Category Archives: radical right
Zombie Republicans 3
Ron Paul joins the chorus of free market Republicans who don’t get it. According to CNN Paul posted a video on Youtube in which he “agrees that the economy needs to be stimulated but doesn’t think the federal government should … Continue reading
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Zombie Republicans 2
Here’s Mitch McConnell on why we can’t spend our way out of a recession: “…we know for sure that the big spending programs of the New Deal did not work. In 1940, unemployment was still 15%. And, it’s widely agreed … Continue reading
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Obama vs. Limbaugh
Obama has made a point of taking on far right talkers like Hannity and Limbaugh to a certain extent. During the campaign he said that “hardcore Sean Hannity fans probably wouldn’t want to have a beer with me“. And the … Continue reading
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Rush: “if they get national healthcare, it’s over”
I understand that Alan Colmes is gone now from the Hannity and Colmes Show , but I don’t think it’s going to make a lot of difference. I watched the beginning of the show a few weeks ago. My goodness. … Continue reading
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Back to the future with Newt
I heard Newt Gingrich on NPR this morning talking about how the GOP can make a comeback. After saying that small government and tax cuts are the primary feature of the GOP, he went on to say that we shouldn’t … Continue reading
Filed under economics, radical right, social insurance
Confidence?
In his New York Times column today entitled “Confidence Surplus” David Brooks worries about Obama’s big stimulus program. He thinks it’s is too big and ambitious. Can government really do all this stuff? Can it be done in time? I … Continue reading
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Fructose
You could make a pretty good case that the current meltdown of the world economy could have been prevented if American regulators hadn’t been asleep at the wheel. The Fed, the SEC, and the Office of Thrift Supervision come to … Continue reading
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Welfare through the looking glass
The New York Times Economix blog reminds us that the word “welfare” hasn’t always had negative connotations: …“the image of the poor person in the 1930s was the agrarian farmer, down on his luck, but not complaining.” Think of Tom … Continue reading
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The ownership society
From Reuters: MUMBAI (Reuters) – The fallout from a three-day rampage that killed nearly 200 people in Mumbai threatened on Sunday to unravel India‘s improving ties with Pakistan and prompted the resignation of India’s security minister. I have no idea … Continue reading
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Far right news: Lieberman edition
I missed this a few weeks ago, but apparently Joe Lieberman appeared on Glenn Beck’s shows (poor judgment to begin with) and had this interchange with Beck:♦ Beck: “do you agree…. if we don’t at least have the firewall of … Continue reading
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