Think Progress By Amanda Terkel In the wake of yesterday’s congressional meltdown over the bailout bill, President Bush gave a speech this morning, meant to reassure the public and the volatile financial markets. Just four minutes long, the address expressed disappointment in Congress and warned that “the consequences will grow worse each day if we do [...]
Archive for September, 2008
30 Sep
CNN Fact Checks McCain: Verdict He’s Not Telling Truth
This is a fairly brutal appraisal of McCain’s pathological campaign. As the campaign moves towards a focus on the economy, it’s worth keeping in mind that McCain’s lies are relevant because they demonstrate the fundamental emptiness of his campaign. He is devoid of ideas and solutions; lies are the only thing McCain has left. We [...]
30 Sep
Palin Is Ready? Please.
McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, that is simply not true. Published SepT 27, 2008 From the magazine issue dated Oct 6, 2008 Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony? Is it too much to ask that she come to realize that she wants, in [...]
30 Sep
John McCain: Economic Disaster
John McCain does not have the ability to fix this economic crisis. After declaring the fundamentals of the economy strong, he created a political circus in Washington last week by mucking up bailout negotiations; a deplorable stunt, considering he and his political cronies helped cause the current meltdown. It was McCain and his economic adviser [...]
30 Sep
McCain vs. Palin
By Ruth Marcus The Washington Post Tuesday, September 30, 2008; Page A19 Forget Joe Biden. I’d like to see John McCain debate Sarah Palin. McCain’s scorn for Barack Obama was on unrestrained display in Friday night’s debate. How dare this impudent whippersnapper imagine he can be president, you could almost see McCain thinking. I’m the [...]
30 Sep
Palin’s (Conservative) Problem?
washingtonpost.com’s Politics Blog Even as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin prepares for Thursday night’s vice presidential debate against Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, an increasing number of Republicans and conservatives are expressing reservations about both her candidacy and the way in which she is being used (or not used) by John McCain‘s campaign. The trouble began late [...]
29 Sep
No Bailout for Wall Street Billionaires
Ten Reasons to Oppose the Wall Street Bailout by Prof. James Petras Global Research, September 28, 2008 Treasury Secretary Paulson and President Bush backed by the Democratic Congressional leadership have asked Congress for $700 billion dollars to bailout Wall Street financial institutions. Over the past several years these banks reaped billions of [...]
29 Sep
The American Empire’s $650 Billion Bailout Already Passed Congress
By Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. Posted September 29, 2008. If we don’t cut back our ever-increasing military spending in a major way, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. Let’s start with the money the Bush administration has already thrown at the war in Iraq. According to the June congressional testimony of William Beach, director [...]
29 Sep
McCain’s Health Plan: You’re on Your Own
By Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post. Posted September 29, 2008. An estimated 20 million people would lose employer coverage under McCain’s plan. With less than 40 days to go until the presidential election, let’s assess where things stand. Obama appears to be building an edge in the polls and has some upward “mo.” That said, the [...]
29 Sep
Michael Moore In the Morning: The Rich Are Staging a Coup
Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com The Rich Are Staging a Coup This Morning … a message from Michael Moore Friends, Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake [...]
29 Sep
Seniors Lose 51% Of Their Buying Power Since 2000
Alexandria, VA (June 9, 2008) Seniors have lost 51% of their buying power since 2000, according to a new study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation’s largest nonpartisan seniors groups. While the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increased the average Social Security benefits by 24%, typical seniors expenses rose almost four [...]
28 Sep
AP Investigation: Palin got zoning aid, gifts
Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows. By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE Associated Press Writer WASILLA, Alaska ? Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull [...]
