Monthly Archives: June 2008

I am not being totally sarcastic here.  I don’t know if high fuel prices were the intended consequences of George Bushs’ policies but completely destabilizing the middle east has certainly led to higher prices, and these higher prices may be … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman points out that home ownership may not be for everyone and that maybe the government should not spend so much time trying to encourage people to buy homes. He goes on to say some people may be better off if … Continue reading →

This post is almost a complete rip-off from Matthew Yglasias Barack Obama, in a private 20-minute meeting with members of the Bikes Belong board of directors, told them if he were elected president he would increase funding for cycling and … Continue reading →

If the Patriots had won the superbowl New England would have won every major sports championship in the last year.  Bostonians would have been completely unbearable.   BTW I don’t count hockey as a major sport.

In Florida prescription drugs are far deadlier than most illegal drugs combined. The Florida report analyzed 168,900 deaths statewide. Cocaine, heroin and all methamphetamines caused 989 deaths, it found, while legal opioids — strong painkillers in brand-name drugs like Vicodin … Continue reading →

People in South Korea are protesting US beef imports:  : South Korea’s president said Wednesday that his government will make a fresh start, hours after an estimated 80,000 people gathered in the South Korean capital in the largest demonstration yet … Continue reading →

Looks like McCain has a problem with the religious right I thoought this part was especially relevant: The record is getting pretty long. McCain denounced the religious right (”agents of intolerance”) eight years ago, and bungled the Hagee and Rod … Continue reading →

I thought this was old news but maybe not for everyone. Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents … Continue reading →

Ezra Klein examines the political realities of the farm bill.

Yahoo has an article about Clinton and what led to one of the biggest political upsets in history. In the end, none of the mistakes by Clinton and her campaign team was fatal in and of itself. She and her … Continue reading →

I keep hearing that Obama is too young to be president.  Rush Limbaugh and Geraldine Ferraro seem to think that if a 46 year-old white guy was running for office he would be laughed at as too “wet behind the … Continue reading →