The Republican Party: An American Train Wreck?

Take a look at the map of states that were won by John McCain and those won by Barack Obama in the 2008 election. It’s pretty clear that Obama won the northeast part of the country and he also won the west coast.  McCain pretty much won the south and the west, except for the [...]

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Sarah Pales, the World Melts Down, and Bush Brings Back the Afrika Korps

It is as if Wall Street were an economic black hole that is inexorably drawing in the rest of the world’s economies only to be ripped apart and then crushed under the massive weight of unpayable debts and then dissolved into nothing but wavering wisps of smoky rings that will forever orbit this yawning abyss [...]

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The Unbearable Lightness of John McCain

I suppose his standing in class at Annapolis should have been the tip off.  Almost dead last in a class of nearly 900 graduates, you can’t expect him to have too much intellectual horsepower.  Still he presents himself as a man who is sure of his convictions, a man who is unafraid of risks, a [...]

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Can a New Economy Arise from the Ashes of Wall Street?

24 hours ago, John McCain said the fundamentals of our economy are sound. Today he said our economy is in a crisis. Whew! I guess a lot happened in 24 hours!  Johnny now says he wants to set up a commission when he gets to be President, sort of like the 9/11 commission, to try [...]

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Fannie and Freddie Melt Down; McCain and Palin Say “DRILL NOW”

It is like the Titanic hitting an iceberg as the passengers peacefully sleep in their staterooms.  Deep in the bowels of the “unsinkable” liner the crew desperately tries to shore up the cracked bulkheads; the pumps strain to empty the sea water that is pouring in, while, far above in the ballroom, the band plays [...]

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