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novapsycheUpdate on my feelings about current goings-on:
Blagojevich--You talk about bad apples; this one is thoroughly rotten. His impeachment can't come soon enough. As for the Obama connection, I do believe it is totally guilt by association. For example, Detroit is Michigan's biggest city, but when Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick went down for his corruption, I didn't automatically think that Granholm had something to do with it. People forget that the media (especially the 24-hr news media) is still controlled by conservative interests. They have a stake in tainting Obama's image before he comes into power.
Auto bailout--Amazing what a week makes, yes? This item has dropped out of the news in record time. Bush needs to stop making midnight regulations and start devoting his energy toward throwing Detroit a lifeline. It needs to happen before the end of the year.
Hillary Clinton--I still believe that her appointment to Secretary of State is a mistake. Part of me hopes that technicalities keep her from accepting the position. This same part of me is nonplussed with her supporters' sniping at Caroline Kennedy's attempts to secure Clinton's Senate seat. If Ms. Clinton wanted someone in particular to succeed her, then she should have said something to Gov. Paterson beforehand.
The Shoe--I chuckled all Monday evening. That footage was some of the funniest I've ever seen. I am worried about the reporter, however; there have been reports that he has suffered broken bones and internal bleeding as a result of beatings while in custody.
Hibernation--Did you know that bears in Russian zoos have yet to hibernate?
The Fed--The Fed has overseen two of the worst economic disasters in its history: the Great Depression and now this (what some have called the Great Repression). Now they are throwing money at the problem (directly spurring inflation) and cutting rates to the point where they cannot do so anymore. What happens if things worsen and they are unable to act? As someone said today on the news, you can't offer rates in the negatives: you can't pay someone to borrow money from you.
Blagojevich--You talk about bad apples; this one is thoroughly rotten. His impeachment can't come soon enough. As for the Obama connection, I do believe it is totally guilt by association. For example, Detroit is Michigan's biggest city, but when Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick went down for his corruption, I didn't automatically think that Granholm had something to do with it. People forget that the media (especially the 24-hr news media) is still controlled by conservative interests. They have a stake in tainting Obama's image before he comes into power.
Auto bailout--Amazing what a week makes, yes? This item has dropped out of the news in record time. Bush needs to stop making midnight regulations and start devoting his energy toward throwing Detroit a lifeline. It needs to happen before the end of the year.
Hillary Clinton--I still believe that her appointment to Secretary of State is a mistake. Part of me hopes that technicalities keep her from accepting the position. This same part of me is nonplussed with her supporters' sniping at Caroline Kennedy's attempts to secure Clinton's Senate seat. If Ms. Clinton wanted someone in particular to succeed her, then she should have said something to Gov. Paterson beforehand.
The Shoe--I chuckled all Monday evening. That footage was some of the funniest I've ever seen. I am worried about the reporter, however; there have been reports that he has suffered broken bones and internal bleeding as a result of beatings while in custody.
Hibernation--Did you know that bears in Russian zoos have yet to hibernate?
The Fed--The Fed has overseen two of the worst economic disasters in its history: the Great Depression and now this (what some have called the Great Repression). Now they are throwing money at the problem (directly spurring inflation) and cutting rates to the point where they cannot do so anymore. What happens if things worsen and they are unable to act? As someone said today on the news, you can't offer rates in the negatives: you can't pay someone to borrow money from you.
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Date: 2008-12-17 05:14 pm (UTC)That's where we get into the government just directly hiring people to do work. Hopefully, we can work on things like electric and hydrogen cars, public transit and improved railroads, so we can stop sending half a trillion dollars a year out of our economy for oil. I'm glad people are starting to realize that's an economic problem and not just environmental.
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Date: 2008-12-17 06:07 pm (UTC)It is also more likely that bears will start wandering into the cities to get food, provoking more altercations and human injuries.