This pretty much settles it. The economy continues to tank and consumers have thrown their collective hands up in despair.
Consumer confidence at lowest level since 1980.
A new Reuters/University of Michigan survey published today finds that U.S. consumer confidence “sank to its lowest level in 28 years this month as anxious shoppers grappled with surging food and fuel costs. … A separate report revealed new construction of single-family homes dropped to the [...]
Categories: Consumer · Economy · Housing Market
I’ll give him credit, he fired back at Bush today in exactly the right way.
Obama Kicks Into A Higher Gear
today, by hitting back hard at Preznit Bush for his inexcusable remarks claiming that Obama intended to “appease” Hamas, Obama made clear that he’s not going to follow in the footsteps of Al Gore and John Kerry [...]
UPDATE: McCain quickly fired back:
McCain Responds: Americans Have “Every Reason To Doubt” Whether Obama Can Keep Us Safe
e’s the response from McCain spokesperson Tucker Bounds to Obama’s speech hitting McCain and Bush on foreign policy today: “It was remarkable to see Barack Obama’s hysterical diatribe in response to a speech in which his name wasn’t even mentioned [....]
Categories: George W. Bush · Middle East · Obama
That’s about the best you can say about this. A year and a half later, they finally decide to do something. Nothing like letting the evidence wash away!
Feds Probing Drunken Blackwater Shooting
Nearly a year and a half after the incident, the Justice Department has sent a team to investigate a former Blackwater contractor for drunkenly gunning down a bodyguard to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi on Christmas Eve, 2006. To refresh [...]
Categories: Blackwater · Bush Administration
Oh, come on now, Bill-O! This is just silly.
O’Reilly compares Markos Moulitsas to David Duke.
On Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor last night, Bill O’Reilly attacked Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas by calling him “one of the most despicable Americans in the country.” Noting that Moulitsas writes a column for Newsweek, O’Reilly compared him to white supremacist David Duke: And Newsweek magazine, by the way, has legitimized [Moulitsas] by giving him [...]
Categories: Talk Radio · Television
I guess there’s no videotape, so a denial will do much to make Bush backers happy.
FLASHBACK: Bush told reporter Jews are ‘all going to hell’
An upcoming book about presidential advisor Karl Rove reports allegations of anti-semitism by President George W. Bush, Raw Story has learned. In The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power, Austin-based journalist James Moore and Wayne Slater, senior political reporter for the Dallas Morning News, will allege that Bush once made anti-semitic comments to a reporter [...]
Categories: George W. Bush · Middle East
At the very least, this is semi-official confirmation from the administration that the Housing Crisis is real. And not getting any better any time soon.
Today’s Housing Bubble Post — Here We Go Again!
Haven’t had enough of foreclosures and financial crises? Don’t worry, there’s more to come. This pretty much guarantees it: “Fannie Mae eases down payment rules, Fannie Mae said Friday it is easing [...]
Categories: Economy · Housing Market
Poor John McCain. He just doesn’t understand that words don’t just disappear with time.
On Thursday President Bush said that talking to “terrorists and radicals” is appeasement, and later that day John McCain said he agreed. But in the Washington Post today, James Rubin says that McCain hasn’t always felt this way: “Two [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · McCain
Clinton supporters on the warpath. They have a plan, but I’m thinking it’s not the best thing to do. Although, I’ve heard much the same suggested by people I’ve talked with recently.
Rick Klein writes that some Clinton supporters are organizing a “boycott” of the November election and the Dem party if Senator Clinton is not the party’s nominee. “Just talked to a 55-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident named Cynthia Ruccia, a spokesperson and organizer for a group calling itself “Clinton Supporters Count Too.” She said the group [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
Saudi Arabia laughed at George Bush’s request to produce more oil today. Looks like he developed a really great relationship with them over the years. It’s paying off well, just when we need it most.
Oh, even before that word came out, oil prices set a new record. We’re getting awfully close to $4.00 a gallon gas around here. That’s going to be a jumping off point for a lot of folks.
Oil climbs to record above $127 a barrel
U.S. energy risk management firm Cameron Hanover says “everything the market looks at is bullish” and predicts greater volatility [...]
Categories: Economy · Oil Prices
For your protection, of course.
Ostensibly the Transportation Security Administration exists to keep Americans safe when they fly. In reality it’s a bureaucratic nightmare which never should have been created in the first place. Consider what the TSA has done to pilots and air marshals to put you at risk [...]
Categories: Airline Safety
Can’t they do ANYTHING right?
Glitch Shorts Taxpayers $105 Million (stimulus rebate payments)
Up to 350,000 households aren’t getting the $300 per child owed them as part of their economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday [...]
Categories: Taxes
Every once in a while, you get a real gem from MSNBC. We had Olbermann’s “Special Comment” earlier this week. Last night, there was a truly choice bit of debate on “Hardball”. TeeVee machine material worth watching.
If only he’d been playing softball, instead of ‘Hardball’
In the unlikely event you haven’t seen it elsewhere, right-wing shock-jock Kevin James appeared on MSNBC’s “Hardball” yesterday afternoon, and Chris Matthews humiliated him. It was a bit like watch a car crash — you really don’t want to see the carnage, and yet, you find it hard to turn away. For all of his many, [...]
If you have any troubles with the YouTube vid in that post, here’s one from Crooks and Liars that should work just fine:
Matthews rips right wing Talkie Kevin James because he doesn’t know who Neville Chamberlain is
Categories: Middle East · Politics · Television
Unless you scan the blogosphere, you’d probably never hear about this. The writer is a well-respected investigative reporter, not some off-the-wall leftist. She really unloads on George W. Bush. Really. If you thought Olbermann hit hard, I think Larisa just raised the bar.
All the President’s Nazis (real and imagined): An Open Letter to Bush
Dear Mr. Bush, Your speech on the Knesset floor today was not only a disgrace; it was nothing short of treachery. Worse still, your exploitation of the Holocaust in a country carved out of the wounds of that very crime, in order to strike a low blow at American citizens whose politics differs from your own is unforgivable and unpardonable. Let me remind you, Mr. Bush, of [...]
Categories: George W. Bush · Middle East
Whew. What a week! Colds, coughing, generally miserable most of the week. The sun was out this morning, and that helped. Immensely. Looking forward to a long string of what’s forecast to be sunny and warm weather around here! Good day for Saturday’s Farmers’ Markets!
On the political front, Ace of Spades HQ links to a New Republic report on the Clinton Campaign. If the information is legit, it provides a fascinating look into the inner workings of the campaign and what went wrong. HINT: You’ll find the full TNR article linked on the word “everything” near the top of this post. I’m just saving you the trouble of hunting for it. It’s not really obvious.
How the Glacier Melted: Hillary’s Staff Dishes
More than twelve Hillary staffers, we’re told. from low-level grunts to money men to high-ranking senior staff, answered a questionnaire with full anonymity guaranteed. (Supposedly — this is TNR, I should note.) So– what went wrong? Short answer: Everything. Apart [...]
Categories: 2008 Election · Clinton
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