Category Archives: Politics

The Obama trap is closing on progressives

Posted on April 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

From the Animals: My little girl you’re so young and pretty/And one thing I know is true/You’ll be dead before your time is due/Yes you will. From Michael Gerson in The Washington Post: Obama now has Republicans cornered in budget … Continue reading →

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To NY Times, economic rut is recovery

Posted on April 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

The lead paragraphs and headline — “Job Growth Suggests Resilience of U.S. Recovery” — of a recent New York Times article suggests, Herbert Hoover-style, that prosperity is just around the corner. The real story is buried deep in the text: … Continue reading →

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Correction, DN — Corbett wields the chainsaw

Posted on April 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s Josh Cornfield of the Philadelphia Daily News following up on reaction to the newspaper’s cheesy, Photoshopped front page photo on March 31: The Philadelphia School District apparently loved the Daily News’ cover yesterday as much as district parents and … Continue reading →

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Fox News VP: Sure, I lied about Obama

Posted on April 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

In case you wondered why Roger Ailes and his motley crew are barred from Canadian TV outlets, here’s this from Media Matters: In newly uncovered audio, a Fox News executive boasts that he lied repeatedly during the closing days of … Continue reading →

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Joe Bageant walked it as he talked it

Posted on March 31, 2011 by oddmanout215

Joe Bageant, the self-described “redneck socialist” writer who died this week at age 64, enjoyed exploring the great divide between the working class and the limousine liberal establishment. Sometimes he seemed one of the few progressive-minded author/social critics who even … Continue reading →

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Denial is just a sign of the times

Posted on March 29, 2011 by oddmanout215

This is what happens in other democracies when bankers try to reward themselves for helping to ruin the world economy: Britain has a rival when it comes to bashing bankers. After a furious row over pay packages at Amsterdam-based ING … Continue reading →

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First, Dems give away the store. Then they haggle.

Posted on March 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

This is what happens when you supposedly represent the interests of working people but are too timid, dishonest or stupid to fight for those interests: Republicans are poised to reject a White House offer, TPM has learned, that would cut … Continue reading →

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New Deal soon for the jobless? More like no deal

Posted on March 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

Frances Fox Piven recently addressed the plight of the long-term unemployed and, perhaps more strongly than she intended, linked it to President Obama’s failure to act as a forceful advocate for jobs creation. Piven cited Obama’s lukewarm efforts to persuade … Continue reading →

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For labor foes, Triangle fire never happened

Posted on March 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and a good time to acknowledge there are powerful people still determined to undo the progress made by organized labor in the aftermath of that disaster. Here’s Robert Reich … Continue reading →

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N.J. polls show Christie’s act may wear thin

Posted on March 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Corbett in Pennsylvania, Christie in New Jersey, Walker in Wisconsin, Kasich in Ohio, Snider in Michigan, Daniels in Indiana and LePage in Maine are governors with the same objectives: break labor unions, privatize everything from school systems to liquor stores, … Continue reading →

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