Attention Obama Administration - Time To Deal With The Toxic Bank Assets & Restore Confidence

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Monday February 23, 2009 · 3:05 PM PST

2009/02/23 · 15:05

I was skeptical about Obama’s choice for Treasury Secretary from the very beginning. Here is a man who had a hand in bungling the management of the financial crisis on Wall Street last year and who couldn’t keep up with his own Federal taxes. Now he is expected to be the chief financial steward for the nation? But I was willing to wait to see how he would perform. So far I have not been impressed. He has not instilled confidence, at a time when confidence is the key. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been mostly a failure so far and, in fact, appears to be exacerbating the nations financial situation.

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Sunday January 25, 2009 · 8:24 AM PST

2009/01/25 · 08:24

I see a few fundamental problems with Obama's $800 Billion economic stimulus plan as it is currently being presented. Today's economic situation has created an opportunity to establish new sustainable industries. However, the plan doesn't focus on providing incentives and seed capital for the creation of "Green" Companies.

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Saturday November 15, 2008 · 7:51 AM PST

2008/11/15 · 07:51

An Obama Presidency may = a third Clinton term, at least it is shaping up to be pretty close to it. Is this the "change" Obama has in mind?

He has already chosen a Clintonite to lead his transition team...and another to run his Government (John Podesta and Raum Emanuel respectively). Then we find out that he may be considering yet another Clintonite, Lawrence Summers, for Secretary of the Treasury. Now Hillary Clintons name is floating around. (this is among other possible Clinton appointments.)

(A few of my Cabinet suggestions can be found at the end of my post)

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 7:42 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 19:42

McCain looking good in Missouri, unfortunately:

With about 20% of precincts reporting

John McCain, Sarah Palin REP 370,511 56.1%
Barack Obama, Joe Biden DEM 280,394 42.4%

This will tighten a little later on.

Obama could pull out a miracle. But right now, it looks like McCain will hold Missouri (but I have seen miracles here on more than one occasion...anything is possible).

The vote in St. Louis is expected to be pretty big. Will it be big enough... We just don't know.

I will continue to update.

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ATTENTION OBAMA CAMPAIGN - False Ad Alert

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 1:42 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 13:42

I'll try to make this brief...

During a visit to my local grocery store over the weekend I picked up a copy of "Handguns" magazine - The 2009 Annual Ultimate Gun Buyers Guide edition. I'm a progressive who is pro-gun rights, and on occasion I like to read the major gun magazines, particularly the special issues.

Continue Reading Below....

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 9:39 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 09:39

I was afraid this was going to happen. On the face of it, Biden has a wealth of experience and might be seen as a good VP choice. Even I have stated in the past that he wouldn't necessarily be a bad pick. But on the same token, Biden was not the best choice that Obama could have made....not by a long shot. Biden was near the bottom for me.

List of reasons below.....

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 3:52 AM PDT

2008/06/10 · 03:52

I posted a list of possible Democratic VP choices a few months ago. I didn't make a list of my top choices at the time because I wanted to see if Obama could actually win the nomination. Now that Obama has actually won the Democratic Party's nomination, I have come up with my top 5.

John Edwards

Bill Richardson

Tim Kaine

Ted Strickland

Jim Marshall

Wesley Clark could fit in there as well, although I am no particular fan of his. But I only allowed myself 5 choices.

Poll

341 votes Show Results

Who would you like to see as the Democratic VP Candidate?

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Who would you like to see as the Democratic VP Candidate?

John Edwards

57 votes

Bill Richardson

64 votes

Tim Kaine

14 votes

Ted Strickland

13 votes

Jim Marshall

5 votes

Joe Biden

25 votes

Wesley Clark

44 votes

Kathleen Sebelius

42 votes

Janet Napolitano

7 votes

Claire McCaskill

6 votes

Other

64 votes

Obamas Fading 'Hope': America May Be Too Sick To Elect a Black Man For President

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 4:06 PM PDT

2008/04/15 · 16:06

Obama appears to be damaged goods, and may be done. You could probably stick a fork in him at this point. Or does he have enough miracles left to overcome the nations attempt to swiftboat his campaign? And yes...this has now become more of a national effort. Everyone seems to be getting in on the act.

That's one of the many reasons why I lost interest in this circus filled election season.

Hillary's race baiting campaign has done serious damage to Obama and his hopes for the nomination, especially in the context of the General Election. Even if Obama somehow stops the bleeding enough to win the nomination, the General (s)election will be a different story. Obama will have to garner a broader range of support in the General Election as compared to the Democratic nomination contest...and it's going to be a steeper hill for him to climb in the General to accomplish that mission.

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Saturday March 15, 2008 · 7:08 AM PDT

2008/03/15 · 07:08

Of course he has to survive the swiftboating by Clinton and the White Corporate media first.... something that will be a miracle in my opinion.

Possible VP choices below....
19 names

(light diary for a Saturday)

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 12:35 PM PST

2008/03/07 · 12:35

Obama must refuse, reject, and denounce any idea of having Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

After all that she has done...the racism, race baiting, the fearmongering, stirring xenophobia, the smears, the lies and distortions....the McCain remarks.... She must be really delusional & crazy to believe that she would make a viable VP choice.

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 8:45 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 20:45

But the coronation ceremony (this process by which American zombies go to the polls and vote with the belief that they are actually deciding something) will go on as planned. Democrats will vote for her anyway.

During tonights debate in Los Angeles, Hillary Clinton pledged that she would pull troops from Iraq in her first year to 18 months in office. That's what she has been saying publicly to get votes. But this is not what she has been saying in behind the scenes discussions with her advisors. (Be sure to listen to Ted Koppel's Commentary).

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 12:01 PM PST

2008/01/02 · 12:01

....Well, a test of what little Democracy that this Country has left

"Will Caucus goers confirm the idea that a politician can buy his or her way into the White House or will they send the message that Iowans can't be bought?"

When I think of U.S. Democracy and our system of voting, the concept of free and fair elections doesn’t come to mind. The fundamentally flawed U.S. political system with its 2 dominant parties limiting voter choice (often between bad and worse), and its culture of facilitating corruption, doesn’t inspire much confidence that the politicians will really be accountable to the people they are supposed to serve. We live in a political system where the corporate media often chooses the next President; playing the same role that State-Run media plays in less than Democratic regimes overseas. Evena former U.S. President has admitted that the U.S. voting system does not meet basic international standards for free and fair elections.Elections in this Country have been flawed, and heavily influenced by corporate interests for the last several decades.

But recently, the corruption of U.S. elections seems to have gotten worse.

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