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  • Don’t Tell Anyone, but the Stimulus Worked. (9/17/2012) - New York Times Sunday Observer: David Firestone…”The reputation of the stimulus is meticulously restored from shabby to skillful in Michael Grunwald’s important new book, “The New New Deal.” His findings will come as a jolt to those who think the law “failed,” the typical Republican assessment, or was too small and sloppy to have any…
  • Obama Owes Us An Explanation (9/13/2012) - When President Barack Obama takes the stage this week at the Democratic National Convention, inside Charlotte’s aptly chosen Bank of America Arena, he owes us an explanation for why the economy has been working so much better for financial behemoths than it has for ordinary people. He needs to enhance our understanding of why, nearly…
  • Valerie Jarrett Put ‘Inappropriate’ Political Pressure On Energy Stimulus Head (9/13/2012) - For months, Republicans have argued that political pressure from the White House may have been responsible for the government’s loan to Solyndra, the now-infamous failed solar power company. But a new book uncovers another glaring example of political pressure under President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan, and in this instance, the loan was ultimately rejected. – read more…

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One Nation On Welfare. Living Your Life On The Dole

Monday, Sept. 17, 2012

Time

The sun is shining on Miami Beach, and I wake up in subsidized housing. I throw on a T-shirt made of subsidized cotton, brush my teeth with subsidized water and eat cereal made of subsidized grain. Soon the chaos begins,[...read more...]

‘You Were a Senator’: Joe Biden’s Weird Relationship with His Boss

September 6, 2012

Time

Muammar Gaddafi once asked Joe Biden why Libya was on the U.S. list of terrorist nations. “Because you’re a terrorist!” Biden replied to his face. On a trip to an Indiana battery factory, Biden was shown an electric vehicle called the Think. “Who the f— names their car Think?” he asked. [...read more...]

How the Clintonites Launched Obamanomics

September 5, 2012

Time

It’s well known that Barack Obama stocked his Administration with Bill Clinton’s people, including his extremely Clintonesque Secretary of State and all three chiefs of staff as well as most of his top economists and dozens of other key aides. [...read more...]