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Daily Archives: October 7th, 2008

Our Tax Dollars At Work

October 7, 2008 – 4:46 pm

Is it any wonder after all the trauma that AIG has been suffering that their executives need to get away from it all?
Less than a week after the federal government committed $85 billion to bail out AIG, executives of the giant AIG insurance company headed for a week-long retreat at a luxury resort and spa, [...]

By John | Posted in Economic justice, Fiscal policy | Comments (0)

try, try again

October 7, 2008 – 3:05 pm

All going well, I’ll be liveblogging the debate from the Baghdad Theater in Portland tonight over at my place. This one will be far more serious than Wink-Expo 2008, but it will be interesting to see if McCain has the cojones to look Obama in the eyes and spout some of this racist, harem-scarem [...]

By missy | Posted in 2008 Election, McCain, Sen John, Obama, President Barack H | Comments (0)

no longer the hero

October 7, 2008 – 11:00 am

if he ever was, McCain has become Richard III, Iago and Macbeth rolled into one.
He is the scheming, lame and eternally bitter Richard of Gloucester, needing to kill all goodness around him so as to never face that contrast to his black soul, and needing war, too, as peace gives him nowhere to put his [...]

By missy | Posted in 2008 Election, McCain, Sen John, Obama, President Barack H | Comments (8)