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Article by missy on March 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure. So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it: SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media. [...]
Article by missy on March 17th, 2009 at 9:12 am Well, at least my craptastic week. Loud music with a strong dose of sardonic wit and a liberal sprinkling of profanity is often the only thing that will blow out the waxy plug of incipient depression that gets lodged between my ears about this time every year. (Missing last year’s X concert on March 28th as we flew to FL for L’s spring break [...]
Article by John on February 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country. I hope Obama and Congress are listening. From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here): February 13, 2009 BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal. The battle is joined as they [...]
Article by missy on January 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am I’m hoping it’s Obama – but he’s already given away the store in the form of tax cuts and striking family planning and the National Mall renewal from the bill. Maybe he just wanted to give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves. I certainly hope so, because even if this stimulus bill works perfectly and creates/saves 4 million jobs, it won’t get [...]
Article by John on November 25th, 2008 at 7:48 pm Howard here is wrong on the bailout. Why is it that Howard Dean and others, among them our Representative Baird, are certain, so so certain, that failure to bailout the bank monopolies guarantees a depression? Do they have a crystal ball? Sometimes doing nothing is a solution and the right solution. Bank failures do not [...]
Article by missy on November 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pm See, Ed, I was right: The real problem is on the demand side of the economy. Consumers won’t or can’t borrow because they’re at the end of their ropes. Their incomes are dropping (one of the most sobering statistics in Friday’s jobs report was the continued erosion of real median earnings), they’re deeply in debt, and they’re afraid of losing their jobs. Introductory [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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