Is HCR a Greenspan Moment?

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 10:22 AM PST

2010/01/12 · 10:22

Alan Greenspan, acolyte of Ayn Rand, free-marketer extraordinaire, famously revealed his crisis of faith:

REP. HENRY WAXMAN: The question I have for you is, you had an ideology, you had a belief that free, competitive -- and this is your statement -- "I do have an ideology. My judgment is that free, competitive markets are by far the unrivaled way to organize economies. We've tried regulation. None meaningfully worked." That was your quote.
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Do you feel that your ideology pushed you to make decisions that you wish you had not made?

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Sunday December 13, 2009 · 11:15 AM PST

2009/12/13 · 11:15

There's this narrative that's building on the Left, the idea that the Democratic Party is either:
A) Only marginally better than the Republicans, or
B) Essentially indistinguishable from the Republicans

Now, any narrative is essentially a fiction, a model of reality intended to highlight certain underlying truths. The problem, in this case, is that the narrative is exactly wrong.

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Silent Running

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Sunday March 01, 2009 · 3:33 PM PST

2009/03/01 · 15:33

"The chief characteristic and strength of the submarine is its invisibility due to its ability to submerge. As a consequence, the submarine is distinguished, at the same time, by another special feature, the advantage of surprise. "

-- THE SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK, 1943 Edition

Andrew Sullivan has an interesting take on the Obama strategy:

Every single symbolic act has been inclusive and sober. From that speech in Grant Park to the eschewal of euphoria on Inauguration Day; from the George Will dinner invite to the Rick Warren invocation; from meeting the House Republicans on the Hill to convening a fiscal responsibility summit; from telegraphing to all of us Obamacons that he wasn't a fiscal lunatic to ... unveiling the most expansive, liberal, big government reversal of Reagan any traditional Democrat would die for.

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 6:25 PM PDT

2008/06/09 · 18:25

It's become an article of faith that the Dems, much more than the Republicans, occupy the national interest. Bored at work, I decided to test this theory. Despite my expectations, I was surprised at what I found.

well, the first thing we can say is, interest in Obama absolutely dwarfs interest in McCain:

This is searches and news stories for each candidate over the last month. Blue is BHO (duh). The upper graph is searches, lower is news items.

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 8:23 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 20:23

But after an entire day, I have not seen ONE mention of this. Considering how the MSM jumped on Obama when he was trying to make a nuanced argument, I find it galling that this seems to have completely escaped attention.

The Ferarro Today video. Fast forward to 2:00 with the money shot at 2:20.

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Sunday May 11, 2008 · 8:45 PM PDT

2008/05/11 · 20:45

This started out as a comment, but it became so long I felt it deserved it's own diary.

As far as the (lately very common) "racist" tag being applied so ubiquitously: we need to let that go, in my opinion. Pointing it out, in any venue where it might possibly, maybe apply...isn't really helping.

Just as a little background, I'm a black man. I live in a predominately white area, and I am one of a handful of AA's in my office. My social circle is almost completely white.

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Is HCR a Greenspan Moment?

"Lesser Evil" my A$$

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Googlebamania!

I was going to let it go...

race, racist, racism...ugh