Wednesday, July 08, 2009
King of Pop, R.I.P.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Update
Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others HuffPo
Voodoo Economics Retro Redux: Reagan Recession Stimulus myths.
[7-7-09: Palin v. Myth
Cheney privileged leak to future Franken trippin.
See Voodoo Recession above Re:trippin.]
[It should be apparent that Republicans are totally incompetent if they can understand that a current administration can own the economy let alone the debt of a previous administration. It certainly is not apparent that Democrats are having it all their way. (search needs and eating their own)]
[see oopssee]
[Palin panel and strategy on The Ed Show 7-6-09 And Re: magic number ]
Voodoo Economics Retro Redux: Reagan Recession Stimulus myths.
[7-7-09: Palin v. Myth
Cheney privileged leak to future Franken trippin.
See Voodoo Recession above Re:trippin.]
[It should be apparent that Republicans are totally incompetent if they can understand that a current administration can own the economy let alone the debt of a previous administration. It certainly is not apparent that Democrats are having it all their way. (search needs and eating their own)]
[see oopssee]
[Palin panel and strategy on The Ed Show 7-6-09 And Re: magic number ]
Labels: Economics, Huffington Post, Palin
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Off to Argentina?
No. But Happy Fourth of July and family matters, I will be taking a sabbatical.*
Period.
Joke not lest yee be the butthead.**
I guess not so period.
[Update: OurFuture Public Plan Saves Money]
[And presumed hope.]
[7-3-09: back panel ]
[Update 7-6-09 Retro 7-2 Palin & Cheney]
[Morning from Wasilla]
* [7-7-09 oopssee]
** [7-8-09 belated King of Pop, R.I.P. and tangential translation: careful what you joke about.]
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Period.
Joke not lest yee be the butthead.**
I guess not so period.
[Update: OurFuture Public Plan Saves Money]
[And presumed hope.]
[7-3-09: back panel ]
[Update 7-6-09 Retro 7-2 Palin & Cheney]
[Morning from Wasilla]
* [7-7-09 oopssee]
** [7-8-09 belated King of Pop, R.I.P. and tangential translation: careful what you joke about.]
Labels: Energy, OurFuture.org, WholeE Day
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Sanford Update?
It is almost hard to believe that Governor Mark Sanford has a book in the works. Many might cry, already? But no, it was already in the works.
Its title: "Within Our Means".
I guess it depends on what means means.[... and within the latter means "roundly mocked" is The Word "noncensus"]
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Its title: "Within Our Means".
I guess it depends on what means means.[... and within the latter means "roundly mocked" is The Word "noncensus"]
Labels: Checks and Balance, Economics, UnSatire
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Magic Number?
The Al Franken Show.
No! I mean We Got Ed! [*** UPDATE]
From the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to the Great Left Wing Muddle, the magic number might be 41. That could be the answer to the not so rhetorical question, will the Democrats come through? With what? I presume a public plan. [update: 7-2-09] Unfortunately the filibuster is only a Senate tool and a naysayer* of nattering nabobs.
* a mixed rhetoric if not metaphor of political calculus
** update aka misnomer and new misnewmer.
*** 7-2-09 MSNBC link added with Ed's focus on the public plan over giving Al Franken a hard time about his 60th Senator comment.
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No! I mean We Got Ed! [*** UPDATE]
From the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to the Great Left Wing Muddle, the magic number might be 41. That could be the answer to the not so rhetorical question, will the Democrats come through? With what? I presume a public plan. [update: 7-2-09] Unfortunately the filibuster is only a Senate tool and a naysayer* of nattering nabobs.
* a mixed rhetoric if not metaphor of political calculus
** update aka misnomer and new misnewmer.
*** 7-2-09 MSNBC link added with Ed's focus on the public plan over giving Al Franken a hard time about his 60th Senator comment.
Labels: Checks and Balance, Economics, Ed Schultz, Health Care, MSNBC
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Confusion is Right
But it does not mean the left is cleared.
above links in order:
(1) Iran and Leftist Confusion by Reese Erlich
(2) Iran: The World Is Watching by Steve Weissman
(3) A Response to Steve Weissman's "Nonviolence 101" by Stephen Zunes
truthout / Perspective(s)
It should be clear that nuclear weapons proliferation (little did I know it was so little mentioned**) is the underlying concern.
"Some demonstrators wanted a more moderate Islamic government. Others advocated a separation of mosque and state, and a return to parliamentary democracy they had before the 1953 coup. But virtually everyone believes that Iran has the right to develop nuclear power, including enriching uranium. Iranians support the Palestinians in their fight against Israeli occupation, and they want to see the US get out of Iraq."(1)
"...criticizing US policy on Iran, including Bush administration efforts to overthrow the Islamic government. The US raises a series of phony issues, or exaggerates problems, in an effort to impose its domination on Iran. (Examples include Iran's nuclear power program, support for Hamas and Hezbollah, and support for Shiite groups in Iraq.)"(1)
(4) Iran: Nonviolence 101
"the Iranian activists want to win. At least some in the America government might prefer to provoke a brutal defeat, a Tiananmen Square, to further isolate Iran and bring pressure within the Obama administration for a military response to the Iranian nuclear program."(4)
"Washington's promotion of non-violent resistance in other countries is already casting suspicion on a number of activists and thinkers who, wittingly or not, have allowed themselves to become pawns in open and covert programs to "promote democracy." Non-violent activists everywhere need to draw a clear line against cooperating with governments of any stripe in this foreign meddling."(4)
"The leftist critics must answer the question: Whose side are you on?"(1)
President Obama's or proliferationists? The world's or being right? These are my cherry branches or olive pits.* Just as it is unclear who the leader of Iran is, aside from the election, so is it a more muddled group than coalition of the willing, that must be part of the solution.
*rhetorical answers and the muddled willing
** hence the fourth link
above links in order:
(1) Iran and Leftist Confusion by Reese Erlich
(2) Iran: The World Is Watching by Steve Weissman
(3) A Response to Steve Weissman's "Nonviolence 101" by Stephen Zunes
truthout / Perspective(s)
It should be clear that nuclear weapons proliferation (little did I know it was so little mentioned**) is the underlying concern.
"Some demonstrators wanted a more moderate Islamic government. Others advocated a separation of mosque and state, and a return to parliamentary democracy they had before the 1953 coup. But virtually everyone believes that Iran has the right to develop nuclear power, including enriching uranium. Iranians support the Palestinians in their fight against Israeli occupation, and they want to see the US get out of Iraq."(1)
"...criticizing US policy on Iran, including Bush administration efforts to overthrow the Islamic government. The US raises a series of phony issues, or exaggerates problems, in an effort to impose its domination on Iran. (Examples include Iran's nuclear power program, support for Hamas and Hezbollah, and support for Shiite groups in Iraq.)"(1)
(4) Iran: Nonviolence 101
"the Iranian activists want to win. At least some in the America government might prefer to provoke a brutal defeat, a Tiananmen Square, to further isolate Iran and bring pressure within the Obama administration for a military response to the Iranian nuclear program."(4)
"Washington's promotion of non-violent resistance in other countries is already casting suspicion on a number of activists and thinkers who, wittingly or not, have allowed themselves to become pawns in open and covert programs to "promote democracy." Non-violent activists everywhere need to draw a clear line against cooperating with governments of any stripe in this foreign meddling."(4)
"The leftist critics must answer the question: Whose side are you on?"(1)
President Obama's or proliferationists? The world's or being right? These are my cherry branches or olive pits.* Just as it is unclear who the leader of Iran is, aside from the election, so is it a more muddled group than coalition of the willing, that must be part of the solution.
*rhetorical answers and the muddled willing
** hence the fourth link
Labels: Checks and Balance, Foreign Policy, Rhetoric, TruthOut, UnSatire
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
"a new clean energy economy"
Monday, June 29, 2009
Voodoo Economics Redux?
Or is it Tri-ducks, not in a row.
Not really meaning third times a charm, but that it ducks the question and begs the future. Calculations cannot be made based on terms of infinity, it should seem. The faux principle of gravity or trickle down or Laffer curve should not be calculable without understanding of the curve if not calculus.
[The reference to the Laffer curve is the assumptions that differ based on which side of the bell curve one is on when changes are made. It would seem that their might be a similar point if not additional principle or missing factor that could make any argument based on "generational accounting" irrelevant.]
[Tri-Ducks would be Re 3 Govs: Reagan, Bush and Sanford.*]
* this is not meant to be funny but I am simultaneously ahead of the curve as well as behind Think Progress in linking the pre-post or us.(meaning I found the link post post.)
[7-6-09: update ]
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Not really meaning third times a charm, but that it ducks the question and begs the future. Calculations cannot be made based on terms of infinity, it should seem. The faux principle of gravity or trickle down or Laffer curve should not be calculable without understanding of the curve if not calculus.
[The reference to the Laffer curve is the assumptions that differ based on which side of the bell curve one is on when changes are made. It would seem that their might be a similar point if not additional principle or missing factor that could make any argument based on "generational accounting" irrelevant.]
[Tri-Ducks would be Re 3 Govs: Reagan, Bush and Sanford.*]
* this is not meant to be funny but I am simultaneously ahead of the curve as well as behind Think Progress in linking the pre-post or us.(meaning I found the link post post.)
[7-6-09: update ]
Labels: Checks and Balance, Economics
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Cap and Trade?
[American Clean Energy and Security Act: Waxman/Markey Bill [** correction below]
Energy Bill narrowly passes House.(Carol Browner: White House Energy Advisor)
The Progress Report at Think Progress.
It seems that if the criticisms this energy plan, as well as that of the public component(The Ed Show) of health care reform have any merit, it will mean that there is no invisible hand of the market. If the competition that a not-for-profit health care option provides will do in the insurance industry, and if a market solution to incentivize pollution reduction is not feasible, then the market might not be the arena that solutions can be found. Maybe the solution would then be found in demand side economics. And given the compromises that comprise the effort to be non-partisan[*], further amendments should be well considered as to not weaken the progress or threaten failure, as further pressure for change might result.
[*]link linked post-post
[Pre-post err us missing link? generational accounting. Suffice to say: accounting is not economics nor math accounting...for values, let alone the right "scoring".]
[6-30-09: See Voodoo Economics Redux?
and "a new clean energy economy"]
[** Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill or another misnomer aka H.R. 2454]
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Energy Bill narrowly passes House.(Carol Browner: White House Energy Advisor)
The Progress Report at Think Progress.
It seems that if the criticisms this energy plan, as well as that of the public component(The Ed Show) of health care reform have any merit, it will mean that there is no invisible hand of the market. If the competition that a not-for-profit health care option provides will do in the insurance industry, and if a market solution to incentivize pollution reduction is not feasible, then the market might not be the arena that solutions can be found. Maybe the solution would then be found in demand side economics. And given the compromises that comprise the effort to be non-partisan[*], further amendments should be well considered as to not weaken the progress or threaten failure, as further pressure for change might result.
[*]link linked post-post
[Pre-post err us missing link? generational accounting. Suffice to say: accounting is not economics nor math accounting...for values, let alone the right "scoring".]
[6-30-09: See Voodoo Economics Redux?
and "a new clean energy economy"]
[** Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill or another misnomer aka H.R. 2454]
Labels: Checks and Balance, e, Economics, Energy, Examiner
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Increasing Credibility
U.S. on Iran? No.
Matthews on MSNBC.
And Morning Joe?
And losing it.
And the bubble street.
Matthews on MSNBC.
And Morning Joe?
And losing it.
And the bubble street.
Labels: Checks and Balance, Economics, Foreign Policy
