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The Real Deal
theheretik.us - 11/12/2008
The Real Deal
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The inside dope on Obama? He’s pragmatic. What does that mean ? It’s a mistake, [Obama transition team leader Valerie Jarrett] said, to talk about Obama in terms of the left or right. He plans to change the political paradigm. What does that mean? Jarrett said Obama is a ...
New Deal economics
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/9/2008
New Deal economics
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Everybody's talking new New Deal these days - and, predictably, the FDR-haters are out in force, with... all the usual claims about FDR having actually made the Great Depression worse. (To the right, way back when, FDR was "That Man." Now Obama is "that ... (more) New Deal economics

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A *New* New Deal (video)
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youtube.com - 11/7/2008
A *New* New Deal (video)
— youtube.com — http://www.ourfuture.org is the home of the Campaign for America's Future.... (more) A *New* New Deal (video)
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normblog.typepad.com - 11/9/2008
The return of the real
— normblog.typepad.com — Sarah Baxter in today's Sunday Times:America feels good about itself and its future again. Its moral standing... in the eyes of the world rose overnight. Feizel Mamdoo, my brother-in-law, texted me from Johannesburg: "You'd think South Africa was voting! ... (more) The return of the real

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Interesting Times:  On Idealism and Realism

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On Idealism and Realism
Interesting Times — The Heretik It’s already starting to get thick.  You can be an idealist.  Or a realist.  But you cannot be both. Unless you are a politician.  Than you can be  everything to everybody.  Or nothing. That’s pragmatic BS . I must respectfully disagree. An idealist is someone who believes we can achieve great things. A realist is someone who knows that doing so will require a lot of hard work. I like to distinguish idealists from ideologues. Idealists are guided by their ideals, but they don't let them blind them to the reality of the world they live in. An ideologue, on the ...

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