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Is This What Change Looks Like?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Senator McCain is fond of telling voters that it is he, not Senator Obama, that will be the most effective candidate to bring about change, which is interesting considering as a longtime member of the Washington establishment, that means there is something wrong with the job he has done. ...

The Media Should Report News, Not Be News

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I think I have had about enough of various mainstream media outlets (the New York Times is frequently guilty of this practice) talking about itself or other mainstream media outlets as if it is somehow newsworthy. It isn't. The New York Times is just a newspaper. There ...

Quote Of The Day

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

"If the vice president did nothing wrong, what is there to hide?"

Another Bush Gem

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

From our President - the gift that has kept on giving for nearly eight years: "I readily concede it (lifting a ban of offshore drilling) won't produce a barrel of oil tomorrow, but it will reverse the psychology." Translation - As long as it looks like the government is doing something to ...

Flip Flopping Is Bipartisan

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

"I don't think the government ought to be involved in bailing out companies." Oh really? Than can I please have my money back that went to Bear Stearns? Surely, an investment bank and its shareholders will be just fine without my lowly contribution. I would also appreciate ...

Then And Now

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

July 11, 2008: "I don't see anything unfair about it, and I didn't even know it was a deal." July 15, 2008: Representative Charles B. Rangel has decided to move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Harlem, his spokesman said. Mr. Rangel’s spokesman said the congressman ...