At the Tip of the Spear: Explaining Bush's Poll Numbers
Recent polls show Bush's approval ratings sinking as disapproval over his handling of the Iraq war and the economy spreads. The protests headed by Sheehan in Crawford, the Downing Street Memo, and an...
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From the New York Times Hands Full, Officials Are Helpless Against Looters "Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she has asked the White House to send more people to help with evacuations and rescues, thereby...
View ArticleHastert Questions Federal Insurance for Natural Disasters
"We help replace, we help relieve disaster," Hastert said. "But I think federal insurance and everything that goes along with it...we ought to take a second look at that." The Republican attack on the...
View ArticleWhat A Republican Government Looks Like
A Republican friend of mine told me that Katrina had opened his eyes: "The greatest danger to a democracy is an increasing bureaucracy. As the bureaucracy becomes more entrenched, it becomes less...
View ArticleThe $2,000 Idea: Ignoring Economies of Scale
You have just lost everything. Your house, your job, maybe even your family. But you made it out alive. You're in Houston at the Astrodome, where FEMA has just given you a $2,000 debit card to begin...
View ArticleThe Death Penalty History of Gov. Perry
Which Republican Texas Governor: Vetoed a Ban on Execution of Mentally Retarded Inmates Has Established A Reputation for Verbal Gaffes It's not W... Meet Rick Perry, Republican Governor of Texas! We...
View ArticleBush at Mercy of Faulty Body Armor
SOMEBODY is finally getting a taste of his own medicine... Faulty Body Armor May Have Endangered Bush Sep 26 2:14 PM US/Eastern By JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Justice...
View ArticleLA Times Op Ed Officially Drops Robert Scheer
Times Plans New Op-Ed Lineup By J. Michael Kennedy and Rong-Gong Lin II, Times Staff Writers In a major shake-up of its editorial pages, the Los Angeles Times announced Thursday that it was...
View ArticleDon't Trust the Economy, Stupid!
Bonddad's excellent recommended diary today was an excellent reminder of the perils facing twenty-somethings and the American economy in general. However, there are a lot of misconceptions still out...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Low Mileage
I don't know about anyone else but I am tired of the constant lies and misinformation the media likes to promulgate regarding Hybrid cars. The same media culture that loves to promote all combination...
View ArticleThe Inconvenient Truth Dawns on Red State Outdoorsmen
Last year was a good year for global warming--from a PR perspective. There was An Inconvenient Truth, this TIME cover here and that Newsweek cover there. Blowhards like Neil Cavuto railed against...
View ArticleI.R.S. Corporate Auditors Jumping Ship due to Lax Enforcement
In case the Bush tax cuts, the millions Halliburton has "lost" in Iraq, and the abolition of the Estate Tax (for those who work so hard at not working) weren't scandal enough, the New York Times...
View ArticleKossacks Under 35: Real Estate
In case your pocket doesn’t feel fully picked by college costs, graduate school, wages that don't keep pace with inflation or that crappy service sector job, there is always the roof over your head to...
View ArticlePolicy Prescriptions from the 1950s
Take me back to bobby socks, baby! Only in this scenario, let's envision what a modern meld of Republican Republic social engineering and their nostalgia for an idealized 1950s would get us. Follow...
View ArticleKossacks Under 35: Beating the "Experience" Catch-22 to Get a Job
Do you keep finding jobs only to be told you need more experience? Or graduate from college only to realize that every help wanted ad asks for a years worth of experience, minimum? What do you do...
View ArticleGirls Gone Political!
A girl's gotta have her offline life, too, right? And while lately I've been guilty of indulging of late in a little too much of things apolitical, it always helps to have an ear to the ground. My...
View ArticleIt's the small donors, stupid
The primary wars have gotten ugly, but when we look back, the beauty of the 2007/2008 primary cycle is going to be the battle of the small and large donor, the 50 States strategy and the DLC...
View ArticleKossacks Under 35: Starting Your Online Radio Show
Want to start your own radio show? Well, you're going to need an agent, a lawyer and a big contract. Just kidding! With new online radio platforms, all you need to get started are a few basics. Oh,...
View ArticleMaking Cents: The Trend for Long Term Change
Fired up and ready to go? The typical American consumer is tired and fed up, and some of those lifestyle changes we are seeing in the face of high gas prices, growing inflation and the rising cost of...
View ArticleTime to Strip the Fat From the CEOs
New York Times today details the White House appointment of an overseer to set compensation for top executives at companies currently on what I like to call "corporate welfare." It seems these guys...
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