From stock and option systems trader Jay Kaeppel…
There. Now I have sufficiently ticked everyone off. But that’s fine. You should be ticked off. And by that I mean ticked off enough to actually examine “the facts” rather than relying on any personal political bias. Waiting around for this current batch of politicians to “save our souls” does not appear to be the most prudent of ideas.
As I said, this is why we trade.
(bold in quotation block is my doing)
So says Louise Yamada in the interview shown below. Note it is a long term call. I don’t know if the “bailout” is a good idea or not. I do firmly believe that returning to politics as usual, especially the politics displayed by the House of Representatives will lead to certain failure of this plan. I don’t believe that politics will change in the next few years, do you? If not, Louise projections start to become believable.
An indication of why it’s called the People’s Republic…
So far, Hall said, this year’s registration database contains about 85,000 Democrats, 44,000 Republicans and 79,000 unaffiliated voters. With voter registration open through Monday, those numbers are expected to continue to climb.
The article also talks about the ongoing voter registration and the high turnout expected for the election. These are all good things.
The commenter’s continue to demonstrate liberals fear of Sarah Palin and their ignorance of how voter fraud follows Acorn around.
The two Richard Riley’s over at Instapundit agree it’s time for Nancy Pelosi to go.
Not only do I agree with the Washington Post, Katie Granju, and plenty of other fellow Obama supporters whom you’ve linked to that it’s time for Pelosi to go – the partisan point-scoring during the bailout vote was just the last straw
The second Richard Riley has an interesting idea how to make it happen.
Of course they rake Presdent Bush and the Republican’s over the coals first, but that said they do unload on Nancy…
Still, Pelosi deserves no praise for her leadership on Monday. Even stipulating that we are in the closing weeks of one of the most important political campaigns in a generation, her inability to rise above the tendency to score political points was inexcusable. Monday’s vote was a moment to set aside those instincts and talk about the package as an example of Washington’s ability to work cooperatively in a time of crisis.
Instead, Pelosi accused Bush of economic policies that create “budgetary recklessness” and “an anything-goes mentality.” And she closed with a partisan call to arms. “In the new year, with a new Congress and a new president,” she said, “we will break free with a failed past and take America in a new direction to a better future.”
The Post goes onto to conclude, probably correctly in my opinion…
The voters will sort out the blame on all this in November. Anger at Washington will feed a hunger for change, and it’s likely to fall harder on the GOP as the party that holds the White House. But for the next president and the next Congress, whatever its makeup, Monday’s performance should be looked at as an example of what it was, a performance designed to undermine the public’s confidence in its elected leadership.
They get an A+ in that arena.
Two heartbeats away from the Presidency. C’mon Nancy, gimmee some “gravitas”.
As of October 1st this $35,000 Boulder County mistake still hasn’t been reported in the Daily Camera. It made news in the neighboring Longmont Times Call on September 29th.
What gives DC?
Neil Cavuto on the “bailout” package. He’s especially frustrated with anti-government capitalists that are singing a different song now. People such as Steve Forbes, Jack Welch and Jack Kemp.
Let’s not forget who is two hearbeats away from the Presidency. Yes, her.
Brave guy. I guess the shark picked on the wrong dog, or picked a dog with the “wrong” owner!
Instapundit has a roundup of comments regarding the Sing for Change performance.
Young Pioneer Camps?
The Obama campaign is apparently quite pleased. Well, they had a posting on the community page of their web site but it has been taken down. Perhaps they’re having 2nd thoughts. Hopefully someone can get a google cache of it. I should have been smart enough to have done a screen capture.
Chris Mathews of MSNBC interviews his daughter and doesn’t feel the need to identify her. If you step back and think about it, isn’t it inconceivable that someone who works in the MSM would do such a thing?
Somewhere I read “At least he works for the right network” but I’m not sure who to attribute it to.
Another (small) blow against constructivist math.
Concurrently, I’ve been reading more about the current state of the American educational system. A common theme seems to be how the progressive-constructivist philosophy has by and large supplanted the traditional, instructivist methods in the classroom. This philosophy, in turn, has resulted in less and less actual learning taking place in our schools, a phenomenon I’ve noticed as a community college instructor and as a private tutor.
I didn’t put two and two together, though, until the other day, then it dawned on me: the textbooks for the courses I’ve been teaching have all been written by authors who have imbibed from the constructivist well. They’ve bought into Piaget’s odd little notion that knowledge is not “true” knowledge unless you’ve “constructed” or discovered it yourself. Aha – so that’s why these crazy books obdurately insisted on placing examples before giving any definitions or enumerating any steps. That explains that.
What a disaster constructivist math teaching has been to our local school system. Perhaps there’s a way to “do it right” but I maintain this teaching philosophy is inherently “unstable”.
Enlightening, although not surprising.
Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working.
Any closet Republicans or independent thinkers, or at least observers, at the Daily Camera that care to chime in? My e-mail is in the left hand column.
The Canadian Broadcasting Network admitted an error in judgement regarding a recent attack article on Sarah Palin by Heather Mallick.
Vince Carlin, the CBC ombudsman, has now issued his assessment of the Mallick column. He doesn’t fault her for riling readers by either the caustic nature of her tone or the polarizing nature of her opinion.
But he objects that many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact. And he is certainly correct.
Mallick’s column is a classic piece of political invective. It is viciously personal, grossly hyperbolic and intensely partisan.
And because it is all those things, this column should not have appeared on the CBCNews.ca site.
Good for the CBC, although only time will tell if they change their ways. How’s that for a backhanded compliment?
Update to 5:02pm. (9/30/08)
From the Sing for Change website…
As Sunday approached, a neighbor volunteered a home. Production wizards got wind of the project and offered their help in recordingit. The likes of Jeff Zucker, Holly Schiffer, Peter Rosenfeld, Darin Moran, Jean Martin, Andy Blumenthal, and Nick Phoenix rearranged schedules to participate. Holly Schiffer was able to get three High Definition cameras (Panasonic HVX250’s), and an AVID editing facility. When Jeff Zucker went to pick up the camera package, Ted Schilowitz happened to be there and offered a RED camera set up on a SteadiCam.
What we accomplished in a few hours on a Sunday afternoon embodies the nature of the Obama campaign: its grassroots inspiration, its inclusiveness, its community building. People pitched in quickly for a cause that resonated with them. There were not many conditions: “Think this is a good idea? Want to help? Great. Sunday at 12:00.” At the heart of the project were 22 children and their music. The willingness of all involved to come together for them was a testament to our hope, unity, courage, joy and belief in the future represented by these children.
Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air notes (scroll to bottom):
“Production wizard” Jeff Zucker appears to also be President & CEO of NBC Universal Jeff Zucker. At least David Zucker (apparently no relation) sticks with adults for his political work. Will Sing for Change get its own variety-hour special next?
Hat-tip to Hot Air for the updated part of the posting.
My girls are both excellent singers and the older one has many honors singing. I would never let them participate in an event such as this for either party. Pawn to King Four.
Katie Allison Ganju of Knoxnews blogs on why Nancy Pelosi must go…
However, the speech was incredibly inappropriate. At a moment when the Speaker should have been rallying the entire membership of the House to pull together as Americans and solve the crisis before them, Pelosi chose instead to use her pulpit to lay blame and point fingers. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around, and some finger pointing is going to have to occur as we decide what specific mistakes were made and how we can avoid repeating them. But yesterday was not the time.
Yesterday was a time for statesmanship and gravitas, qualities that are critical in the individual who is only a few degrees away from the presidency, and who is vested with representing the entire body of the House of Representatives. In our two party system, there is no way to leave partisan politics out of the Speaker’s role, but Pelosi acts more like a House majority or minority leader, or a whip – or even like the DNC Chair – than she does like the great Speakers of yore, like Sam Rayburn and Tip O’Neill.
Perhaps she would like to move out to Colorado and the Daily Camera could give her a platform?
Made the Longmont Times Call yesterday, so far nothing in the Boulder Daily Camera.
Now that the bubble has burst and the “systemic risk” is apparent to all, Frank blithely declares: “The private sector got us into this mess.” Well, give the congressman points for gall. Wall Street and private lenders have plenty to answer for, but it was Washington and the political class that derailed this train. If Frank is looking for a culprit to blame, he can find one suspect in the nearest mirror.
Read how Congress derailed the train. Can you say Fannie, Freddie and the Community Investment Act?
I’m sure Nancy Pelosi dislikes George Bush much more than Clay Evans does. That leaves very little doubt that screwing the Republicans and George Bush is much more important to here than passing the bailout plan. Powerline has some interesting insights on Nancy’s hard work to pass the bailout plan…
Nancy Pelosi must be the most ineffective House Speaker of modern times. The Democrats have achieved virtually nothing since taking control of the House and Senate in 2006, and have consistently avoided the responsibility that goes with being the majority party. Which may explain why, until very recently, most Americans were unaware that the Democrats were actually in control of Congress.
Oh, so the Democrats could have passed this bill w/o Republican help?
Did they really want to pass the bill?
Everyone has heard about the weirdly partisan and inaccurate rant which Pelosi contributed to the debate on the bailout bill. But that speech did not take place in a vacuum. Public opinion is running strongly against the bill, and it required political courage to vote for it. If you look at the list of those who voted “No” in both parties, it is mostly members who are engaged in tough re-election campaigns. This is true on both sides of the aisle.
That being the case, and given the fact that the legislation was in fact a negotiated, bipartisan compromise, the first duty of the majority party is to line up its members to support the majority’s bill. But evidence is growing that the Democrats did no such thing.
As of yesterday, the Democrats’ House whip, Jim Clyburn said that he hadn’t even begun “whipping” Democratic representatives, and wouldn’t do so unless and until he got orders from Nancy Pelosi. Today, Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio told NPR that he never was “whipped” on the bill. So Pelosi evidently left Democrats to vote their consciences–which is to say, vote against the bill if they thought it was politically necessary–while counting on Republicans to put the bill over the top.
Great time for a partisan rant Nancy. I would have expected it from Clay Evans, but not from the Speaker of the House. No “whipping” and rubbing salt in the wound of Republican. Sure looks like Nancy got exactly what she desired. The hands still being played out, could be interesting.
