Now that the U.S. is used up like an old crumpled piece of tissue paper, they hand it over to a black guy.
The United States’ Last Day in Business
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The U.S. can’t find $25 billion to save three million jobs related to the auto industry, yet it keeps shelling out $9 billion a month on Iraq. And Obama will keep it up (see this week’s column).
Rainbow of Hatred
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Barack Obama picked Rick Warren, a right-wing Christianist who hates gays, to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. Obama loves haters–but he’s not a hater himself. Uh-huh.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
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The economy would recover if everyone started spending again. But who goes first?
History is a Liberal Judge
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Getting a pair of shoes tossed at him may end up being the only punishment Bush gets. Pathetic.
A Diverse Cabinet That Looks Like America
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Barack Obama’s cabinet is widely praised by the mainstream press is diverse. But ideological diversity doesn’t seem to be part of it. If this is a cabinet that looks like America, then America is 80% conservative Democrat, 20% Republican.
Obama’s Stagecraft
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First Obama’s transition team bogarted the official .gov domain suffix to invent some wacky “Change.gov” website. Then he invented a fake “Office of the President-Elect.” (Yes, federal law provides funds for the president-elect to rent an office. But that’s not an official government Office.) What else is he going to stagemanage?
