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Week of February 8, 2009 - February 14, 2009

One "Brain Drain" that might be advantageous to all of us...


From the NYT this morning;
"Top economic advisers to President Obama adamantly opposed the pay restrictions, according to Congressional officials, warning lawmakers behind closed doors that they went too far and would cause a brain drain in the financial industry during an acute crisis."

BRAIN DRAIN!?!$!?$???!!!!

Those same brains drained our economy, why should we want them involved at all, let alone with bonuses for failure?

First, a simple observation.  If you want to fix the broken system, the best way to do that is to replace the head, not the body or the tail. If ever there was justification for a complete purging brain drain, it is in this situation. The more these greedy, landlocked brains can be drained, the better the chance that new ideas and a new spirit of community development, rather than personal wealth, will take hold and heal our markets.


Second, a comment to the people in Obama's administration who are beholden to these greedy execs and their lackeys;  reconsider those loyalties ASAP or you will embarrass your boss.

Even the mainstream media admits that The Public is PO'd to the point of no return, and your continued advice to the President to coddle these lousy managers makes many of us who voted for him and trust in him begin to question his judgment in choosing people like you (beholden to the execs) to positions of authority where you can protect your benefactors.

WE are your benefactors, via the instrument of democracy, and your tunnel vision and profane loyalties do you and President Obama very little good, considering the animosity it might inspire in The Public.

Stop coddling, or even protecting these creeps, you owe the American People much more, in terms beyond dollar figures, than the money you owe these monopolists. Many of these same "brains" should be in jail, not rolling inn easy tax-payer genreated failure bonuses.

Hypocrites, UNITE!


Charity for millionaires!  It started in 2001 and still is not over.  When will they have enough?

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/07/recovery-v-bush-tax-cuts

Sebelius deserves mass progressive support for Senate if she chooses to run!


If Sebelius runs for Senate, progressives should get behind her from every corner of the country. Sure, relative to our favorite lefties, she's decidedly centrist, but considering her stand on energy issues, she's no doubt "one of us.

I spent the last 30 years in Kansas raising my family (with a 5-year hiatus while when lived in Davis, California, right when Ahnold was first taking over). My eldest son graduated from KU undergrad and KU Law School, and my youngest son builds political websites for Democrats in Kansas and Iowa.  

We have seen Sebelius rise up from the coal-fired ashes of a very Republican state, and stand firm to protect the health and well-being of ALL Kansas residents.  She has openly defied the big-coal (you know, now they call themselves "clean coal") energy corporations.

Her veto of a bill to allow coal-fired power plants to proliferate in western Kansas (and sell their power to Colorado, which as a state does not allow coal-fired electical plants), was upheld by ONE vote in our Republican controlled legislature, so it is obvious she represents a hinge-pin in the environmental debate that few can comapre to, no matter how involved.

Thus I adjure everyone who fancies themselves a Progressive to support Sebelius, with money,personal time and networking energy, when and if she runs for the Senate roses.

She is worthy of all our support, especially when compared to the statehouse Republicans she has dealt so decidedly with over the past two terms. It will be no easy chore, even for someone as popular as Sebelius,  just consider what happened to Nancy Boyda this time around.  Which is why seh will need national support for this Kansas race.

Kansas Republicans can be a vengeful lot, it is one of the few places (Oklahoma and Nebraska included) where there was a notable red backwash in the midst of a big blue tsunami. Just out of spite, some of them who really prefer Sebelius to Moran or Tiahrt might vote republican just because their loyalties are bound more to their private party than to the well being of the nation as a whole.

So keep yourself informed on Sebelius' plans and activities, and when and if the time comes, put her at the top of your list for support, she deserves all the help we can give her.

Obama's Economic Recovery Plan, with a segment by Tim Kaine


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