What the fuck is Obama doing? He better defend this shit v. offshore drilling

Posted by bruni on August 29, 2008

Obama Opens the Door to Offshore Drilling

By Jonathan Weisman
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sen. Barack Obama suggested he could accept an expansion of offshore oil drilling today if it is in a broader package of energy measures that would free the logjam on energy bills in Congress.
"My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.
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Conservatives keep claiming that Obama will ruin the economy…

Posted by bruni on August 20, 2008

…yet when you point to Clinton’s success, they’re quick to remind you that the president can’t directly influence the economy, it’s highly cyclical, and he rode a tech boom.

If the first two are accurate, then Obama can’t “ruin” the economy. If he can, then clearly Obama has the opportunity to be just as successful.

Which story do you guys want to stick to…?

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Long Article blaming Conservative ideology for government failures

Posted by bruni on August 19, 2008

Follow This Dime: Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in George W. Bush’s Washington

Monday 04 August 2008

by: Thomas Frank

Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if only vaguely, that the really monumental scandals are a thing of the past, that the golden age of misgovernment-for-profit ended with the cavalry charge and the robber barons, at about the same time presidents stopped wearing beards.
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oil and the euro are in a freefall

Posted by bruni on August 11, 2008

the euro tooks its biggest plunge today in 8 years and oil is down to $116

all this is bad news for the tire inflation guy
By OT’s logic this means that Europe will disintegrate.

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obama or mccain: who’s more "out of touch" with the average american

Posted by bruni on August 11, 2008

i was thinking about this yesterday. we deride polticians for being "out of touch"… fuck, i’m out of touch with the average american. i have absolutely no idea what they think, what their lives are like… nothing. do any of you guys have any insight into "the average american"? can we really say either mccain or obama are MORE out of touch than the other? i don’t think so.

cliffs: its a big, stupid country out there… what the fuck are these people like?
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