Razor-thin win in election for a (mostly) white working-class agenda
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Ted Asregadoo
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Why do politicians make racist comments? Because it can get them elected.
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The stock market crash leads to the inevitable question: is the sky falling?
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The election of Scott Brown to the United States Senate has been the sexy political story of the week, but it’s also a reminder to the Democratic party — and…
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Á¢€Å“Wow, these grapes are sour!Á¢€Á‚ A fitting epitaph for Republicans as they try to grab the spotlight to bitch and moan about Obama, the Democrats, and spending while really only…
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The Á¢€Å“hit the ground runningÁ¢€ strategy the Obama Administration has adhered to since the inauguration has an unfortunate side effect:Á‚ It’s making people impatient for positive change in the economy,…
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As the news about the global economic downturn goes from bad to worse, we’re at a point where government inaction is not a palatable option. Something needs to be done,…
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Even if Barack Obama was just another in the long line of white males who have been elected to the presidency, this would still be an historic moment in the…
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Watching President BushÁ¢€â„¢s final press conference yesterday reminded me of the phrase Á¢€Å“failing upward.Á¢€ Never in recent (and not-so-recent) history have we had a president so thoroughly unqualified for the…
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The optimistic adage that a rising tide floats all boats is less sanguine when one contemplates the obverse. As the Great Recession of 2008 spills over to 2009 with what…
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If you’re a Republican Party stalwart, and say you went to the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami hoping for a good answer to the question of “Now what?” you…
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s been said that a political campaign is run on the poetry of promises, while the task of governing is about the prose of policy. As President-Elect Barack Obama sheds…
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Today, Americans are asked to choose which candidate best reflects our political point of view and authorize him or her (remember: Cynthia McKinney is running) to lead the country for…
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When I was growing up, I remember my father used to keep a credit card hidden in the back of his closet.Á‚ It was one of those Á¢€Å“In case of…
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I donÁ¢€â„¢t know if you remember the days when newscasters would routinely smile when the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day in positive numbers. It was a not-so-subtle sign…
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ThereÁ¢€â„¢s a phrase made famous by Thomas Hobbes, used to great effect in Hannah ArendtÁ¢€â„¢s The Origins of Totalitarianism, and that is: Homo homini lupus. That Latin phrase roughly translates…
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Close of the market, 9/29/08 My political/economic socialization came during the heady days of free market zealotry.Á‚ 1984 was a year when it seemed like many of my friends —…
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Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Those are our options in dealing with this financial mess — or so it seems if youÁ¢€â„¢ve been following events since the…
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If journalism is the first draft of history, and history is argument without end, then Matt Taibbi has fired the opening salvo of a new argument about the current political…
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The current breathless Á¢€Å“Sarah Palin WatchÁ¢€ going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesnÁ¢€â„¢t really matter to…
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An Open Letter to Hurricane Gustav By Ted Asregadoo Damn you, Gustav!Á‚ I mean, how could you have the audacity to downgrade from a Category 3 to the Category 2…
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Jon: What were your impressions of Ted & the Kennedys? He looked pretty good, considering. Ted: He did a very good job. Kennedy finished probably his last political speech, and…
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics for July states that 5.7% of Americans are unemployed. Percentages are sometimes difficult to visualize, so how about this number: 8.8 million people are officially…
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If you were a conservative back in the days of the New Deal, lobbing verbal grenades like Á¢€Å“A traitor to his classÁ¢€ at Franklin Roosevelt was as common as clearing…
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“I’m not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It would take about a billion ants just to aim a gun at me, let alone fire…
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I was reading Stanley Fish’s opinion piece in the New York Times about the University of Colorado’s plan to create a Chair of Conservative Thought at their Boulder campus. The…
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I don’t know if bad news has reached critical mass this past week, but it seems that the last few days of newspaper reading has engendered a great deal of…
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In the realm of public speaking, it’s tough for anyone (even accomplished speakers) not to make mistakes. In my current line of work (radio) I have to voice commercials, promotional…
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Ronald Reagan asked that question when he was running against Jimmy Carter in 1980. It’s a question that goes to the heart of what many of us believe is the…
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