ThinkFast: May 8, 2009
ThinkFast: May 8, 2009
New employment data from the Labor Department released this morning shows that employers shed 539,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent. Economists had anticipated a drop of 600,000 jobs.
For the first time, Afghanistan war funding will surpass the outlay for Iraq in next year’s proposed defense budget, “demonstrating a shift in priorities that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates seeks to execute.” War funds for the fiscal 2010 budget request “includes $65 billion for Afghanistan operations and $61 billion for Iraq. For 2009, $87 billion was requested for Iraq and $47 billion for Afghanistan.”
Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday that getting Dawn Johnsen confirmed to head the Office of Legal Counsel is “probably my top priority.” At a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing, Holder said the office requires the “solidity and continuity” of a Senate-confirmed assistant attorney general.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) announced that he won’t run for Senate. “[M]y desire and intention is to help my party craft solutions that both sides of the aisle can embrace,” he said. “My hope is to raise the level of civility in public debate and raise the bar on outcomes that serve our citizens fully, fairly and equally.”
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has backed out of plans to attend the White House Correspondents’ annual dinner on Saturday, to which she was invited as a guest of Fox News. Due to “a state of emergency because of record flooding in Eagle, Alaska,” Palin will be unable to make the trip to DC, and has also had to pull out of co-hosting a dinner in Virginia for the Republican Governors Association.
The Congressional Black Caucus is “launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members,” Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), to replaced Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday that “Pakistan would launch a full-scale offensive against Pakistani Taliban guerrillas who’ve seized control of the vast Swat valley.” He said the government had tried peaceful negotiation but the strategy failed. Pakistan will no longer “bow our heads before the terrorists,” Gilani said in a TV address to the nation.
In his FY2010 budget, President Obama boosted his commitment to immigration enforcement, calling “for extra money to build an employee-verification system and to pay for more personnel and equipment to patrol the border.” “If the American people don’t feel like you can secure the borders,” he said last week, “then it’s hard to strike a deal that would get people out of the shadows.”
FEMA will be taking away the temporary housing they provided to Louisiana residents after Hurricane Katrina at the end of May despite the fact that many residents have just received money to rebuild in the last six months or “are struggling with inadequate grants or no money at all.”
And finally: Project Runway’s Tim Gunn was on Capitol Hill earlier this week making it work. Gunn met with Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), telling the congressman, “You look great!” Smith then “lined up his staff” and had Gunn critique their outfits. One female staffer was “complimented on her grey skirt and sweater paired with a light brown belt. Gunn said, ‘This outfit is all about the belt and it works.’” A male staffer fared less well, however, when he was “was scolded and told to buy a properly fitting suit jacket.”
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“…the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.”
Is this the latest official GOP talking point? Any old lie will do, I guess.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:10 am“Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) announced that he won’t run for Senate. “[M]y desire and intention is to help my party craft solutions that both sides of the aisle can embrace,” he said. “My hope is to raise the level of civility in public debate and raise the bar on outcomes that serve our citizens fully, fairly and equally.”
That doesn’t sound like the Republican party – better check with Rush to get your talking points correct, Tom.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:12 amYes, Fuzzwald. I, too, noticed that CFP gave no evidence. It is easy to make pronouncements about what we’ll be able to see ‘in a few months’.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:12 amEven as we speak, the Heritage Foundation is preparing the report which proves that the whole econmic implosion was Bill Clitnon’s fault.
Credit for the recovery (if any) will go to Ronald “Death Squad” Reagan.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:12 amIf continuing to shed jobs at a rate of half a million a month, one car company in bankruptcy and a second on the edge is recovery, I’d hate to think what people like CFP think getting worse looks like.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:15 amThe president’s proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits Program from $110 million to $60 million
Because it’s over-funded, i.e., they never spend the amount allocated, which leaves unused funds which could be spent elsewhere..
DIPSHIT.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:19 amFormer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) announced that he won’t run for Senate.
Of course the fact that Ridge is currently a resident of Maryland probably didn’t help his chances here in PA.
PEACE
May 8th, 2009 at 9:23 amRead at All spin Zone this morning joe the not plummer is leaving the grand old perverts party..Think it was a quote from the Times mag. article or maybe just a funny rumor..Not enough coffee this morning…Happy postings youngsters….Blessings
May 8th, 2009 at 9:26 am“current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008″
Which, according to the GOP, was caused by Obama being elected in late 2008, even though they themselves went into November 08 insisting that McCain would win in a landslide.
“that the recovery began in November or December of 2008″
But this couldn’t possibly have been caused by people anticipating the policies that Obama would enact in early 2009.
Gosh, the GOP’s talking points are so incoherent, you’d think their party was being run by a drug addict and a mentally retarded woman!
May 8th, 2009 at 9:29 amConservativeForProgress Says: Just as it took time for economists to look back and determine that the current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008, they will be able to look back in a few months and see that the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.
Prove it. Yeah, we know that you cannot. Your political affiliation relies on faith, not evidene, logic or even an ounce of common sense…
May 8th, 2009 at 9:31 amCfP, since there’s a strong psychological component in the financial markets, it’s quite legitimate to say that the recovery could well have started in November 2008; i.e., with the election of Barack Obama. Much as a company’s stock will rise upon the appointment of a new CEO long before any of his or her reforms go into effect. Simply knowing that there’s somebody competent who will actually make much needed changes will improve company’s credit rating, cash flow and fiscal health.
That’s also why a stock will actually go down on the release off a positive earnings report. It’s “Buy on the rumor, sell on the news.”
Consumer spending may well have gone up before the stimulus money got even allocated, because a whole bunch of people may have concluded that we’re not going over the cliff after all, that we have a competent hand on the steering wheel. So the money (possibly for needed things) got spent as people moved bit out of free-fall disaster mode.
This does not mean that promises are all you need to boost the economy. If the investment is not made, things crash worse than before.
People make money in the financial markets by anticipating trends. And the boost in the markets, and in the economy, that future actions will have good effects is not an indication that those future actions don’t have to be taken.
Fool me once…
May 8th, 2009 at 9:31 amCFP are you suggesting that Johnny McCain saved the economy when he suspended his campaign and rode into Washington on his white horse with both guns a blazing? You are pathetic with your mental contortions.
“All this rash of spending will do is slow the recovery …”
I see you are no student of history either. It was by slowing spending during the early stages of recovery after the Great Depression in order to placate the GOP that caused the slowdown of recovery. Most economists agree that if spending levels had remained where they were, recovery would have been substantially quicker.
It’s pretty funny when you blame Obama for overspending and in the next breath you blame Obama for cutting spending. A fool to the very end CFP. Don’t ever stop being you!
May 8th, 2009 at 9:37 amNew employment data from the Labor Department released this morning shows that employers shed 539,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent. Economists had anticipated a drop of 600,000 jobs.
In Bushspeak that is a gain of 61,000 jobs :)~
May 8th, 2009 at 9:38 amAttorney General Eric Holder said yesterday that getting Dawn Johnsen confirmed to head the Office of Legal Counsel is “probably my top priority.”
I hope it ranks that high because it is a key step in the road to torture prosecutions. If not, he is misguided.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:42 amIsn’t it cute when people like CFP pretend to understand economics?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:42 amWitch1 Says: Read at All spin Zone this morning joe the not plummer is leaving the grand old perverts party..
I saw that too at Huffington Post. They quoted Time Magazine as the source of the quote that Joe was leaving the GOP for spending too much money. I laughed at that, since it isn’t exactly news that Reagan and the Bushes drove up the deficit… I’d like to think he’s about to shut up, but I doubt it… I think he’s going to start his own ‘think’ tank LOL
May 8th, 2009 at 9:42 amFormer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) announced that he won’t run for Senate. “[M]y desire and intention is to help my party craft solutions that both sides of the aisle can embrace,” he said. “My hope is to raise the level of civility in public debate and raise the bar on outcomes that serve our citizens fully, fairly and equally.”
Watered down: I couldn’t win.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:43 amFox invites Palin as their guest to DC?
I’m trying to figure how a “legitimate” news organization would explain such a choice as not being deliberately provocative?
I’m trying to picture Cronkite inviting McGovern to travel with him to Nixon’s White House.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:43 amConservativeForProgress Says: Just as it took time for economists to look back and determine that the current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008, they will be able to look back in a few months and see that the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.
Interesting, bush cured Obama’s resession.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:43 amhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604419092515347.html
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has backed out of plans to attend the White House Correspondents’ annual dinner on Saturday, to which she was invited as a guest of Fox News. Due to “a state of emergency because of record flooding in Eagle, Alaska,”
And her approval numbers are in the sh*tter.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:44 amThe Congressional Black Caucus is “launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members,” Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), to replaced Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court.
Can you say filibuster?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:46 amBobwurst Says:
ConservativeForProgress Says: Just as it took time for economists to look back and determine that the current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008, they will be able to look back in a few months and see that the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.
Interesting, bush cured Obama’s resession.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604419092515347.html
Funny, but I don’t remember the geniuses at the WSJ predicting the recession a year or two back; why should anyone pay attention to their predictions or interpretations now?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:47 amExit Stage Left Says:
The Congressional Black Caucus is “launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members,” Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), to replaced Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court.
Can you say filibuster?
I just want the president to appoint someone who is: liberal, intelligent, thoughtful and YOUNG. Have someone who isn’t a rich white boy would be nice.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:49 amThe Congressional Black Caucus is “launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members,” Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), to replaced Justice David Souter’s seat on the Supreme Court.
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A long shot, at best. How often does a member of Congress get appointed to the Supreme Court? Especially one with no judicial bench experience, no matter how brilliant a legal mind he has? Regardless of gender or race?
Reading about Bobby Scott in the linked article (I confess I knew nothing about him before), I admit I liked what I read. He probably does have a brilliant legal mind, and he has a reputation for fairness and knowledge of constitutional law. He appears to possess many of the characteristics I’d like to see in a Supreme, if what I read is true.
But without any experience as a judge, and as a black man promoted by the Congressional Black Caucus, he would be seen as another Harriet Miers, which would trash his political career unfairly if he was appointed. Does Conyers really want to sacrifice him on that altar?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:49 amBack at ya Unbelievable and Good Morning to ya as well….Guess it must be true…LOL…..Blessings
May 8th, 2009 at 9:50 amFrom your article, CfP:
Although this time you actually cited a source, your own source refutes your accusation.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:50 amCan we please stop the FCKING spams???
May 8th, 2009 at 9:51 amConservativeForProgress Says: “Just as it took time for economists to look back and determine that the current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008, they will be able to look back in a few months and see that the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.”
Would these be the same “economists” that denied we were in recession prior to that time?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:54 amRantingTommy Says:
Isn’t it cute when people like CFP pretend to understand economics?
Yes. And it’s even cuter when he uses hypotheticals for his argument.
Here’s mine:
May 8th, 2009 at 9:56 amIf Al Gore had rightully been sworn in as POTUS, out country would be safer and more economically sound.
Weeeeeeeeeeee.
Aren’t hypotheticals fun!
ConservativeForProgress Says: Or do we have to try to find a handicapped, black, hispanic, lesbian, woman first, and worry about qualfications only as an afterthought?
Had your party taken your advice, we wouldn’t have to find someone to represent other Americans besides rich, white, old men… Which, by the way, are declining in population.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:57 amgummble-bee-itch Says:
I just want the president to appoint someone who is: liberal, intelligent, thoughtful and YOUNG. Have someone who isn’t a rich white boy would be nice.
I couldn’t agree with you more :)
May 8th, 2009 at 9:59 amSpammer from the Privacy Center flagged. This person or group was a constant a few months ago. Surprised they showed back up (different names of course this time).
May 8th, 2009 at 10:00 amConservativeForProgress Says:
Who is going to pay for the $26 billion in energy industry tax breaks that Obama just rescinded? Yep, that’s right. The consumer…
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Of course, it would be nice if you had ANY PROOF that the energy industry had been passing that $26BB along to “the consumer” in the first place, as opposed to, oh, I don’t know, channeling right into its own pockets all along…
May 8th, 2009 at 10:00 amCfp,
It could indeed–if you want to try to make the case that a)Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch and AIG all went bankrupt because of the mere possibility of Barack Obama getting into the White House. There actually might be something to that, if these folks were scared to death of an administration investigating their criminal fraud…
Of course, to do that, you have to assume that Obama’s election was a foregone conclusion and that the financial markets saw clearly that John McCain had zero chance of winning the election.
That’s getting cause and effect mixed up, of course–Obama’s lead widened because of the financial collapse–but your scenario has its fun side, namely that the recession is really Sarah Palin’s fault!
May 8th, 2009 at 10:00 amwinddancer Says:
Spammer from the Privacy Center flagged.
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Yeah… I been flaggin’ ‘em too…
May 8th, 2009 at 10:01 amDRxJapanese Beetle Says:
RantingTommy Says:
Isn’t it cute when people like CFP pretend to understand economics?
Yes. And it’s even cuter when he uses hypotheticals for his argument.
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Yeah… noticed that too… ever so meaningful, huh?
May 8th, 2009 at 10:02 amConservativeForRegress Says: Or do we have to try to find a handicapped, black, hispanic, lesbian, woman first, and worry about qualfications only as an afterthought?
Bold words above is kinda redundant, dontcha think?
Unless I’m confused, and there are lesbian men out there.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:03 am(Wait, I absolutely adore women. Does that make me a lesbian?)
ConservativeForRegress Says: “Or do we have to try to find a handicapped, black…”
Clarence “cokecan” thomas already has that population covered.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:06 amMy hope is President Obama find’s a nominee that is strong on the constitution and all our right’s…My choice which is a pipe dream would be Kucinich…Know that would never happen for many reasons but I would hope..
About when the recession happened, in my little real world it happened around 2006..The powers that be and the scewed press is alway’s a year or more behind what is going on for we the little people….Blessings
May 8th, 2009 at 10:06 amConservativeForProgress Says
May 8th, 2009 at 9:06 am
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“Just as it took time for economists to look back and determine that the current recession started in late 2007 or early 2008…”
– So now you’re admitting the current recession started well over a year ago? It seems to me that many of us were feeling the recession back then, but conservatives and “their” economists were vehemently denying it. Phil Gramm even went so far to label it a “mental recession” and called us a “nation of whiners”.
“…they will be able to look back in a few months and see that the recovery began in November or December of 2008, before any of the Obama spending spree went into effect.
– It depends on how you define “recovery”. That term is ambiguous enough that it pretty much allows you to move the goalposts wherever they’re most advantageous to your agenda — even if you move them completely off the field. And of course you add to the ambiguity by your pronouncement of “a few months”. Yes, the election of Barack Obama sowed seeds of confidence and our recovery could very well be traced back to that. But most of us don’t see “recovery” when the seeds are planted, we see it when the crop is being harvested.
“All this rash of spending will do is slow the recovery and lead to the next recession as our children and grandchildren struggle to pay off this massive debt.”
May 8th, 2009 at 10:08 am– So now you’re a born-again debt concern evangelist? We’ve been screaming about the skyrocketing national debt for years. Where were you? Look — we don’t like massive spending any more than you do. Unfortunately, it’s the only way out of the mess the last administration got us into. At least we console ourselves with the knowledge that this spending is an investment in ourselves, with some hope of return. As opposed to Bush’s spending, which all went into various black holes of war, no-bid contracts to friends who spent money like it was water, and fat-cat corporations who socked it away in off-shore accounts — offering no return.
DRxJapanese Beetle Says:
Unless I’m confused, and there are lesbian men out there.
(Wait, I absolutely adore women. Does that make me a lesbian?)
If so, then I am one too. Hmmmmm. Perhaps my gay daughter caught it from me.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:10 amRantingTommy Says:
Isn’t it cute when people like CFP pretend to understand economics?
Yes. And it’s even cuter when he uses hypotheticals for his argument.
Here’s mine:
If Al Gore had rightully been sworn in as POTUS, out country would be safer and more economically sound.
Weeeeeeeeeeee.
Aren’t hypotheticals fun!
Can i play? Suppose George senior had decided to do the right thing back in WWII when his plane was shot down and stayed at the controls to let his crew bail out first and save them rather than jumping at the first sign of a problem like he did. He would have died, junior would never have been born, and the children of his crew would have gone on to cure cancer, solve homelessness, and beat up rush in grade school so bad he would have lost the ability to talk.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:10 amBobwurst Says:
Can i play? Suppose George senior had decided to do the right thing back in WWII when his plane was shot down and stayed at the controls to let his crew bail out first and save them rather than jumping at the first sign of a problem like he did. He would have died, junior would never have been born, and the children of his crew would have gone on to cure cancer, solve homelessness, and beat up rush in grade school so bad he would have lost the ability to talk.
OMG that is frickin hilarious. This game is fun!!
May 8th, 2009 at 10:15 amTom Ridge: “I want to raise the level of civility to CODE RED!”
May 8th, 2009 at 10:18 amAww, poor little CFP got his feelings hurt when the truth about Bush’s Daddy’s cowardice was mentioned.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:21 amCFP might spin out of control if we mention Bush’s Grandpappy’s financing of the Hitler war machine.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:27 amConservativeForRegress, you do realize that the Bush Sr scenario was a “hypothetical” and not an argument for debate?
Kind of like your economy post (crap) from #1.
You get it now?
May 8th, 2009 at 10:31 amConservativeForProgress Says:
ESL: George Bush, Sr. was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in action, so you can shove your poor effort to re-write history.
Actually that was me, and I’m sure you were equally outraged when your party was giggingly belittling John Kerry’s war record.
And here’s a link for you CFP: http://www.usvetdsp.com/h_bush_shoot%20down.htm
read it and whine…
May 8th, 2009 at 10:33 amDRxJapanese Beetle Says:
ConservativeForRegress, you do realize that the Bush Sr scenario was a “hypothetical” and not an argument for debate?
Kind of like your economy post (crap) from #1.
You get it now?
given that I posted a link with supporting evidence, my scenario has more to back it up than CFP’s.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:35 amConservativeForProgress Says:
Who is going to pay for the $26 billion in energy industry tax breaks that Obama just rescinded?
May 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am
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Do kindly explain why companies making multibillion-dollar profits need tax breaks to stay competitive. The energy companies have been getting a free ride for far too long. It’s time they paid their fair share of taxes.
And there’s no guarantee that they’ll pass along these costs to their customers. Sure, some companies might raise their prices, but others may not, which will encourage price competition until they reach a new equilibrium.
See, that’s how the free market works. Or do you prefer the socialism of corporate welfare?
May 8th, 2009 at 10:46 amCFP thinks that we are concerned about the possibility that Pelosi was aware of the Bush Torture Program. I’m sure I speak for many regulars here when I say that if it is proven that she was involved and had the legal authority to expose the program then let her face the music. However it it is proven that the Bush WH used blackmail to obtain her cooperation (like Harman) then it gets a bit sticky. This would explain her rise to Speaker and her insistence that impeachment be off the table.
Jonathan Turley:
May 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am“What is so striking is how easy the (previous) White House has set up these experienced members. The White House knew that the domestic surveillance program and torture were crimes. It, therefore, sought to bring in top democrats to invest them personally in keeping the matter secret.”
ConservativeForProgress Says:
Not sure, but I suppose there are post-op transexuals who still like women.
I used to know one, in fact. The belief that you’re really a woman in the wrong body has little or nothing to do with who you want to screw.
May 8th, 2009 at 10:53 amHow about this CFP? I notice you’re not responding to my point about your “outrage” over the smearing of John Kerry’s war record…
May 8th, 2009 at 11:02 amhttp://www.tarpley.net/bush6.htm
Y’all give too much credit to CFP.
All he has to do is look at a graph of the Dow or S&P500 for the last 10 years. It was level as Clinton left office. It started dropping a couple of months into Bush (long before 9/11 BTW). By early last year, it had almost regained what it lost under Bush, but then started falling and fell precipitously in the late summer of last year.
When Obama came in office, it was falling, but the fall seems to have bottomed a few months after Obama was in office (after he put in various payments).
The other thing that is really interesting is to look at the recent 2-term presidents (Clinton, Reagan, Bush) and see how the market did under their presidency.
Reagan – 1st term was so, so, but then picked up and did well for the 8 years.
Clinton – did well both terms.
Bush – left office with market 20% down from when he took office. All the time saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong.
But of course, if we don’t teach our children to think and to review data, they’ll just parrot what they hear – kind of like CFP
May 8th, 2009 at 11:57 amunbelievable Says:
“I’d like to think he’s about to shut up, but I doubt it… I think he’s going to start his own ‘think’ tank”
Joe-the-Plumber’s Septic Tank?
May 8th, 2009 at 12:09 pmCFP – That’s quite a snarl of logic you’ve trotted out this morning.
Too bad it’s all invalid. D- work, even for LOG101.
Hope it made you feel better, though.
Grieving is a long, tough process, but you’ll make it through someday.
May 8th, 2009 at 12:25 pmBlame for the economy goes to Clinton, BushCo and many others in and out of public office. Clinton signed the deregulation act in 1999. However, BushCo, didn’t do anything about this. Remember the term “jobless recovery?” This was really a credit-enhanced debt-orgy recovery based on fake paper gains.
I blame the corporate Cronyism for this mess along with asleep-at-the-wheel government since 1999. I hope Obama can stop it before we are totally screwed.
It was all a perfect storm – and here we are fighting about it when it wasn’t YOU AND I to begin with.
I charge you to read this book ConservativeForProgress:
May 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pmPoliticians – Owned and Operated by Corporate America
“Favorite”
May 8th, 2009 at 1:12 pmSince when? Are you just looking for a reaction becuse this sure is weak bait…
Things that make you go hmmmm.
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May 8th, 2009 at 1:13 pmHow about things that make you go ouch? Get out of here before I hurt you and take Mr Dutch Harbor Borgen with you…
Would you like me to pay your share?
May 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pmJust as a 2″ by 4″ hasn’t really been one in 60some years so to our measurement of the unemployed isn’t, by consensus, really 8.9%. Its closer to 12% and rising but who will tell the people. Neither party, that’s who. Joe&Mary Lunchpail have fortunately already convicted Bush&Co and Congress of being incredibly careless and stupid about Iraq: they’re letting Holder off easy so Dems fix this sick economy. Tom Ridge is really saying I can’t beat Toomey. Sarah Palin has become the Republican version of Rosanne Barr. The CBB already got a bunch, so sorry, the Hispanic Caucus gets theirs albeit in a conservative business suit and sensible shoes. Pakistan is a mess but the Swat Valley is in the hood and the Pashtuns are the wrong side of the tracks, politically. New Orleans continues to be the flagship for American hypocrisy and b.s. Project Runway should of said ” I didn’t know mannequins could run for Congress.”
May 8th, 2009 at 3:10 pmBecause we all know a couple of years of Obama-nomics inflation will soar to heights never seen before.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pm—-
I don’t know that and I think it is ridiculous to make such statements. Besides I am a minimalist and see no need to accumulate more than just what I need. I am not ruled by a wallet. It must suck to be those that are.
“Because we all know a couple of years of Obama-nomics inflation will soar to heights never seen before.”
It was the Fed that began lending out credit at 1900% its previous rate… while Bush was still in office.
Will you guys ever be honest about your phuck-ups? (rhetorical question, don’t worry)
May 8th, 2009 at 4:41 pmFriday afternoon news story, a tool Bush used extensively:
Obama Administration Maintains Bush-Era Policy on Polar Bears
The Obama Administration has decided to keep a Bush-era policy on polar bears — declining to crack down on greenhouse-gas polluters on the grounds that their emissions are helping shrink the bears’ habitat on Arctic sea ice, officials announced today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050802103.html?hpid=topnews
May 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pmObama Set to Revive Military Commissions
The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that would offer terrorism suspects greater legal protections, government officials said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050804228.html?hpid=topnews
May 9th, 2009 at 1:14 amOther TP posts on polar bears:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/administration-polar-bear-threatened-by-global-warming-but-arctic-drilling-can-continue/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/17/kempthorne-beck/
Obama kept the Bush plan in place.
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