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If Geithner Had Any Employees, They’d Be Eyeing His Furniture Right Now.

Jimmie | March 17, 2009 | Comments (3)

Moe Lane looks to be starting a Tim Geithner Desk-Cleaning Pool. He’s not offering prizes, but it could be fun to play. Put me down for Friday, March 27th at 3 PM. Here’s my reasoning. The President will announce it over the weekend so it has less of a splash. I would have chosen this [...]

President Obama’s New Tactic: Be John McCain

Jimmie | March 15, 2009 | Comments (2)

I can hardly blame you if, over the past couple of months, you’ve discovered that your best economic move is to bury all your money in the deepest hole you can dig in your own backyard until January 20, 2010. The administration’s reaction to any new economic news thus far seems to come from a [...]

Greed is the New Fear (Or, Why Progressives Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone)

Jimmie | March 13, 2009 | Comments (0)

Good news, folks. Fear has been banished and greed is in! Lawrence H. Summers, the White House economic adviser, calls it “the paradox at the heart of the financial crisis. “ “In the past few years, we’ve seen too much greed and too little fear; too much spending and not enough saving; too much borrowing [...]

Hey, He Did Try to Destroy California, Which is Cool, Right?

Jimmie | March 11, 2009 | Comments (2)

We’ve definitely hit hard times when even the super villains need bailout money. By the way, if you don’t immediately recognize the actor under the bald pate, that’s John Hamm, from Mad Men. I haven’t watched the show but I should because Christina Hendricks is in it (and invoking her name in a blog is [...]

Rush’s Critics Need to Read What He Actually Said.

Jimmie | March 8, 2009 | Comments (27)

I’ve not written much about the Rush Limbaugh controversy that the White House has cooked up but, given the direction the argument has been moving among conservatives, it’s probably time I did. My post is prompted by this from Jeff Goldstein, this semi-retort my Patterico, and this overall analysis Gabriel Malor. I recommend you read [...]

Our Ill-Mannered President Just Embarrassed Us All (UPDATED: It’s Worse Than That…)

Jimmie | March 5, 2009 | Comments (4)

I’m sorry, I barely have words for what a churlish maneuver this was. I’m as embarrassed now as I would be had I gone out to dinner with a friend and enjoyed great meal served by someone who took really good care of me, only to watch my friend drop some pocket change on the [...]

Rush, Like Buckley, is Right to Yell “Stop”

Jimmie | March 3, 2009 | Comments (2)

Yet another critic of has poked his head out of his MSM hole to scoff at Rush Limbaugh. This one’s name is John A. Farrell and he writes for U.S. News and World Report. The country, if you haven’t noticed, is in a bit of a crisis. Even those of us who supported Audacity last [...]

CPAC Interview with Ali Hasan, Muslims for America

Jimmie | March 1, 2009 | Comments (17)

While I was at CPAC, I had the chance to speak a couple times with the folks from Muslims for America. I was able to get a brief interview with one of the founders, Muhammad Ali Hasan about his group and what he and his fellow members are doing. I admit that when it comes [...]