by Liaquat Ahamed
The book is scheduled for release on June 23,2009
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The book is scheduled for release on June 23,2009
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Well, I can't speak for' [...]
But since they hit their teens [...]
I realize that being wedded to a top down organization and feeling comfortable in any highly structured hierarchial setting is a must for any person left in the modern day GOP but what [...]
Additionally,hard copies of anything for lack of a better word - creative:books, music, movies, newspapers - hello on line Christian [...]
Best news of all is in the foreclosure area:both notices and deeds are down
Complete data on the flip
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If you think you are witnessing [...]
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc...
He concludes:
"...the finance industry has effectively captured our government - a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises. If the" [...]
When one runs for Governor calling for change in how one gets things done:more open, transparent, getting away from the culture of Beacon Hill( it's not what you know, but who you know), then' [...]
I just cannot wean myself off that nagging thought when I traverse the internet, read economists who I admire( Krugman, Dean Baker, Jamie Galbraith,Nouriel Roubine, to name a few) who regularly, like Krugman did this morning, point to [...]
He nails it,..... as usual.
Update: You are doing yourself a MAJOR disservice if you fail to read this entire article:
People are pissed off about this financial crisis, and about this bailout, but they're not pissed off enough. The reality is that the worldwide economic meltdown' [...]
Who is Elizabeth' [...]
Bernie Saunders is right.....
'Too big to fail is too big to exist' in the first place....leading me to the next [...]
And I mentioned that I had purchased his book in another diary.
Link for that here
So, you'll understand that I would be avidly follow the diary at firedoglake.com in which David Cay Johnston blogged with the 'pups'...the following 2' [...]
While the number of real estate sales fell in February, Plymouth County recorded more mortgages than it had in the previous ten months, Register of Deeds John R. Buckley, Jr. reported.' [...]
Okay all you out there who attended Governor Deval Patrick's recent forums locally and advocated cutting government....do you understand that continuing to shed jobs just puts us in a deflationary spiral and that it makes it harder to get the economy moving again? Do you get it [...]
It highlights the fact that you, and in recent days Evan Bayh, and that perennial, ahem, favorite( of the other Party), Joe Lieberman, are out of step with the direction of the country,- in case you haven't noticed, this country is NOT' [...]
That is a skill that is often overlooked in anyone, and after travelling to NH during the presidential primary and campaigning locally for many politicians, I have to say that skill is exceptionally rare in a politician.
He listens and (he seems to have his own system [...]
Anyone who says 'how did this happen?' or wails 'who could have predicted this?' wasn't paying close enough attention in US History which we all had to take to graduate from high school( unless you had a sorry excuse for a teacher' [...]
The Congressman's discussion focused on the recovery plan for the American Economy and your questions are welcome. This is going to be great and informative event so please invite everyone you know.
[...]Kerry Murphy looked stumped.
She stammered that it' [...]
Why did I link to it? ( Although it's nearly over as I post this diary according to the time listed)
A couple of reasons.
Find out why on the flip
Digby has a post up which encapsulates the [...]
People came from as far away as Worcester and Boston(I was working the table that sorted the questions which required a name and town to be read)and from all over the South Shore - [...]
Shaw's to shift corporate jobs to India
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. - Massachusetts-based grocery store chain Shaw's Supermarkets Inc. is gradually laying off about 50 technology workers from its West Bridgewater corporate headquarters and shifting their work to India.
Shaw's spokeswoman Judy Chong said the layoffs began in August and will [...]
Hattip to democraticunderground.com poster DS1 for posting it.
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What Reagan did was re-align the federal budget.
Those tax cuts [...]
Lindsay Graham says nationalization of the banks should be on the table. Joined later in that sentiment by Peter King. GOP stalwarts both.
Since many many economists like Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini, James Glabraith, and Dean Baker have all raised this possibility as [...]
Republicans are entrenched and chained to the idealogical notion that government is a hindrance, and that government should always be considered 'the problem' and that tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts, are the way forward. Which, as a result, ignores how we arrived [...]
Good, more evidence that bipartisanship as an end in and of itself, without coupled with good policy objectives [...]
Take a moment and contemplate the difference in the' [...]
This is the moment when every single opportunity we have as citizens to engage our elected leaders should be seized( Barney Frank event! I am such a promoter....;), as well as engaging our friends and neighbors in an honest economic discussion.Go' [...]
Check out The New York Times article about the internal debate going on at the White House between those on the side of more regulation over the taxpayer's money being given to the banks and Geithner.
Link here
The fact that' [...]
Governor Deval Patrick is calling on Massachusetts citizens to vote on what nationally-recognized site in the Commonwealth should be featured on a new quarter dollar coin. The U.S. Mint [...]
More on the flip
As was noted, the occasion was Lincoln Day in Hingham, the annual event for the past 35 years which highlights the [...]
When the brand new President goes on the road to Indiana and Florida in a campaign style event to promote the Recovery bill that is still before Congress it makes me wonder how the initial roll-out should have been different as to [...]
Do you see him in this picture?
The Congressman's discussion is going to focus on the recovery plan for the American Economy and your questions are welcome. This is going to be great and informative event so please invite everyone you know.
WHAT: [...]Do their constituents lack basic economic understanding as their Senators are displaying?
I keep thinking that I am watching clones of a person in Hingham who habitually gets up at Town Meeting and spouts this same kind of nonsense( anyone who attends ALL the nights of [...]
What's needed right now is for President Obama to decide whether or not what Paul Krugman and many others have written, just not as succinctly as Krugman, is true, namely:You see, this isn't a brainstorming session - it's a collision of' [...]
UNBELIEVABLE( it's about time)
Go Mr Ackerman!!!!
Update: click on this linkand go to the 3:30 mark [3 hours 3o minutes (and it ends at the 3:42 mark) which begins Mr Ackerman's questioning period to' [...]
This Nation owes Mr Markopolos tremendous thanks for all his service ( veteran as well) and work to uncover fraud and incompetent government oversight. He pointed out [...]
I have ranted about that organization since this blog has been in existence.
With the current Chief of Staff in the Obama White House, Rahm Emanuel, definitely one of those that subscribe to the 'philosophy' of the DLC - we only need to act more Republican to get [...]
Good job Congressman!
Update one of his last comments: "We need to do whatever it takes to help the American people."
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"If they're not going to vote for it, let's go" [...]
If Democrats had accepted the same reality,i.e. had thoroughly analyzed the election results( and not just of the Presidential race) the so-called leadership of the' [...]
"The answer is tax cuts. What's the question?"
That pretty much sums up their attitude, rigidity, idealogy, and one of the major reasons why they lost the election in 2 succinct [...]
I am not so enamoured of his stimulus package which places too much emphasis [...]
Disappointing?
Absolutely.
And at the time it was SO frustrating because while literally thousands of us with purple tickets were wedged into 1st and D Street with the huge sign indicating the Purple Gate plainly visible just a short distance away, there was not one police officer,' [...]
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The South Shore Express started at 5:00 AM in Marshfield Then to Hanover, Hingham and Weymouth. |
We drove from MA to Va in 9 and half hours |
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This is what Bush is handing off to Obama and the Democratic controlled CongressBuh-bye Bush...did you say something?
There is something poetic about a real hero who skillfully saved 150+ lives stealing the limelight from the WORST PRESIDENT EVER......
In my perfect world, we all raise a glass of our favorite beverage and say goodbye to 'the end of an error'. Boston Bus to DC
Dorchester People for Peace and Boston Workers' Alliance are jointly
chartering a bus to go to DC for the inauguration, spending two nights on the bus so no lodging is needed. The cost is $66 a seat. If you want to go, please bring a check ASAP to [...] Road Trip
Yes, all the local organizers are going to Washington DC to Barack Obama Inauguration Celebrations.
[...] Information about Barack Obama Inauguration Celebrations
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