by admin | May 2, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Every group has the tendency to close ranks when one of its own is attacked. Blacks aren’t any different from any other group here. Given racist attempts to question Obama’s citizenship, his credentials, we’re going to reflexively respond with joy...
by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Matthew WilkinsonIn referencing Obama’s budget, I noted that he agreed fundamentally with the GOP on the need for cuts…this is because both Obama and the GOP embrace the fundamental thirty years “new” idea of how the economy works. The...
by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Photo by tsevisPresident Obama released his budget proposal today. Among the cuts he proposes are cuts to home-heating aid (cuts that given Midwest and Northeast snowfall will hit middle, working class, and poor citizens pretty hard), and cuts to community service...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics |
Photo by stevegarfieldA number of people have chimed in by now about Obama’s State of the Union address. Yesterday I noted that Obama was colonized by corporate language…rather than him using the language of investments for his own ends, I thought...
by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Steve RhodesIn advance of tonight’s State of the Union address, Michael Shear notes that Obama is strategically using the language of business in order to show he is business friendly but in such a way as to maintain constituency support. Shear:...
by admin | Jan 22, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Last week Obama named GE CEO Jeff Immelt to chair a new advisory council that will generate ideas that can jump start the economy. The council is heavy with corporate executives prompting concerns that Obama–particularly given his recent WSJ editorial–is...
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