Author: BooMan

Palin and Double Standards

While Jeffrey Goldberg is admittedly correct to call Palin out for essentially endorsing Hamas, I think his analysis is a bit too smug. Palin was asked “What happens if the goal of democracy doesn’t produce the...

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Trust

I’ve never had much tolerance for complaints from our elites about how the mean bloggers undermine public confidence in our institutions. I still think that that is a total cop-out for the failings of our elite...

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Open Thread

I guess we are all about 7% poorer than we were this morning. That’s no big deal, right?

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Where to Now?

Well…I suppose the Democrats need to start from scratch now rather than using anything emanating from the Treasury Department. Nothing that smells too much like the Paulson Plan is likely to fare any better than this bill...

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Bailout Vote Fails

Make your predictions. How many progressives will vote for the bailout? How many Republicans? Update [2008-9-29 14:12:25 by BooMan]: Fasten your chinstraps. The Bailout Bill failed in the House. The DOW is down over 600...

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