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NM-2: The New Front on the War on the Working Man
I spent part of my childhood in Southeastern New Mexico and part of me still considers it "home". For years I've scratched my head in wonder as the residents of that area filed into the voting booth to send conservative...more »
Posted on June 30, 2008 12:59 PM
Dear Senator McCain: I am going to lecture you
Senator John McCain stepped off of the False-Outrage Express today to launch one of the most reprehensible political attacks of the campaign. It went like this: And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was...more »
Posted on May 22, 2008 10:22 PM
The Role of Judges in a Democracy
I applaud Geoffrey Stone's opinion article in the Chicago Tribune today. Too often, discussions on the role of our nation's judiciary are either too dense to be widely disseminated or too slanted (usually to the right) to be of much...more »
Posted on May 7, 2008 10:41 AM
Let Barack be Barack
There is a very real danger of any campaign - and particularly one that will have stretched for two years by the time it reaches its natural end - losing its identity. The demands a candidate faces to give in...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 4:35 PM
Soldier sent home for "penis inadequacy"
There are few topics more disputed than the role of women in the US military. Having spent six years in the US Navy, I have to say that I met women who I was proud to serve alongside - and...more »
Posted on May 1, 2008 3:28 PM
It's the Tax Cuts, Stupid!
If you think the economy is struggling now - and if you don't, then you live in some alternate reality - then just wait until George W. Bush and the Fed get through throwing gasoline on the flames.In ordinary economic...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 2:22 PM
Deputy Chief of Staff Swears Corruption, Commended by Govenor
This is a repost as my browser (yeah, that's the problem) seems to have disagreed with the user interface.Let's say a local mayor is willing to take a bribe. Let's also pretend that there is a local bar-owner who needs...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 7:33 AM
Deputy Chief of Staff Swears he is Corrupt - Commended by Governor
Let's say a local mayor is willing to take a bribe. Let's also pretend that there is a local bar-owner who needs to get the police off her back. How does the bar-owner get "a big wad of cash" into...more »
Posted on April 29, 2008 10:58 PM
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Thanks, Ben, I thought I had made that clear, but it never hurts to re-emphasize it.
Posted at June 30, 2008 4:34 PM in response to NM-2: The New Front on the War on the Working Man
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How cute - you think Hillary Clinton is a Democrat!
Posted at May 7, 2008 2:39 PM in response to Hillary Crosses Over On Pollster
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Um...yeah, how are you going to prove that you've been carpooling? If I drive my 18-month old twins somewhere, then I would meet the technical definition of carpooling - but it would hardly make any impact on our fuel usage. They're pretty smart, but they don't drive (yet!).
Posted at April 30, 2008 9:29 PM in response to Obama Speaks Truth About Gas Prices
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I don't think the transition to a service economy really makes our economy any more dependent on spending - production without spending is pretty useless.
Posted at April 30, 2008 9:27 PM in response to It's the Tax Cuts, Stupid!
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I think it makes sense for a country to try and sell exports in denominations of the most stable currency possible - so it makes a lot of sense from Iran's standpoint. If enough countries follow Iran - meaning other suppliers as well as enough purchasers - then it might have a destabilizing effect on the world market. Given the relationship between the Euro and the Dollar, I wouldn't see that being too great, though.
In other words, the market will ripple and then settle down to make money.
The effect to our economy would depend on how large the Iranian market would be (see above) and on how stable the Euro is. As long as the Euro is fluctuating less than the dollar, it would help stabilize our prices. Since the dollar could fluctuate without causing de facto oil price changes, it has the potential to be either beneficial or not. It just all depends on the specifics of the market at the time.
I don't know what the Bushies would do. Hopefully they wouldn't be stupid enough to shoot at people over it. Stranger things have happened, though.
Posted at April 30, 2008 3:06 PM in response to It's the Tax Cuts, Stupid!
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As expected, the fed has just cut interest rates a quarter percent:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/28/news/economy/fed_rates.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes
Posted at April 30, 2008 2:23 PM in response to It's the Tax Cuts, Stupid!
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The photo, to me, is designed to blur the line between kiddie porn and art - and I'll be the first to say that good art pushes boundaries. I find it to be distasteful, but it isn't my daughter in the pic.
But, without the news media splashing it everywhere, most of Miley's fans would never see it. Just like most second-graders didn't ask about oral sex before Republicans made sure it was on the evening news every night for a year.
Posted at April 30, 2008 10:00 AM in response to Miley Cyrus is Not Your Kids’ Role Model
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I'm registered as a Democrat because being non-affiliated merely ensures I lose half of my ability to vote. Plus, in Hudson County, the Democratic primary IS the election.
We have no "the leader". We're Democrats, damnit! Everyone is a leader!
Posted at April 30, 2008 9:39 AM in response to Still feel like a proud member of the democratic party?
