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Obama Playing ‘Four Corners’ Offense in Budgetball »

By Larry Doyle on Jul 21, 2009 in Economy, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog), U.S. Treasury | 33 Comments

I thought Barack Obama liked basketball. Lovers of the game coerced the NCAA to utilize a 24-second clock in order to speed the game up, showcase players’ talents, and render the North Carolina ‘four corners’ offense ineffective. What was the basic premise of that offense? Stall tactics.
Well, welcome to the Brave New World of the [...]

White House Panics at the Mob Marching on AIG »

By John Batchelor on Mar 18, 2009 in Current Affairs | 44 Comments

From the John Batchelor blog.
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“Obama told Geithner to take all legal means to block bonuses awarded to employees of AIG, Reuters reported, citing White House adviser Goolsbee.”   The full Reuters report, though brief, has more puzzles:  

By REUTERS

  Published: March 16, 2009

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Obama has told the Treasury secretary Timothy F. Geithner to take all legal measures to block [...]

Remembering The Past Is A Key To The Present »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Feb 22, 2009 in Afghanistan, Austan Goolsbee, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Canada, Chicago, China, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, NAFTA, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 95 Comments

As you know no doubt know, Obama just took his first big trip abroad as president … to Ottawa. That got me to thinking - it has been almost a year since Canadian TV reported that Obama’s aide, Austan Goolsbee, was assuring Canada that NAFTA was safe and sound, despite Obama’s campaign promises to [...]

The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You , But I Will »

By bert on Feb 18, 2009 in Backtrack Obama, Current Affairs, Social Security | 34 Comments

SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT BROKE
As with so many of his positions, Obama’s stance on Social Security has ‘evolved.’ In September of 2008, Slate’s Peter Bray asked, why did Obama delete the following from his on-line position paper on Social Security:
“[Obama] does not believe it is necessary or fair to hard working seniors to raise the [...]

“An $800 Billion Mistake”… »

By Larry Doyle on Feb 8, 2009 in American Consumers, Austan Goolsbee, Backfire, Barack Obama, Commerce, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Depression, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Republicans, Tax stimulus package, Unemployment, Washington Post, stimulus tax package | 55 Comments

Editor’s Note: Don’t miss Larry Doyle’s radio show tonight at 8 p.m. ET, “No Quarter’s Dollars and Sense with LD.”
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The American populace knows that the primary architects in the formulation of the Stimulus Plan working its way through Congress are Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. This contingent, along with President Obama, have not [...]

Democrats’ “Coming Rift?” or a Spreading One? »

By LisaB on Jan 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 78 Comments

Commentary magazine’s Abe Greenwald writes about the “Coming Rift” in the Democratic Party. There’s some interesting stuff here, but I’d say — wouldn’t you? — that he is actually months late. But no matter.
Greenwald talks about how the netroots that helped propel Obama to the White House may be feeling betrayed by [...]

Depression Reality »

By Steve Markom on Dec 24, 2008 in Current Affairs | 47 Comments

The patient says, “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.”
Doctor says, “Then don’t do that!”
- Henny Youngman
When you meet someone who is very knowledgeable about a particular industry it probably is because the one thing that person was very smart about was not making the same boneheaded mistakes they made [...]

Going Forward With No Quarter »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 5, 2008 in Current Affairs | 311 Comments

If you are worried that we will not have anything to write about at No Quarter, fear not. We are not going anywhere. The focus now is on which Barack Obama will govern. This much is certain–a significant portion of his supporters will be disappointed if not angry with his policies and [...]

Sir Nigel Sheinwald on Senator Obama »

By Charles Lemos on Oct 4, 2008 in Barack Obama, British, Current Affairs | 68 Comments

Below is the entire text of the leaked diplomatic assessment on Senator Obama prepared by Political Staff of the British Embassy in Washington DC and signed off by the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, with his own additional comments added and delivered to Downing Street in advance of Senator Obama’s visit [...]

AFL-CIO Reminds Us About Obama Rumors »

By NancyA on Jul 31, 2008 in Arugula (Elitism), Austan Goolsbee, California, Campaign Gaffes, Chris Matthews, Current Affairs, Economy, Electability, Employment, Gender Bias, Health Care, Keith Olbermann, NAFTA, Pennsylvania, Women | 66 Comments

The AFL-CIO endorsed Obama. They have released two mailers. The first mailer is here:
• “Does he wear a flag pin on his lapel? Yes, but not always. Like many presidential candidates, sometimes he wears a flag pin, sometimes he wears a breast cancer awareness pin, sometimes he wears his U.S. Senate [...]

Red Dirt Talk - Part 2, the Positions (1) »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Jun 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain | 84 Comments

Note: All text in blue is taken directly from the candidates’ websites.

Foreign Policy

Obama

Ending the War in Iraq
Iran
Renewing American Diplomacy
Nuclear Weapons
Building a 21st Century Military
Bipartisanship and Openness

Foreign policy is not BHO’s strong suit. He has trouble remembering how many states there are in the US, not to speak of confusing Arabs, with Iranians with Afghans (they [...]

FREE LARRY SINCLAIR, OBAMA’S POLITICAL PRISONER »

By Webster Tarpley on Jun 22, 2008 in AIPAC, Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Civil Rights, Cultist Thugs, David Axelrod, Democratic Party, FISA, Federal Elections Commission, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Joe Biden, John McCain, Karl Rove, Media, Media Bias, Messiah, NAFTA, Obama's Thugs, Obamatopia, Obamedia, Qualifications, Republicans, Samantha Power | 447 Comments

By Webster G. Tarpley
Washington DC, June 21 — Tonight political prisoner Larry Sinclair is spending his fourth night in the DC Jail, the victim of a Gestapo-style enemies’ list operation carried out just three blocks from the White House last Wednesday afternoon.
Sinclair had come to the National Press Club to detail his [...]

Barack’s New Campaign Slogan (UPDATED: More Change You Can’t Believe) »

By Larry Johnson on Jun 19, 2008 in Current Affairs | 272 Comments

Out with the old, in with the new. I am referring of course to Barack’s slogan, “Change we can Believe in.” That’s so old hat. Time for a new, spiffy update–Don’t Believe too Sincerely, I Am Going to Change Change? You Can’t Believe Nothing I Say.
Remember Barack’s staunch stand in opposition [...]

Obama’s Nerve: Attacking McCain on Social Security »

By SusanUnPC on Jun 13, 2008 in Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, DNC, Democratic Party, Elitism, NAFTA, Obamatopia, Qualifications, Workers | 119 Comments

I just heard on Fox News that Obama today is attacking John McCain for advocating the privatization of Social Security. Oh the irony. I keep asking everyone to read RonK Seattle’s investigative reports on the policy positions of Barack Obama’s economic advisers. You may read all of RonK Seattle’s diaries published at Daily Kos or [...]

Helpful Hint to Obama Campaign Representatives: Stop Confusing Voters »

By Deb Cupples on Jun 7, 2008 in Current Affairs | 69 Comments

Being consistent purely for its own sake can be a bad thing.  We learned this from watching President Bush, with great regularity, stubbornly refused to alter his positions even after overwhelming evidence showed his earlier stances to be flat wrong.
On the other hand, sometimes consistency is a good thing — especially for a political campaign.  [...]

The Obama Policy Train Wreck »

By Larry Johnson on May 9, 2008 in Current Affairs | 100 Comments

Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. Talk about a preview of the horror show that would be a Barack Obama administration. Despite running a pretty good operation in collecting delegates, Barack is a disaster at managing policy. Here’s the headline from the London Times–Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas. Yep, another [...]

NAFTA Again? Goolsbee Again? Is Obama Smokin’ Again (or all along)? »

By PsychoDrew on Apr 3, 2008 in Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, NAFTA | 40 Comments

Susan’s Update: ABC News’s Jake Tapper, in today’s post, “Obama is Smokin’” — uh huh, there are suspicions — concludes with this:
I don’t like feeling that I wasn’t being dealt with honestly [about if he's smoking or not]. …
This isn’t the only time I’ve felt that way about the Obama campaign, of course — its [...]

Barack “I-didn’t-know” Obama »

By MBolack and SusanUnPC on Mar 24, 2008 in Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Crown family, David Axelrod, Emil Jones, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Lobbyists, Michelle Obama, NAFTA, NATO, Nuclear Power, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Tony Rezko | 117 Comments

Vetting our two Democratic presidential candidates has definitely been a mixed bag. On one hand, Hillary Clinton’s life and political history has been in the news and reported online for many years. Barack Obama is another deal. He has essentially gotten a free ride in the national media, only being questioned seriously [...]

Obama’s Advisers: Less Progressive than Advertised? »

By Damozel on Mar 23, 2008 in Austan Goolsbee, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. | 16 Comments

I blog at Buck Naked Politics.
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My, Barack Obama’s advisers and officials are contributing quite a little heap of embarrassments to his campaign, aren’t they? 
First, there was Austan Goolsbee’s little chat with the Canadians about NAFTA (Obama didn’t mean it) that the bad Canadians totally misunderstood and twisted out of context.  Then Samantha Power told [...]

Michelle Obama: “Give Us Something Here” »

By Truthteller on Mar 17, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Michelle Obama, New Yorker, Obama, Race, Race Card, Tony Rezko | 97 Comments

One’s jaw drops when reading this paragraph in the New Yorker’s profile of Michelle Obama:

From these bleak generalities, Obama moves into specific complaints. Used to be, she will say, that you could count on a decent education in the neighborhood. But now there are all these charter schools and magnet schools that you have to [...]

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