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pamabbis 09/11/2009 07:08 PM Report
Where is Charlie Rose this week. He was back one day and then back to showing prior shows after that. When is he back live on the show. Thankyou
latetraveler 02/11/2009 05:57 AM Report
President Obama kept his word about working with both parties to meet, attain, objectives. Both parties have been acting in an abusive manner for at least 16 years to each other. Deep rooted resentment and a history well discussed over the years. After having made the effort, President Obama is free to play hard ball. He has been trying to "telegraph" that on one hand hoping that the two parties (and their leadership) will cooperate in getting bills and laws passed. thsoe who keep the good fight going may well be out ofoffice upon the next go around at the polls and vote.
REMant 02/09/2009 09:55 PM Report
I think the main mistake Obama has made so far was to reward supporters like Daschle. There are a couple hundred ppl who know how to construct a workable healthcare program, and a good program will gain good support. Brooks is right that if not mediocrity, at least we shouldn't be trying to construct a championship team on the "Joe Gibbs" model. It doesn't work very often in sports either. In conflicts the real leaders come forward. They are not usually veterans of the last one. And I don't think any president should try to govern from the center, because that, not the Karl Rove's of the world, is what has caused all of our problems. While I don't care for division either, solutions are basically either right or wrong. They are not often the result of logrolling. That just gives us pork. The best you can expect from balance of power, on the other hand, is gridlock. We have to face the fact that we have a stable govt that can't get anything done except spend money. And while we can run election campaigns more or less, organizing and running a govt afterwards gives us fits. The solution is to organize the govt before the election, not afterwards, like every other civilized country in the world does. The only ones which don't clearly being uncivilized, if not engaged in civil war. The people deserve to know who their leaders will be long before an election, what they believe in, and the measures they will take in office. This will also alleviate the problem of campaign finance, since presumably much less need be spent in advertising, and hopefully it will ensure that the president also has the support of Congress.
tartufe 02/08/2009 07:05 PM Report
Obama's in the process of failing (or disappointing me anyway) on two major points. [The ME a potential third, but it's so intractable he can't be blamed.] 1. Bank bailouts, and 2. Afghanistan-Pakistan (A-P).
1. Bank bailouts. If as claimed the bank mess will require trillions (plural) to avoid losing trillions, why bother? Isn't it a wash? And the perpetrators would be chastened perhaps enough to avoid the moral hazard of a repetition down the road. In fact they and their venal political partners should have to answer in courts of equity of some kind. Shouldn't Paulson and Barney Frank et al (Robert Rubin of Citi and their co-conspirators) answer for breaking the world? Retribution would send the right message world-wide that our system is not that easily corrupted without a price.
The price in taxes on our progeny and us and inflation from a debauched, debased printing press currency will destroy us into a banana republic status. All for immediate gratification - the gluttony that got us here.
2. A-P. Anti-Americanism is an idea not geography, and (unfortunately) migratable. Indeed, Yemen is a more likely geographic site for anti-American terrorist plotting than either Afghanistan or Pakistan. Throw in N. Korea, Iran. Should we try to convert all terrorist threats into a ground war? Solely for the M-I profiteers?
Our arrogant disregard for civilian “collaterals” (charming euphemism) is recruiting more al Qaeda than we’re removing.
Gates et al become a M-I oligarchy foil for the any-conflict-will-do profiteers. Ask Raytheon and their special envoy to Obama and Congress. We sustain em, not end them.
Alas, any culture that tolerates the disdain for humanity as exemplified by our two controlling oligarches, M-I complex and Finance, doubtless will descend to an awaiting and deserved place.
Lastly, technology is transferable. How would a drone-fired missile play in Peoria? Would our "acceptable" collateral damage ratio still prevail?
Obama's on a too lofty pinnacle. His "four-year splat" at the bottom will end our (my?) audacity of hope.