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Lukewarm populism coupled with vague promises of solutions is no solution at all. Obama makes stirring speeches but often does the opposite of what he promises. Until hundreds of Wall Street banksters are indicted on criminal charges then we we will not have rule of law applied to the 1%. On that point, Obama was [...] Politico, perhaps a bit snarkily, details how liberals bloggers hailed Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as bold, daring, and – biff bang pow – letting the Republicans have it both barrels. Huh? Presidents since George Washington have made recess appointments. Quite predictably the other party then [...] In the streets of Manhattan, during a weekend in late September, the faces of steel and concrete behemoths staring down at me, I quickly weaved my way through stopped cars. I moved with several thousand others. A collective elation filled the air, surrounding us as we sped forward. Cars honked in support, cab drivers [...] Google Finance It’s increasingly clear, isn’t it, that our supposed leaders in DC are incompetent, craven, and compromised. The debt deal, which they did with as much drama and little intelligence as possible, is just more evasion and kicking the can down the road. But no one is buying their pretend and extend game [...] We had a wide-ranging show last night, with Keith Boyea joining Steve Hynd and myself. Listen to the show on BlogTalkRadio or on iTunes. Topics: Both parties are quite willing to fund-raise off the debt ceiling kabuki, oblivious and uncaring of the consequences, which could include a government shutdown, mortgage rates spiking, and a [...] Tonight Steve Hynd and I welcome our new co-host, Keith Boyea, who blogs about national security, veterans issues, and current affairs. (Josh Mull, who had the original idea for the podcast had to drop out due to work commitments. Big thanks to Josh for getting this started and rolling!) Show topics tonight Steve says, [...] “While it may be tempting for liberals to write this statement off as mere right-wing positioning, prominent liberal writers agree,”says Washington’s Blog, in a long, detailed post about Obama’s continual alliance with Wall Street Democrats against the rest of us. Obama never was on the liberal / progressive side. That’s the key point. He has [...] Carville unloads on Obama It’s pretty remarkable that the next election is going to boil down to a competition between the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and his vice presidential nominee. Obama being the 2012 Democrat equivalent of McCain and the Republican challenger being someone like Palin. It’s not that Obama is a socialist [...] Flickr rnyk If you’ve been watching the recent controversy over Cornel West’s statements that Obama is “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats,” among other things, you have been witnessing an interesting phenomenon. What you are seeing – perhaps most prominently from West’s Princeton colleague Melissa Harris-Perry, [...] |  | ||||
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