The President-Elect's Weekly Address

The President-Elect says that we need action, and we need it now. He promises to create jobs, save energy, and make America more competitive. He wants a massive effort to make Federal buildings more energy efficient, rebuild the national infrastructure, modernize and upgrade public schools, upgrade Internet access, and improve communication in health care. In the speech, he says he wants Congress to act immediately upon his inauguration. Here is the President-Elect:

BREAKING: Dem Leaders & Bush Agree on Auto Companies Rescue Plan

Oh, my! It looks like DC may give Detroit's "Big 3" $15 billion after all. So far, it looks like the money will NOT come from the "TARP"/financial industry rescue plan, but rather a loan from the "green technology" development fund. It's unclear, however, how many conditions will be included on the car companies actually developing greener cars.

Still, it looks like the car companies will have to make concessions. There will be government oversight. There will likely be some kind of fuel effiency standards for new cars. We'll just have to see what happens with the final deal.

Yes, Bush Completely F*cked Up

Admit it, Republicans! He didn't "keep us safe". He didn't "help our economy". He only misled us into war, kept us in needless occupation, brought back The Gilded Age, and nearly destroyed our Constitution.

So yes, Bush is a complete f*ck-up. And yes, President-Elect Obama has a real challenge in cleaning up his mess.

Here's a speech writer Obama ought to fire

Jon Favreau, the tacky adolescent on the left (as opposed to the tacky adolescent on the right), is Barack Obama's speech writer; he is to be the Director of Speechwriting for the President after Obama assumes office on January 20.

A stripling youth of 27, Favreau apparently doesn't know unacceptable behavior when he engages in it. He recently attended a party where he allowed himself to be photographed inappropriately pawing a life size cutout of Hillary Clinton.

This is just bad form, and it reminds me a lot of what went on in the blogs during the primaries. Blatantly sexist and entirely inappropriate for a presidential appointee. Al Kamen at The Washington Post reports that the man child had "reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology." Reached out, indeed.

I think the President-Elect should reconsider this appointment.

What to Do with the Leftovers?

All $30 million of them? Maybe rehire all those state & local organizers?

Please Excuse Our Technical Difficulties

We're having problems with Blogger this morning. We're trying to get this fixed. It's all up to Blogger now.

So please hold tight, and hopefully soon we'll be up and running again.

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Now It Looks Like Recession

Damn. 533,000 jobs lost in just one month. 6.7% unemployment. Our economy is in a downward spiral.

And again, this is why we can't afford "fiscal conservatism" now. We don't need "belt tightening" now. We need to stimulate this economy!

President Obama must be ready to tackle this on January 20. He must be ready to get people back to work & put money in people's hands ASAP. This is recession now, and we can't afford to continue falling down much lower.

Getting Local With Marriage Equality

One town in North Carolina is making it happen. Can we make equality happen from the bottom up by way of our cities? Perhaps so.

What Our Economy Needs

Forget "fiscal conservatism"... We need economic sanity to save us!

Canada in Crisis

Damn. Conservative PM Stephen Harper really blew it today. He delayed the inevitable by suspending Parliament until January 27. Whatever, the Liberals & the NDP will kick his ass then.

In the mean time, it sucks that the whole nation is in limbo until then.

Bushies Finally Admit the Obvious...

They f*cked up our economy. No sh*t, sherlock.

David Sirota & I Agree on Something!

Really? Yes, it's true! We both agree on who should NOT be the next Senator from Pennsylvania. ;-)

Joe the Huckster

Does he ever stop? I guess not. I guess "JTP" will never realize that his 15 minutes of fame ended 2 months ago.

Proposition 8: The Musical

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