I'm watching MSNBC's Hardball and Chris Matthews has two Republicans on his show: Michelle Wallace who played a key message-crafting role in the McCain Campaign last year, and former Representative Tom DeLay. I'm sitting here totally dumbfounded over DeLay's insistence that former President Bush was "innocent" of blame for our current economic disaster.
Indeed, PBS's Frontline has a great series on this called "The Meltdown" which places blame for our current wave of bank failures right in the lap of them-Secretary Henry Paulsen, who famously let his own idiological moorings get in the way of good policy, when he refused to put the Government in position to buy Lehman Brothers thus causing a wave of failures that extends to today. According to Frontline, Paulsen was getting advise from Republicans to let businesses fail, and that's what he did.
What Paulsen didn't count on was a wave of market failure such that on September 18th, 2009, the American Economy as we know it came close to a complete death. Paulsen was placed in a role he didn't want or agree with, making government work rather than doing nothing. He failed.
Now, here we have DeLay out there on Hardball and Chris Matthews does an at best feckless attempt at countering Tom's claim that President Bush had nothing to do with this. Meanwhile when Matthews does take him on, he resorts to a quote in the Wall Street Journal.
Give me a break.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation with Audio
This amazing "Black Box Real Time Matched" video animation by Scene Systems was just aired on "The Rachel Maddow Show" and it gives one a real good idea of just how fast events unfolded in the water landing of US Airways Flight 1549.
It also is a testimonial to just how talented and heroic Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III's efforts were as well as those of the entire crew of Flight 1549.
Congratulations to Scene Systems for a timely recreation of events.
Chevron:Starts Nigeria Community Development Program
More at CNNMoney.com: “LONDON (Dow Jones)-Chevron Corp. (CVX) is in talks with the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, and other organizations to liaise on programs fostering peace in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a company manager has told Dow Jones Newswires.
The statement comes as the Nigerian government and militants have made no progress solving the three-year conflict but as some grass-root Nigerian initiatives have been successful.
"We have been having discussions with USAID on cooperation with some programs" Chevron or the U.S. aide agency sponsor "to transfer knowledge and make sure our efforts are complementary," said Dennis Flemming, a community development manager at Chevron's Nigeria operation.”
The statement comes as the Nigerian government and militants have made no progress solving the three-year conflict but as some grass-root Nigerian initiatives have been successful.
"We have been having discussions with USAID on cooperation with some programs" Chevron or the U.S. aide agency sponsor "to transfer knowledge and make sure our efforts are complementary," said Dennis Flemming, a community development manager at Chevron's Nigeria operation.”
Michael Steele Turns Whus, Balls Fall Off
Steele Takes On Rush Limbaugh: "Ugly," "Incendiary" (VIDEO): “"My intent was not to go after Rush - I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh," Steele said. "I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. ... There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership."”
-- Wow, talk about losing your will. Republican Chairman Michael Steele lost his balls and turned whus after appologizing to blowhard radio talk shww host Rush Limbaugh. Man, but it's good for Democrats because it means the party will be slip between Steeleheads and Dittoheads, neither of which are electable.
-- Wow, talk about losing your will. Republican Chairman Michael Steele lost his balls and turned whus after appologizing to blowhard radio talk shww host Rush Limbaugh. Man, but it's good for Democrats because it means the party will be slip between Steeleheads and Dittoheads, neither of which are electable.
Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter To Medvedev
More at NYTimes.com: “WASHINGTON — President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday.”
-- This is a bold first step and it will give President Obama an immediate idea where the Russians are with respect to relations and his administration. Interesting.
-- This is a bold first step and it will give President Obama an immediate idea where the Russians are with respect to relations and his administration. Interesting.
BARE Magazine Launch Party, Berkeley, CA 2-28-09
I attended a great launch party of a new and innovative magazine called BARE. It was started by UC Berkeley student Doreen Bloch and captures the Bekeley fashion style, but also taps into the lucrative college student fashion scene.
BARE Magazine Launch Party, Berkeley, CA 2-28-09
I attended a great launch party of a new and innovative magazine called BARE. It was started by UC Berkeley student Doreen Bloch and captures the Bekeley fashion style, but also taps into the lucrative college student fashion scene.
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