Stimulus passes Congress and will become law

14 comments February 13th, 2009

 

After all its misrepresentations and all the falsehoods peddled on its behalf by the repugnant likes of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, the GOP — the Grand Obstructionist Party — has FAILED.

How sweet it is!

POSTSCRIPT: And will somebody please tell Don Manzullo that there’s no money for ACORN in the stimulus bill, despite his claims to the contrary?

Show him this: http://mediamatters.org/items/200901300007

Even before the Bush economic collapse of 2008, American families were poorer than in 2001

10 comments February 13th, 2009

 

In 2007, more than a year before the end of George W. Bush’s presidency and before the onset of the recent crash, the typical American family was financially WORSE OFF than when Dubya took office.

But, hey, we’re supposed to believe that Republicans know more about economics than Democrats do.  Sure they do. And it don’t rain in Indianapolis in the summertime.

Financially strapped Newsweek reinventing itself

6 comments February 13th, 2009

 

The folks who run Newsweek (the first issue of which, in 1933, is pictured above) are going to CHANGE the mag into something more like The Atlantic or The New Yorker.

I like the idea.

Did Judd Gregg jump ship because of ties to corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff?

3 comments February 13th, 2009

 

There’s SPECULATION today that Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew as a nominee to the Obama Cabinet because of connections to the notorious Jack Abramoff (above), who’s currently doing prison time.

If it’s true, it doesn’t reflect well on the Obama team’s vetting process. But neither does it do the GOP any good.

We’ll see.

Obama inspires a freakazoid display of shockingly deranged conniptions and outright crazy talk

1 comment February 13th, 2009

 

There are lots of links to some very funny stuff in THIS PIECE.

But, of course, those of you who are Obamaphobes probably won’t be amused.  Too bad for you.

Another right-wing lie to alarm the gullibles

3 comments February 13th, 2009

Here’s the final text of the stimulus bill

1 comment February 13th, 2009

 

Follow the links HEREIN.

Happy reading!

UPDATE: THIS is perhaps a handier guide to the spending.

How the Crash Will Reshape America

1 comment February 13th, 2009

 

In the current issue of The Atlantic, economic and social theorist Richard Florida has a MUST-READ PIECE about the potential aftermath of the current economic crisis.

It’s a sobering assessment of where we might be headed, and it likely will dispel many of your notions of where we’ve been and how we got to where we are.

I can’t recommend it too strongly.