Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Shall We Play a Game?
The hits just keep on hittin’ don’t they? This afternoon we learn of a possible Coup Attempt against one Mr. Gary Odom. Seriously, this past week has seemed more like mid-September meltdown on the McCain campaign than an off year (remember, the fundamentals of our economy are strong?) Let’s run down what’s happened so far:…
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Purity, Outrage, and Lessons
I wonder if Bill Freeman ever thought that such a storm would be stirred with his name in the headline? Probably not. Truth of the matter is, this thing has a lot of moving parts, and as I demonstrated last night, it’s easy to get caught up in all of them, with perhaps, not all…
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Revelations
I know there are a lot of happy trolls in Tennessee right about now. Yesterday’s revelation that the newly installed Treasurer of the TNDP had given money in past years to Republican Party organizations, as well as candidates illustrates, in their mind, just one more thing that is wrong with the new leadership at the…
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Removing the Veil
I’ve been running this little blog for just over 2 years now, first at blogspot, and now here. In those two years I’ve learned a lot, perhaps more about the act of blogging, politics and blogging politics than I ever hoped to know. To be sure, when I started on this little endeavor, I never…
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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…