Fri 2008-12-12 00:00 EST

AlterNet: Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising?

AlterNet: Noam Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising? ``what's happened to the country...is that there was extensive and very constructive activism in the 1960s...And the activism did civilize the country''; Tom Ferguson's investment theory of politics; Brand Obama; ``The goal of advertising is to create uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices...And when they turn to selling a candidate they do the same thing...So you undermine democracy pretty much the same way you undermine markets.''

AlterNet; Chomsky; Obama's Advertising; truth.

Sun 2008-11-23 00:00 EST

Joe Bageant: Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism

by Anonymous Political Consultant John Brown; ``In a system, which is entering a period of semi-permanent crisis, to plant oneself or one's party in its political center is to make yourself responsible for a political system which is forever failing, losing legitimacy and eventually its right to rule. In the long run, the future will belong to whichever political force flies the boldest flags, stands credibly far enough from those who will be held accountable for our troubles, and curses the loudest at the coming darkness.''

Conservatism; future; Joe Bageant; Sarah Palin.

Sun 2008-11-23 00:00 EST

www.dcexaminer.com >> Timothy Carney

www.dcexaminer.com >> Timothy Carney: Emanuel Will be Wall Street's Man in the Obama White House; ``This past election cycle, more than a third of Emanuels campaign contributions from political action committees came from financial sector PACs''

com; DCExaminer; Timothy Carney; www.

Sun 2008-10-26 00:00 EDT

Joe Bageant: Moving to the Center of Elite Consensus

by "the masked political consultant"; ``what "Moving to the Center," means is: moving towards power and money''; ``What voters are expected to believe is that after a 30-year class war against the bottom 90% of income earners, the source of their troubles are black rappers and inner city fathers and not criminality on Wall Street or a corrupt political system.''; 2008-08-27

center; elite consensus; Joe Bageant; move.

Tue 2008-09-09 00:00 EDT

Joe Bageant: Why Rednecks May Rule the World

``We all understand that there is a political class which dominates in America, and that Sarah Palin for damned sure is not one of them. And the more she is attacked by liberal Democratic elements (translation: elite highly-educated big city people) the more America's working mooks will come to her defence.''

Joe Bageant; rednecks; rules; world.

Wed 2008-09-03 00:00 EDT

How the Chicago Boyz Wrecked the Economy: An Interview with Michael Hudson

by Mike Whitney; "what they're trying to do is to roll back the Enlightenment, roll back the moral philosophy and social values of classical political economy and its culmination in Progressive Era legislation, as well as the New Deal institutions...So what you find to be a violation of traditional values is a re-assertion of pre-industrial, feudal values. The economy is being set back on the road to debt peonage."

Chicago Boyz Wrecked; economy; interview; Michael Hudson.

Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT

The Newer Deal: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority | The New America Foundation

The Newer Deal: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority, by Michael Lind (Salon, 2008-08-15) | The New America Foundation; ``Social conservatives, having lost the culture war, should be offered not only a truce but also an opportunity to join a broad economic campaign for a middle-class America, as many of them did between 1932 and 1968. When pro-choicers and pro-lifers unite in cheering the public investment and living wage planks at the convention of the neo-Roosevelt party, we will know that the political era that began in 1968 is truly and finally over.''

Democratic supermajority; New America Foundation; Newer Deal; path.

Tue 2008-07-15 00:00 EDT

Brad Setser: Follow the Money >> Blog Archive >> Too Chinese (and Russian) to fail?

politics of fannie, freddie bailout

blogs Archive; Brad Setser; Chinese; fail; follows; money; Russian.

Sun 2008-07-06 00:00 EDT

Bringing Down Bear Stearns: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

Bringing Down Bear Stearns, by Bryan Burrough, vanityfair.com

Bear Stearns; bringing; com; political; Power; vanityfair.

Fri 2008-06-06 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Should the Fed Be Independent?

Jeffrey Lacker; Fed "increasingly making resource allocation decisions which are political in nature and should arguably be debated and determined in that realm"

Fed; Independent; naked capitalism.

Wed 2008-05-14 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Wolf, Becker, and Posner on Oil (With a Shocker From Posner)

Richard Posner suggests "heavy taxes on oil or (better) carbon emissions"; lack of political will imples "democratic failure" to address long-term problems

Becker; naked capitalism; Oil; Posner; shocker; Wolf.

Sat 2008-04-12 00:00 EDT

Hillary's Flimsy Case : Rolling Stone

Hillary's Flimsy Case, by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone; Obama "running as a symbol of a new politics...But if it were to get out that he's not that...then he quickly morphs into a different kind of symbol, a symbol of how an essentially bankrupt political system can seamlessly repackage itself to a fed-up marketplace by making cosmetic changes, without altering its basic nature." "In American politics, always look for the worst possible scenario to emerge triumphant"

Hillary's Flimsy Case; Rolling Stone.

Wed 2008-03-26 00:00 EDT

CQ Politics | Bear Stearns Deal Draws Senate Scrutiny, Regulatory Questions

Bear Stearns Deal Draws Senate Scrutiny; CQ Politics; regulatory Questions.

Sun 2008-01-27 00:00 EST

Electric Politics | Bubbles, Bailouts, and Free Money

by Werther; "Fascism is a business strategy whose simple, consistent, bludgeoning rationale is, privatize the profits and socialize the losses."

Bailout; bubble; Electric Politics; free Money.

Fri 2007-11-09 00:00 EST

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, vanityfair.com

com; economic consequences; Mr. Bush; political; Power; vanityfair.

Fri 2007-04-27 00:00 EDT

New York Press - MATT TAIBBI -

Are You suprised ? by Matt Taibbi; The White House Press Corps politely grabs its ankles. 2003-03-11

Matt Taibbi; New York press.