It’s Their Fault

The hysterics of the campaign took a toll on your faithful blogger, and I couldn’t keep the posting pace.  But now it is all over and we have a supposed post-Baby Boomer president elect.
Also - the sins of the Baby Boomers have given us our current mess, to be sure, but they are all in [...]

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Both sides wanted the same thing and got it:  nothing particularity memorable.

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I’ve written a lot about the New York Times’ struggle to be objective. I continue to think it is one of the worst major city papers in the country at presenting news objectively , and it is for a couple reasons:

The Times staff is very liberal, and they are attacked for this very [...]

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My attempt to offer thoughtful and original news has panned out with a huge scoop. Not only is McCain an intemperate campaigner, but he is a reckless member of the BABYLONIAN BROTHERHOOD!
That’s right; while putty-natured humorists like Colbert jokingly compare McCain’s antics to a lizard, I have realized the truth: McCain was letting slip [...]

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When McCain and Obama assumed their respective positions as party nominees, I was excited. What a great chance to explore the very cultural divide that I’ve dedicated this blog to; the styles of the candidates would shine a light upon the dwindling gap between youth and experience: the meaning and implications of a country’s [...]

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I’m now a member of the just-debuted Pushback Blog Network, dedicated to young people’s progressive views on politics…so expect to see some crossposts at www.pushback.org. Though I try to be as non-partisan as possible, there’s really only one party with some semblance of a direction these days, so I’m proud to say it’s a [...]

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From the AP:
After world leaders…condemned the “boundless greed” of world markets, [Michael] Douglas…[who] won an Academy Award for portraying the rapacious banker Gordon Gekko…was asked to compare nuclear Armageddon with the “financial Armageddon on Wall Street.”
…a reporter ask[ed]: “Are you saying Gordon that greed is not good?”
“I’m not saying that,” Douglas replied. “And my name [...]

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Why is no other blog mentioning this scoop from today’s most reliable news source?
No less than three members of the man’s family including one by sworn affidavit have claimed that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair with hus­band Todd’s former business partner, Brad Hanson.
These sources have named Hanson as Palin’s secret love, and say [...]

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More detailed thoughts to come, but for now, why can’t we do this with the $700 billion:
Instead of paying for worthless assets and essentially giving Wall Street free money while doing nothing about the underlying problem, give a tax rebate - a big one - to everyone making under, say $125k (giving over $2 grand [...]

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My work computer has been blocking my posting access to this site the past few weeks.  Seems to be back now…

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