theagitator.com - 3/31/2009
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Borrowing from this Hit & Run comment : It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.
talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/30/2009
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Why is Rick Wagoner getting the boot while
the management of the big banks remains in place?...
Whatever resonance the question has on first blush, it gets more complicated on further inspection. Citi does not have the same CEO it did at the start of ...
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eschatonblog.com - 3/27/2009
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eschatonblog.com —
It's been sort of weird watching the Republicans
flail about. Those of us who began our political...
lives in the 90s have, I think, been assuming that if there's one thing the Republicans know how to do was be an opposition party. And now, despite a ...
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... “It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.” - Radley Balko “I don’t know if you know this or not but starting today the United States government will stand behind your warranty on a newly purchased General Motors car. Now, that’s going to be cool, isn’t it? You take your car in for a problem and you’re going to have to argue with the government representative you’re dealing with as to whether or not it’s really a problem and whether you caused it. You think dealing with the DMV is a struggle now, wait ’til this ...
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balloon-juice.com 2/6/2009 — From the comments to another post :
You know, I’ve been on this blog almost all day and I’ve about had it. Can we just get the pitchforks out and get this over with?
You know, putting aside the stupidity of the Republicans, I ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/5/2008 — Barack Obama bringing Indiana and Virginia into the Democratic column for the first time since the 1964 landslide reflects the enduring “center-right” nature of American politics.
Seriously — what would falsify the center-right ...
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agonist.org 9/3/2009 — I'm entertaining an out of town guest and haven't been around (and won't be around til tomorrow), but I have a thought for today:
"No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick."
It's not an original thought or quote, but it's ...
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highclearing.com 7/20/2009 — If Sonia Sotomayor is so great, how come she only ever said one thing in her whole life?
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confederateyankee.mu.nu 12/9/2008 — ...Scalia adds another Obama citizenship case to the Supreme Court's Dec. 12 docket, Wrotnowski Vs. Bysiewicz. Let the fun and games begin continue!...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 11/9/2008 — by publius
Ok - you guys win. The Utah boycott is a bad idea. I think the Prop 8 thing just really angered me, and I posted something quickly without thinking it through.
Specifically, a statewide boycott is extremely overbroad. As a commenter ...
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notrushlimbaugh.com 2/13/2009 — Questioning the speed to pass the Stimulus Package, and the need of the Fairness Doctrine!
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balloon-juice.com 11/19/2008 — For those freaking out at the Kathleen Parker column , a couple quick thoughts:
1.) Justice (“Just Us”) Sunday
2.) Schiavo legislation
3.) Jesus is my philosopher .
4.) Michael J. Fox must be mocked for wanting stem cell research. ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 3/20/2009 — DEEP THOUGHT.... In November and December, I heard quite a few people asking liberal bloggers what they would do now that a) the presidential election was over; and b) a Democratic administration would replace Bush/Cheney. What would there be to...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — John McCain might want to worry about his large, outside-the-margin-of-error lead in both national and state-by-state polling before he worries about the prospect of someone voting in Florida, then coming back and trying to vote a second time under ...