Category Archives: Politics

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … Super Congress!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Concerned that nations will soon fight over oil reserves? If you think that’s bad, wait until world population booms to 10 billion or so at the same time all the fresh water is drying up. But that’s long-term stuff. This … Continue reading →

Posted in enviromentalism, Great Recession, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Harry Reid, jobs programs, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Super Congress, supercommittee, tax hikes for the rich, the Human Tortoise | 1 Comment

Onion’s birthday joke, with an edge

Posted on August 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

The Onion’s Obama birthday joke was satire, but only in the lamest sense of the word: After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any kind of consensus, President Obama turned 50 years old Thursday, drawing strong criticism … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression | Tagged 50th birthday, Barack Obama, debt ceiling deal, Mitch McConnell, super-committee, The Onion | 1 Comment

Obama calls OUR bluff, not GOP’s

Posted on August 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

For months Obama loyalists at places like Daily Kos have argued against the evidence of their own senses. They insisted critics were wrong to call the president weak and rudderless. They remained confident Obama would stop caving and call the … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, Obama, Politics, unemployment | Tagged Barack Obama, cave-in, Daily Kos, deby ceiling, Elizabeth Warren, Harold Dean, Lewis Black, Paul Krugman, Sherrod Brown | 1 Comment

Just say no, in person, to Obamabots

Posted on July 31, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s part of an e-mail I recently received from Barack Obama’s spin doctors: David — As someone who got his start as a community organizer, President Obama’s entire career has revolved around the idea that ordinary people working together can … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged 50th birthday, Aug. 3, Barack Obama, betrayal, grassroots, house meetings, New Deal | 1 Comment

Media’s ‘cult of balance’ drags it to the right

Posted on July 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

Interesting blog yesterday by Paul Krugman, edgier than most of his op-ed columns, sparked by his gloomy conclusion that “the cult of balance, of centrism” is hurting the country more than the cult of right-wing loonies pushing for default on … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, globalization, mainstream media, New York Times op-ed, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged Americans Elect, centrism, cult of balance, globalization, Paul Krugman, The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman | Leave a comment

Groveler-in-chief can’t cut deal on debt

Posted on July 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Last night I listened to Barack Obama beg right-wing fanatics to accept his proposed solution to the debt ceiling standoff. He may as well have said, “Come on guys, I’m giving away the store plus all the land around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Depression, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged Bsrack Obama, debt ceiling, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, groveller-in-chief, John Boehner, Medicaid, Medicare, revenues, Social Security | Leave a comment

WP newsflash: Obama is no FDR!

Posted on July 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

It’s a tradition, I guess. The Washington Post reported the Watergate break-in and now, 39 years later, it is still dropping investigative bombshells: Since the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — which Obama and his advisers seem to have … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, taxes, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged economic stimulus, FDR, Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Media to America: What unemployment crisis?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

On and on goes media coverage of the debt ceiling standoff, a shocking spectacle of Democratic weakness and Republican greed. What’s not being covered in the ongoing misery of the millions of Americans who lost jobs and/or homes and see … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Great Depression, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Barack Obama, George Packer, Great Depression, Max Weber, unemployment | Leave a comment

God taps Rick Perry for prez…

Posted on July 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

… but what about the other Christian worthies? … Lest you think the Lone Star State has the only direct line to the divine, note that, in this presidential cycle, both Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain have said they are … Continue reading →

Posted in God Squad, Great Recession, Politics | Tagged George W. Bush, God, Herman Cain, Lone Star State, Michele Bachmann, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, the Good Book | 1 Comment

Record heat is a hoax, Limbaugh says

Posted on July 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

My house was so hot this morning, I didn’t even have to kill any ants. They usually run across the drainboard when I try to make breakfast, but today they must have loaded up on sugar and bagel crumbs and … Continue reading →

Posted in enviromentalism, livable cities, mainstream media, Philadelphia, Politics | Tagged climate change, North Pole, record temperatures, Rush Limbaugh, ThinkProgress | Leave a comment