Category: Politics

Obama puts critics of financial overhaul on notice – Yahoo! News

Obama puts critics of financial overhaul on notice – Yahoo! News:

“‘It will have the power to set tough new rules so that companies compete by offering innovative products that consumers actually want and actually understand,’ Obama said. ‘Those ridiculous contracts — pages of fine print that no one can figure out — will be a thing of the past. You’ll be able to compare products, with descriptions in plain language, to see what is best for you.‘”

(Via Yahoo! News.)

This is exactly what these companies don’t want.

Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage – Los Angeles Times

Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage – Los Angeles Times:

“Executives of three of the nation’s largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members of Congress who decried the practice as unfair and abusive.
The hearing on the controversial action known as rescission, which has left thousands of Americans burdened with costly medical bills despite paying insurance premiums, began a day after President Obama outlined his proposals for revamping the nation’s healthcare system.”

(Via LA Times.)

These are the people the GOP wants to trust with our system.

Go Further, Young Man – Ta-Nehisi Coates

Go Further, Young Man – Ta-Nehisi Coates:

“What you want is the Iranian opposition with their feet rooted in native soil. What you don’t want is any credible intimations of American puppet-mastery. Again, I know Obama’s popular–but I’m not sure he’s popularity immunizes us against demagoguery.”

(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

Exactly.

Newscoma » Racist And Ridiculous

Newscoma » Blog Archive » Racist And Ridiculous:

“Christian Grantham talks to Ms. Goforth, who admits she sent the email.

When I asked her if she understood the controversial nature of the photo, Goforth would only say she felt very bad about accidentally sending it to the wrong list. When I gave her a second chance to address the controversial nature of the email, she again repeated that she only felt bad about sending it to the wrong list of people.

I sent it to the wrong list of people? Huh.”

(Via Newscoma.)

My problem isn’t with the racists so much as it is with the GOP environment that would give them aid and comfort.

Ed Krugman – Stay the Course

Op-Ed Columnist – Stay the Course – NYTimes.com:

“The debate over economic policy has taken a predictable yet ominous turn: the crisis seems to be easing, and a chorus of critics is already demanding that the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration abandon their rescue efforts. For those who know their history, it’s déjà vu all over again — literally.”

(Via NY Times.)

Does anyone pay attention to history?

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The Right’s punditry are deluded broken records who haven’t accepted that the results of their way got us where we are now.

Something To Consider

Something To Consider – Ta-Nehisi Coates:

“It isn’t, for instance, the fact that Sotomayor was raised in an era where government-backed redlining was still legal, it’s the fact that some students at Yale demanded a Chicano history course that’s the issue. Likewise, it isn’t the oppressive identity politics practiced by conservatives for the past 30 years that’s disturbing, but Sotomayor’s response to it. To be a true conservative is to be more disturbed by victimology, than actual victimizing. It is to claim to abhor evil–but to abhor the response to evil even more. It’s like in the NFL–it’s the second [guy sic] who throws the punch who draws the flag. “

(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

Great explanation of why conservatism is morally impoverished. Always standing against change necessarily means you collaborate with evil at some point. “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” –Edmund Burke

Obama Holds it Down


The ‘Rack shows how it’s done.

The Importance Of Being Politically Correct – Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Importance Of Being Politically Correct – Ta-Nehisi Coates:

“Liberal Tolerance is the long war, it’s the long game. It’s Barack Obama, at his core. Liberal tolerance–not Jesse Helms–argued for interracial unions. Liberal tolerance is what allowed Obama to neutralize Rev. Wright, and make his race speech. Liberal tolerance is what allowed him to go to Notre Dame and talk with empathy about abortion. Liberal tolerance bets on the future. It presages that world (the world of today) that the GOP has spent very little time preparing for.
Below is a video of Tom Tancredo claiming that La Raza is the Latino KKK.  But Tom Tancredo knows very little about Latinos, La Raza or the KKK. He is the embodiment of conservative ignorance. He is the apex of Schiavo, ‘white hands,’ creationist museums, and, presently, the notion that the thrice-married should carry the banner for marriage.”

(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

Why conservatives and racist keep ending up in the same sentence. (Go to the main article too. The video says it all.)

The Power Of Appointment – Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Power Of Appointment – Ta-Nehisi Coates:

“More likely, when you have a party, in which people feel comfortable coming to rallies and saying on camera that they won’t vote for a black guy, then that party will have people asserting the right to mispronounce Sotomayor’s name. That party will have people arguing that Sotomayer’s food choices are evil.  It’s highly unlikely that that party will have some sort of sophisticated tolerence game at the ready. They are who they are.”

(Via Ta-Nehisi Coates.)

Indeed. You are what you repeatedly do. Damn the “Party of Lincoln” talk.