Sitting at Obama’s table: The Secret Health Care Talks

Does anyone else want to burst into tears when they read about millionaires trying to make health care affordable? Health Care Industry in Talks to Shape Policy Since last fall, many of the leading figures in the nation’s long-running health care debate have been meeting secretly in a Senate hearing room. Now, with the blessing [...]

Secretary of State Clinton reaches out to women in Seoul, Korea

Cross posted from Heidi Li’s Potpourri Main information crossposted from 51 Percent. “I think that it’s imperative that nations like ours stand up for the rights of women. It is not ancillary to our progress; it is central.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton speakng in Seoul, 2/20/2009 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is doing as [...]

Wow!

This is what happens when you pour Kool-aid on your Cheetos and snort the orange glop through a straw: The furthest possible thing from corrupt incompetence is not principled incompetence – it’s intelligent leadership whose decisions result in the desired outcome, guided by principle without being blinded by subservience to ideological symbolism.   That Barack [...]

Bill Moyers, LBJ’s Hatchet Man

The Washington Post had an interesting article on Thursday about FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s investigation of Jack Valenti’s sexuality in 1964 when Valenti was a top aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Valenti later became head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and originated movie rating system. Previously confidential FBI files show [...]

It’s all about the marketing.

And remember, it’s always easier to understand politics when you keep marketing and branding in mind. That’s the last line of a scary column I just read over at Fox. And while this is yet again another Democratic bashing rant, the point of view is something I’m not used to. The intent seems to be [...]

Saturday Morning Dithers

New and improved! We have turned on a new feature that allows for threaded comments 5 levels deep.  So, if you’ve been waiting to tell someone off, personally, here’s your chance! If you’re looking for a topic, try the newest podcast from Planet Money on mortgage renegotiations.  Bottom line:  the Obama proposal is designed to [...]

Bad Movie Open Thread

So what’s eating you?

Totally Inappropriate Open Thread

For Chuckles – (oYo) What’s on your mind??

Charles Lemos Poisons The Well

Former PUMA Chuckie Lemos is now blogging over at MyDD and he had this to say about the Rick Santelli video above: After watching the above, I first had to check my calendar. Somehow I felt I traveled back in time to the early 1970s to witness first hand Richard Nixon’s “northern strategy,” his pursuit of [...]

President Re-Election Does the Vision Thing: A Play in One Utopian Act.

THE SCENE: A five-star hotel suite somewhere in America. (What – you thought he’d actually be at home, doing his job?) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA and FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA are sitting at a linen-covered table set with heavy silverware and a pink rosebud in a crystal jar, sipping coffee and discussing the challenges and benefits [...]