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Posted by BooMan | Dec 6, 2008 | 6 |

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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.

6 Comments

  1. Oscar In Dallas
    Oscar In Dallas on December 6, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Rather presidential…

    • BooMan
      BooMan on December 6, 2008 at 11:28 am

      He isn’t even president and he’s already promising to leave a legacy (total overhaul of schools and federal buildings for energy conservation) that will outstrip anything positive that Bush or Clinton accomplished.

  2. robertdsc
    robertdsc on December 6, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Widescreen rules.

  3. americanforliberty
    americanforliberty on December 6, 2008 at 11:54 am

    good schools, access to broadband internet, President Obama is rebuilding America for the 21st Century. Broadband internet is a “great equalizer” in helping children learn.

    • americanforliberty
      americanforliberty on December 6, 2008 at 12:04 pm

      Notice that Nero is focusing on the War he won in Iraq and doesn’t mention the suffering we have because of the recession.

      http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/12/20081206.html

  4. idredit
    idredit on December 6, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    one good change, (if Obama is serious about not lying to us) will be to overhaul the Labor Department – Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    They put out liar numbers:

    Take the numbers released December 5, 2008 – 533,000 job losses in November

    How about the under-reported by 200,000!!!

    The money people rely on the very credible Shadow Government Statistics – subscription required:

    [We] offer an exposé of the problems within the reporting system, and an assessment of underlying economic reality, …

    December 5th, 2008
    November Jobs Plummet 732,000 Net of Revisions, Down 873,000 Net of Concurrent Seasonal Factor Bias – Official Recession Start Is Late, As Usual – Required Reserves Surge Anew

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