Follow this link to a report on a speech by General Petraeus to the right wing Heritage Foundation.
I would take this title of the article with a huge grain of salt. The writer seems pretty biased in favor of Obama. Yet some of his interpretation of the Pertaeus speech may be correct.
Follow this link to an article by two economic advisers to Barack Obama.They claim that McCain’s plan is similar to what was in the bailout bill that was already passed and signed into law, except for one major difference. This difference is what makes McCain’s plan a bad idea.
But today we learned of a detail that makes his plan significantly different — and much worse.
They don’t specify in the article where they learned about the detail, so there is no way of knowing if their report is accurate.
Here is Obama’s response to Charles Gibson on the inability of John McCain to make his nasty jabs in Obama’s presence.
If you want to let McCain know what you think of his tactics, try calling the McCain Campaign at 703-418-2008 option 6. This number was posted by a commenter on Huffington Post. I just called it and left my own comment.
Did you notice in the debate the number of times McCain just repeated Obama’s policy position?
You might think that if they are both going to do the same thing, then does it matter which one I vote for?
In managing the economy, the government has a plethora of tools. The trick is to know which tool to use in any given situation. You also need to have a good idea of what you are trying to achieve.
I presume that Obama understands that one of the goals of government economic policy is to act as a counterweight to the free market. Running surpluses and deficits are tools to be used at the appropriate times. Increasing and decreasing public works investments is another tool.
When the economy is humming along and especially when it is starting to overheat, the government needs to apply the brakes by running a surplus. This is not the time to stimulate the economy even more by cutting taxes as McCain and Bush favored.
When the economy is starting to slow too much or even go into a recession, then it is time to press on the accelerator by using the accumulated surpluses and running a current year deficit. If the private economy is afraid to spend money, then the government can ramp up public works projects to get money flowing again.
All of this accelerating and braking is an attempt to keep a fairly constant speed through the peaks and valleys of the free market.
John McCain, the imitation Obama, sees Obama proposing the application of the tools, but does not seem to understand the timing of their use. He wants to cut government spending at the exact time when it should be increasing.
Also taking money out of the economy to send it to Iraq to be blown up is not the way to help the world get out of this financial crisis. Using that money to invest in roads, water treatment facilities, natural disaster recovery are all investments that will pay returns on the investment.
Investments in better education and health also pay dividends.
Certainly any conservative worth his or her salt must know the difference between spending and investing.
In the same vein as my remarks on the previous debates, I will tell you what I think Obama should have said in this debate.
then I guess we are going to have to start telling the truth about John McCain.
Let’s start with this link to a web site about the Keating 5 scandal. Or follow this link to my previous post about the Keating 5 Scandal.
Follow this link to an article in Rolling Stone that attempts to separate the McCain myth from McCain fact.
Then there is the new DNC ad.
I have said before, “If the truth were on their side, they would use the truth.”
If you want to debunk any McCain lie, follow this link to my research page.
Continuing in the vein of my comments on the Presidential debate, I will cast my remarks on the Vice-Presidential debate in terms of what Joe Biden should have said. I will write it as the Biden part of a script.
Oddly enough, I can’t think of anything else at the moment that Biden should have said differently. What do you think?
Follow this link to the interview of Robert Baer by Terry Gross.
I learned about this from an email from DebbyG. The following is what Debby emailed:
I just heard part of an amazing interview on NPR; Terry Gross interviewing Robert Baer, a former CIA agent who had some extremely interesting things to say about Iran.
I would recommend downloading a podcast of the inteview if you haven’t heard it.
After listening to the interview, I am going to check out his new book – “The Devil we Know”.
After listening to the interview, I have to wholeheartedly agree with Debby’s assessment.
Follow this link to the article in The Nation that describes McCain’s and his campaign’s advisors’ links to Russia and the maneuverings in the Balkans.
It’s a good thing that Sarah Palin has her eyes focused on the skies over Alaska. That way she won’t see the Russians coming into JFK Airport in New York.
This little saga is worthy of being turned into a John LeCarré spy novel.
Here is Hollywood telling you not to vote. (Rated R for some offensive language)