Posting History for James Kroeger
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| The Obama Magic I was a little behind the news cycles yesterday and only this morning had an opportunity to view Barack Obama's absolutlely sensational response to the Clinton/McCain attacks. Last night, after my ... |
James Kroeger | 04/12/2008 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 11 |
| Much to Fear Oh yes, there is much to fear during the next few days. The thing that Congressional Democrats need to fear is ANY kind of 'solution' that the Republicans present to them in a crisis. I, personally, |
James Kroeger | 09/20/2008 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 29 |
| C'mon Nancy! C'mon Harry! We are quickly approaching a climactic moment that could mean everything to the Democratic Party. The Bush administration + Fed Chair Ben Bernanke have approached Congressional Democrats to ask ... |
James Kroeger | 09/21/2008 | 19 | 9 | - | - |
| Compromise with House Republicans (smile) The following is an edited version of a diary I wrote 4 days ago. I think it's even more appropriate now.
Wow. Suddenly, the political landscape has shifted dramatically. House ... |
James Kroeger | 09/30/2008 | 19 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Is Barack afraid of "Socialism?" If he is, then he might want to ponder some of the points I make in this [previously posted] diary.
In the economics classes I’ve taught, I’ve always looked forward to the ... |
James Kroeger | 04/03/2009 | 19 | 6 | - | 16 |
| The Cause That Is Bernie Sanders As Bernie has pointed out lately, California has 20% of all delegates that are available to candidates and it appears that the West coast is going to be one of the parts of the country where he is goi |
James Kroeger | 02/27/2016 | 19 | 36 | - | - |
| Reality Sets In: Hillary Lost The Debate In Flint And Will Likely Lose Again Tonight In Miami... The results in Michigan have now given us proof positive that---contrary to all of the spin we heard from Hillary supporters, both in the MSM and here at DK---Secretary Clinton did not win the Sunday debate.
If she had won the debate she would not ha |
James Kroeger | 03/09/2016 | 19 | 40 | - | - |
| The Path To Victory That Lies Ahead Of Us... With the [presumably] delicate psyches of Bernie’s youngest supporters in mind, I thought I’d share my reflections on the significance of yesterday’s primary results.
Having been a Bernie Sanders enthusiast since day one, the day he announced his can |
James Kroeger | 03/16/2016 | 19 | 17 | - | - |
| Private Health Insurers = THE MAFIA Because health insurance companies invest millions of $$ in PR campaigns and in their campaign contributions to members of Congress, most people do not realize that there is almost no difference between these ‘business professionals’ and the Mafia when... |
James Kroeger | 04/03/2017 | 19 | 10 | - | - |
| Amazing News From Israel... Breaking news heard on BBC tonight and confirmed by this written report from the ... |
James Kroeger | 06/03/2011 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 257 |
| Clinton & Sanders Both Won, But Bernie Ultimately Comes Out Ahead John in Cleveland offered an assessment of the debate last night that I suspect many Bernie Sanders supporters agree with to a large degree. The essential feeling is that Bernie needed to be a lot ... |
James Kroeger | 10/14/2015 | 18 | 16 | - | - |
| Hillary's Experience In Foreign Policy Is The Reason I FEAR Her My reservations re: Hillary Clinton’s dispositions on foreign policy go back to 2008. They were indeed the key reason I ultimately chose to support Barack Obama in 2008.
But it wasn’t just the si |
James Kroeger | 03/02/2016 | 18 | 25 | - | - |
| Government Bureaucratic Waste vs. Private Sector Efficiency | James Kroeger | 03/05/2006 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| George Will vs. John Edwards on Poverty | James Kroeger | 03/11/2006 | 17 | 9 | - | - |
| Withdraw From Iraq In 3-6 months | James Kroeger | 03/23/2006 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| Hillary 'mis-spoke'? That's a LIE! (Poll) I'm sorry, but the Kossacks and MSM have to openly reject the Clinton Campaign's claim that Hillary 'mis-spoke' when she exaggerated the drama of her arrival in Bosnia. Mis-speaking is something ... |
James Kroeger | 03/25/2008 | 17 | 2 | - | - |
| They Are Misrepresenting The Truth... (poll) We are all quite aware of just how amazingly disciplined the Republicans seem to be when it comes to memes and talking points. It's almost as though someone sat them down and explained to them at ... |
James Kroeger | 08/28/2008 | 17 | 4 | - | - |
| Eliminating Socialized Medicine's Waiting List Complaints | James Kroeger | 03/07/2006 | 16 | 3 | - | 64 |
| An Embarrassing Error In Economics Textbooks Has Had A Major Influence On Economic Policy
If you were to examine virtually any of the textbooks currently used to teach economics in college classrooms, you will find "Tax Cuts" listed under the heading of " Tools of Expansionary Fiscal ... |
James Kroeger | 05/14/2012 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 244 |
| Educational EXPERIENCE Is Most Important Substantial educational EXPERIENCE is the most valuable kind of EXPERIENCE that we voters should ask of any citizen who is to be considered worthy of the office of President of the United ... |
James Kroeger | 09/14/2008 | 15 | 1 | - | 12 |
| Beware: The Nightmare Of Government-Run Health Care Republicans have gone the extra mile in recent weeks to convince voters that there is nothing scarier than the idea of putting the government in charge of our country’s health care system. ... |
James Kroeger | 08/07/2009 | 15 | 7 | - | 22 |
| Barack, Please LISTEN... President Obama, you have been listening to the advice of Rahm E., who has been telling you that the poor Blue Dog Democrats can't vote for a robust public option because they're afraid that it ... |
James Kroeger | 10/25/2009 | 15 | 4 | - | 115 |
| It's the IDEAL Method of Taxation, Steve... In my previous diary ( it remained on the Rec List for 24+ hours ), I shared my response ... |
James Kroeger | 10/31/2010 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 82 |
| The EMOTIONAL Lesson That Dems Really Need To Master Kathy Hochul's big win in NY's 26th Congressional District surprised many. Republicans were surprised that seniors could be scared into ignoring the sugar-coating they put on their mean-spirited ... |
James Kroeger | 05/29/2011 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 86 |
| Stupid Rich People (Part 1) Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits
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James Kroeger | 08/27/2011 | 15 | 14 | - | 139 |
| Why Bernie Sanders Is Not Afraid To Call Himself A Socialist When I heard Bernie Sanders had announced he was running for President a couple of months ago, I was happy to hear the news, but not altogether optimistic about his prospects. Still, I thought, ... |
James Kroeger | 07/08/2015 | 15 | 12 | 1 | - |
| It's Working Bernie Fans! We are now hearing from the Associated Press that...
In the past three weeks, Sanders' campaign has spent about $4.7 million on ads to Clinton's $3.7 million, an investment that so far has me |
James Kroeger | 01/13/2016 | 15 | 45 | - | - |
| The Socialist Alternative To Glass-Steagall Bernie Hasn't Proposed, But Probably Should... In January 2016, as her poll numbers began to weaken, Hillary Clinton began to criticize Bernie Sanders’ support for a renewal of Glass-Steagall’s limitations on commercial banks, arguing it would not |
James Kroeger | 02/03/2016 | 15 | 10 | - | - |
| Hillary's Empty Claim That She Can Get Things Done Hillary Clinton is given lately to describing herself as a Progressive who can get things done.
But if you actually look at her record, it is difficult to confirm that she has any kind of abili |
James Kroeger | 02/05/2016 | 15 | 26 | - | - |
| What Should We Do About Iran? | James Kroeger | 02/03/2006 | 14 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Fixing Our Public Schools | James Kroeger | 03/20/2006 | 14 | 5 | 1 | - |
| The Economy: America Saves Too Much | James Kroeger | 04/08/2006 | 14 | 6 | - | 9 |
| Answering Republican Tax Cut Populism | James Kroeger | 02/25/2006 | 13 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Fixing Our Public Schools, Part II | James Kroeger | 03/30/2006 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| The Politics of Emotion (poll) What is it that the Republicans do that enables them to manipulate the perceptions that Swing Voters have of the Democrats and their candidate? |
James Kroeger | 09/10/2008 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| Krugman: Bush Tax Cuts Failed To Stimulate As Promised On his blog, Paul Krugman presents a graph from ... |
James Kroeger | 06/11/2011 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 121 |
| Stupid Rich People (Part 2) Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits
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James Kroeger | 09/01/2011 | 13 | 8 | - | 127 |
| Why The Wealthy Should Want To Eliminate Poverty Alone among the Democrats who are running for President, John Edwards has boldly made his desire to eliminate poverty a central theme of his campaign, citing the need ... |
James Kroeger | 05/08/2007 | 12 | 7 | 2 | - |
| Is Barack afraid of SOCIALISM? If he is, then he might want to ponder some of the points I make in this [previously posted] diary.
In the economics classes I’ve taught, I’ve always looked forward to the ... |
James Kroeger | 04/04/2009 | 12 | 2 | - | 6 |
| GOTV with FEAR In the final weeks of most national campaigns, many Democrats can be heard complaining that the Republicans like to use fear tactics to win elections. I've always thought it is an odd sort ... |
James Kroeger | 10/10/2010 | 12 | 1 | - | 64 |
| Capital Gains Tax Cuts = BAD IDEA In his master plan to save the economy from ruin, John McCain promises more of the same wrong-headed tax cuts that got us in this mess in the first place. In ... |
James Kroeger | 10/15/2008 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Higher Taxes on Richest 2% Helps Economy, Creates Jobs (FWIW, I have a Master's Degree in Economics and have studied economic theory at the Ph.D level.)
According to Republican economic mythology , there is no better way to create ... |
James Kroeger | 11/17/2010 | 11 | 14 | - | 221 |
| Imagine The Poor Living On A Planet Where They Have Finally Won...
Barbara Ehrenreich's poignant Preying On The Poor provides us with an all-too-accurate picture of The Poor as chronic victims of a hard-hearted Business Class. It is a sad reality that many of us ... |
James Kroeger | 05/20/2012 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 117 |
| A Winning Strategy For Obama Tonight: Fear and Ridicule I am an observer who thinks Barack Obama will hit a home run against Mitt Romney tonight. Sure, Obama has the advantage of being the one who actually executed Osama Bin Laden for the Nine Eleven ... |
James Kroeger | 10/22/2012 | 11 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Hillary's Love For Obama...Help Me Out, Bernie Fans! So it just occurred to me that THE best way for the Sanders campaign---and that includes us, Berners---to respond to Hillary’s emotional efforts to portray Bernie as someone who didn’t/doesn’t like Ba |
James Kroeger | 02/19/2016 | 11 | 5 | - | - |
| Why Negative Campaigning Works Hillary Clinton decided to go negative a few weeks ago for two very simple reasons: (1) her consultants knew it would be effective, and (2) they were desperate. They knew it was the only ... |
James Kroeger | 03/11/2008 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| Republicans amplify 'crisis' to manipulate Dems The whole Republican team---from John McCain to Secretary Paulson---is now working together to create a perceived crisis atmosphere in which to persuade Congressional Democrats to approve their ... |
James Kroeger | 09/25/2008 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Verdict: Obama Now Obviously The Best Candidate For The Democrats (poll) Hillary says "the tide has turned?" Oh really? As I recall, she was leading Obama by 11+ points in the PA polls 2-3 weeks ago, when she started her relentless effort destroy Barack Obama's ... |
James Kroeger | 04/23/2008 | 9 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Spend $1-$2 trillion on MAIN ST. One analyst last week estimated that after all is said and done, it could end up costing America taxpayers $1-$2 trillion to prop up Wall St and our failed banking system. Here's a better idea, ... |
James Kroeger | 09/29/2008 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Palin: crusader against earmarks.. It has been noted that Sarah Palin was once a champion of earmarks (as mayor of Wasilla) before she eventually decided she was against them.
In response to critics who pointed out that she ... |
James Kroeger | 09/03/2008 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 |
| The Politics of FEAR In the final weeks of the 2004 campaign, many Democrats complained that the Republicans were using fear tactics to win the election. I thought it was an odd sort of criticism to be voicing, given ... |
James Kroeger | 10/31/2008 | 8 | 1 | - | 13 |
| THE Key Lesson Dems Must Learn From NY-26 Kathy Hochul's surprising victory in NY's 26th Congressional District has awaken many within the Beltway to the possibility that Democrats might be able to use Republican attacks on Medicare to win ... |
James Kroeger | 05/27/2011 | 6 | 10 | - | 110 |
| Hillary Clinton as John McCain's VP Hillary Clinton has managed to do something that I had not thought was possible. She has succeeded in persuading me that she is a profound threat to all that is decent within the Democratic Party. ... |
James Kroeger | 03/08/2008 | 5 | 2 | - | 6 |
| The Crisis That Isn't Okay class, here is your bonus question...true or false: Even if Congress were to do nothing at all in response to Paulson's/Bernanke's/Bush's request, isn't it true that The ... |
James Kroeger | 09/24/2008 | 5 | 1 | - | 13 |
| Bullies And Republicans: What They Have In Common... A few days ago, in response to a recommended diary on bullying by ' that girl ', |
James Kroeger | 10/19/2009 | 5 | 2 | - | 41 |
| Here's why "Bush tax cuts KILL jobs" (A diary I posted yesterday that went into some detail on why Bush tax ... |
James Kroeger | 11/12/2010 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 78 |
| Who is Defending the Terrorists? | James Kroeger | 02/06/2006 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Smart Rich vs. Stupid Rich ( This was originally posted on my blog . Thought you guys might be interested. )
I want to write a book...
Working title: ... |
James Kroeger | 12/06/2006 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Fix Health Care Provider INCENTIVES | James Kroeger | 02/07/2006 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |