Who are the unemployed in America? Do they really not want to work, as the Republicans have been arguing? Had a bit of a chat tonight with someone on Facebook who I haven’t seen since 1981, when we graduated high school in Pittsburgh. He still lives in Pittsburgh, went to college in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is [...]
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 [...]
It’s not an oil spill. There is no mere spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There is a hole in the world. The floor of the Gulf of Mexico is hemorrhaging oil, and no one has a clue how to stop it. When they finally do plug the hold, the damage will likely be with [...]
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 [...]
I wrote about the mural controversy in Arizona just a few minutes ago. City Councilman Steve Blair was fired by the radio station he worked for due to his remarks, according to reports. From prescott enews: Steve Blair has been fired by KYCA, due to his comments regarding the new mural on Miller Valley School [...]
From the live feed courteously provided by BP, May 31, 2010, ca. 10:45 CST. We need to face it: “They” have no idea what they’re doing. “They.” You know who “they” are. “They” are the ones who are supposed to know these things. “They” are the ones who say all those neat thing, you know, [...]
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.
From the New York Times: President Obama uttered three words on Thursday that many of his 43 predecessors twisted themselves into knots trying with varying degrees of success to avoid: “I was wrong.” He strode into the East Room to mount a robust defense of his handling of the largest oil spill in American history, [...]
