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The Blue Flag
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Politics, economy, and lifestyle in America from a liberal point of view.
Recent Posts
The Rah Rah Recession (It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over)
People love drama and people love keywords. Drama’s exciting, and a nice remedy for the monotony of a peaceful life, and keywords are easy to understand and don’t require that much thought to conceptualize. Your financial news organizatio...
What If America Can’t Do It After All?
As far as corny jokes about nomenclature go, the classic “we’re Americans, not American’ts” is likely among the most popular. At one point, for a fleeting, inconsequential moment of time, it seemed like that statement had fina...
Living in the Fear of Your Own President
After a month break from blogging, I’ve discovered I’m spending way too much time on sites that are a total waste of time — and in this, I’ve realized that I need to get back to this. I also just saw Julie & Julia today, w...
America is Afraid of Healthcare Reform. But Why?
ith modest successes in his agendas for climate change, alternative energy sources, the economy, the financial industry, and other issues, President Obama has a lot of reasons to be confident about his ability to pass sweeping healthcare reform into ...
Why Did Sen. Lindsey Graham Vote for Sonia Sotomayor?
arlier today, as almost everyone expected, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor passed the scrutiny of the Senate Judiciary Committee in a decisive 13-6 vote. Given that the panel had 12 Democrats, few expected that Sotomayor would trip up here unle...
1 Billion Shares of Citigroup Trade Hands in One Day
Not really the most relevant news in the world, but it’s kind of a fun fact: As another sign of the times, Citigroup (C, 2.97 +0.28/10.41%) saw more than 1 billion shares trade hands in one day. The move appears to be based on a conversion comp...

