Author Archives: John Rove

Mostly just wanted to link to this. During the primary and the general election Obama would be down in the polls but he would stick to his ideas and it seemed to work out fine. Looks like the next four … Continue reading →

Looks like the stimulus package is not doing to well in the Senate. I don’t get why tax cuts are even being considered, the last eight years have been one big tax cut and it didn’t work out too well. … Continue reading →

I have always wondered about people who keep having kids when they don’t seem to enjoy or even be able to care for the ones they have.  Looks like other people may be starting to wonder about it as well.

Looks like Micheal Phelps might be a stoner. Instead of pretending the Marijuana ruins lives, maybe it is time to legalize it and use all the extra jail space for health clinics or schools or just museums to show how … Continue reading →

This probably goes in the people are so scared they are starting to save category. Ben Stien NOT long ago, a woman in California called me for advice. She is divorced, with two children, and has a series of interlocking … Continue reading →

I think we might see some good come from the current economic crisis but it will be painful: Expect closings and bankruptcies to rattle the likes of Lane Bryant, Gap, and Starbucks. It’s the inevitable counterpunch to the days of … Continue reading →

The “cool mom” strikes again: She slammed reports that 18-year-old Bristol Palin and the teen’s fiance are high school dropouts. The governor insists the two are not dropouts because they enrolled in correspondence courses. The couple last month had a … Continue reading →

I didn’t get a chance to see any of the inaugural address today but I liked this part as reported at the washingtonmonthly.com Consider some of the examples Obama held up as things to reject: “petty grievances,” “short-cuts,” “those who … Continue reading →

I am starting to think that someone has to be held accountable for the last eight years specificaly for the torturing of people and the wat profiteering that has taken place. At the very least anyone who has profited from … Continue reading →

Looks like Bank of America needs more money to save Merril Lynch. My guess is we will see many banks coming back for more money so that they can continue making bad investments and loaning money to people who have … Continue reading →

Matthew Yglesias comments on the “non-conservative” lunch with Obama: …everyone who’s not a card-carrying member of the conservative movement is counted, essentially, as a liberal. Or, rather, that the essential dichotomy is held to be between conservatives and not-conservatives rather … Continue reading →

This should be good news for anyone who wants t see a progressive agenda enacted in the next four years: Barack Obama is apparently planning to create a permanent political organization designed not just to help him win reelection in … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin continues to talk: “Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie annoy me….I’ll tell you, yesterday the Anchorage Daily News, they called again to ask — double-, triple-, quadruple-check — who is Trig’s real mom,” she said, in an interview … Continue reading →

This is hysterical looks like Huckabee was for sodomy before he was against it.

I would love to see the away teams do well today and tomorrow, especially Philly and Arizona but my guess is that in the NFC the home teams win. If Arizona can generate a runing game they have a chance … Continue reading →

The unemployment numbers don’t tell the whole story: Brad DeLong offers some further context for the jobs numbers, observing that “And U-6–unemployed plus discouraged workers plus unable to fond a full-time job–is now at 13.5% of the labor force–and BLS … Continue reading →

Obama has made quite a few right moves and a couple bad ones. First, what was he thinking making Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, she has not shown herself to be competent in any office she has held, and her … Continue reading →

Looks like the market may not lead people to the best health care choices, but at least they die on nice sheets.

Looks like Apple has another cool sounding gadget coming out this fall. I will proably buy it cause for some reason I cannot say no to Apple stuff and I will probably be dissapointed once again. When the Ipod Touch … Continue reading →

Thanks to the bad economy illegal immigration is way down. I bet if McCain had won the election a we might have had a few more of republican economic policies and Mexico probably would have been trying to figure out … Continue reading →

Looks like 2008 is going to end with an enviromental dissaster comparable if not worse than the Exxon Valdeze

We seem to discuss agriculture quite a bit here and this post seems to explain the problems with moder agriculture really well. Essentially modern agriculture enables larger populations but it doesn’t improve the quality of life for that population. This … Continue reading →

This one seems suspicious to say the least. The Republican consultant accused of involvement in alleged vote-rigging in Ohio in 2004 was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin and her “cool mom” friends are back in the news: WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston … Continue reading →

I think this has been discussed here a few times. Via Felix Salmon, Grace Wong does an empirical survey on the impact of home ownership on 809 women in Columbus, Ohio, in 2005: An interesting portrait of homeowners emerges from … Continue reading →

This is a really good idea: The need for change is increasingly obvious, for health, climate and even humanitarian reasons. California voters last month passed a landmark referendum (over the farm lobby’s furious protests) that will require factory farms to … Continue reading →

From the daily dish: As a religious holiday, pre-modern Christmases were rather austere celebrations defined by lengthy church services. That this coincided with pagan culture’s raucous celebrations of the winter solstice was a source of great displeasure to institutional Christianity … Continue reading →

This is one of those things that while I think it it is a good idea it is probably better not to leave it under the tree. Indiana’s Planned Parenthood is offering a unique option this winter. $25-$100 gift certificates … Continue reading →

If you are wondering why the republican party is in the crapper look no further than this A state senator in Utah is drafting a resolution to encourage retailers to stop using nebulous phrases like “Happy holidays” and “Season’s greetings” … Continue reading →

This came via Mathew Ygliasias: Yet all three of his choices — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the rival turned secretary of state; Gen. James L. Jones, the former NATO commander, as national security adviser, and Robert M. Gates, the … Continue reading →