President Obama’s Weekly Address
Compromise There was bad news and then there was good news. Yesterday we learned that in January, the country suffered its largest one-month job loss […]
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Don’t come to the table with the same tired arguments…
On Thursday night, February 5, 2009Â President Barack Obama spoke at the House Democratic Caucus Retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia. Worth watching! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QOL08vLxgQ&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS279&q=Obama%20Remarks%20at%20Houseiurl=http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/7QOL08vLxgQ/hqdefault.jpg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Transcript on the flip.
Facts on the Stimulus Bill
The objections of Senate Republicans to the stimulus package are pretty laughable when you look at some of the facts. Speaker Pelosi’s office sent the […]
Who’s the Girlie-Man Now?
Back in July 2004, when the California legislature was 17 days late in voting on the state budget, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger mocked Democratic legislators by calling them“girlie-men.†But who’s the girlie-man now?
Chris Norby – Quite Simply BAT CRAZY!
Fourth District Supervisor Chris Norby has always been a bit eccentric. Whether it is his knack for delivering unsolicited history lessons or his rambling rants, […]
The Cost of Medical Care for County Electeds
Teri Sforza of the OC Watchdog Blog has an interesting story this morning on the Health Care benefit costs for 9 of 12 elected County […]
The Toxic Right Wing Media
I get more magazines to my house than I’d care to admit, but one of my favorites is the Columbia Journalism Review. The most recent […]
Justice Ginsburg has Pancreatic Cancer
Go to the New York Times story for more details. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman currently on the Supreme Court, underwent surgery for early […]
Progressive Econ 101: Tax Theories
To say we are in an economic funk is being charitable. Unfortunately, the debate is breaking more along party lines than is really good for […]