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One Week in the Flipping and Flopping and General Cluelessness of John McCain

The USA Today published a useful editorial on Friday recapping McCain’s “many gyrations” in response to the financial crisis.
You know, first the economy is fundamentally strong, then there’s a crisis, then he’s a Reaganite deregulator, then he’s some would-be Teddy Roosevelt reformer.
What’s the truth? Well, who knows? But he’s certainly not TR.
Throughout his political career, [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Superwoman Edition

By the time you read this post you will either have recovered from the Palin Speech Drinking Game or had enough Pepto to settle your tummy.  Of course, if you are like me, you probably opted for a refreshing rerun of CSI.
For those of you who prefer your Republican/Conservative news in bite-size portions, today’s Ten [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: We Won’t Get Shafted, Again

You’ve got to give McCain credit.  By welcoming Palin into his campaign, he sure livened things up quite a bit in this election (and no, I’m not referring to you-know-what, unless you know what is a bridge or something).
Truth be told, I don’t blame him for his (apparently) monumental screw-up.  There was not much more [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

My apologies that today’s Ten Post Round-Up is not as hot as the weather, these days. But, I can almost guarantee that some of today’s links will burn you up!
1: Government working to make things easier on itself…
Cashless Society: Social Security debit cards debut–BlackListedNews.com
2: Wouldn’t impeachment hearings be a great [...]

Hmmm: Former Lobbyists are People Too

I have to say when I saw this headline from Political, I fully expected it to be a piece about the McCain campaign. You know, something where McCain tells the media that the current and former lobbyists working with his campaign are all “people too.” But it’s not about John McCain… No… It’s about the other candidate [...]

Goldilocks and the Three Candidates

It was primary day in the forest and so Goldilocks told her mother she was going to go vote.  Goldilocks was a democrat and she was terrified at the terrible condition of her country.  Her vote today mattered a great deal to both her and her country. 
She left her home and went down the path [...]

Bernanke: ‘Pushing On a String’

Cross-posted on Stock Picks Bob’s Advice, Trading Goddess, and John Kerry for President 2008:
I join with other investors in disappointment of seeing a 1/4% drop in the Fed Discount Rate.
The market didn’t like it and turned from about a 50 point gain in the Dow to a 220 point loss. And the market has another [...]

Throw Out The Hyenas of the Ruling Class

Is there anyone out there who still harbors the delusion that George Bush or most of his administration possesses the slightest shred of human integrity or the tiniest morsel of respect for the truth, for law, for the people of this country or any other?
Sorry, the question was rhetorical and asked out of personal frustration [...]

Got Debt? Shining a Light on Credit Card Fees

Got Debt? Who doesn’t these days…
Democrats on the Hill are gearing up to take on the credit card companies and their “abusive practices that trap borrowers in an endless debt cycle.” As the economy sinks even lower due to the housing market slump, consumers are trapped in a vicious cycle with debt. Adding to the [...]

Edwards Launches Website Targeting Clinton With Petition Drive

John Edwards is apparently out to kill two birds with one stone, with his new website that is aimed at Hillary Clinton while seeking to gather one million e-mail address and zip codes: 

The email addresses and zip codes would be “handy data for campaign micro-targeters to have when they go to turn out voters this primary season.” 
The [...]