People United Means Action
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I’m reading Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules, whereby he lays out 64 “personal policies” to help wean readers from the deadly Western food diet. I’m a major fan of Pollan; gave copies of The Omnivore’s Dilemma to my family for Christmas a couple years ago, and I completely agree that the over-processed, over-sweetened “edible [...]
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Obama’s Glorious Economic “Recovery” has stalled. It’s hard to blame Third Wave feminists for voting for obama. They are pretty dumb. Sen. Max Baucus ($5 million from the Medical Industrial Complex) is new gatekeeper for troubled Obamacare effort. There is something so wrong about a President on a Permanent Campaign. After tonight’s propagandafest for [...]
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Is it just me or does it feel like the wheels are flying off? Last week, the experts were saying unemployment had peaked, and that perhaps the economy was slowly turning a corner. Today, not so much. Just in: Chrysler will close 789 dealerships as part of its bankruptcy plan. That sure as hell doesn’t [...]
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Krugman writes this morning: “among people I talk to there’s a growing sense of frustration, even panic, over Mr. Obama’s failure to match his words with deeds. The reality is that when it comes to dealing with the banks, the Obama administration is dithering. Policy is stuck in a holding pattern.” And in related news, [...]
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UPDATE 2/12/09 at 4:41pm: Senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary, citing “irresolvable conflicts”with the values and policies of the Obama Administration. ___________________________________ Dang — that’s steep! That’s a graph, via the excellent Calculated Risk, of new and continued unemployment — going ALL the way back to 1971. The red [...]
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UPDATE: 2/5/09 at 11:41 est: The Senate may vote TODAY on the Stimulus Bill. CALL your SENATORS. Put the brakes on this thing and FORCE o’logo, pelosi, and the rest of them to do this thing RIGHT. Think of it as a Citizens Strike. We dont have to have all the answers or know exactly what the [...]
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From the department of, “Why Am I Not Surprised?” comes this news: Obama Caves to Europe: “Agrees to Water Down ‘Buy American’ Plan After Threat from EU.” So, the president of the, correct me if I’m wrong here , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has Promised Germany, France, and England that the US Stimulus Bill won’t harm [...]
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Heck of a job, Barry. Way to go, Puma PAC! Our calls and letters about the tax-cheat Tom Daschle WORKED! Keep the heat on Barney Frank to hold Oversight Hearings on wth happened to the TARP Money!? HERE. And, news is leaking out now from the White House that the Stimulus Swindle Muddle ahem Package [...]
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And there’s nothing Chris CRACKLE! Matthews can do about it. In how many different ways can obama be wrong? Well, let’s start counting. The problem with David brooks is not that he’s evil. He’s too boring and banal to be evil. His column this morning actually does a good job of explaining why the stimulus [...]
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