Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has officially moved to the left of President Obama on taxes. And that’s something, coming from a self-described lifelong Republican libertarian. From the New York Times: It was not enough, it seems, for Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman and a self-described lifelong Republican libertarian, to call for [...]
I’ll leave this to someone much more objective in politics than I am: Carol Marin at the Sun-Times. Carol was at a press conference this week where Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate was going to take questions about his several "misstatements" regarding his military service. Kirk did not satisfy Marin. From the Sun-Times: There [...]
ENEWSPF is carrying a quite comprehensive article from Media Matters for America that addresses – heck, blows out of the water – every myth and falsehood that has been floated about Elena Kagan, including the following: Myth: Kagan is "anti-military" Myth: Kagan is "radical" Myth: Kagan’s praise for an Israeli Supreme Court justice shows she’s [...]
What’s worse than two more years of a Democratic majority in Congress? A return to the disaster plan of the GOP. From the Washington Post: Architects of President Obama‘s 2008 victory are braced for potentially sizable Democratic losses in November’s midterm elections. But they say voters’ unease about a GOP takeover will help their party [...]
The state of Louisiana is in a bad marriage that can only end badly. From The Nation: No state in the union has been more firmly wedded to the oil and gas industry than Louisiana. No more zealous preachers of the clean oil gospel can be found than the state’s politicians, who were elected by [...]
I did not feel reassured this evening as President Obama gave his first speech from the Oval Office. His topic, the BP oil spill, a crisis of incredible and ever-growing magnitude. His response, after 56 days of oil gushing into the Gulf and numerous flaccid responses from oil executives awash in ignorance? Calm, cool and [...]
Washington, D.C.–June 15, 2010 – 8:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the [...]
From ENEWSPF: Since the beginning of 2009, BP has employed 49 lobbyists at a cost of $19.5 million. Of these 49 lobbyists, 35 – or 71 percent – previously held federal positions, according to a new Public Citizen analysis. BP has dramatically increased its lobbying efforts in recent years, Public Citizen found. The firm spent [...]
Kudos to Eric Smith for catching this headline from the American Family Association: Congress bows to gay agenda, repeals ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ Congress has given in to pressure from gay activists and the White House and voted to repeal the "don’t ask, don’t tell" ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military… And I’m [...]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Olbermann analyzes the Gulf oil-spill catastrophe, including the President’s mea culpa. Enjoy the vid.
