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Opinion: Barack Obama: Irish-American dream - Stephen MacDonogh - POLITICO.com
Barack Obama wrote “Dreams of My Father,”
not “Dreams of My Mother.” It could be viewed as a strange choice
: Barack Obama Sr. played scarcely any role in his son’s life,
leaving the future president to be raised by his mother and
maternal grandparents. For a man that former House Speaker
Newt Gingrich accuses of “Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior,”
Obama’s actual upbringing was surprisingly American.
Public Opinion Snapshot: Tax Cuts for the Middle Class Are Good; Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Bad
The Obama administration has proposed letting the Bush tax cuts
expire for those making over $250,000 but extending them for those
making under that amount. Conservatives in Congress are up in arms
about this since keeping the tax cuts for the rich is practically
a sacred cause in their eyes.
Op-Ed Contributor - Hey, Small Spender - NYTimes.com
Here’s the narrative you hear everywhere: President Obama has presided
over a huge expansion of government, but unemployment
has remained high. And this proves that
government spending can’t create jobs
In a 20-year reversal, Florida police union endorses
a Democrat for governor
- St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA — In a series of campaign ads released this week, three Tampa
police officers voice their support for Alex Sink. It's the first time in 20 years
that Florida's police union has endorsed a Democrat for governor
t r u t h o u t | Fed Nominee Whom Senator Shelby Deemed
Too Unqualified
to Confirm Wins Nobel Prize
Earlier today, Federal Reserve Board nominee Peter Diamond won
the Nobel Prize in Economics along with two of his colleagues.
Yet, despite the fact that President Obama nominated this
Nobel laureate to the Fed nearly six months ago,
his nomination is currently being blocked by just one senator
Robert Reich: Why Democrats Should Not Join
in Economic Scapegoating
Deep economic crises are fodder for demagogues who channel economic fear
into a politics of resentment against "them." In the 1930s it was foreign
traders (mainly Europeans), immigrants, and Jews. Now it's foreign traders
(mainly the Chinese), immigrants, and Muslims.
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