Really if you want to cast yourself in anyway as supporting democratic legislative initiatives, try to remember who “modern” elected democrats like the Clintons and Baucus support: namely the Wall Street finance community and insurance companies. Hillarycare, Obamacare have one uniform result, insurance companies make more money. It is fine that pre-existing conditions are covered or prescription drugs are covered or people can remain on parents insurance until 26 but all of that is severally differnt than watching premiums go through the roof which will continue under the ACA for sure. And to whine that we should have had a public option or Obama dropped the ball on the public option is to plainly ignore that elected democrats did not support the public option in numbers sufficient to pass it.

What is the Iranian Issue you refer to?

I hear there is going to be a pro wall street fusion ticket of Romney and Hillary Clinton, same difference.

Can anyone believe that the US would send an unoccupied spy plane over hostile territory without a self destruct mechanism, such as if it gets below 500 feet without a radar cut off, it blows up. The CIA just never ceases to amaze.

As these drones have no self destuct or destruct capability, they must have been developed by Tenet and the Clintons

Certainly appears there was no destruct ability or destruct protocol in effect for this drone. Absolutely amazing seeming incompetence. Kind of like the stealth that the serbs shot down or the spy plane shot down by Cuba, with both planes recovered.

The Clintons picked up almost a million in the aggregate for 300k a pop speaking fees at Goldman

Your posts have definitely been worth reading. Perhaps my emphasis on the hype about the B of A “leaks” a result of some perseveration on my part concerning the “acquisition” of Merrill Lynch where a former Goldman executive hired by ML received a 25 mm “bonus” for finding the ML opportunity for B of A

When was the last time that Wikileaks “leaked” anything worth reading? There was all this hype from Assange about B of A and then nothing.

Who supplied the hand arms to the rebels? What is the amount of tonnage dropped by NATO warplanes? Who is running the power plants servicing Tripoli? Do basic services still exist in Tripoli? Is there enough food in Tripoli? If not, is any food being brought in?

Since when should News Corp be entitled to hold VHF TV licenses, a disreputable law breaking company. But the FCC will do nothing. You do not have to watch.

Do you really think that US government bonds should be rated? These insider trading investigations and convictions are a farce. What about investigating and regulating flash trading which reportedly is 60% or more of daily volume? We have a crazy world where Lloyd Blankfein has the likes of Gupta and James Johnson on his board and his new arrival, the President of Barnard College. When Blankfein was subpoenaed to testify against Raj, he got off the stand and shook Raj’ hand. The SEC’s last Director of Enforcement is rewarded and is now a partner at Davis Polk. That dynamo reportedly refused to investigate Madoff. Prosecution of insider trading is a diversion away from the systemic fraud practiced by Wall Street in the form of taking government money on the pretext of losses incurred by supposed negligence.

What’s the future here? Obama wins in 2012 against Perry who positions himself for 2016 and we have no Jeb Bush in 2016. Notta gonna happen. Something else is going to happen.

SP is just an agent, of whom?

I certainly rememeber him being in favor of it and Clinton through no effort of his own benefited from job growth in the tech sector and job growth in home construction through the efforts of his cronnies at Fannie Mae et al

Do you rememember NAFTA and deregulation of banks

Are you kidding? And what about dependence on foreign fossil fuels under Clintons? Amd what about regulation of derivatives under the Clintons and degregulation of banks under the Clintons.

Obama is not the most compassionate caring person in the world. But to blame “Washington” which means what? a dysfunctional Congress. a dysfunctional media? Seems to me that Obama holds up when compared to 20 years of the Bushes and Clintons which is the source.