memeorandumPolitical Web, page A1Krugman on the GSEs - Paul Krugman has a new column on Fannie ... (TantaCalculated Risk)- July 14, 2008 Tanta Calculated Risk: Krugman on the GSEs — Paul Krugman has a new column on Fannie and Freddie which I think is important. I'm going to take issue with a fair amount of it, but not with the basic argument that the uproar over the GSEs is “overblown.” That, I think is a point worth making.http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p50#a080714p50 Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling (Ben FellerAssociated Press)- July 14, 2008 Ben Feller Associated Press: Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling — President Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling, urge Congress to act as well — The White House says President Bush is planning to lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. — In a Rose Garden statement on Monday, the president plans to lift the ban.http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p44#a080714p44 McCain Needs Crash Course in Basic Economics: Albert R. Hunt (Albert R. HuntBloomberg)- July 14, 2008 Albert R. Hunt Bloomberg: McCain Needs Crash Course in Basic Economics: Albert R. Hunt — The American presidential campaign this week was fought on economic terrain, and John McCain was the New York Yankees battling in Boston's Fenway Park or Liverpool playing at Manchester United's Old Trafford: the visiting team with a decided disadvantage.http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p64#a080714p64 Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling (Fox News)- July 14, 2008 Fox News: Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling — WASHINGTON — President Bush will lift an executive ban on offshore oil drilling, although new oil exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf will remain off limits until Congress also takes action. — The president will make a Rose …http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p55#a080714p55 Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names (ACLU)- July 14, 2008 ACLU: Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names — ACLU launches online watch list complaint form — Contact: (202) 675-2312 or mediadcaclu.org — WASHINGTON, DC - The nation's terrorist watch list has hit one million names, according to a tally maintained by the American Civil Liberties Union based upon …http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p47#a080714p47 THAT NEW YORKER COVER....I blogged a few hours ago about Ryan ... (Kevin DrumWashington Monthly)- July 14, 2008 Kevin Drum Washington Monthly: THAT NEW YORKER COVER....I blogged a few hours ago about Ryan Lizza's Obama piece in the current issue of the New Yorker, but at the time I hadn't seen the cover that went along with it. Now I have, because when I browsed through my RSS feed after dinner it turned out that the entire (liberal) …http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p8#a080714p8 Lieberman Finds Middle a Tricky Path (Mark LeibovichNew York Times)- July 14, 2008 Mark Leibovich New York Times: Lieberman Finds Middle a Tricky Path — WASHINGTON — Joseph I. Lieberman, lapsed Democrat of Connecticut, strolled into the weekly lunch of the Senate Democrats last Tuesday, unaccompanied by a food taster. — He greeted his colleagues, including some who felt he should not have been there.http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p39#a080714p39 David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target ... (The Huffington Post)- July 14, 2008 The Huffington Post: David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target “Distortions And Misconceptions And Prejudices” About Obama — Earlier today, the New Yorker released its cover for the July 21, 2008 issue — and the reaction was swift and furious. — The cover by Barry Blitt, called …http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p30#a080714p30 My Plan for Iraq - THE call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ... (Barack ObamaNew York Times)- July 14, 2008 Barack Obama New York Times: My Plan for Iraq — THE call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated …http://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p13#a080714p13 New Yorker cover shows Oval Office with Obama as tribal African ... (John AravosisAMERICAblog News)- July 14, 2008 John Aravosis AMERICAblog News: New Yorker cover shows Oval Office with Obama as tribal African, wife as afro-70s-woman with machine gun, Osama on the wall, and flag on fire — Speechless. This has been confirmed, it's real and coming soon. (Click photo to see larger version.) — Okay, what do we do about thishttp://www.memeorandum.com/080714/p9#a080714p9 |