So now The New York Times frets — as I have — that once he got the nomination, Barack Obama has been making u-turns and right turns as he rejects public financing, embraces the Supreme Court’s gun decision, criticizes the Supreme Court on the death penalty, and flip-flops on FISA. (Oh, and I forgot, as he endorses “faith-based initiatives.” Here, alone, we see a helluva compilation of Constitutional views on guns, unreasonable search and seizure, capital punishment, and separation of church and state. He taught con law — let’s look up some of his old lectures, someone, please.)
I don’t want to — I really don’t want to — say I told you so. But this is what I feared from him: that his empty rhetoric was the mark of high cynicism in politics (if I get get them to buy this hot air without saying anything then I can do anything I need to do to get elected… though he’s not even letting what h...
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Around The Horn From: feeds.feedburner.com Post Date: 2008-12-03 13:41:39
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Clues Obama Won’t Govern Center-Right
Concerned
that Obama’s cabinet appointments foreshadow a subtle desire to govern
from the center-right? Illinois-based political consultant and friend
of the site Robert Creamer says that progressives need not fear. "Obama
ran a campaign," he writes, "that clearly and unequivocally described
priorities that will turn Amer... more
TO THE SURPRISE, AND no doubt, dismay of many conservatives, Bill Kristol closes his November 17 column for The Weekly Standard, with earnest congratulations for Barack Obama and suggests, of all things, support:We at The Weekly Standard congratul...... more
Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens of government offices, from the Pentagon to the National Council on Disability.
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I’m not saying editing is bad. But as news becomes a process rather than a product, editing can affect that process. Note the lead story from the NY Times home page right now:
The edited, packaged story says that one person died in yet another crane collapse in New York today. But right below that, the lightning fast Sewell Chan has later, more up-to-date and correct information in his blog — two have died — which the Times wisely feeds directly onto the home page, con... more
Grounded From: buzzmachine.com Post Date: 2008-05-30 05:30:06
Well, damn, my beloved Silverjet is grounded . Great idea, great service, terrible timing, what with record oil prices, a credit drought, a recession, and a sucky dollar. There goes the last hope of an independent example of a service based on the quality of service in the air.
And flying today is pure misery , which is proving to be very bad for business:
Some air travelers prefer to stay home rather than suffer through flight delays and cancellations, a loss of about $9 billion in pot... more
The monopolistic hold big real estate agents have had on information — on access to use multiple listings services — has been blown open at last thanks to the Justice Department’s antitrust settlement with the National Association of Realtors.
Kiss your 6 percent commission good-bye, Ms. Agent! Competition is on the way.
The only reason — only reason — that Realtors could hold onto their high commission for such little value and work is that they kept infor... more
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