Afternoon Miscellany

Daily Racist Drivel from Rusty in 3…2…1…

Nevermind. Overused anyway.
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Instead, if you are a Rusty aficionado, why not partake of this:
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http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/07/15/faith-based-group-fires-back-at-glenn-beck/comment-page-1/#comment-182174

Not his best, but I think it’s worth a bronze…

“…Aaron Sorkin will adapt and direct a silver-screen version of Andrew Young’s ‘The Politician,’ a look at John Edwards’ downfall through the lens of a former aide”
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The Why? Wing.

Thanks for the Ta-Nehisi Coates link.
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I doubt I would have stumbled across it.
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It’s an interesting read.

Too bad “The Fly” is already taken for a title.

Too bad “Zip It Up!” wasn’t.

A piece on Larry Summers, if you have the time to read it.

Here is the link to Swampland featuring a running audio commentary of Rusty’s thoughts.

The long-term impact of ‘going medium’ on the stimulus package.

Which, incidently, is related to the Summers article above.

Boehner’s Happy Hour started early today.

“A day after calling for repeal of the new financial regulatory reform bill, John Boehner is going even further: He’s calling for a moratorium on all new Federal regulations — in the name of job creation.”

“I doubt I would have stumbled across it.”
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You would if Digby was on your daily read list.
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http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/racists-never-seem-to-get-even-break.html

Ha-I’ve read Digby so long I remember being psoitive she was a he.

…the Tea Party-NAACP squabble.

I dunno…Calling it a ‘squabble’ kind of minimizes the ‘why’ behind it all, don’t you think?

Yup. Interesting read, good comments section as well.

Well, the lack of regulations on BP sure generated a lot of jobs cleaning up the spill.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38276678
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“Consumer sentiment weakened in early July to its lowest in 11 months on a resurgence in fears about the economy, a year since the recovery began, a private survey released Friday showed.”

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Yes indeed, HOPE AND CHANGE

Stock selloff heats up

Jul 16 1:25pm:
Stocks slumped Friday after financial firms Bank of America and Citigroup reported weaker quarterly revenue and a falling euro revived concerns about the global economic outlook.
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Down nearly 253 points, worries abound over the very weak economy, and the lack of “recovery” the Obama Administration has been touting.
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But, keeping positive…..
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“The president said in the interview he believes voters “are going to say the policies that got us into this mess, we can’t go back to.” He also said Washington “has spent an inordinate amount of time on politics — who’s up and who’s down — and not enough on what we’re doing for the American people.”

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Boo-hoo-hoo…..Barack “the Whiner in Chief” Obama says “They won’t believe me Rahm, what will we do?????” Do you think its time yet to pack my bags and head back to Kenya???

I think you need to make a distinction between the two Tea Parties.
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The “Tea Party” movement was started during the Bush Admin to denounce increases in government spending (most prominently Defense), the expansion of executive powers, and a lack of adherence to international and Constitutional law. It was a Libertarian movement.
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The “FNC Tea Party” (link) protests were designed to undermine the incoming Democratic President; 2-and-a-half months after his inauguration! They effectively hijacked the Tea Party and sought to capitalize on the passion of individuals who write “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” in blogs and email.
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FNC, and their political counterparts, were happy to have a vehicle to discredit the newly-elected; Libertarians were happy for the attention (remember, Howard Stern ran for Gov of NY as one…). Should Republicans win-back the WH, the “FNC Tea Party” will be over and the “Tea Party” will return to relative obscurity.

That’s interesting.
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Do you have a link to the Bush era Tea Party?

Adding: I thought this all started with Rick Santelli, which is why I am curious.

Try this:
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Ron Paul supporters marched today through the snow from the State House to Faneuil Hall, then smashed the one-day fund-raising record for a Republican presidential candidate.
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Most of the 33,000 donations were made over the Internet in what the supporters called a “money bomb” timed to coincide with the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party…
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“This basically shows that Ron Paul is a viable candidate,” said Rachael McIntosh, a spokeswoman for what was dubbed Boston TeaParty07. “People are so engaged in this campaign because it’s coming from the grass-roots.”
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Paul has stood out from the Republican field with his libertarian views and his opposition to the Iraq war.

…oops, didn’t mean to hit submit. Wanted to put the link in the piece’s title…
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Ron Paul’s Tea Party for Dollars
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(if not obvious, this a response to PNNTO 11.1, 11.2)

Thanks for the link.
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I certainly am aware of the Paul people-they were literally walking down the street from where I live in 2008-but I guess I never had thought of them as Tea Party.
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Although, as you show, they appropriated the term.
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More true Libertarian, that lot. And pretty fun to have the neighborhood too. Funny dressers. But I digress.
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I think my poor reading comprehension is the culprit here as we are really discussing semantics and I was thinking you meant an organized Tea Party movement pre-BHO.

I believe it is an “organized Tea Party movement”. See this:
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Statement on Ron Paul and “Tax Day Tea Parties” -link
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ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As activists across the country hold national tea parties, Campaign for Liberty president John Tate issued the following statement:
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“The concept of the modern day Tea Party began on December 16, 2007 when supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign came together and raised over $6 million online in one day. The tremendous success of that event lead activists in the freedom movement and members of the Campaign for Liberty to begin planning today’s Tax Day Tea Parties.
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“Success always brings company, and it is very positive that so many conservatives, libertarians, Republicans, constitutionalists and even progressives have come together and joined our efforts. All Americans who are sincere about cutting out of control government spending are welcome to stand with Dr. Paul and the Campaign for Liberty as we fight to take our country back.”

OMG so THEY are the racists the NAACP was speaking about. Imagine that.

I’m certain that had McCain won, there still would have been “Tax Day Tea Parties”, but no “FNC Tax Day TPs” (for sure, Beck, Hannity, Cavuto wouldn’t have hosted events).
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We would have seen relatively small gatherings of libertarians and supporters protesting big govt, the wars, etc. and they would have gotten minimal coverage.
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As Obama won, Fox became heavily involved and we see what the movement has evolved to today. Fox, certainly, will drop support off the movement should Rs win the next general election.

Who knew that NewRusty was so articulate?

Damn. If only they’d offered a course in Cut & Paste back when I was in J-school.