Via TPM, would somebody please explain to me how the GOP plans to reduce the deficit when every single R senator votes no on sound, proven, fiscal measures known to account for budget surpluses? Even FOX allows that paygo helped contribute to fat stores during the Clinton years. So WTF? Can a conservative reader give [...]
Entries from January 29th, 2010
Torture of Innocents: Omar Deghayes and Guantanamo Bay
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Guantanamo Bay
This is Omar Deghayes. I first heard of him yesterday, and I rather suspect both the British and the U.S. governments wish we weren’t talking about him. I wish we weren’t talking about him.
Deghayes is a Libyan-born British citizen, a lawyer who worked on humanitarian issues in Kabul, married an Afghan woman, and then fled [...]
China to Sway Midterm Elections?
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Elections
I had not considered this: last week’s Supreme Court ruling giving corporations a green light to spend, spend, spend on all things election related also applies to foreign corporations. TPM has the rundown.
Tags: Elections·Supreme Court
Medical Marijuana Use Legal, but Jobs at Stake
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Health, Uncategorized
Denver’s medical marijuana conundrum seems a perfect extension of lessons government and the people might take from the current health care reform debacle gripping the nation’s attention. Politicians will cover their backsides, and few patients will really get what they need out of the eventual deal. The half-baked approach taken by lawmakers and city council [...]
Tags: Denver·Medical Marijuana
Krugman: Health Care Reform a 3-Legged Stool
January 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Today’s Paul Krugman, apt as ever:
Think of health care reform as being like a three-legged stool. You would ridicule anyone who proposed saving money by leaving off one or two of the legs. Well, those who propose doing only the popular pieces of health care reform deserve the same kind of ridicule.
Suppose that Congress took [...]
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How All Three Branches of Government Saved the Status Quo
January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Something profound has happened this week in American politics. A unified message has appeared across all three branches of the federal government, albeit unintentionally. In the United States today, we now understand that the role of government is not to govern, but to scrabble for power. Call me naive, but I had held out hope [...]
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