Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Well, That Explains That!
(h/t Polar Donkey) This lays out the credit crisis about as well as anything I’ve seen, but still doesn’t show a solution, which is what I was looking for. Enjoy! The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
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Overwhelming, but not Overwhelmed
September seems like a million years ago, but that’s when the financial mess was laid bare, right in front of our eyes. The recession may have technically started back in December of 2007, but now people are pointing to the summer of ’07 as the real start of the downturn. We’ve had a TARP, and…
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Meeting the Speaker
My good friend LWC gave a rundown of the busy social calendar that has been Memphis politics over the past couple of days. I’m not usually one for social affairs, or crowds, but the event last night at Playhouse on the Square was really too intriguing to ignore, so, I made the long 4 block…
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Meeting McMillan
Last night, the Memphis chapter of Drinking Liberally was graced by the presence of Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, Kim McMillan of Clarksville. 21 months out from the 2010 Gubernatorial election, McMillan is traveling the state, meeting with Democrats and talking about her ideas concerning government, governance, and the future of Tennessee. The meeting was really more…
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Fighting For Their Lives
On November 5th 2008, everyone knew that Senate Republicans were a shrinking minority. The question was by how much. By the end of November there were, for certain, 58 Democratic seats, 41 Republican seats and 1 yet to be decided; Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman for Minnesota Senator. A recount process was set in motion,…
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News Intervention
I know it’s fallen out of vogue now that most of the cabinet is seated, but I still keep hearing this “Team of Rivals” nonsense from elements in the MSM, most recently from Andrea Mitchell of NBC. I find the whole conversation misleading. The implication that President Obama is somehow surrounding himself with people that…