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delong.typepad.com - 3/5/2009
First Time as Tragedy, Second Time as Farce
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John Berry thinks--along with everybody else--that Republicans are following an old playbook: oppose everything a Democratic president does in the hope of convincing voters that he is in some sense a failure, and then ride opposition to him to congressional majorities. Newt Gingrich did this in ...
americanthinker.com - 3/3/2009
The Farce of Global Warming
— americanthinker.com — It would seem prudent to re-examine the debate on the causes of global warming before tossing aside... entire industries and technologies in favor of untried, and possibly infeasible and unprofitable, "green" technologies. (more) The Farce of Global Warming

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balloon-juice.com - 3/3/2009
First as tragedy, then as farce
— balloon-juice.com — There’s been a lot of discussion on many of the internets about Republicans’ increasing use of the... word “socialism”. Mark Leibovitch writes : It seems that “socialist” has supplanted “liberal” as ... (more) First as tragedy, then as farce

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Crooks and Liars — Brad DeLong: As bad news about the economy gets ever worse, the party of growth, markets and business is opposing every effort by President Barack Obama to shorten the recession and put people back to work. Harold Meyerson: Who You Calling Socialist? swimming freestyle: Despite the unAmerican asshats who're openly rooting for Obama's failure, and the incessant attacks and obstructionism of rabid ideologues, most Americans are hoping for the best, crossing their fingers, and praying this new president and his administration are ...

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