Category Archives: Obama

Wingnuts to Daddy Limbaugh: Lie to us

Posted on November 11, 2010 by oddmanout215

C.E.O.’s of the largest American companies earned an average of 42 times as much as the average worker in 1980, but 531 times as much in 2001… Perhaps the most astounding statistic is this: From 1980 to 2005, more than … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Depression, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged Election Day, Glenn Beck, Michele Bachman, Nicholas Kristof, Obama, Rush Limbaugh, The Economist | Leave a comment

Kristof to Obama: Do you sweat?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by oddmanout215

“Mr. Obama has a far better product to sell than Tea Partiers like Mr. [Jim] DeMint. But Mr. Obama needs to connect better with American voters. He needs to lose the cool and start sweating — and slugging.” — Nicholas … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Depression, Gulf, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Boehner, FDR, Jim DeMint, Kristof, Lincoln, McConnell, midterms, Obama | 1 Comment

She voted to burn down her house

Posted on November 4, 2010 by oddmanout215

“‘I voted Republican, which is unusual for me,’ said one woman… ‘My main concern is the economy. I couldn’t stand by and watch it continue to crumble.’” — from the Nov. 3 Philadelphia Metro. You have to love the logic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, globalization, Great Depression, mainstream media, mid-term elections, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Club for Growth, Democratic Party, leadership, minimum wage, Obama, outsourcing, Pat Toomey, Wall Street | 1 Comment

Where’s the sanity, dude?

Posted on November 2, 2010 by oddmanout215

Memo to Stewart: There’s no point to rallying about nothing. Jon Stewart should stick to mild satire. His interviews can be politely irreverent, and he does an amusing job of using news clips to show that the media is, by … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, globalization, health care, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Alex Pareene, Jon Stewart, outsourcing, Rally to Restore Sanity, right-wing kooks | 3 Comments

Obama on the boob tube

Posted on October 28, 2010 by oddmanout215

2010 is like 1933, but without the good songs “Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act. Or maybe not.” — Don … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Depression, health care, mid-term elections, Obama, Uncategorized, unemployment | Tagged Charlie Rose, Don DeLillo, forgotten man, Garry Wills, Gold Diggers of 1933, Joan Blondell, John Boehner | 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

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

Dowd for White House press secretary? A good fit

Posted on August 16, 2010 by oddmanout215

D.C. gossip queen has low tolerance for Democratic ‘lefties’ New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is a caricaturist who also specializes in insider gossip, semi-clever puns and simplistic assessments of the national mood. She would make an ideal replacement for … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, finance reform bill, health care, mainstream media, New York Times, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Bill Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, George W. Bush, health care reform, Maureen Dowd, Obama, professional left, Robert Gibbs, Wall Street regulation | 1 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

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