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PdF2008 wrap-up: Day 1

by Geoff on 6/23/2008 7:59:18 PM

It's the end of the first day here at the Personal Democracy Forum 2008 "Rebooting the System" at the Lincoln Jazz Center in New York City and I'm just checking in to wrap up the days highlights before heading up to the Allen room for a "cocktails" networking party sponsored by MySpace (Rupert Murdo... Continue »

A Conundrum

by Carol Hoenig on 5/8/2008 9:02:45 AM

On the one hand, I want to let the comment go, especially since I know it comes from a place of being inculcated without the inability to reason. However, on the other hand, there is the desire to perhaps show that not everyone adheres to the same teachings. So, yet again, I will wade in, in respons... Continue »

American Rights: The Big Vehicle

by Tall Paul on 5/6/2008 4:30:05 PM

I read an interesting article in yesterday’s newspaper entitled:  “Nissan VP: There’s no viable market for tiny cars in U.S.”   The premise of the article said American want vehicles with better gas mileage, but they don’t want to give up their big vehicles. The article also stated that citizens in... Continue »

Color Blindness

by Carol Hoenig on 5/6/2008 9:08:16 AM

Many pioneers rarely get the attention they deserve. Sometimes these pioneers would prefer not have had to make the journey they’d made. Mildred Loving is one of them. I’d never heard of this woman or her husband Richard until reading today’s obituaries.   Mildred Loving, a black woman whose anger... Continue »

Those Clichéd Car Salesmen

by Carol Hoenig on 5/5/2008 9:28:29 AM

Yesterday, I decided to begin to shop for a new car. I haven’t done much research on what is out there, but thought I’d take a couple of hours for a casual curiosity search. My car is a ’99 Grand Am SE with 70,000 miles. Since I work from my home office, it’s only used to tool around town to the pos... Continue »

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We Report; You Decide

by Steve Benen on 10/13/2008 4:13:07 AM

We Report; You Decide TPM has a post about Fox's recent documentary about Obama. I was dimly aware of it, but I didn't know that when Andy Martin appeared on Fox, he claimed that Obama "had once trained to overthrow... Continue »

The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin, XX: "Fear" Of Wooten

by Andrew Sullivan on 10/12/2008 10:08:00 PM

And another one bites the dust. Here are some of the ways in which Todd and Sarah Palin described their alleged "fear" of former brother-in-law state trooper, Michael Wooten: One of the paramount reasons that Gov. Sarah Palin and her... Continue »

How is the economic crisis affecting you?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/12/2008 8:04:05 PM

Bush is encouraging the Nation to support his financial bailout plan. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: If the bailout package works, it won't come a moment too soon. President Bush told the nation last night without quick congressional action more banks could fail, the stock market could drop even furth... Continue »

Govt. bailouts or free market corrections?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/12/2008 8:04:05 PM

Are Federal Bailouts the answer to a country made great by a free market society? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: The financial crisis is uncharted territory. Nobody knows if a $700 billion government bailout will do the trick or not. If we do nothing, the pessimists suggest we're headed off a cliff. G... Continue »

Is Biden an asset or a liability for Obama?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/12/2008 8:04:05 PM

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Senator Joe Biden is never at a loss for words. That is both the good news and the bad news. See not everything Biden says is helpful to the Democrats' cause. Example: He told the CBS Evening News this week that in 1929 "when the stock market crashed, ... Continue »