Category Archives: mainstream media

Today’s Republicans would NOT like Ike

Posted on September 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s a fresh perspective on the nest of vipers officially known as the Republican Party. The writer, Mike Lofgren, a former Republican Congressional staffer, argues that Republicans really are trying to bring down the federal government, and might succeed because … Continue reading →

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Obama’s ‘odd strategy’ for pushing jobs bill

Posted on September 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Poor Robert Reich. Every time I look at the photo of him that runs with his column he seems to look more bemused, or even dumbfounded, and I can’t help thinking it’s because President Obama is slowly driving him crazy. … Continue reading →

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Ten years after, we’re still in a dark age

Posted on September 13, 2011 by oddmanout215

The shame of it is that Osama bin Laden was counting on America to react in a disastrously foolish way to the 9/11 attacks, and no one in government was clever or cool-headed enough to disappoint him. In fact, the … Continue reading →

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Bush speaks on 9/10, supersizes lies

Posted on September 11, 2011 by oddmanout215

Yesterday on the Atlantic City Expressway, at the sprawling Frank S. Farley rest stop, I remembered how quickly 9/11 became a device for generating hatred while at the same time lulling Americans into swallowing lies about costly, undeclared wars. All … Continue reading →

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Obama offers new spiel, but no New Deal

Posted on September 9, 2011 by oddmanout215

I wasn’t surprised that Paul Krugman didn’t slam my good buddy Barack’s jobs plan, a mix of tax cuts and increased government spending that makes more sense than anything congressional Republicans will ever put together. But I thought it excessively … Continue reading →

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Harvard Business Review: ‘Was Marx right?’

Posted on September 7, 2011 by oddmanout215

You know the economy is on its last legs when a Harvard Business School publication reminds us that Karl Marx might have been on to something in his critiques of industrial-age capitalism. In an article headlined “Was Marx right?” economist-consultant … Continue reading →

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Labor Day message from Albert Einstein

Posted on September 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Think of the millions of jobs eliminated or off-shored over the past few decades. Consider the extent to which this is the result of alliances between our increasingly corrupt political establishment and the corporate elite. Look at the way politicians, … Continue reading →

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Your hometown flooded? Come to Ocean City!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

Interesting Philadelphia Inquirer front-page advertorial on behalf of the Ocean City, NJ, tourism industry. The reporter noted that O.C. lost a lot of potential tourist dollars last week when coastal areas were evacuated as Hurricane Irene approached. The story had … Continue reading →

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Liberal pundit’s advice: Give ’em heck, Dems

Posted on September 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Leonard Pitts Jr.’s column was headlined “Democrats need to stand up to tea party.” I couldn’t agree more, but his semi-apologetic tone left me wondering what Pitts meant by “stand up.” He started by praising Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters for … Continue reading →

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New verb — Who will ‘Pinochet’ Cheney?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by oddmanout215

The mainstream media are shrugging at Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, who has started a one-man campaign to bring down Dick Cheney. Wilkerson has publicly stated he’ll testify against Cheney — chief fabricator of lies used to … Continue reading →

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