Is it acting efficiently by responding forcefully and specifically in an age with constant, nonstop news cycles? Or is it empowering its critics? Also, read this roundup on the administration's latest clash, with CNBC's Jim Cramer. One possibility: perhaps it is taking a calculated risk (based on the election results and polls) that the bulk of Americans want something to … [Read more...] about Evaluating The Obama Administration’s Responses To Critics
Limbaugh’s Ashes
John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Limbaugh’s Ashes
DVD Review: Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Now that the Oscars are over and we've finished celebrating the best of the movies, we should take a moment to recognize some of the films which are so bad that they are good. One of these, which may reach the pinnacle of the genre, is Hard Ticket to Hawaii. I first heard about this film from the fine folks at G4TV as one of the best bad films in history. The title is most … [Read more...] about DVD Review: Hard Ticket to Hawaii
People Who Love to Travel
People who love to travel will have a harder time in 2009. In an epoch when the world needs a sense of global community as never before, the global airline industry is headed for a dramatic downturn in 2009 as the recession deepens and widens into many countries outside the US and Europe. The airlines are already flying more than 60 million fewer seats since August 2008 … [Read more...] about People Who Love to Travel
Voter’s Remorse
I should have known better. For those of you who have been following me, most of you know that I grudingly voted for Obama last November. It was a ticket-splitting vote: voted for Obama and then voted GOP down the line. I noted that I was going to cast my vote with some trepidation: While I am supporting Obama, it is with trepidation. I worry that once in office he will … [Read more...] about Voter’s Remorse
Poll: Rush Limbaugh And White House Are Both Wrong When It Comes To GOP
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that conservative talk show host and GOP powerhouse Rush Limbaugh and White House aides and allies are wrong: only a small percentage of Republicans considers Limbaugh their leader: Despite efforts by the Obama political team and its surrogates to link Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, just 11% of GOP voters say the conservative radio … [Read more...] about Poll: Rush Limbaugh And White House Are Both Wrong When It Comes To GOP
Those Titillating Republicans
In all the hooha between Michael Steele and Rush Limbaugh, the GOP is overlooking the fact that, by long tradition, John McCain is the titular head of their party. That precept struck me in 1964 during a long conversation with former President Eisenhower. Discussing various issues, he clearly could not bring himself to mention Richard Nixon by name but kept calling him "the … [Read more...] about Those Titillating Republicans
Was Cheney Right? Do Deficits Matter?
Dick Cheney may have been (snark alert) the most wildly popular vice president of the last century, but that doesn't mean he knew what he was talking about when he purportedly said, "Deficits don't matter." According to Harvard Econ Professor Greg Mankiw, more than 80 percent of economists beg to differ with his Cheneyness; in fact, that super-supermajority believes a "large … [Read more...] about Was Cheney Right? Do Deficits Matter?
Why does Derek Jeter hate America?
Clearly he does, or he wouldn't say that when the United States does well, it hurts the Yankees. … [Read more...] about Why does Derek Jeter hate America?
Now Everyone Can Apologize To Rush Limbaugh
To keep the media issue alive and make a point, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has created this site where now anyone can leave their own personal apology to conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. The site is titlted "I'm Sorry, Rush." h/T Political Wire … [Read more...] about Now Everyone Can Apologize To Rush Limbaugh
Two Sides, Same Mouth: GOP Genuflects to Limbaugh Yet Nicknames Obama “The Messiah”
If that doesn’t express the internal and external conflicts with which conservatives and Republicans are struggling, I don’t know what does. Just check out BlogNetNews.com Rightysphere results for “The Messiah” versus A Google search on “apologize Limbaugh.” Complete, total, utter, abject absence of looking in the mirror. (I know - so many opportunities to make … [Read more...] about Two Sides, Same Mouth: GOP Genuflects to Limbaugh Yet Nicknames Obama “The Messiah”
Cosmic Close Call
It seems we had a "close encounter" of the potentially nasty kind this week. An asteroid of approximately forty yards diameter zoomed past the Earth this week, coming within 40,000 miles. It may sound like a long ways away, but this is roughly twice the orbit of our geosynchronous satellites and only one seventh of the distance to the moon. In cosmic terms, that's about as … [Read more...] about Cosmic Close Call
What Are The Odds Joe The Plumber Will Run For Office?
The real, authentic betting odds are HERE. … [Read more...] about What Are The Odds Joe The Plumber Will Run For Office?
Quote Of The Day: Obama As Ideological Rorschach
Our political Quote of the Day is actually a post of the day -- a must read in full post. But we'll give you the beginning of this thoughtful post by the ever-thoughtful Dick Meyer of NPR (who used to be with CBS): It's great, Sean Penn said in accepting his Oscar this week, to have an "elegant man" back in the White House. The Best Actor is but the latest and … [Read more...] about Quote Of The Day: Obama As Ideological Rorschach
Arizona: It’s Time To Grow Up And Get Our Act Together (Guest Voice)
Arizona: It’s Time to grow up and get our act together by Marc Pascal Arizona’s state and local governments are rapidly disappearing into the desert’s financial quicksand. The state budget for 2010-11 is being drafted by Republicans who for years repeated their empty mantras of “more cut taxes” and “reduce government spending” in response to every situation. Faced … [Read more...] about Arizona: It’s Time To Grow Up And Get Our Act Together (Guest Voice)
The Never-Ending Bailout
Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune The above cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about The Never-Ending Bailout
Memo To Rush And Keith: Like It Or Not They Are Good People
My attitudes towards Rush Limbaugh have gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of decades. While many of you were first introduced to him when he came onto the national scene in 1988 I was aware of him several years earlier during his broadcasts in Sacramento. During those early years I had several occasions to meet him in those early years and he was always quite … [Read more...] about Memo To Rush And Keith: Like It Or Not They Are Good People
Gandhi Memorabilia: US Collector Says “No” to India
When the news leaked out that Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings were going under the hammer on March 5, there was a public outcry in India and the Indian officials tried to persuade the Californian collector to sell these to them. But so far the collector has refused do so. Why? Because the Indian government was giving him low payment for such a precious collector's … [Read more...] about Gandhi Memorabilia: US Collector Says “No” to India
Recession Chaos? Hey, Use Your Brains!
Aren't we all worrying endlessly and banging our heads against a wall, knowing well that the frightening recession would not disappear in the foreseeable future? We are repeatedly told: "Jobs are scarce. Housing is a mess. And the difficulty of making money threatens our comfort and leaves us feeling anxious and stressed." What is the way out? Pray that Barack Obama and Co, … [Read more...] about Recession Chaos? Hey, Use Your Brains!
In Search of the Leader of the GOP
I grew up in Michigan, about sixty miles from the Canadian border. Our local cable system offered (and still does) the closest Canadian television station: Channel 9, a CBC affiliate in Windsor, Ontario. Beginning in high school and through college and even today, whenever I am home in Michigan, I turned on the CBC to catch their two nightly news programs: The National … [Read more...] about In Search of the Leader of the GOP