Showing posts with label Politik. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politik. Show all posts

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Michael Bloomberg + Religous Freedom

I would appreciate everyone stepping back and asking themselves if they fully understand this issue. It is multifaceted, and at times painful, it is delicate — but it is important to meditate on this with a clear mind. And as a note, just because the hyperbolic terms associated with this issue, I must add; The Mosque isn't located at Ground Zero. It is two blocks from the site.

But Mayor Bloomberg sums it up much more eloquently that I have the patience to apply.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsHc1EHgQY

Friday, June 11, 2010

John + Governor Tim Pawlenty

Been calling this for over 3 years now. That makes me a genius. Oh, wait... anyhow, Gov. Pawlenty is legit. He will make a damn tough-to-beat Republican Presidential Candidate, and I am thinking 2012 may happen, but he is young and he may wait it out for the '16 race. If McCain had chosen him as a running mate it could have been much different. Watch out, kids.

Also, did you just notice I referenced 2016 without hesitation?

I have only posted the links, because Comedy Central has been screwing up their embed tags, and it is beyond a manual fix on my end.

Parts1–3:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-10-2010/exclusive---tim-pawlenty-unedited-interview-pt--1
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-10-2010/exclusive---tim-pawlenty-unedited-interview-pt--2
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-10-2010/exclusive---tim-pawlenty-unedited-interview-pt--3

Friday, March 12, 2010

Health Reform Myths + Mr. Krugman

Health reform is back from the dead. Many Democrats have realized that their electoral prospects will be better if they can point to a real accomplishment. Polling on reform — which was never as negative as portrayed — shows signs of improving. And I’ve been really impressed by the passion and energy of this guy Barack Obama. Where was he last year?

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Friday, February 26, 2010

The Deflationist + Mr. Krugman + The New Yorker

For the first twenty years of Krugman’s adult life, his world was divided not into left and right but into smart and stupid. “The great lesson was the low level of discussion,” he says of his time in Washington. “The then Secretary of the Treasury”—Donald Regan—“was not that bright, and you could have angry exchanges where neither side understood the policy.” Krugman was buoyed and protected in his youth by an intellectual snobbery so robust that distractions or snobberies of other sorts didn’t stand a chance. “When I was twenty-eight, I wouldn’t have had the time of day for some senator or other,” he says.

Read Larissa MacFarquhar's great article in full...