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Archive for February 4th, 2008

Shortwoman tagged me with the book meme. I can’t believe this meme is still going ’round blogtopia! (skippy) as I recall, it was making the rounds 3+ years ago. But, I’ll play along, considering it’s Shortwoman AND Carrie that have tagged me.
So here’s the rules of the Meme:
1. Pick up the nearest book ( [...]

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Besides causing record deficits, Bush’s budget, as it stands, ignores the people.
The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush on Monday would produce eyepopping federal deficits, despite his attempts to impose politically wrenching curbs on Medicare and eliminate scores of popular domestic programs.
The Pentagon would receive a $36 billion, 8 percent boost for the [...]

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Krugman explains the differences between Clinton’s and Obama’s health care plans. As health care is an important issue for many, especially the 47 million that are uninsured and the millions that are under insured, this is important, as he explains it better than I can.
The principal policy division between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama involves [...]

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I wonder what is going to happen to Philip Shenon once his new book, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation is released on Tuesday? I imagine he’ll get “swiftboated” for his investigation.
The September 11 commission’s executive director had closer ties with the White House than publicly disclosed and tried to influence the [...]

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