http://liberalmediaelite.com Foul-mouthed political and cultural commentary from the peanut gallery that is the Upper Midwest Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:08:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Frankly, I think the "stunning loss" the Dems suffered in MA could...could...be a good thing. It seems that it is now in vogue for folks on the left to attack the filibuster rules in the Senate as unconstitutional and blahblahblah. Personally, I love the filibuster. For those Dems that want to ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1150 Tom Tancredo (R-CO.) is already hard at work losing the 2010 vote for the Republicans by alienating all Latino's (unlike the significant majority he pissed off with his immigration stand) by declaring La Raza to be "the Latino KKK without hoods or nooses". Watching the dumber wingnuts scramble over the next ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1148 When I took AP US History in high school I had this giant tome of history. It was the same text used in survey courses at Yale. It was almost 4"thick. I learned some history. Not quite so randomly, here are some things I learned: The Smoot-Hawley ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1144 It's such a relief to see the serious discussion about what Bush, Cheney et al. have done to the soul of this country by authorizing torture. The discussion is painful, it is necessary, and having the strength to engage in it is something America can be truly proud of. http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1141 I'm a bit troubled that it seems we are, here on the left, pissed at financial institutions that took bailout money and pissed at those same financial institutions when they decide to pay it back. Can't really have it both ways, you know? Sure, there is the potential for banks ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1138 I will hold off on any snarky remarks about right wingers wearing native american garb and protesting taxation with representation and referring to it as "teabagging". I will point out this quote from one of the West Coast organizers (from the AP...I seem to keep screwing up the link)... "What is happening ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1136 Checking in after my morning work call, Everyone seemed to be really excited for Iowa. At frist I thought it was Final Four nonsense. Then I realized that Iowa isn't in the Final Four. Upon further research, something really, really cool happened there today. Rock ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1130 As a coda on a discussion at the bar last night, the accomplishments, to date, of our 44th President: Signed into law: Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act. SCHIP An 800bn Stimulus Bill The FY 2009 Budget Omnibus Public Lands Act (I'm a big fan of this one, protecting over 2 million acres of public land, and ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1127 Prior to 2008, I didn't know much about banking, finance and economics. For obvious reasons, I, and many others, have taken a bit of a remedial course in these subjects in attempt to wrap our heads around what's happening in the world. Now that I done hours of ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1125 Here's a weeks worth of webcam images from Grand Forks, ND. A little visual context for what folks are going through up there. http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1123 The opponents of the measure gloomily predicted that by unshackling banks and enabling them to move more freely into new kinds of financial activities, the new law could lead to an economic crisis down the road when the marketplace is no longer growing briskly. ''I think we will look back in ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1120 Great (and sad) photo series by two french photographers. http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1115 Un-frickin'-believable. From the Financial Times, we get this gem: Jack Welch, who is regarded as the father of the “shareholder value” movement that has dominated the corporate world for more than 20 years, has said it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share ... http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1112 Matthew can't pimp work he does elsewhere.  That would be a smidge gauche. But I can pimp it for him. A great read.  Doubly so because I found while browsing the job listings. http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1110 Ladies and Gentlemen: The Republican Apology Machine. http://liberalmediaelite.com/?p=1108