So, I took today off, and noticed that there was a panel discussion at the college on “The State of the Recovery” put on by the college and the local NPR affiliate. I thought that it would be a hoot so I went and listened to the discussion. Even from these well-educated and fairly well-informed [...]
Tomorrow, Tuesday January 20th, 2009, Barack Obama and a rabid gang of hangers on will have their first big moment. I have already went over and over the down side of Obama’s presidency, so today I am going to tell you what my inauguration day would be like if I were Barack.
First of all, I [...]
Last time I tore apart a right wing attack piece on Obama’s stimulus. This time, Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect published this gem on Huff Post. Reading this was one of the most annoying things for me. I am skipping all of the stuff about health care and whether social security and medicare are [...]
consumers of doom,
The thing I have noticed most so far in 2009 is the creepy Barack Obama cult of personality being created in America. Go to any mall, and you will see stylized pictures of him on posters and t-shirts. Talk to almost any supporter, and you will hear an utter lack of intellectual curiosity. [...]
Wise Readers of Doom,
For someone interested in doom, 2008 was a year full of potential. Soaring energy and commodity prices in the first half of the year lead to a price collapse for oil and several other commodities. The real estate and equity markets took big hits as well, but we may never know the [...]
I had a goal at the start of the week that I would read up about what is going on with Wall Street. Well, its Thursday, and I finally get it. It is an absolutely depressing mess, so I am not sure whether it was of any benefit to me to read through all of [...]
