Archive for February 6th, 2009

QOD

Filed in National by Donviti on February 6, 2009 • 8 Comments

So, how close are we to deflation or stagflation?

Deep FOIA Thought

Filed in Delaware by jason330 on February 6, 2009 • 7 Comments

Sitting in my car at a level crossing waiting for 100 car coal train headed for the Indian River Power Plant to pass by, I heard that Pete Schwartzkopf is getting some secret messages from his constituents that he wants to keep secret. I wonder if they have to do with why he likes NRG’s […]

Insanity

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 6, 2009 • 6 Comments

What Atrios, Digby and John Cole said…. I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax.

598,000 Jobs Lost in January

Filed in National by pandora on February 6, 2009 • 11 Comments

While unemployment jumps to 7.6 percent. Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation’s job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight. The Labor Department’s report, released […]

Talking Point Smackdown — Honeybees!

Filed in National by cassandra_m on February 6, 2009 • 15 Comments

One of the resident wingnuts brought up a portion of the recovery package that is supposed to support honeybees — of course, you consider the source and presume that you are dealing with more manufactured outrage over something silly. Little did I know. Yesterday evening, I found out exactly what she was talking about (column […]

Jacket-less Bush

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 6, 2009 • 29 Comments

First a lesson in Irony, and now a lesson in Hyprocrisy. Andrew Card, you can stick your condescension and your smug racist advice for Obama where the sun don’t shine. You too Mike Protack.

Confidence

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 6, 2009 • 18 Comments

The classic refrain from Wall Street and the Republicans, in opposition to President Obama’s $500,000 cap on the salaries of those bank executives who have so failed in their jobs that they required billions of taxpayer money, is that 1) the market should determine the salaries; and 2) the best get paid the best. Those […]