Category Archives: economic collapse

Take away my rights, not my toys

Posted on October 4, 2010 by oddmanout215

Why FDR’s words wouldn’t resonate today “No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.” In 1934, FDR’s … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Depression, mid-term elections, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged FDR, Grand Theft Auto, iPhones, Phillies, Real Housewives, unemployment | Leave a comment

A new casino in this economy? Are you crazy?

Posted on September 29, 2010 by oddmanout215

The utilitarian gambling hall erected on North Delaware Avenue at the border of Fishtown and Northern Liberties puts 1,600 slot machines and 40 card tables within easy reach of neighborhoods across the city, many of them low-income. With the illusive … Continue reading →

Posted in casinos, economic collapse, mainstream media, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Earl Grinols, Fred Murphy, Neil Bluhm, Philadelphia Inquirer, Robert Goodman. William Eadington, SugarHouse, Suzette Parmley, Temple University | Leave a comment

Headless bodies and hapless Democrats

Posted on September 7, 2010 by oddmanout215

Think GOP’s morons can’t win midterms? Think again Keith Olbermann knows Republican candidates are funny. He airs clips of their boneheaded declarations so that we who lean left can laugh, in an incredulous way, at how grotesque the right wing … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, immigration, mid-term elections, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged headless bodies, Jan Brewer, jobs creation, Keith Olbermann, Labor Day, mid-terms, Obama, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Terry Goddard, Yeats | 1 Comment

You, sir, are no Lonesome Rhodes

Posted on September 1, 2010 by oddmanout215

Where are the fire-breathing, chest-beating demagogues of old? I saw clips of Glenn Beck exhorting the crowd to come back to Jesus during his “Restoring Honor” event in D.C. and I wondered, honestly, how this simpering buffoon rose from radio … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, mainstream media, Nativism, Politics | Tagged A Face In the Crowd, Christopher Hitchens, Glenn Beck, Huey Long, Joe McCarthy, Lonesome Rhodes, Patricia Neal, Restoring Honor | 3 Comments

Newsflash: Iraq not ready for U.S. pullout

Posted on August 20, 2010 by oddmanout215

The war has cost close to $1 trillion so far. Guess who’s paying for it? Earlier this week more than 60 people were killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad as they stood in a long line waiting to apply … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Iraq war, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged advise and assist brigades, China, economy, George W. Bush, Iraq war, last American combat brigade, Lt. Gen. Babakir Zebari, Obama, suicide bombing | Leave a comment

‘Canadian health care?’ We should be so lucky

Posted on August 13, 2010 by oddmanout215

Robert Gibbs is the new poster boy for Dem cowardice Like many other Democrats, I puzzled for a few days over Robert Gibbs’s scornful remarks about the “professional left.” Is President Obama’s press secretary just another beefy bureaucrat who lost … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, mid-term elections, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Democratic Party, Democrats In Name Only, health care, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, MSNBC, Obama, Robert Gibbs | Leave a comment

Brother, can you spare… a twenty?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by oddmanout215

Joblessness will be ‘the new normal’ if Americans tune out It’s hard to tell what’s coming, anarchy or more apathy, but there’s no doubt that things haven’t looked this bleak for the poor and near-poor since the 1930s. (Think Al … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged 99ers, Al Jolson, Bill Gross, Can You Spare a Dime?, Elizabeth Warren, Glenn Hubbard, Krugman, Laurence Summers, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Shiller, Timothy Geithner | Leave a comment

Summers, Geithner give elitism a bad name

Posted on August 8, 2010 by oddmanout215

Obama’s go-to guys botched economic recovery. Why do they still have jobs? Barack Obama thinks Ivy League grads who’ve worked on Wall Street have all the answers, which is why he ended up depending on Laurence Summers and Timothy Geithner … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, New York Times, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Christina Romer, Geithner, Laurence Summers, Paul Krugman | 2 Comments

NYT to 99ers: Chances for new benefits ‘slim to none’

Posted on August 6, 2010 by oddmanout215

Senate Democrats, on six-week vacation, seem to agree Reporter Michael Luo came through this week with a story on the long-term unemployed, which was more or less a case study of how dangerous it is to lose your job in … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Politics | Tagged 99ers, David Brooks, FDR, Luo, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Rochester Unemployment Examiner, Senate Dems, Stabenow | Leave a comment

A moment of clarity at the coffee shop

Posted on August 5, 2010 by oddmanout215

Consumer protection starts with saying no to ATM fees A small example of how banks take advantage of customers and why Elizabeth Warren should be appointed to lead the soon-to-be-established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: On most days I stop for … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, finance reform bill, Obama | Tagged ATM, Consumer financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, finance reform, Tom Geithner, Tome Harkin | Leave a comment

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