All That Is Necessary

Month: May 2009

  • Dateline Maplewood: Center of the Blogging Universe

    Maplewood Patch has published a feature article I wrote about Social Media Today, a Maplewood-based social media company that draws on the work of bloggers from around the world. It’s a part of my continuing effort to establish myself as the premier chronicler of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM.  (It may already be safe to claim that […]

  • Don’t Blame Me For Rush Limbaugh, I Won’t Blame You For Michael Moore

    Parts of the rightosphere are in high dudgeon about the fact that President Obama, at the annual White House Correspondents Association yuck-fest dinner, laughed at “jokes” told by “comedian” Wanda Sykes about wanting Rush Limbaugh to die of kidney failure.  (Here’s a 78-second video.) There have been days of arguments at “the Id of Conservatism” […]

  • Obama’s Intimidation Trumps Fiduciary Duty

    The group of secured lenders who were holding out for fair treatment in the Chrysler bankruptcy has disbanded, after two more defections in the face of pressure from the Arm-Twister in Chief. “After a great deal of soul-searching and quite frankly agony, Chrysler’s non-TARP lenders concluded they just don’t have the critical mass to withstand […]

  • When Obama Says “Hedge Fund,” Think “Widows and Orphans”

    At least one of Chrysler’s “secured” lenders is vowing to stand fast against President Obama’s efforts to bully the lenders into abdicating their fiduciary responsibility. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Plans for a quick sale of Chrysler to a new company majority-owned by a union-aligned trust is “patently illegal” and will be fought in bankruptcy court, […]

  • Why Would Anyone Invest In Chrysler Now?

    President Obama’s ham-handed ultimatum to Chrysler’s “secured” creditors promises to have adverse consequences beyond just rewarding the UAW for helping to drive the company into the ground.   At Real Clear Markets, Bill Frezza asks some excellent questions: Why would anyone lend money to heavily unionized companies knowing that if things went wrong, the president and […]

  • Douthat’s Prescription For Republican Recovery

    From his new op-ed perch as a New York Times token two-fer (conservative and bearded), Ross Douthat bids good riddance to Arlen Specter, and reminds us that ideas are more powerful than partisanship: The Reagan-era wave of Republican policy innovation — embodied, among others, by the late Jack Kemp — has calcified in much the […]

  • Does Jon Stewart Really Think Truman Was A War Criminal?

    Update: Nevermind. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis First 100 Days Unlike many conservatives, I love The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He’s a very funny man, backed by an outstanding research staff.  His views skew […]