by Terrance Heath | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
I know this seems like low hanging fruit. But Sarah Palin is back, and along with her mindless blather has returned the chorus of "do not under estimate Palin" and/or "Sarah must be taken seriously." Seriously? We're supposed to take seriously someone who just days...
by Bill Scher | Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Weeks-Long Senate Health Care Debate Begins At 3 PM ET AP offers pessimistic preview, emphasizing lack of Dem consensus on final bill: " The 60 votes aren't...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
Thursday December 3 is the date of both the President’s Jobs Summit and the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. We should seize the opportunity to examine the statute that creates the Federal Reserve: The Board of Governors of the Federal...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
How ironic that President Obama’s jobs summit should be scheduled on the same date (Thursday, December 3) that the Senate Banking Committee has scheduled the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. Our economy is in a hole. Bernanke is “waist...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 29, 2009 | Blog
But Wall Street's mainstream critics still can't bring themselves to challenge the top executive 'right' to reap enormous riches. Great minds have been searching, ever since last fall’s financial sector meltdown, for an antidote to the wildly excessive Wall...