In summary, there appears to be only two constants in our ever-changing world. One is that Barack Obama is going to be on television every day forever. No venue is too strange. Soon, he’ll be on “Dancing With the Stars” (“And now, doing the Health Care, Energy and Education tango ...”)
hehe
can you imagine W on dancing with the stars? i think that would totally work. it would improve his ratings, and i think the Freedom Ballroom would be a much better legacy for him than the Freedom Library.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Dear Mr. DeSantis...
Dear Mr. DeSantis,
I sympathize with your predicament, being scapegoated for something you didn't have a hand in directly. You know, not all taxpayers got out their pitchforks and demanded the return of your bonuses, either, but you seem intent on punishing us all with your resignation. Your public letter did earn some empathy from me, but it certainly didn't make me like you. I understand your legitimate desire to resign. Whether or not you "deserved" the full amount of the retention payment, it was a necessary payment and the contract should have been honored or at least renegotiated with notice and respect to you. However, it would have been a really big gesture, worthy of an op-ed in the New York Times, had your ultimate decision been to suck it up and get back to work.
I take solace in the fact that you apparently didn't know enough about credit default swaps to be a whistleblower for your division, which mitigates the loss of your efforts in unraveling them.
All the best in your new career,
A Taxpayer
I sympathize with your predicament, being scapegoated for something you didn't have a hand in directly. You know, not all taxpayers got out their pitchforks and demanded the return of your bonuses, either, but you seem intent on punishing us all with your resignation. Your public letter did earn some empathy from me, but it certainly didn't make me like you. I understand your legitimate desire to resign. Whether or not you "deserved" the full amount of the retention payment, it was a necessary payment and the contract should have been honored or at least renegotiated with notice and respect to you. However, it would have been a really big gesture, worthy of an op-ed in the New York Times, had your ultimate decision been to suck it up and get back to work.
I take solace in the fact that you apparently didn't know enough about credit default swaps to be a whistleblower for your division, which mitigates the loss of your efforts in unraveling them.
All the best in your new career,
A Taxpayer
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Rant for the Day
I like Meghan McCain. This is on the basis of having read maybe 3 of her articles and I'm sure we disagree on a lot of things, but I like her. Maybe because I can relate to her as a Class of 07 grad from a top tier school. In any case, my rant has not to do with Laura Ingraham's disgusting personal slur against her body image, but rather with ABC's coverage of the verbal back-and-forth between the two women. The issue here is first of all fixating on size in a public arena where it should be irrelevant, but also the issue of it being socially acceptable for a woman to make this kind of comment about another woman. (The backlash against Ingraham would actually suggest the opposite, that it is not socially acceptable; in any case the publicity is good for them both.) I'm ranting because Meghan responded gracefully about respecting women for their ideas, and ABC had the fucking nerve to title an article "GOP Catfight Gets Personal."
I understand they are in the business of grabbing attention with headlines. I don't care. This f-ing makes me sick. The news industry obviously needs to rethink it's entire business ethic for a number of reasons. Let's hope that whatever they come up with doesn't corrupt the news with vulgar commercialism.
I understand they are in the business of grabbing attention with headlines. I don't care. This f-ing makes me sick. The news industry obviously needs to rethink it's entire business ethic for a number of reasons. Let's hope that whatever they come up with doesn't corrupt the news with vulgar commercialism.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Good Reads
First, here's an op-ed about the financial crisis by David Smick, who is an impressive combination of incredibly smart and very easy to read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902232.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Second, here's a site that tracks climate progress. I haven't explored it much yet, but there's certainly some heartening news on the homepage today, and we certainly could use some good news. http://climateprogress.org/
Second, here's a site that tracks climate progress. I haven't explored it much yet, but there's certainly some heartening news on the homepage today, and we certainly could use some good news. http://climateprogress.org/
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