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Debt 'Supercommittee' Could Send Much-Needed Signal to the Nation
Tweet Share on Facebook October 21, 2011 CommentToday's must-read: David M. Walker's essay in Politico on the upcoming recommendations of the "supercommittee." He'd like their recommendations to exceed their initial goals for spending reductions, so that across-the-board cuts don't take place, and he lists specific proposals for spurring economic growth and cutting unemployment. All good.
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Occupy Wall Street Takes on Corporate Greed, aka Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (17)At long last! We are finally having a real conversation in this country about corporate greed. Who gets the credit? The brave souls of Occupy Wall Street, President Obama, and, last but not least, Bank of America.
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On Libya, Give Obama Credit Where Credit is Due
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (14)Libyan strongman Muammar Qadhafi is dead.
As reported Thursday by Reuters, the dictator was "killed by fighters who overran his home town and final bastion on Thursday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cell phone video."
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Media Should Be More Diligent in 'Occupy' Coverage
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (1)"Where's the outrage?" the Republican National Committee asked this week regarding the support of President Barack Obama, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel for the Occupy Wall Street protests despite well-documented anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments and signs.
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Nothing to Worry About
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (12)At Big Hollywood, you can watch actor Alec Baldwin deftly parrying anti-Fed kookery at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City's Zuccotti Park.
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Debate Roughhousing Aside, is Romney Serious about Illegals?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (1)Former Gov. Mitt Romney has made news recently because of his demeanor at the most recent of the slew of GOP primary debates. The normally unflappable (in public, anyway) Romney lost it a little bit when foe Gov. Rick Perry accused the former Massachusetts governor of using illegal immigrants to tend his lawn.
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GOP Is Obama's Best Asset With Latinos
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (3)President Obama has been warned in the media and elsewhere that he is in trouble with his base. African-Americans are disappointed. Students aren't willing to give up a few hours of study time to go door-to-door for him. And Latinos, too, we are told, are frustrated that nothing has been done about immigration reform, even in the first two years, when Obama enjoyed Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress.
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What to Love About the Republican Presidential Debates
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (2)"I disagree in some respects with Congressman Paul, who says the country is founded on the individual. The basic building block of a society is not an individual. It's the family. That's the basic unit of society." —Former Sen. Rick Santorum, at Tuesday's Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas.
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It's Hard to Take the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Crowd Seriously
Tweet Share on Facebook October 19, 2011 Comment (15)The "occupy everything" crowd is still at it but, as the novelty wears off, so does whatever effectiveness it may have hoped to have.
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Why Do Police Treat 'Occupy-ers' Like Terrorists, Not Tea Partyers?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 19, 2011 Comment (31)I have always marveled at the power of one; one person, one vote, one voice….you get the point.
I am impressed by the voice and power of one Sergeant Shamar Thomas; a decorated Marine who stood with the "Occupy Wall Street" protest and said to the police:
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