewart got increasingly upset over CNBC’s complicity in sheltering a financial industry built on lies and deceit. “Who are you responsible to? The people with the 401(k)’s or the guys on Wall Street?” Stewart asked. (Watch the videos here, here, and here.)
Two judges in California recently said that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to deny benefits to legally married same-sex couples. OPM has “instructed insurers not to provide the benefits,” citing the Defense of Marriage Act. President Obama — who promised to “fight hard” for the rights of same-sex couples — has not yet said whether he will side with OPM or the judges.
“Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is not ruling out running as a Democratic candidate in his reelection race in 2012,” The Hill reports. However, though Lieberman said being an “independent Democrat” gives him “options,” when asked whether he would be more likely to run as a Democrat in 2012, he replied, “I wouldn’t reach that conclusion.”
The Federal Reserve said yesterday that the “wealth of American families plunged nearly 18% in 2008,” a loss totaling $11 trillion. The bust follows an “extraordinary boom” which saw “household wealth more than [double] from 1990 to 2000, and then, after a pause, [rise] nearly 50% before the bust of 2008.”
According to the Wall Street Journal’s most recent forecasting survey, in a poll of 49 economists, “more than 40 percent of respondents thought a second large stimulus package is necessary to jump-start the economy.”
A new Government Accountability Office report released today says that “[f]raud and abuse helped boost Medicare spending on home health services 44% over five years as some providers exaggerated patients’ medical conditions and others billed for unnecessary services or care they did not provide.” In 2008, ‘Medicare spent about $16.5 billion on home care for the services reviewed by the GAO.”
Democratic lawmakers in Texas have “vowed to try to overturn” Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) decision to turn down $555 million or expanded unemployment benefits from the federal stimulus package. State senator Wendy Davis (D) said, “After declaring his unconscionable decision today…Gov. Perry will be resting comfortably tonight in a home paid for by Texas taxpayers.”
A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators “is nearing an agreement on the broad strokes of a health care reform bill.” After meeting for nine months behind closed doors, the group is “hammering out the finer points as they prepare to enter the drafting phase of the negotiations.” The talks have been held in parallel to negotiations with outside groups orchestrated by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA).
“The world is facing an increasing risk of ‘irreversible’ climate shifts because worst-case scenarios warned of two years ago are being realized,” according to a new report. The report, which came at the close of a three-day conference where nearly 2,000 researchers gathered to discuss climate change, calls on “policy-makers to use all tools available to reduce dangerous emissions of greenhouse gases.”
And finally: “With the world swirling about it, the House took a moment Thursday to honor pi, the Greek letter symbolizing that great constant in mathematics representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter,” reports Politico. “I’m kind of geeked up about it,” said Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA). Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) was a little less into it, saying, “We were never good at math in my family. I thought I was voting for p-i-e.”
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JON STEWART.
TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT.
“IT’S NOT A FCUKING GAME”.
Something I’ve been touting to anyone who asked for “stock advice” over the past 5 years.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:05 amStewart’s program — although difficult to watch because of Cramer’s squirming — should be packaged and delivered to every doorstep.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:05 amHooray for Jon Stewart! What an interview.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:07 amThe Federal Reserve said yesterday that the “wealth of American families plunged nearly 18% in 2008,
Gains seen on paper do not translate to ACTUAL wealth.
Same goes for the losses.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:07 amDid I miss any discussion of Jon Stewart on MSNBC or even NBC this morning? Could it be after the truthful and scathing interview of Cramer that the NBC families are going to ignore it? Do they honestly think that ignoring the truth is going to make it disappear?
March 13th, 2009 at 9:10 amI think that joLIE will wind up retiring from the Senate and go from parttime lobbyist for big PharMA to full time. I suspect that by the time 2012 rolls around, the opposition to him will be overwhelming.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:12 amI love Jon Stewert. He tells it like it is, and is so darn funny doing it. He nailed Cramer.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:14 amJohn Stewart has some cajones, eh?
It’s sad and telling when an “entertainer” asks the hard hitting questions, which are completely ignored by the paid journalists.
I truly believe that if the so called liberal media would have actually done their job and reported the errs of the WMD fiasco, Bush would not have served a second term, lives would have been saved, the thought of torture would not have been so damn complacent, and the economy would not be in the $hitter.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am(My opinion, of course)
Thank you Jon Stewart for showing those so called legitimate news people how their jobs should be done. President Obama should award you a medal.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:17 amGood morning, campers
TGIF
March 13th, 2009 at 9:25 amYou can say THAT again…
March 13th, 2009 at 9:27 amIn all fairness, I would vote for pie as well.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:29 amCramer literally got his ass handed to him last night.
He came out with his shirt sleeves rolled up like he was going to really be doing some hard work.
He left with his tail between his legs, completely pulverized.
As I noted yesterday, something’s drastically wrong with media when the best political & market analysis is on a COMEDY show.
Now I want to see Stewart pound doughboy Lindsay Graham…
March 13th, 2009 at 9:30 amGood morning, campers
TGIF
(just for you, deebaser)
March 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am:-)
Jon Stewart is an American hero but I have to at least give Jim Crammer some props for being willing to subject himself to that brutal tongue lashing. I suspect he had no choice because those video clips that Stewart had were devastating! I too noticed this morning that Morning Joe did not have much to say about the interview if anything (I came in late on the show this morning) Stewart is pointing out the duplicity in the Financial News reporting but what they do not understand is that is just one example of the overall failure of the media to do its job!! It is all about entertaining and selling panty hose and Viagra!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am“Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is not ruling out running as a Democratic candidate in his reelection race in 2012,”
He might as well go straight to Independent because he will lose in a primary if he runs as a Democrat. I think that Holy Joe should retire because I think there’s little chance the people of CT will send him back to the Senate.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:33 amIf anyone can watch the video, please do!
Pay attention to John’s facial expression and body language.
He’s truly concerned, and pissed off!
This is NOT an act, folks.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:35 amThis is NOT a conglomerate of talking points sanctioned by a political party.
This IS the way journalism should be!!!
The bust follows an “extraordinary boom” which saw “household wealth more than [double] from 1990 to 2000, and then, after a pause, [rise] nearly 50% before the bust of 2008.”
Those statistics must include the very rich along with the average Joe. Because the average Joe’s wealth didn’t double from 1990 to 2000. Most of that “wealth” was paper wealth, not real dollars and cents.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:35 amThanks Uncle Ho… I needed that.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:36 am=D
A new Government Accountability Office report released today says that “[f]raud and abuse helped boost Medicare spending on home health services 44% over five years as some providers exaggerated patients’ medical conditions and others billed for unnecessary services or care they did not provide.”
And Bush simply ignored the fraud. Why? Because it was his rich friends who were the ones who were committing the fraud. George Bush saw the federal treasury as a piggy bank for him and his friends to loot and they did an excellent job of it.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:37 amdeebaser says:
You are welcome.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:38 amAccording to the Wall Street Journal’s most recent forecasting survey, in a poll of 49 economists, “more than 40 percent of respondents thought a second large stimulus package is necessary to jump-start the economy.”
I would like to know the percentage who thought a second stimulus wouldn’t be needed and the percentage who just don’t know.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:39 amThis “secon stimulus” flap is moronic.
How about we FIRST get the FIRST stimulus out and ENSURE that it is allocated AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE (don’t let the (R)’s intentionally derail the recovery, as is their intention).
THEN how about enforcing a to-the-penny accountability of the TARP funds, and recovery/fines/jail time where need be.
JUST doing those two things will go a LOOOOONNNNG way to recovery. THEN a considering second package may be reasonable. Not that it cannot be discussed at this point, but it is folly to ignore those two items.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:45 amWhat about this?
CBS News’ Chip Reid was questioning Robert Gibbs about health care spending when he made this catty side:
“Democrats…also raising their ugly heads today.”
Is Reid planning to fill the seat of Jeff Gannon by inflicting his personal views on us and setting the policitcal arena with prejudice through outrageous questions?
March 13th, 2009 at 9:47 amStewart made mincemeat of Cramer, who was like a child called into the principal’s office. It was uncomfortable to watch, but Stewart was spot on with his assessment and criticism.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:50 amJon Stewart has been on fire all week…Must See TV indeed…
As for honoring pi: “I’m kind of geeked up about it,” said Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA). “Geeked” up about honoring a mathematical constant??? Thanks, Dr. Obvious…
March 13th, 2009 at 9:51 amDNFP Says:
The Federal Reserve said yesterday …
Gains seen on paper do not translate to ACTUAL wealth.
Same goes for the losses.
Yes, but in the minds of the consumer, where the ultimate reality lies, it really lies, when you think your house is worth twice what you paid for it three years ago, and have borrowed against that phantom equity…
March 13th, 2009 at 9:53 amLieberman said being an “independent Democrat” gives him “options,” when asked whether he would be more likely to run as a Democrat in 2012, he replied, “I wouldn’t reach that conclusion.”
Liebernam(I-Israel) will undoubtedly start his own Traitors for Israel First party, with Joe as the sole, and charter member.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:54 amMornin Uncle Ho! And a bigole TFMSIF to y’all too!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:55 amThe Pi celebration is actually tomorrow at 1:59 pm (you are more than welcome to celebrate at 1:59 am but in the interest of having more celebrate you can us the 12 hours clock and go withe the pm time slot).
March 13th, 2009 at 9:57 amWhen the media failed in its reporting on George Bush, the war, and the criminal activity of his administration, some of us were outraged and made our voices heard, only to be marginalized.
Now that it’s apparent the media has failed in its reporting on financial affairs, letting the liars lie, letting the deregulators remove safeguards, resulting in ordinary people losing retirement savings, educational savings, and their general financial well-being, perhaps the groundswell from the public will persuade the media to do their job as the fourth estate. If pocketbooks promote action….
I am not optimistic, however, when I see reporters like Chip Reid inserting his own bias into his reporting and getting away with it. SSDD.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:57 amJon Stewart deserves one of every Journalism award that exists. He was utterly brilliant this week!
Too bad we can’t get that from the MSM – ever. Then perhaps America would already have health care, gay marriage, and equality like the rest of the Westernized world…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:01 amDRxJ Says:
John Stewart has some cajones, eh?
It’s sad and telling when an “entertainer” asks the hard hitting questions, which are completely ignored by the paid journalists
The same happened in the presidential race when the gals on the View asked harder hitting questions than the MSM.
I think we really only have one true reporter left and that would be Sy Hirsch. If I was Hirsch, I would be hiring a body guard after his revelations about Cheney and his assassination squad. I forget who it was on Countdown last night that said “If Sy Hirsch says it, you need to pay attention because he is rarely wrong”. I think that Hirsch owes it to the US public to reveal this story now rather than waiting for his book to be published.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:05 amJon Stewart deserves one of every Journalism award that exists. He was utterly brilliant this week!
And people wondered what he would do with Bush off his decider role. There is plenty for Stewart to lampoon. I think that he can concentrate on more issues now that the Bush nightmare is over.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:06 amThanks for pointing out that corruption can affect Democrats as well as Repuglycans, watchpup.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:06 amGot anything of value to add to the Cramer humiliation?
And, yes, as sad as it is, like many on this thread have pointed out…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:08 amIt’s a damn sad day for the Fourth Estate when the real journalism has to be found on a comedy channel.
Geebutz Hornblower Kreist.
Former President of the United States commits treason
Go fetch.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:08 amYo! Watchpup, that Ayers news is from yesterday. When are the charging papers going to be filed?
March 13th, 2009 at 10:09 amWhat? The police union doesn’t have charging authority?
Oh.
Good dog! Wait a minute! That’s not my paper, that’s the neighbor’s trash! Bad dog, bad dog!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:09 amMarie Says:
I am not optimistic, however, when I see reporters like Chip Reid inserting his own bias into his reporting and getting away with it. SSDD.
I am very disappointed in Gibbs for letting Reid get away with it. He should have told him that what he said was inappropriate and gone on to the next reporter. Instead, Gibbs laughed like Reid had made a funny.
On the other hand, I doubt that Reid will be called on again for a long time. He pretty much slit his own throat.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:10 amPLC! **Snort**!~!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:10 amCleanup on aisle 35! TrollDroppings beginning to stink the place up! Stat! Cleanup on aisle 35!
March 13th, 2009 at 10:12 amDr. Hussein Matt Says
March 13th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I’ll give Cramer credit, at least he was willing to go into enemy territory to get his arse handed back to him.
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Which is more than Limbaugh would ever do.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:12 amRUCerious Says
March 13th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Cleanup on aisle 35! TrollDroppings beginning to stink the place up! Stat! Cleanup on aisle 35!
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Eh — they’re not even fresh ones. It’s like the troll isn’t even really trying today.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:14 amWanted: experienced dog trainer w/ patience, firm hand, strong stomach. Apply ThinkProgress.org Serious apps only.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:18 amPLC @#48 ~
Does TP have any sort of invisible fence??
March 13th, 2009 at 10:26 amwatchdog Says:
2 arrested in FBI raid at Obama appointee’s office
An employee of D.C.’s chief technology officer — appointed by Obama as federal chief information officer — has been arrested in a federal bribery sting
March 13th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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And the FBI has very clearly stated the Obama’s appointee was NOT THE TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION.
Good try though. No, really.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:26 amRUCerious, now that’s an interesting question. If TP does, indeed, have an invisible fence then perhaps these mutts are kept away from the general public, a good thing. Of course, maybe it needs to be rerouted so the mutts do not continue to leave droppings on all our threads. Perhaps a “think slow thread”?
March 13th, 2009 at 10:29 amAs many people have commented previously, it is sad when you can only get insightful commentary from a comedy show. The MSM as well as the financial “specialists” should hang their heads in shame for botching their reporting on the Wall Street meltdown. There are three possibilities as I see it. 1)They were somehow complicit or beholden to Wall Street interests. 2) They stuck their heads in the sand in the guise of wanting to remain “objective”. 3)They suck at their jobs.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:31 amThat was definitely the best Daily Show interview that I’ve seen in a long time… maybe ever.
Jon could have been more comedic and sarcastic, but apparently calculated the amount of attention this interview was attracting and instead used the opportunity to educate everyone watching in some form or another. It was simply brilliant!
livelongandprosper Says:
“The Pi celebration is actually tomorrow at 1:59 pm”
Why not start it at 3:14 and 15 sec?
March 13th, 2009 at 10:32 amPresident Obama’s message to Congress
“The actions and policies of the Government of Iran are contrary to the interests of the United States in the region and pose a continuing and unusual and extraordinary threat.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7941031.stm
March 13th, 2009 at 10:33 amRemember when ‘The Half Hour Comedy Hour’ thought they could rival The Daily Show?
I’m all the more impressed because Stewart’s demeanor of comedy host obscures the fact that his intellect packs a wallop.
Cramer appeared armed with conditional mea culpas that Stewart was having none of. Cramer’s own damning video left him without a leg to stand on or a refuge from which to claim the role of ‘behind-the-scenes-reformer.’
Cramer joins the sprawled detritus of former self-proclaimed ‘gladiators’ such as Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala; having been planted squarely on their @sses by a slight-build comedian armed with facts.
Something our vaunted fourth estate was/is incapable of.
Jon Stewart tells jokes; the MSM is one.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:37 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
I think we really only have one true reporter left and that would be Sy Hirsch.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:05 am
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I have to disagree with that. There are plenty of other good reporters and journalists out there who are doing some quality work – Greg Palast, Jeremy Scahill, Sam Stein, Amy Goodman, and Naomi Klein, to name a few. They’re just not in the mainstream.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am57. hussein toasterhead Says: I have to disagree with that. There are plenty of other good reporters and journalists out there who are doing some quality work – Greg Palast, Jeremy Scahill, Sam Stein, Amy Goodman, and Naomi Klein, to name a few. They’re just not in the mainstream.
Bill Moyers, Glenn Greenwald…
March 13th, 2009 at 10:40 amAccording to the Wall Street Journal’s most recent forecasting survey, in a poll of 49 economists, “more than 40 percent of respondents thought a second large stimulus package is necessary to jump-start the economy.”
Hell, we need a second large stimulus just to get something through to states with misguided self-righteous Republican governors.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:45 amMy german shepherd has almost no control over his back legs and he’s almost deaf, but he does his best to protect his family. It’s sad when a proud, noble beast deals with infirmity and loss of strength.
Our friend watchpup never went through the “proud, noble beast” phase, just the infirmity and irrelevance. That would be sad, if he weren’t so entertaining in his irrelevance.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:52 amHey, WatchedFrog: as you would know if you lived in the DC area (which I do), the story you’re posting about has nothing to do with the Obama administration, and has everything to do with the DC city government. Those of us in the area saw this story on last night’s news, yawned and said “DC government has corruption — yeah, let me know when there’s actual news there…”.
Nice job trying to connect it to Obama, however. But since the FBI and the news stations haven’t done so, I think you lose as usual…
March 13th, 2009 at 11:06 am666trolls Says:
livelongandprosper Says:
“The Pi celebration is actually tomorrow at 1:59 pm”
Why not start it at 3:14 and 15 sec?
Pi = 3.14159265……
The 3 is interpreted as March and 14 as the 14th day. That leaves 159265 so you could use hour 15 (3 pm) but that leaves 9265 seconds which is the next minute which is messy in mathematics. So, 159 is interpreted to be 1 pm and 59 seconds.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:32 amwatchdog Says:
Report: Police union accuses Ayers in deadly S.F. bombing
A San Francisco police union has accused former domestic terrorist William Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, and his wife in a 1970 bombing that killed one sergeant
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W/ no proof other than the word of one man who claimed to have been an FBI informant at the time – 39 years ago.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:39 amlivelongandprosper Says:
Pi = 3.14159265……
The 3 is interpreted as March and 14 as the 14th day. That leaves 159265 so you could use hour 15 (3 pm) but that leaves 9265 seconds which is the next minute which is messy in mathematics. So, 159 is interpreted to be 1 pm and 59 seconds.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:32 am
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Or you could look at the seconds as the fractions of a minute, and therefore .9265 of a minute is 55.59 seconds, thus making your pi celebration on 3/14 at 1:59:55.59
That’s what I’m gonna do…
March 13th, 2009 at 11:40 amThat’s what I’m gonna do…
I can’t wait that long, I’m too excited!
March 13th, 2009 at 11:43 amAshkenazi to focus on Iran in US visit
Iran will be the focus of talks IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi is to hold in Washington this weekend as he meets with top American military commanders regarding regional and global threats.
Ashkenazi, who left late Thursday night, will meet with National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones, a meeting Israeli officials said was of extreme importance due to the important role Jones plays in the Obama administration as far as setting policy vis á vis Israel and the Palestinians.
Ashkenazi will also hold intelligence consultations and will meet with Dennis Ross, who was recently appointed a special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Iran.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764175936&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
March 13th, 2009 at 11:57 amJust heard on the local Flagstaff NPR station ,KNAU/KPUB that the also local radio station KAFF pulled Rush off the air earlier this week for lack of sponsors. They had 200+ calls to put the blowhard back on the air so they complied , BUT , they have a put up or shut up call to the listeners that if they want Limpballs that bad they must step up and find paying local sponsors to pay for it.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:57 amFlagstaff is a very progressive town compared to the rest of Arizona so this might not be easy, at the very least this will produce a list of local business sponsors that we could avoid.
China’s Leader Says He Is ‘Worried’ Over U.S. Treasuries
Serious question: what happens if China decides to stop buying our debt, or slow its investment in our debt? I’m pretty rusty on my macro-economics.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:02 pmwags Says:
China’s Leader Says He Is ‘Worried’ Over U.S. Treasuries
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like we couldn’t see this coming… ouch…
March 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pmI don’t have cable, so I get no television. Is there an Ayers channel now? All Weathermen, All the time.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:23 pmIf you read the article, you’ll note the company involved has been doing business with the U.S. for about 5 years, and the Obama appointee – WHO IS NOT A TARGET OF THE STING – has been on the job one week.
The above post was an attempt at guilt by association, by posting incomplete and misleading facts.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:26 pmSenators slam plan for wounded vets to use private insurance
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html
March 13th, 2009 at 12:59 pmThat’s a horrible idea! Totally unacceptable! Beware the wrath of the DAV (Disabled American Veterans).
March 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pmI’m afraid we all did, but what happens?
March 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pmWhy is ThinkFast the only substantive/issues oriented post on TP? It used to have lots more each day. They seem to be mostly about people, reich wing nutjobs.
Nothing anywhere on the proposal for veterans to use private health insurance for their war injuries? If Bush were in office, that would be plastered on this site, with hundreds of excoriating comments. This is no defense of Chimpy McHitler (thanks to Jay Ambrose for that moniker). It’s just TP seems more toothless.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:30 pmThe problem is far bigger than Cramer
Glenn Greenwald: (read the rest too)
March 13th, 2009 at 3:31 pm“What he did and the excuses he offered are ones that are embraced as gospel to this day by most of our establishment press corps, and to know that this is true, just look at what they do and say about their roles.”
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
So old Liebermann wants to change again? If CT re-elects this clown again they deserves to suffer. Each time he does not get his way about something he stabs his current party in the back and changes to another. Now he wants to do it again?
He has no ideological underpinnings. He is what he is, as long as it is convenient and not a moment more. He has no courage of convictions that cannot be changed at a moments notice. He is as always, out for himself. He is not an Independent. He is a Republican. He has embraced Bush totally. He has supported everything including McCain. He will sell out anyone.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:57 pmU.S. Jet Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Iraq
March 12, 2009
An American fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it was flying over Iraq, U.S. military sources in Baghdad tell Danger Room.
Details of the previously-unreported shoot-down, which occurred last month, are still sketchy.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/us-jet-shoots-d.html
March 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pmInteresting that the Glenn Greewald column (on a complicit media) mentioned Saddam’s aluminum tubes. The piece on Iranian drones had the same feel to me.
Message to the public, be afraid, be compliant and let the boys in charge take care of things. Recall the fine job they’ve done, taking down retirement accounts and turning the U.S. into a buyer beware dice roll. It’s a calculated risk eating food, taking medicines, investing money (if any’s left), and listening to corrupt politicians.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:04 pmFor-profit healthcare money made it to key committee holders in the last election cycle. The same firms have a Kevin Bacon like connection to White House reformer Nancy-Ann DeParle:
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2009/03/sticky-fingered-politicians-tackle.html
March 13th, 2009 at 6:22 pm