Orszag and Cortese on Charlie Rose

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Wednesday July 22, 2009 · 11:54 PM PDT

2009/07/22 · 23:54

I sat and watched tonight's Charlie Rose interviews with Peter Orszag, called the strongest voice in Obama's ear on healthcare, and Denis Cortese, CEO of the Mayo Clinic. Fascinating. Instructive. Somewhat reassuring.

One question, though....

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Are you confident in your current health insurance situation?

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Are you confident in your current health insurance situation?

Yes

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"Terrorist propaganda photos"? Really?

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Thursday June 11, 2009 · 7:30 AM PDT

2009/06/11 · 07:30

Interesting read at the Plum Line ...

Greg Sargent asked Boehner's office to comment on the news that House Dems have decided to support allowing Gitmo detainees to be tried in U.S. courts. This was the response:

“We still have not seen a comprehensive plan for how the Administration plans to deal with the detainees in Cuba. That’s what the American people expect and deserve. They don’t want politicians cutting deals behind closed doors to proceed in a slapdash, ad hoc fashion. Certainly not on important issues like bringing these detainees to the United States, or releasing terrorist propaganda photos.”

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Friday June 05, 2009 · 11:00 PM PDT

2009/06/05 · 23:00

Got a whiff today of the debate brewing over the recent discovery that Monsanto is commenting on DKos and what should be our response. Deep down in the comments, I finally saw someone ask

Well what is the policy of DKos toward the registration of accounts to corporate entities?

I'm sure this must have come up somewhere before...

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Should corporate entities be allowed in this forum?

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Should corporate entities be allowed in this forum?

No.

20 votes

Hell no.

116 votes

Other.

53 votes

Whaddya know. Another Calvin Woodward hit piece today.

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Friday May 01, 2009 · 12:06 AM PDT

2009/05/01 · 00:06

The Associated Press' Calvin Woodward seems intent on making a name for himself performing these post-presser "fact-checks" on Obama's claims. Today's is the third, I think, in the eventual Pullet Surprise winning series. And while it's not AS BIG a steaming pile as the first two, it's still pretty stank.

If you're not from the dirty south, "stank" can be a pretty tough word to pin down. Fortunately, Woodward comes through with a series that does the term justice. Here's an example:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama turned the page on 100 days in office with an iffy boast about job creation and claims of fiscal prudence that are hard to square with his spending.

Hard to square, huh? Where have you been for the last 8 years?

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Obama's worst failure in the first 100 days...

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Obama's worst failure in the first 100 days...

being cajoled by Republicans to support Bush's funding the troops

0 votes

supporting Bush's bank bailout under threat of martial law

11 votes

passing legislation

1 vote

ushering in the apocalypse

21 votes

other (be specific)

5 votes

How close are we?

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 9:53 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 21:53

Not having paid very close attention to the campaigns the last two days or so, I've caught only fleeting glimpses of it in passing, and I imagine this is what it's like all the time for the average low-information American voter.

And what I'm getting from the right is "Voter Fraud". Nevermind that there hasn't yet been a vote.

My question, as this dingleberry of an issue gains currency among the Palinites and the Dittoheads, is this:

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How close are we?

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How close are we?

This close.

3 votes

Not that close.

8 votes

There.

3 votes

Go to bed.

17 votes

Credit Crisis

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 11:25 AM PDT

2008/09/30 · 11:25

This morning on NPR's On Point, in the first hour, host Tom Ashbrook interviewed Bonfire of the Vanities-famed author Tom Wolfe.

Wolfe said something that has had me thinking all morning.

He talked for a moment about the origin of the word "credit," pointing out that its Latin root means "I believe."

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Wall St. and Corporate America...

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Wall St. and Corporate America...

...are right about us.

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...are sweating.

6 votes

Community Organizer

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 8:54 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 20:54

Time after time tonight, I heard these Republicans belittling the work of the community organizer.

9iu11ani did it, Palin did it (sneeringly).

Let me tell you something...

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Friday June 13, 2008 · 11:10 PM PDT

2008/06/13 · 23:10

...the story of thousands of Personality Disorder Discharges from the U.S. armed services.

This is the institution I'm supposed to respect as such?

This is how the Bush Administration thanks those it chewed up and spat out in their miserable war of economic aggression? If these men aren't hauled before a court with the power to punish them, then justice will have lost the war and they'll be rounding us up for the camps.

...

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 6:46 PM PDT

2008/06/04 · 18:46

I'm getting away, slightly, from my favored position that Hillary will eventually be a vice-presidential nominee on the McCain ticket (provided there is actually an election), to a more nuanced question with, perhaps, a stronger foundation in reality.

I wondered today what Hillary got in exchange for her decision to suspend her campaign, endorse Obama and so on.

I don't think she's going to be given the vice-presidential slot...I don't think she wants to be veep, I don't think anybody wants Bill creeping around the White House anymore and I don't think Obama should be made to accept that the first black nominee can't pick his own VP...here's what I think she will get...

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What to do with Hillary?

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What to do with Hillary?

Put her in the Cabinet.

21 votes

Let her chair the Veep Search Committee.

3 votes

Both.

3 votes

Make her Ambassador to Neptune.

83 votes

Hillary a dream VP candidate...for McCain

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 10:58 PM PDT

2008/06/02 · 22:58

I have come to this conclusion reluctantly, because I'd hate to see it actually happen.

It would be an indicator that the level of orchestration by the corporate establishment of America's electoral process has reached an all-time high in terms of cynicism.

Worse, it would probably work.

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What are they waiting for?

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What are they waiting for?

The primary process to run its course.

7 votes

The word from Doug Coe.

4 votes

The 4th of July.

1 vote

The October Surprise.

5 votes

The Lone Gunmen.

5 votes

The check from Murdoch.

6 votes

Popular demand.

4 votes

Pie.

9 votes

HILLARY OUT!!!

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Monday March 31, 2008 · 9:20 PM PDT

2008/03/31 · 21:20

In a remarkable turn of events, Hillary Clinton late Sunday conceded the Democratic Party's nomination for the Presidency to upstart Senator Barack Obama.

"I decided that, for the good of the Party and given the fierce urgency of November, the only reasonable course of action is to abandon my failed bid for the nomination. I congratulate Mr. Obama on a hard-won victory and I pledge to work for his election this fall."

In a response issued by the Obama campaign, the first-term Senator from Illinois stated:

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Happy Now?

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Happy Now?

HEW YEH!!!!

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America has become a lie

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 10:21 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 22:21

There is a unifying theme in broad circulation among those invested up to their necks in the social, political and economic status quo in this country.

It is the fundamental belief, acted upon or, as is more often the case, simply spouted without true personal conviction, that America is above question, above doubt and above pessimism.

Optimism is the key driving force of conservative America, and in the face of impending disaster, it has become clear that America -- the one from the stories of your childhood and from your civics textbooks -- is a colossal lie.

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Orszag and Cortese on Charlie Rose

"Terrorist propaganda photos"? Really?

BLOG MY @$#$% CORPORATION, KOS!

Whaddya know. Another Calvin Woodward hit piece today.

How close are we?

Credit Crisis

Community Organizer

On NOW...

What did Hillary get?

Hillary a dream VP candidate...for McCain

HILLARY OUT!!!

America has become a lie