The newest Appointment

[evince]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/obama-appoints-berkeley-p_b_145978.html


Christina Romer, of UC Berkeley, has been appointed to Chair President Elect Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Romer wrote, if not the book, at least the chapter for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Great Depression

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[CanadianKid]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/obama-appoints-berkeley-p_b_145978.html


Christina Romer, of UC Berkeley, has been appointed to Chair President Elect Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Romer wrote, if not the book, at least the chapter for Encyclopedia Britannica on the Great Depression

Click here to view or download the file directly.

 

[Socrtease]

There he goes again. Appointing a token woman from that right wing bastion of education, UC Berkley. I knew he was going to just be a Bush Third Term.

 

[Cancel7]

There he goes again. Appointing a token woman from that right wing bastion of education, UC Berkley. I knew he was going to just be a Bush Third Term.

John Yoo is a professor at UC Berkley.

 

[Socrtease]

John Yoo is a professor at UC Berkley.

I know that. THere was a very good interview with him in either GQ or Vanity Fair and he is sort of a mixed bag. I know right off hand he is pro-choice.

 

[Cancel7]

I know that. THere was a very good interview with him in either GQ or Vanity Fair and he is sort of a mixed bag. I know right off hand he is pro-choice.

He's the legal justification behind torture, and a lunatic.

I'm just pointing out that you can't jump to conclusions about someone just because they teach at a mostly liberal, or a mostly conservative, school. I don't know anything about her.

 

[Jarod]

There he goes again. Appointing a token woman from that right wing bastion of education, UC Berkley. I knew he was going to just be a Bush Third Term.

HOW IS THAT CHANGE?

 

[Cancel7]

Melodie Barnes is another really good sign for health care though.

Did you hear that SF?

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

Melodie Barnes is another really good sign for health care though.

Did you hear that SF?

the one from the Center for American Socialism?

yeah, that is a great sign that we are about to get screwed over.

What is her part in the Obama admin?

 

[Cancel7]

the one from the Center for American Socialism?

yeah, that is a great sign that we are about to get screwed over.

What is her part in the Obama admin?

If you were any good at reading signs that we're about to get screwed over, you wouldn't be a two-time bush voter.

Center for American Progress. And she'll be involved in domestic policy, including health care.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

If you were any good at reading signs that we're about to get screwed over, you wouldn't be a two-time bush voter.

Center for American Progress. And she'll be involved in domestic policy, including health care.

Like I said, she works for the Center for American Socialism.

We're screwed.

 

[Bonestorm]

Like I said, she works for the Center for American Socialism.

We're screwed.

Oooh, socialism! There's a canard that never goes out of style. The trouble with the "Socialist!" smear is that it doesn't sound all that bad to most people these days. That's how badly things are f'ed up.


Edit - And we were screwed a long time ago.

 

[Onceler]

If I'm Obama, I'm gauging myself by how many right-wingers are calling me socialist, and how many lefties are calling me a war-loving sellout. If I can keep those #'s on both sides fairly even, I'm probably doing okay...

 

[uscitizen]

Over 7 trillion in corporate welfate pledges so far. How much in social programs ?

 

[Cancel7]

Over 7 trillion in corporate welfate pledges so far. How much in social programs ?

SF says we can't afford those.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

If I'm Obama, I'm gauging myself by how many right-wingers are calling me socialist, and how many lefties are calling me a war-loving sellout. If I can keep those #'s on both sides fairly even, I'm probably doing okay...

I didn't call Obama a socialist.

 

[uscitizen]

SF says we can't afford those.

I thought he was for the bailout ?

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

SF says we can't afford those.

We cannot afford $7 trillion in corporate welfare either. I would like to see where those numbers are derived from.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

Oooh, socialism! There's a canard that never goes out of style. The trouble with the "Socialist!" smear is that it doesn't sound all that bad to most people these days. That's how badly things are f'ed up.


Edit - And we were screwed a long time ago.

yes, they began screwing us in the 1960's and have been doing it ever since.

That doesn't change the fact that a socialized healthcare system is a bad idea given the current underfunding of the existing Medicare and Medicaid. Not to mention SS.

 

[Cancel7]

I thought he was for the bailout ?

Well, the, as I christened them this morning, "Chapdog Independents" are for some bailouts...the ones where if there is no bailout it could affect their own net worth.

So that would leave out a jobs bailout along the lines of the big three. Those guys will be given pup tents, donated by Wal-Mart though, if that is any consolation!