ThinkFast: June 5, 2009
ThinkFast: June 5, 2009
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) attacked the Obama administration for wanting to “control the people.” Palin, who has rejected stimulus funds for her state, said in a speech on Wednesday that the administration is enacting fiscal policies that “fly in the face of principles” and “defy Economics 101.”
The U.S. economy lost 345,000 jobs in May, according to government figures released today. The numbers showed “a sharp slowing in the pace of job losses that fueled hopes that the economy was on its way toward a recovery.” The unemployment rate is now at 9.4 percent, “its highest point in a quarter-century.”
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) yesterday said the Senate would be adding immigration reform to its 2009 agenda. “As far as I’m concerned we have three major issues we have to do this year, if at all possible: No. 1 is healthcare; No. 2 is energy, global warming; No. 3 is immigration reform,” said Reid.
The Hill reports that several Republican lawmakers revealed “some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects.” Congressional Democrats accused them of “publicly discussing classified information” after they conducted on-the-record interviews about the closed hearing where they claimed the Bush administration’s torture program had been effective.
A new Pew Research Center poll has found that “Americans who have learned at least a little about Judge Sonia Sotomayor are more likely to offer traits or aspects they like about” her “than things they do not like.” Forty-five percent said they found something to like about Sotomayor, such as her background or experience, while 26 percent said they had learned something about her that they dislike.
Yesterday, federal authorities charged a man with making threats against President Obama for allegedly telling bank employees that he is “on a mission” to kill the president. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Daniel James Murray, and the Secret Service are trying to locate him in Utah.
As banks are “quietly savoring” their defeat of bankruptcy legislation that “would have given judges the power to lower the amount owed on a home loan,” the New York Times reports that the financial industry has “a far stronger hand to play” in coming legislative battles than it may appear. The cornerstone of the industry’s strategy is its efforts to divide Democrats while investing heavily in lobbying.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised President Obama’s speech in Cairo, calling it an “ideal basis” to pursue peace efforts in the Middle East. Obama also said Friday that “he was dispatching his top Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, to the region next week to follow up on issues raised during the Cairo speech. Time was of the essence, he said, for Israelis and the Palestinians to step up their efforts.”
Yesterday, the Justice Department “took the rare step of asking a court to release from prison two convicted Alaska state legislators after a review of their corruption cases appeared to uncover lapses of the sort that helped derail the prosecution of the state’s long-serving Republican senator, Ted Stevens.”
And finally: Near the end a recent comedy show by Fox News host Glenn Beck, an elderly woman came up to a reporter covering the event and asked, “What’s the name of this movie?” “It’s Glenn Beck’s comedy show,” the reporter replied, asking back, “What movie are you trying to see?” “That museum movie — the one where the old statues come to life,” she replied. “You’re definitely in the wrong theater,” the reporter said, who later thought to himself, “you’re not that far off.”
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) attacked the Obama administration for wanting to “control the people.” Palin, who has rejected stimulus funds for her state, said in a speech on Wednesday that the administration is enacting fiscal policies that “fly in the face of principles” and “defy Economics 101.”
I’d like to see Palin’s college transcripts showing that she took and passed Econ 101. Hmm, thought not.
The Hill reports that several Republican lawmakers revealed “some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects.” Congressional Democrats accused them of “publicly discussing classified information”
Would the party that provided cover for an administration that outed a CIA operative tasked with the Middle East and nukes blink an eye at revealing classified information again? Hmm, thought not.
Happy Friday all!
PEACE
June 5th, 2009 at 9:08 amDr. Matt, the GNOP is literally banking of America’s failure over the next 17 months so they can win back some seats. You’re right, it’s killing them to see a glimmer of hope that the economy may be on the upswing and that diplomacy is trumping violent domination worldwide.
PEACE
June 5th, 2009 at 9:10 amCongressional Democrats accused them of “publicly discussing classified information”
If true, shouldn’t their clearances be revoked? That is what would happen to any average person who released classified info. Loss of a necessary clearance would be immediately followed by loss of one’s job. These congressfolk should at minimum lose their committee assignment.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:14 amYesterday, federal authorities charged a man with making threats against President Obama for allegedly telling bank employees that he is “on a mission” to kill the president.
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Cue the trolls claiming this man’s right to free speech is being squelched by the tyrannical Obama administration…
June 5th, 2009 at 9:15 amGee, it looks like our gift to the financial industry of $700,000,000,000 of our money is being well-spent.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:23 amEconomics 101? This comming from the women who can see Russia from her kitchen window? I really do hope the Queen of the North runs for President. I would really love to see a Palin Bachmann ticket.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:25 amNotably absent from the list is any effort at holding the Bush Administration accountable for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.
When is the International Community going to step up to the plate and take BushCo. to task? By the U.S. not holding them accountable, it opens the door wide open for International War Crimes tribunals.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:26 amAmericasBack Says:
OT – Is anyone else watching the news right now?
Pssst. This is the ThinkFast thread — there is no topic.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:33 ammisscoleopteramolly Says:
“Yesterday, federal authorities charged a man with making threats against President Obama for allegedly telling bank employees that he is “on a mission” to kill the president.”
Yet another “Intellectual heavyweight“.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:33 amjeffboste: Do you ever have anything to say when you come here? It seems all you do is post these stupid youpolls, which nobody cares about. Quit spamming…
June 5th, 2009 at 9:33 amThank You
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June 5th, 2009 at 9:34 am“Since when can you get out of huge national debt by creating trillions of dollars of new debt?” Palin asked. “It all really is so backwards and skewed as to sound like absolute nonsense when some of this economic policy is explained.”
Personally, I’d hate to try to explain anything to Palin.
End the Republican’s recession, then eliminate the Republican’s national debt. One thing at a time, deary.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:37 amJeffboste Says:
“Has the job market turned the corner?”
It’s gonna take more than 5 months to fix the mess left behind by GW Bonehead, ya bonehead.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:38 amGRiLL Says:
“Thank You”
A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says “GO CHENEY YOURSELF, SPAMMER!”
June 5th, 2009 at 9:40 amHey, Palin, the “Your with us or your against us” “Watch what you say and what you do” control freaks are out of office.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:40 amPerhaps if someone pointed out that is the economic corollary to “start a war to achieve peace”? I suspect that is some logic Sarah could wrap her head around.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:43 am“Since when can you get out of huge national debt by creating trillions of dollars of new debt?” Palin asked. “It all really is so backwards and skewed as to sound like absolute nonsense when some of this economic policy is explained.”
Ever buy a house Governor Palin? When most people buy a home, they take a on a large amount debt. The reason they do this is that the purchase will pay them back in the long run.
Had you paid attention in history class you have learned that FDR used deficit spending (smart investment) to put the country back to work, pull the nation our of the Great Depression, and build a massive infrastructure that businesses could use to prosper.
A billion dollars in infrastructure spending creates 47,000 family wage jobs. For every dollar spent, six dollars will be returned to economy.
It’s called investing in our house Governor. It pays back in the long run. People work, they buy things, the economy gets rolling.
There’s your econ 101 lesson for the day.
P.S. Please run in 2012. Please. ;)
June 5th, 2009 at 9:43 amJust check bookstores for people who buy Hannity, Coulter ans O’Reilly books and you will probably find Murray.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:44 amOT – great Fiore cartoon highlighting the cowardice of the right wing:
http://www.markfiore.com/political/terrorist-lockup
June 5th, 2009 at 9:47 amGlenn Beck: The man who wasnt trying to be funny, but is.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:48 amDear Sarah, we are trying to re-educate the people to our way of thinking, not set them loose. -Rush
June 5th, 2009 at 9:49 amAuthorities hunt for man charged with threatening Obama
The man, identified as Daniel James Murray, is charged with making threats against the president of the United States.
He recently withdrew $85,000 from a Utah bank and told a teller: “We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States,” according to court papers.
LINK
June 5th, 2009 at 9:50 am“…A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Daniel James Murray, and the Secret Service are trying to locate him in Utah.”
Troll on the run! Check under the bridges! Check his mother’s basement!
June 5th, 2009 at 9:53 amThe Glenn Beck experience…I survived it.
67 tickets sold out of 225, 46 people actually showed. The trailer before the show bragged that the show was “sold out”.
Yeah, okay…
I’m going to try to get a full report up soon.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:53 amTroll on the run! Check under the bridges! Check his mother’s basement!
This is not a funny matter, please.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:54 amI saw a great show on the republican party on History channel’s Gangland last night.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:55 amPalin – needs to be reminded of her statement that one of the responsibilities of the Vice President is to “get in there with the Congress and work on policy.” It was as nonsensical as this latest about the federal government wanting to control the states by providing them with additional funds via the stimulus program.
The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee who openly discussed what had been talked about in a closed door session should obviously have their security clearances lifted. This is a blind partisan and organized escalation of “leaking” classified information for political reasons. By the way…whether torture was effective or not (and all indications are that it had the opposite effect) is beside the point. Killing 6 million Jews in death camps in Germany, Poland, etc. was effective too. Does that make it “right?”
Lastly, the financial industry’s action in regard to legislation in order to benefit only themselves is exactly why they should have been nationalized from the very beginning.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:56 amI tell ya, this whole world seems to be two shakes from insanity.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:58 amMy bad, it was the KKK. Couldn’t tell the difference.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:58 amSanford & Some have been handed their lily white asses by the highest court in S.C.
Now he can claim ‘he tried to save the State’, but was overturned by judicial activists. Yeah, that’ right; judicial activists in South Carolina.
Sanford, Perry & Palin…the ‘new’ face of the Republic party.
Governors, your party is shrinking faster than Blubber Boys tool the morning after a Domincian getaway.
If a Dem is too conservative, we call them a DINO.
Would Perry, Palin & Sanford then be RINO?
June 5th, 2009 at 9:59 amAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) attacked the Obama administration for wanting to “control the people.” Palin, who has rejected stimulus funds for her state, said in a speech on Wednesday that the administration is enacting fiscal policies that “fly in the face of principles” and “defy Economics 101.”
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The U.S. economy lost 345,000 jobs in May, according to government figures released today. The numbers showed “a sharp slowing in the pace of job losses that fueled hopes that the economy was on its way toward a recovery.” The unemployment rate is now at 9.4 percent, “its highest point in a quarter-century.”
Juxtaposition is a wonderful thing.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:00 amHarry Reid spends too much time polishing Lou Dobbs shoes and knob.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:01 amYeh, its ironic isnt it, Stevens was the biggest porker [3.4 billion 1995-2008] of federal funds for Alaska, by Palin logic thats trying to control the people of Alaska.
Next!
June 5th, 2009 at 10:01 amPurple State Says:
The Glenn Beck experience…I survived it.
67 tickets sold out of 225, 46 people actually showed. The trailer before the show bragged that the show was “sold out”.
I wondered about that when I saw an earlier story about Beck in Denver and a “sold out” concert. My guess is that most or all the tickets were paid for by a check from FoxNews or one of their anonymous benefactors.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:02 amthe financial industry has “a far stronger hand to play” in coming legislative battles than it may appear. The cornerstone of the industry’s strategy is its efforts to divide Democrats while investing heavily in lobbying.
Isn’t it wonderful to live in the best democracy the bank’s money can buy?
June 5th, 2009 at 10:02 amFor political purposes, the repugs have openly discussed classified information? What is the definition of crime? Treason?
June 5th, 2009 at 10:03 amImagine if Democrats had ignored such rstrictions in the run up to the war and told the public what they heard in secret meetings — that is, the meetings they were allowed to attend.
Repugs are constantly breaking their own record of sinking lower than anyone thought possible.
Mr.Bungle Says:
Ever buy a house Governor Palin? When most people buy a home, they take a on a large amount debt. The reason they do this is that the purchase will pay them back in the long run.
In all fairness to the Palins, their situation is quite different from the average homeowner because they “built” a house themselves with materials “purchased” from the same supplier who sold to the taxpayer-funded ice arena that was built down the road from the new Casa de Palin.
As mayor of Wasilly, Palin made sure to fix the permit laws to cover their activities, and to date no receipts for either materials or labor for the Palin’s house have surfaced.
It’s good to be Queen!
PEACE
June 5th, 2009 at 10:07 amJust like Becks ratings, and ego, they are all artificially inflated.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe show, or Glen Beck?
June 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) attacked the Obama administration for wanting to “control the people.””
Governor, true control of the people comes when group of crazy free market radicals, borrow and spend our nation into a economic catastrophe.
For 30 years or so your party has convinced our countrymen that they can have a government for free if they just borrow the money. Republicans decry taxes, but never shut down spending. Why? Cause congresspeople need projects to trumpet when they go home to run for re-election.
You can’t cut taxes and cut deficits without cutting spending. It just doesn’t work that way. Whenever anyone puts this to s ‘fiscally conservative’ Republican, they never answer what program it is they will cut to offset the tax cut. why don’t they? Americans love all those programs that would actually be impactful enough, if cut, to offset the lost revenue. They love education for their kids, roads, hospitals, military, police, social security…. etc. WHAT WILL YOU CUT GOVERNOR?
Now the country is in the midst of the worst job losses in a quarter century because of your parties fanatical adherence to economic policy which has been proven to not work. (At least it doesn’t work for those of us who actually WORK for a living.)
June 5th, 2009 at 10:11 amPalin doesn’t even have a grasp of the federal government and basic civics – to think she can understand economics is really asking too much.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:14 amthe financial industry has “a far stronger hand to play” in coming legislative battles than it may appear. The cornerstone of the industry’s strategy is its efforts to divide Democrats while investing heavily in lobbying.
Isn’t it wonderful to live in the best democracy can buy using the people’s money given to the fat-cat bankers so they can buy influence while they forclose upon the people’s homes?
Fixed it for you.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:14 amBadpuppy: The 8.9 percent April unemployment rate was based on 13.7 million Americans out of work. But that number doesn’t include discouraged workers or people who gave up looking for work after four weeks. Add those 700,000 people, and the unemployment rate would be 9.3 percent.
It’s funny, but the Left was pointing this out for years during the Bush administration and the Right denied it.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:20 amDNFP Says: goboldy gook
Has some troll hijacked the DNFP username?
June 5th, 2009 at 10:23 amAnd yet she believes that cutting on the wealthiest Americans would cut the deficit.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:38 am[Palin]said in a speech on Wednesday that the administration is enacting fiscal policies that “fly in the face of principles” and “defy Economics 101.”
This statement is a lie. In fact when private spending, consumption, investment and exports are collapsing as now, then the alternative to a great depression is a massive increase in government purchases and other spending. This is exactly what President Obama and Democrats in Congress did with the economic stimulus bill. This increase in aggregate demand will increase output and employment.
This is classic textbook macroeconomic principles and an application of Keynesian aggregate demand management, Gov. Palin. Not that I’d expect you to know it or understand even after I’ve explained it.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:47 amWhat pathetic life one must lead, when it has to resort to name jacking to disrupt a thread.
Sad.
Truly sad.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am“It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” said CEO Steven Ballmer. “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.”
So go ahead Microsoft, and maybe we’ll design our government systems, including a new health records system, using open source instead of your buggy crap.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:03 amOutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts Says:
So go ahead Microsoft, and maybe we’ll design our government systems, including a new health records system, using open source instead of your buggy crap.
Damn right!
June 5th, 2009 at 11:09 amRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
Isn’t it wonderful to live in the best democracy the bank’s money can buy?
Wouldn’t that be OUR money? ;)
June 5th, 2009 at 11:11 am****
the conservative paradigm:
name jack.
doggie jumps on name jack.
doggie cheats to try and win.
poor doggie loses.
:)
June 5th, 2009 at 11:15 amOutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts Says:
“So go ahead Microsoft, and maybe we’ll design our government systems, including a new health records system, using open source instead of your buggy crap.”
gummble-bee-itch Says:
“Damn right!”
Steven Ballmer is just pissed that President Obama is a mac man.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am…
doggie flagged for name jacking.
…
slobber that.
:)
June 5th, 2009 at 11:16 amThe Trollden Rule:
Do unto others.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:18 amThen leave.
Palin expounding on economics 101 is like my dog discussing the Chaos Theory with you
June 5th, 2009 at 11:43 amThe numbers showed “a sharp slowing in the pace of job losses that fueled hopes that the economy was on its way toward a recovery.”
That’s because they are running out of jobs to lose.
June 5th, 2009 at 11:53 am65 – konchster ~ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
I’m sure my cats could give a more accurate foreign policy briefing than Bible Spice. ;o)
~A
June 5th, 2009 at 11:53 amI haven’t paid any attention to the Sotomayor discussion but I’ll tell you this: I found something to like about Sotomayor – the fact that the Republicans are against her.
June 5th, 2009 at 12:06 pmwatchdog Says:
“Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo was quite a moment.”
I finally just read the speech and I thought it was great. What did YOU think? What would be better used to ease the tensions between our peoples? That speech and the diplomacy and programs to back it up, or more bombs? Why?
June 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm666cicadas,
June 5th, 2009 at 1:55 pmunfortunately, the trolls, the rightwingnuts and their followers preferred the swaggering, strutting, cowboy approach to the world — you know, the one that the world rejected. They and their neocon warmongering cabal prefer to incite hatred, instigate wars, and destroy whatever is in their path.
Finally, my thoughts on the Glenn Beck “comedy show”.
Project: Beck Diamond
June 5th, 2009 at 4:24 pmHey wingnuts – today at Buchenwald, Obama delivered a speech without using a teleprompter. Watch the video. He’s clearly referencing a written copy on the podium in front of him. Now, shut up.
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Palin’s understanding of economic principles is equal to her knowledge of Geography,Science and History. It’s kind of funny that you don’t hear much anymore about her being a “quick study”.
June 6th, 2009 at 9:08 pmI knew he would still be wallpapering this thread. I take the Holocaust seriously enough not to wear it out. I am not nor have I ever been anti-semitic. I’m agnostic. Why in the world would I be anti-semitic? The assertion that I would “forget” or approve of any persecution and systematic murder is anti-social.
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