Further on President Obama and the post-Massachusetts realities ...12:29 pm
At The Cinch Review, Barack Obama: The Emperor’s New Shoes.
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Bobs and Ends ...10:03 am
Despite stories in many places (ultimately sourced to Chinese or Taiwanese publications), there are as yet no confirmed concert dates for Bob Dylan and his band in Asia other than (… continue reading …)
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Charlie Daniels ...9:07 pm
It’s been in the news today that Charlie Daniels has had a stroke. The 73 year-old musician was snowmobiling in Colorado when it occurred last Friday. He got to a hospital quickly for treatment and is doing fine at this point. (… continue reading …)
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Paul Krugman “close to giving up on Mr. Obama” ...8:46 pm
He says so in his post “He Wasn’t The One We’ve Been Waiting For.”
Rejected by Massachusetts for being too liberal. Rejected by NY Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman for not being “ready to fight” for the kind of cockamamie nonsense in which Krugman believes.
Whew. Happy anniversary, Barack.
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President Barack Obama: Out past where the buses run? ...5:18 pm
You have to wonder. President Barack Obama talked to George Stephanopoulos this morning, in his first interview since the victory of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts. If President Bush, in the wake of a dramatic electoral setback, had done an interview in which he came across in a state of such deluded denial, there would have been calls for him to be removed on the grounds of being mentally unfit for office. (And I don’t mean just from liberals, but also likely from the liberals’ pet conservatives like David Brooks and Peggy Noonan). (… continue reading …)
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The agony on Twitter (after Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts) ...10:50 am
Democrats have the White House, and they continue to wield strong majorities in the House and the Senate. Yet, this is how upset they are at losing one seat in the Senate, and thereby their filibuster-proof super-majority (comments culled from thousands of random tweeters on Twitter, and censored when taste requires):
@Ninanicole55 Why Massachusetts… WHY?!
@Swine_flu_tip Disappointed that Scott “Sarah Palin with a Penis” Brown is now the Junior Senator-Elect from Massachusetts, but calm down.
@Gabzilla_25 Massachusetts is a red state now? Oh Lord…
@TedMcClelland New bumper sticker: BLAME ME, I’M FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
@KKNEUB my good ol’ state of Massachusetts, WTF happened last night?@mkfaughnan Embarrassing that massachusetts elected Scott Brown just because they didn’t like Coakley
@nancywisser RT @susancohan: RT @nyycarl07: Very disappointed in you Massachusetts. #wtfwereyouthinking
@ldlewild RT @ebertchicago: Massachusetts voters say, “Our state has a great health plan that we love, but why should you have one?”@scjessey F**king Massachusetts birthers, teabaggers and religious wack jobs. Way to f**k up America even more.
@GregHack News haiku: People are stupid/Mind numbingly dumb, even/In Massachusetts@MZPR Massachusetts you disappoint me. Are we in limbo – will those in need ever get health care in this country?
That one that goes, “Massachusetts voters say, ‘Our state has a great health plan that we love, but why should you have one?’” has probably been the single most “retweeted” message from liberals unhappy with election result. It appears to be the theme to which they are supposed to cling. However, a fact that all of those people seem to be happy to miss is that any state can pass its own particular health care legislation, as Massachusetts did. The question at issue is federal control of every state’s health care system, and indeed federal control of every individual’s approach to paying for their own health care.
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Of-course one gets awful sick and tired of hearing the issue framed as “health care” anyway — that’s the best indication that the person talking is either being deliberately disingenuous or doesn’t know what they’re talking about. What’s being considered in Washington is nothing to do with improving health care. It is all about imposing massive new federal requirements on everyone (though not so much on union members and the state of Nebraska) with regard to health insurance. It’s about money, and it’s about control. It’s never been about care. And all these whining idiots on Twitter — should they find themselves unable to face a world where the Republicans have 41 of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate and decide to swallow an overdose of something — will get the best care available in their local U.S. hospital, even if they are unable to pay a dime for it.
It sure is one heckuva country.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Scott Brown wins ...9:31 pm
Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states in the U.S.A., has delivered a huge message to all Democrats in Washington by electing a Republican to the United States Senate — to the seat held by the late Ted Kennedy, no less. And a Republican who specifically ran promising to be the 41st vote in the Senate against the Obama/Reid/Pelosi health insurance monstrosity.
President Obama will not abandon his plan, because he is a true believer, and it is crucial to his strategy to remake America. But as for the effect this will have on shaky Democrats in the House and likely the Senate too … well, it’s going to be fun to watch.
In addition to being fun, however, it is deadly serious. What they’re calling “the Scott heard ’round the world” is genuinely a pivotal political moment in this country’s history. Massachusetts has stepped up. Never lose faith in the American voter, no matter how many mistakes they make. Democracy allows for the correction of mistakes, although on this occasion, with the health care destruction bill about to be passed, we sure cut it awful close.
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A cautionary note ...10:48 am
I’m as enthused over the likelihood of a Republican (Scott Brown) win in Massachusetts today as any other red-blooded conservative, but we’d do well to remember that it is indeed Massachusetts, and not Kansas. Michael Novak (writing at The Corner) fears a Democrat win because …
I am still registered in Cambridge, I bet, from 50 years ago at Harvard. The Democratic practice they used to brag about was to avoid taking old names off the registry and, in tough elections, to count as many as they needed. In really close years, they would also vote the graveyards. Once you vote in Massachusetts, they used to say, you could vote forever. But only if needed.
That said, by all reports the enthusiasm level for Martha Coakley is so laughably low right now that one may well wonder how many motivated cheaters are even out there willing to do their thing.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Hope, change and a moment in Massachusetts ...6:55 pm
Scott Brown in Worcester, Massachusetts today (via John McCormack):
Thank you very much. What a privilege it is to share the stage with John Ratzenberger, Lenny Clarke, Doug Flutie, Curt Schilling, Fred Smerlas, Steve DeOssie, and many, many others – and my favorite singer, Ayla Brown.
As you know, Curt Schilling made the news just a couple of days ago when my opponent didn’t recognize his name. Of all the many false accusations she’s made in this campaign, one of the strangest was to call Curt Schilling a Yankee fan. Let me properly identify the guy she’s been smearing on the radio: His name is Curt Schilling, formerly of the World Champion Red Sox – you know, a baseball team that plays at Fenway Park.
Doug Flutie, what can I say, great guy, great career, and I am proud you are here. John Ratzenberger, a wonderful actor, you brought a lot of laughs to us during your many years with Cheers. Fred and Steve, you are legends and good friends. Ayla, thank you for again sharing your beautiful voice. Millions have seen her on national TV, and going through this campaign I’ve got an idea of what Ayla went through on “American Idol.” She had to deal with Simon Cowell, and I had to deal with David Gergen.
Our campaign is going strong, and the finish line is in sight. The day of decision is almost here. The whole nation is watching, but the choice on Election Day belongs to you and no one else. Friends and fellow citizens, I’m Scott Brown, I’m from Wrentham, I drive a truck and I’m asking for your vote.
Democracy is a hell of a thing.
Obama advisers are telling CNN that they now believe Democrat Martha Coakley will lose the election on Tuesday. Reality, “managing expectations,” or a last ditch effort to inspire the base? I don’t know. But whatever the intent, I sure hope they’re right.
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Death is not the end ...2:34 pm
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Haiti ...4:19 pm
Like many, no doubt, the instant I heard an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 or more had hit Haiti I thought, “This is going to be very, very bad.” I couldn’t imagine that Haiti would have many buildings built to withstand strong quakes, or even moderate ones. I sometimes wonder — and events like this make one wonder — what would happen were a strong earthquake to hit New York City, where I currently reside. The modern buildings and skyscrapers are built to the requisite codes and perhaps most of those would survive. However, the city is filled with other buildings that date to the early part of the twentieth century, or indeed before then; these are buildings that were not built to withstand strong quakes in the first place, and which now are near the end of their natural lives. There would be carnage. But Haiti?
After initial speculative estimates in the media ranging up to half a million dead, the Red Cross today is putting out a guess of 45,000 – 50,000 fatalities. It seems strange to hope for a death toll only in the tens of thousands, yet that’s how it is. Really, it’s still far too soon to know. I think that not only the victims but also those who are rushing in to the rescue deserve a lot of prayers right now. No one needs my direction, but the Red Cross and the Salvation Army are two organizations which are seeking cash donations.
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Offended by Harry Reid ...11:56 am
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