The Hollywood Liberal

Rahm Emanuel & the WH Bubble
Michael Tomasky, The Guardian
Naturally, I'm loathe to deliver props to a writer for any other British newspaper, but I happen to know the FT's Ed Luce, and he's a good egg, and he's just written a piece that's being buzzed about around these parts and for very good reason.I'll put the link in here, but you know that FT — it may not work, or you'll probably have to register. But do it. It's worth the read. It's another “what's gone wrong?” story, but unlike a lot of others this one rings very true. Obama has put too much faith in his inner circle — Axelrod,…

Biden: Iraq One of Obama’s ‘Great Achievements’
Andrew Malcolm, LAT
« Previous Post | Top of the Ticket Home | Next Post » Who knew?Thank goodness, Vice President Joe Biden went on CNN to chat with Larry King Wednesday night. So many think things are not going so well for the Democrat administration, as The Ticket chronicled here.Many Americans recall the ex-Sen. Biden's Democratic primary plans to give in to Iraq's fractious factions and carve the country into three territories. And even more probably recall Biden's boss' plan to halt the Iraq war years ago. As long as it got started anyway without…

Stimulating Our Way Into Debt Crises
Terence Corcoran, National Post
The fiscal fall of Greece is a reminder that fiscal mismanagement produces monetary hurricanes without warning By Terence Corcoran In the context of the general idea that government spending and lots of it, including really big deficits, stimulate growth and prosperity, the current fiscal crisis in Europe is a fascinating case study. The same EU economic actors who constantly warn that cutting off government stimulus spending would crush the nascent economic recovery are simultaneously busy bailing out at least one of their own. Greece is performing the usual Keynesian economic miracle of…

Critics Are Too Hard on Climate Scientists
Gerald Butts, Globe and Mail
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Obama Becomes Agitator-in-Chief
Gene Koprowski, Detroit News
A leading opinion maker has brilliantly observed that President Barack Obama seemingly cannot stop campaigning, and start leading. This choice is a result of his experience in community organizing. Obama cannot help but agitate. Trained on the streets of Chicago as a community organizer in the “Rules for Radicals” of communist Saul Alinsky and in the elite precincts of liberal colleges, Barack Obama views the GOP as “the man” who runs the “system” to the detriment of all. Never mind the fact that he is president of the United States, and the Democrats, his party,…