For all the moving photos of the campaign trail, of the rally at Grant Park, and of the headlines around the world, the most moving photo for me was the photo in the New York Times on November 5, of ""Latrice Barnes and her daughter.
Judith Warner wrote of this photo in the same paper the following day: "For me, this will be the enduring memory of election night 2008: One generation released its grief. The next looked up confusedly, eager to please and yet unable to comprehend just what the tears were about."
Barack Obama is right. Younger people are indeed growing up in a world of new sensibilities!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
now for some good economics maybe?
“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
To which Paul Krugman adds:
And right now happens to be one of those times when the converse is also true, and good morals are good economics. Helping the neediest in a time of crisis, through expanded health and unemployment benefits, is the morally right thing to do; it’s also a far more effective form of economic stimulus than cutting the capital gains tax. Providing aid to beleaguered state and local governments, so that they can sustain essential public services, is important for those who depend on those services; it’s also a way to avoid job losses and limit the depth of the economy’s slump. So a serious progressive agenda — call it a new New Deal — isn’t just economically possible, it’s exactly what the economy needs.
I am SO glad to hear that!
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
To which Paul Krugman adds:
And right now happens to be one of those times when the converse is also true, and good morals are good economics. Helping the neediest in a time of crisis, through expanded health and unemployment benefits, is the morally right thing to do; it’s also a far more effective form of economic stimulus than cutting the capital gains tax. Providing aid to beleaguered state and local governments, so that they can sustain essential public services, is important for those who depend on those services; it’s also a way to avoid job losses and limit the depth of the economy’s slump. So a serious progressive agenda — call it a new New Deal — isn’t just economically possible, it’s exactly what the economy needs.
I am SO glad to hear that!
Keeping a list
of items I want to action on in an Obama administration
Supreme Court items to watch out for include:
* Roe v Wade
* National security - guantanamo
* Church-state separation
* Gay rights
* Affirmative action
* Electoral issues - gerrymandering, FEC
* First Amendment protection
Then there is the whole matter of the corruption of the judiciary by the Republicans - can we reclaim the benches?
Supreme Court items to watch out for include:
* Roe v Wade
* National security - guantanamo
* Church-state separation
* Gay rights
* Affirmative action
* Electoral issues - gerrymandering, FEC
* First Amendment protection
Then there is the whole matter of the corruption of the judiciary by the Republicans - can we reclaim the benches?
New York Times catches up
See my posts on this dated September 20 2008
From the New York Times, November 7, 2008
Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
By C. J. CHIVERS and ELLEN BARRY
Newly available accounts raise questions about the accuracy and honesty of Georgia’s insistence that it acted defensively against Russian aggression.
From the New York Times, November 7, 2008
Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
By C. J. CHIVERS and ELLEN BARRY
Newly available accounts raise questions about the accuracy and honesty of Georgia’s insistence that it acted defensively against Russian aggression.
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