AM PC

Angela Merkel
Press Conference:


It seemed that President Obama was trying hard, not to use the words "hard work".
Hard work is like the American Dream and Exceptionalism.  The likes of Republicans in general, and Bolton and McCain in particular, would prefer to keep them hard work and a dream.


[RF Daily continues subject.]

To be determined*

Characterizing Progress.

* lede or ship ?
[Yeah, Right. M P I. Message Practical Incremental.]
[Akin to Rand or legitimate nuance?]

[White House proposal on "ACA" cancellations]

11-16-13 Guide to Struggles.
11-17-13 Alternate Realities [?] [!]

Presidential Press Conference.

TO BE INSERTED ...

Meanwhile: Paradox link inserted.

(Image of Original In Tent)


[C-Span (1st)link inserted post conn text*.]

* (i.e. all of above)
(fn) in progress.

Obama 2012

The appropriate follow up for Economics 2011
Netting it big with Bridge Poker.

Week old Last Word: It is not Republican checkers against Obama and N-dimensional chess, it is whatever you call the Republican bored games against Obama*** and his Bridge Poker*. That is my take, not Lawernce O'Donnell's.

[My guess is that whatever is voted on will be politically beneficial**, win or lose.]

*more than just the table games
** for Democrats
*** not much of a chess player myself, I think it is a bad metaphor. A bit more of a poker player and less of a bridge player, I did not know there was actually the game of Bridge Poker. But negotiations are one thing and politics is more the thing, so a bit of Go Fish might be thrown in. And if wishes were fishes we'd be fed up.
[Belated Happy Birthday to MSNBC!]

[Later in the day, apparently Speaker Boehner bails out or has taken the bait: Remarks by the President:

So they will come down here at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. I expect them to have an answer in terms of how they intend to get this thing done over the course of the next week. The American people expect action. I continue to believe that a package that is balanced and actually has serious debt and deficit reduction is the right way to go. And the American people I think are fed up with political posturing and an inability for politicians to take responsible action as opposed to dodge their responsibilities.

[Earlier Obama Town Hall]

[7-24-11: The Deadliest Catch]

Caging Godzillas

Sustainability Requires Caging Godzillas- Andrew Sheng (INET)
Finance reforms, to meet the challenges of trade cycles and the debt bubble require Financial, Social and Resource Stability and Sustainability.
Finance is ungovernable, because of creation of credit.(paraphrased and contexted 4:58 in video through 10 minutes and more on global game-local blame.) The bubble containment dilemma*: leveraged capital flow, ability to get around** boundaries and rules. My aside: Bailouts are not stimulus, and stimulus are not bailouts. The problem and the solution are at the vertex of the three in politics and governance. Finance reform recognizes the role of governments in creating a system(market rules) that balances consumption and "creative destruction". The Godzillas are the metaphor for the responsibility that is avioded by not taking on the responsibility and blaming the market. Rollover of debt to public debt, crisis of reserve currency and international monetary system. Segue: BO-OB Barack Obama -Optimism Bias Extra Credit: Debt is not just about borrowing, it is about not paying for it. All bailouts and stimulus, not being equal, let alone at all similar, they are not all bad. Something somewhere has got to give. It is not all about free markets and free trade, but providing a system that does not just take, whether it is freedom, labor or resources.

[Laffer Cry or D ' Ribble]

[Hint: to Obama: Wrong Try Pod? More Cow Bell.]
[Huntsman Aside, Ring Obama]
[AND Congress- as amended: cutting loopholes are on the spending cuts not the tax hikes side of the equation.]

* my model/metaphor related to Platonic Tetrahedron
[** not an endorsement of shape of the curve, but another Godzilla factor]
[Breaking News: Presidential Press Conference]
[See Comments below Re:]
[Update: 7-1-11 He has a long way to go to be a Boehner or a Whiner, let alone "Tricky D." ]