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| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Republicans May Be Right About Obama I've got this funny feeling that the Republicans might be right in their reading of Barack Obama: I think it we may ultimately see President Obama sign whatever kind of economy-destroying ... |
James Kroeger | 07/25/2011 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 283 |
| Obama Is Making Me Crazy When I heard that President Obama was supporting a hike in the retirement age to 67, that was it. He has now made himself as much a threat to me and America's working class as any Republican ... |
James Kroeger | 07/19/2011 | 68 | 29 | - | 297 |
| Will I Vote For Obama Next Year? Probably, but... Will I vote for Barack Obama in November of next year? Yes, if he is the Democratic nominee and the Republican running against him is as horrible as I expect him/her to be. But am I going to be ... |
James Kroeger | 08/07/2011 | 59 | 8 | - | 161 |
| Stupid Rich People (Part 1) Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits
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James Kroeger | 08/27/2011 | 15 | 14 | - | 139 |
| My Theory: Professional Centrists in Dem Party Are Actually Karl Rove Operatives In a highly-rec'd diary, My Left Behind used a faked email from ... |
James Kroeger | 08/28/2011 | 43 | 14 | - | 171 |
| Stupid Rich People (Part 2) Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits
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James Kroeger | 09/01/2011 | 13 | 8 | - | 127 |
| Why The President's Jobs Bill Is Nothing To Get Excited About CNN is reporting that President Obama will be proposing a job creation package that may top $400 billion : |
James Kroeger | 09/07/2011 | 28 | 2 | - | 132 |
| Too Big To Fail? Tell That To The Occupiers Of Wall Street (Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits )
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James Kroeger | 10/10/2011 | 38 | 62 | 4 | 489 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 05/17/2012 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 205 |
| 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 |
| I Now Expect Dems To Lose Both The Senate AND The White House This November I appreciate all of the 'stiff upper lip' talk expressed by so many of you in these days following the Wisconsin debacle, but I'm afraid I can't join you this time. I am now feeling quite totally ... |
James Kroeger | 06/07/2012 | 75 | 8 | - | 619 |
| The Lie Behind Capital Gains Tax Rates Crossposted at Nontrivial Pursuits
Last night, during a 60 Minutes interview, Mitt Romney was asked if he thought it was fair that he only paid a 14% tax rate on his $20 million income while a guy ... |
James Kroeger | 09/25/2012 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 247 |
| 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 | - |
| When Republicans Say They Are Alarmed By Excessive Government Debt, They Are LYING To You ( Cross posted at Nontrivial Pursuits )
There is one time when you can be absolutely certain someone is lying to you, and that is when their words are directly contradicted by their actions.
The ... |
James Kroeger | 11/11/2012 | 44 | 90 | 5 | - |
| A Message For House Republicans: "First Undo What You Did To Create This Debt Crisis..."
It's been good to hear that Barack Obama now feels less pressure to accept bad compromises following his successful re-election bid, but as we approach the coming 'fiscal cliff', my biggest ... |
James Kroeger | 12/03/2012 | 41 | 159 | 12 | - |
| Dear Israel: Please Stop Doing This To Yourself ( Cross-posted at Nontrivial Pursuits )
I am reposting this because I am actually quite proud of the fact that I was able to write an I-P diary that (1) speaks positively about the Palestinians, (2) |
James Kroeger | 11/25/2012 | 79 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 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 | - |
| If Elected, How Will President Sanders Achieve His Big Plans? In another diary, nocynicism voiced an extremely legitimate question re: Bernie Sanders political ambitions, asking
" How will he get all this accomplished with no help from Republicans? He will ... |
James Kroeger | 07/20/2015 | 67 | 23 | 1 | - |
| The One Issue In Particular That Bernie Can Use To Defeat The Oligarchy Bernie Sanders has made it clear that the central focus of his campaign will continue to be his call for a big increase in the tax obligations of the The Oligarchy; and yes, that is the one thing ... |
James Kroeger | 08/04/2015 | 144 | 139 | 5 | - |
| Starting To Feel Sorry For Kossacks Supporting Hillary UPDATE The Clinton campaign's dubious decision to start attacking Bernie with misrepresentations of his agenda is perhaps a very ominous sign for the many members of the Dailykos family who have invested the |
James Kroeger | 01/14/2016 | 500 | 184 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| The One Weapon Bernie Sanders Supporters Have That Can Overcome All Of Hillary Clinton's Advantages Money.
Here’s the thing: if the Sanders Campaign is able to report that it has actually taken in more total financial contributions in the current quarter than the Clinton campaign was able to, |
James Kroeger | 12/29/2015 | 232 | 125 | - | - |
| Economic Fact: Heavily Taxing Rich People DOES NOT HARM THEM In America today there is a widespread belief within the upper classes that the Income Tax is unfair to rich people. I’d like to explain why, from an economist's POV, this belief is utter nonsense. |
James Kroeger | 01/13/2016 | 21 | 14 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Something Bernie Has To Teach The Journalist Class: Heavily Taxing Rich People DOES NOT HARM THEM Bernie Sanders’ campaign is all about educating the public re: the many policy proposals he has advanced. Ultimately, his ability to achieve that goal depends largely on his ability to educate the Jo |
James Kroeger | 01/16/2016 | 34 | 46 | - | - |
| UPDATE: Why Exactly Do HRC Fans Have This Urgent Need For The Details Of Bernie's Medicare Plan? There was a diary on the Recommended list yesterday with a title that explicitly claimed Bernie Sanders was not being completely honest about his Single Payer Health Care plan.
I found this cla |
James Kroeger | 01/17/2016 | 520 | 203 | - | - |
| An Honest Question For HRC Defenders Before The Debate... We now know that the Sanders campaign will soon be releasing the details of his single payer health care plan. As yet we do not know the details.
But with the time remaining before the debate an |
James Kroeger | 01/17/2016 | 79 | 7 | - | - |
| The Role Of Insurance Companies In Providing Health Care Services (Hillary's Plan vs. Bernie's) Have you been somewhat confused as to what Hillary’s feud with Bernie is all about over Health Care? I thought I might try to clear things up a bit, based in part on what I learned about the economic |
James Kroeger | 01/24/2016 | 56 | 14 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Iowa Was A Tremendous Defeat For Hillary Clinton Well, yeah...at the end, Hillary took the stage with Bill and Chelsea and she proclaimed victory to her supporters just as it had always been planned. Sure, they needed to spin it as favorably as the |
James Kroeger | 02/07/2016 | 25 | 18 | - | - |
| Reading THIS Made Me Double My $$ Contribution To Bernie's Campaign Tonight... The headline on CNN’s Politics page read, “Clinton's Hill supporters ready to hit Sanders after New Hampshire”, quoting several notable Capitol Hill Democrats, including Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Sch |
James Kroeger | 02/10/2016 | 203 | 469 | - | - |
| The Socialist Alternative To Glass-Steagall Bernie Has NOT 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 | 02/10/2016 | 25 | 19 | - | - |
| The Fundamental Problem Facing The Hillary Clinton Campaign The fundamental problem Clinton’s campaign strategists are facing right now is the fact that...
When people get to know the real Bernie Sanders, they like him
It is the KEY reality which has |
James Kroeger | 02/16/2016 | 255 | 328 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| The Noble Cause That Is Bernie Sanders No, it’s not over yet. It’s insane to even suggest such a thing.
As Bernie has pointed out lately, California has 20% of all delegates that are available to candidates and it appears that the We |
James Kroeger | 02/28/2016 | 287 | 299 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Hillary Winning States She'd Lose In November DOES Matter Brainwrap (a smart man whom I look forward to having decent relationship with some day) put up a now-rec’d diary that strongly challenges the claim made by some Bernie fan that “Hillary only won in th |
James Kroeger | 03/02/2016 | 62 | 32 | - | - |
| The Most Shameful Aspect Of Hillary Clinton's Negative Campaign Against Sanders The single biggest obstacle that Bernie Sanders must overcome in the next few months is the fiction-based rumor of Bernie Sanders that the Clinton campaign has been promoting, one which relies heavily on two basic elements:
Misleading insinuation |
James Kroeger | 03/15/2016 | 313 | 301 | - | - |
| The Best Way For Bernie To Respond To This Sexism Charge Oh yes, the Clinton campaign has done it again.
They have managed, through their network of friends, to generate headlines in the MSM which feature their emotional accusation that Bernie Sanders demonstrated his sexist feelings toward women when he t |
James Kroeger | 03/08/2016 | 67 | 15 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| Correction, THIS is why Dems lose, people We saw a post on the rec’d list tonight which essentially proposes that the reason why Dems lose elections is because sometimes one faction within the Dem Party starts to use extreme language to criticize the other faction.
Although, after reading |
James Kroeger | 03/11/2016 | 60 | 23 | - | - |
| Hillary Clinton Is A Very Smart Woman...So Why Do I FEAR HER As Commander-In-Chief? My reservations re: Hillary Clinton’s dispositions on foreign policy go back to 2008.
They were indeed the key reason why I ultimately chose to support Barack Obama over Hillary during his march to the White House that year.
It wasn’t simply th |
James Kroeger | 03/15/2016 | 53 | 77 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| The Key Variable Which Gives Bernie Sanders Supporters Hope Of Final Victory Of all the key variables at play in the calculus of political campaigning, Time is the one that has always been most crucial to the aspirations of Bernie Sanders and his hopeful supporters.
There are other variables, of course. Without a compelling |
James Kroeger | 03/18/2016 | 48 | 30 | - | - |
| The Confused Logic Of Some Hillary Supporters As I write this, there is a rec’d diary by an individual who claimed that hearing Susan Sarandon say she wasn’t sure she would vote for Hillary if she were to become the nominee had convinced himer that...
Now I know that I need to vote for Hillar |
James Kroeger | 03/29/2016 | 99 | 25 | - | - |
| Why Bernie Sanders Is Right To Demand That Rich People Pay THEIR FAIR SHARE In Taxes If you’re a Bernie Sanders supporter, you’ve heard it a million times: we need to change the tax code so that rich people will start paying their fair share in taxes.
But what do the words their fair share actually mean?
Bernie provides us... |
James Kroeger | 03/30/2016 | 93 | 51 | 1 | - |
| Re: Bernie's Daily News Interview: Gov Success Breaking Up Concentrated Industries A Historical Fact With a ‘BREAKING’ headline announcement, one of Hillary’s Dailykos supporters published a diary earlier that trumpeted news of Bernie Sanders’ failure to present a step-by-step plan of how he’d ‘break up the banks’ when he was asked for one by NYDN... |
James Kroeger | 04/05/2016 | 251 | 197 | - | - |
| What Is Wrong With These People!? We Told Them It's Hopeless! Why Are They Still Voting 4 Bernie? Why indeed?
A lot of Hillary supporters out there have been proclaiming since March 16th that Bernie Sanders has virtually no chance of winning enough delegates to grab the Democratic nomination. The challenge he faces, they say, is too... |
James Kroeger | 04/06/2016 | 313 | 610 | 1 | - |
| NY Primary Results: The Powerful Argument For Making Sanders Dem Party Nominee Is As Viable As Ever Hillary Clinton’s NY primary victory yesterday showed Bernie’s faithful followers that---once again---in those states where her influence on the institutional party is great, it becomes very difficult to defeat her in a closed primary format.
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James Kroeger | 04/20/2016 | 50 | 19 | - | - |
| Why Many NY Democrats Will Finally Decide To Vote For Bernie Today No, it won’t be because they woke up and realized that they suddenly hate Hillary Clinton after having voted for her twice before in previous Senate campaigns. It will be because they have come to realize in recent days that there is a better way for... |
James Kroeger | 04/18/2016 | 155 | 267 | - | - |
| Yes, Fearing Hillary Clinton Is A Legitimate Reason To Vote For Bernie Sanders Back in 2008, I was uncertain for a short period of time as to which of the principal candidates---Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama---I could support for the Democratic nomination.
It turned out there was one verifiable aspect of their political... |
James Kroeger | 04/26/2016 | 486 | 260 | - | - |
| Harry Reid: "...lay off Bernie Sanders a little bit, OK?" The quote, "...lay off Bernie Sanders a little bit, OK?", may sound “uninformed’ to many of Hillary’s ardent fans here at Dailykos, but you have to admit that there is a certain amount of political logic to it.
I mean, after all, if Hillary Clinton... |
James Kroeger | 05/24/2016 | 45 | 9 | - | - |
| OMG! The RUSSIANS are a THREAT to us with all their hacking stuff! Are we talking about acts of war?
Should America launch retaliatory measures?
(Head shaking…)
Enough of all this hysterical arm-waving, warmongers. In what may be a completely futile effort (given the current makeup of the Dailykos... |
James Kroeger | 12/16/2016 | 212 | 39 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |