Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Secret in "The Secret"
A while ago, I wrote a post bashing "The Secret" as a venal -- nearly insane -- piece of "self help."
Well gentle reader, I stand corrected. Here is a man who knows the true value of that timeless tome.
Don't drop the soap!
Well gentle reader, I stand corrected. Here is a man who knows the true value of that timeless tome.
Don't drop the soap!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
THIS is who I campaigned for
His best speech yet. Unfortunately these links have trailers fore and aft. Skip them, but watch this speech.
Part I
Part II
Part I
Part II
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
When More is Less
From Glenn Greenwald:
It hasn't taken long for the right wing media to hit its stride.
Both Fox News (of course) and the Washington Post (again, of course) are busy trashing the Obama budget for its purported "cuts" on military spending. Oh Noes!! The libruls are running from the fight and weakening Amurika!
When I tell you that your TV is lying to you, this is what I mean.
Obama is not cutting military spending. He is increasing military spending over W's last budget by $14 million dollars. Last year's budget called for $513 billion in defense spending. Obama's FY2010 budget calls for $527 billion.
527 > 513
Just like Bush, Obama gave the Joint Chiefs less than they wanted. So, instead of reporting the truth (that Obama raised spending on the military), the right wing media reports that he's made cuts in spending.
That's a lie, for those of you slow on the uptake. A lie.
And it's just one lie out of many. But I'm tired right now.
Read Greenwald's piece. Also check out Matt Yglesias' take on Gallup's poll, which shows that Americans think we spend too much on the military:
Yglesias:
It hasn't taken long for the right wing media to hit its stride.
Both Fox News (of course) and the Washington Post (again, of course) are busy trashing the Obama budget for its purported "cuts" on military spending. Oh Noes!! The libruls are running from the fight and weakening Amurika!
When I tell you that your TV is lying to you, this is what I mean.
Obama is not cutting military spending. He is increasing military spending over W's last budget by $14 million dollars. Last year's budget called for $513 billion in defense spending. Obama's FY2010 budget calls for $527 billion.
527 > 513
Some Pentagon officials and congressional conservatives are already trying to portray the OMB number as a cut by comparing it to a $584 billion draft fiscal 2010 budget request compiled last fall by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Congressional Quarterly.
Just like Bush, Obama gave the Joint Chiefs less than they wanted. So, instead of reporting the truth (that Obama raised spending on the military), the right wing media reports that he's made cuts in spending.
That's a lie, for those of you slow on the uptake. A lie.
And it's just one lie out of many. But I'm tired right now.
Read Greenwald's piece. Also check out Matt Yglesias' take on Gallup's poll, which shows that Americans think we spend too much on the military:
Yglesias:Meanwhile, no matter how much Obama spends on defense, it’s inevitable that the GOP will criticize him for not spending enough. And that alone should guarantee that the “too little” numbers will tick back up in the direction of at least 30 percent.
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