Where do you start to comment when you read a piece that is, at best, deeply spineless, and, at worse, completely clueless? We cease to be surprised by the relentless foolishness on the part of the transcribers of press releases (formerly called “journalists”). But, though I am not surprised, I can’t let these things go. In this case, it’s a dumb piece called, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”.
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Carter Speaks Some Truth
Posted on 23 October 2012.
Jimmy Carter proves again why he’s been much better at being a former president than he was when he actually sat in the White House.
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Nothing to Sweat About
Posted on 22 October 2012.
I had a piece in today’s The Australian. Mainly geared to an Australian audience, it made one basic point: not much has changed in the presidential race.
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Sometimes It’s So Obvious You Laugh
Posted on 19 October 2012.
Clarity in politics requires that you pay attention. It’s not hard to see the game being played. And it is often so easy — as easy as a campaign contribution — to see the game that you burst out laughing because, well, humor must never be abandoned, even if you see your country being sold off to the highest bidder.
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Good for the Greeks
Posted on 18 October 2012.
Austerity has to be fought. And at least the Greeks have the gumption, along with a measure of desperation, to pack the streets.
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The Corporate Tax Dodgers
Posted on 17 October 2012.
Mitt’s friends like to hide their money overseas.
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Important and Bored Co-Exist
Posted on 16 October 2012.
I was trying to figure out why, when going to my usual political sites to catch up on the latest, I yawned and found my attention wandering. And there it was: I’m just dead bored by this. Which isn’t to say the election doesn’t matter.
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Derek
Posted on 15 October 2012.
A digression from the usual politics and all things economic. Derek Jeter goes down.
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A Lie About Taxes–And A Reason Democrats Fail
Posted on 12 October 2012.
Elections don’t happen in a reality created in one debate, or even one election season. People think about things– emotionally — in ways that reflect being propagandized to over many years. And that brings us to taxes– and a reason Democrats lose elections and, when they win, they often drag us in the same poor policy direction.
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Have Any Of The Pundits Actually Organized?
Posted on 11 October 2012.
Kind of funny but here’s a simple question: have any of the progressive pundits wringing their hands over the president’s lackluster debate showing ever actually worked on the grassroots part of a campaign? I think the answer is clear.
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