McCain Gains On Some Issues By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, October 21, 2008; Page A02 Democrat Barack Obama enters the final two weeks of the presidential campaign holding a clear lead over Republican John McCain, aided by voters’ focus on the shaky economy and perceptions that he is better [...]
Archive for October 21st, 2008
21 Oct
Economic Stimulus Gains Traction
Bernanke Offers Limited Support for New Spending By Neil Irwin, Lori Montgomery and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, October 21, 2008; Page A01 An effort to boost the economy with a massive injection of public funds gained momentum yesterday, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke tentatively endorsed the idea of a new [...]
21 Oct
Steal the Election Once Shame on Me, Steal it Twice . . .
I saw it with my own eyes: The Bush and GOP machine stole the 2000 election and the presidency in Florida (not to mention Ohio in 2004) and the results have been catastrophic for our nation and the world. Don’t take my word for it - read the dissent of Supreme Court Justices Stevens, Breyer and [...]
21 Oct
How the Banksters Made a Complete Killing off the Bailout
By Pam Martens, CounterPunch. Posted October 21, 2008. In 1897, when 8-year old Virginia O’Hanlon posed her Santa Claus query to the New York Sun, she received a heart-warming editorial response reassuring her that “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.” Today, we hand our 8 year olds a $13 [...]
21 Oct
Why Can’t We Just Stop Drinking Bottled Water?
By Sloan Barnett, Huffington Post. Posted October 20, 2008. We are spending fortunes on bottled water that may not even be any better than tap water. Human beings are basically a watertight envelope filled with fluid and a few bony bits. We need water. Plus, it’s great for your skin. But the main reason the [...]
21 Oct
Your Salary in 2016 — The Big Difference Between a McCain or Obama Administration
By Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly. Posted October 21, 2008. Middle-class families will earn about $13,000 more in eight years if Obama wins and $5,000 if McCain wins. During his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in August, Barack Obama earned big applause for a line that compared Democratic and Republican economic policies. “We measure progress,” he [...]
21 Oct
Ken Adelman Backing Obama
By Michael D. Shear The Washington Post First Colin Powell. Now Ken Adelman? Adelman is the latest Republican foreign-policy heavyweight to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, telling the New Yorker’s George Packer that he intends to vote for the Democrat in two weeks. “When the economic crisis broke, I found John McCain bouncing all over the [...]
21 Oct
Too Old for Constant Crises?
By Abigail Trafford Tuesday, October 21, 2008 The Washington Post We gather for dinner, all of us friends of a certain age. We’re healthy, busy, enjoying this phase of life when the children are grown and we’re free to pursue different dreams. We settle in with food and drink. And talk about the election and [...]
