theagitator.com - 2/16/2009
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So we were told that the state of the economy is so dire that members of Congress could only have 11 hours to read the stimulus bill before voting on it.
Now that it passed, Obama’s going to take a long weekend before signing it into law.
slate.com - 2/12/2009
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slate.com —
For President Obama to get a stimulus bill,
something had to give. You can have urgency or...
transparency or a thorough think about things. But you can't have all three. Forced to choose, Obama chose the fierce urgency of now. [ more ... ] ...
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With the stimulus bill, Obama chose urgency over ...
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 2/11/2009
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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com —
We are witnessing the disrobing of the Obama
aura in a spending-drenched feeding frenzy befitting hungry pigs...
at a wet, putrid trough. The fierce urgency of now has become the fierce urgency of sow. Camille Paglia sums up these first three weeks of ...
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The Fierce Urgency of Sow
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... Radley Balko : So we were told that the state of the economy is so dire that members of Congress could only have 11 hours to read the stimulus bill before voting on it. Now that it passed, Obama’s going to take a long weekend before signing it into law. Granted that none of the money would have gone into the system over the holiday weekend (indeed, the vast majority won’t go into the system this year) the optics are a bit odd. ...
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