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written by Quickjustice , August 01, 2008
Simply brilliant:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/al_gore_places_infant_son_in
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written by Cranky Young Man , August 11, 2008
Not for nothin', but men's synchronized diving is just about the least manly sport at the Olympics.
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written by mark alesse , September 03, 2008
Democratic and media pundits (opps, that was redundant) were quick to judge Governor Palin unprepared to step up to the number one spot
should something happen to a President McCain. Have they forgotten that just a few weeks ago their own primary voters assessed Sen. Biden's fitness for the Presidency, -- and gave him a resounding
thumbs-down?
In point of fact, Palin's been a governor for about as long as Barack Obama's been a US Senator, which suggests to me that she's got the edge in relevant executive experience and is actually the better
prepared of the two to be president.
Sen. Obama talks about reforming Washington, but has never said word-one against corruption within his own Party in Chicago, while Palin fought significant Republican corruption in Alaska and even stopped the Pork-barrel $400 million bridge to nowhere from being built.
We really don't know Sarah Palin yet so it's too early to say with any certainty whether she will live up to her promise, but based on the early reports and her enormous popularity in Alaska, she seems more
prepared to lead than Obama.
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written by mark alesse , September 16, 2008
Is she kidding?
The Hill reports that Speaker Pelosi disavowed all responsibility for the crisis on Wall Street ("Pelosi: Dems bear no responsibility for economic crisis"). Her take on the situation had all the depth of a talking points memo: “I think the American people have had it with this situation where the middle-income people in our country are not protected from the ramifications of the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions.”
Does she mean to include the "greed" of Fannie and Freddie, two financial institutions whose Democrat fingerprints are all over the sub-prime slime? No, probably not. As a matter of fact, it's doubtful whether her knowledge of the matter runs that deep.
On the face of it Pelosi again reminds us that Washington is populated with poseurs and politician know-nothings. If asked to comment on the bad weather in Texas, she'd segue from her standard banal generalities and put the blame on President Bush, Congressional Republicans, and the McCain Palen ticket before pausing for a second breath.
No wonder Congress is held in such low esteem nationwide. Perhaps when Cong. Rangel finishes his refresher course on the definition of "taxable income," he can help the Speaker understand the Community Reinvestment Act.
Mark Alesse, Albany, NY
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written by mark alesse , September 17, 2008
The dangerous financial breakdown on Wall St. is forcing both the McCain and Obama campaigns to formulate talking points to outline what they ll do if elected to solve the problems facing the markets the economy on Main Street and the indispensable financial institutions that are under siege.
The problem for the American voter is that it's clear that neither McCain nor Obama have a clue about what to do -- but neither wants to admit it.
If the Treasury the Federal Reserve Bank the SEC and Corporate America can t come up with a way to stop the market meltdown and restore investor confidence why should anyone believe that either of these two Presidential aspirant s campaign staffs could? These are people who write talking points for god's sake and to quote Jim Cramer, they know nothing.
If you listen to the most informed debate on the matter which is widely available on cable TV programs like Kudlow and Company Fast Money Mad Money MSNBC and CNBC you d realize that beyond the fact that there is little consensus among economists former and current Fed Governors hedge fund and money managers or corporate CEOs there is no one who really agrees about what s causing the current problems or predict where we re headed or who knows how to administer a rational fix that s effective fair and won't inhibit future growth.
There are plenty of theories lots of vapid opinions and a surfeit of banal suggestions meant to fill air-time, but at the end of the day -- one can only conclude that no one really has a sure-fire solution, least of all our Presidential combatants.
Unfortunately any such admission of ignorance on the part of the candidates would be politically heterodox because it would be used against him by the other side. And were the regulators and experts to admit that they were at best making educated guesses about what to do it would likely serve to exacerbate the fear driving markets down.
The one and only unavoidable conclusion that is demanding to be faced in the current situation is that we really don't know for a certainty what to do to make it better.
To my way of thinking, the first candidate who admits that we are all just feeling our way in the dark hoping to make things better while doing the least harm to our financial institutions investors workers and their pension funds will win the admiration of the public and maybe the election too.
We don't choose our Presidents for their acumen in every conceivable facet of modern life -- we choose them for their honesty and character and ability to inspire our optimism even when it means admitting they don t have all the answers.
mark alesse mark.alesse gmail.com
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