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President Obama: Incompetent or Liar?
4 November 2013 - In These Times. Without Snowden leaks, the president wouldn’t even know that the NSA spies on world leaders. “What did he know, and when did he know it?” A firestorm is gathering under the Obama presidency that imperils its future. American officials have criticized rightly China’s Orwellian tactics, and urged Beijing to become, well, more like the West. But behind closed doors, the United States is becoming more like China.
4 November 2013 - In These Times. Without Snowden leaks, the president wouldn’t even know that the NSA spies on world leaders. “What did he know, and when did he know it?” A firestorm is gathering under the Obama presidency that imperils its future. American officials have criticized rightly China’s Orwellian tactics, and urged Beijing to become, well, more like the West. But behind closed doors, the United States is becoming more like China.
Memo to President Obama: Expand Social Security, Don’t Cut It
Article: 5 April 2013 - The Atlantic.com. The White House says its 2014 budget will propose cuts to the retirement program. Not only is that unnecessary, the U.S. could and should expand it. A fierce debate over Social Security is raging between deficit busters.
Article: 5 April 2013 - The Atlantic.com. The White House says its 2014 budget will propose cuts to the retirement program. Not only is that unnecessary, the U.S. could and should expand it. A fierce debate over Social Security is raging between deficit busters.
President Obama Wants America to Be Like Germany: What Does That Really Mean?
Article: 21 February 2013 - The Atlantic.com. Want a smarter workforce? A stronger manufacturing sector? Germany seems to offer a blueprint for Obama’s middle-out economic agenda — if we take away the right lessons Americans have experienced a strong case of...
Article: 21 February 2013 - The Atlantic.com. Want a smarter workforce? A stronger manufacturing sector? Germany seems to offer a blueprint for Obama’s middle-out economic agenda — if we take away the right lessons Americans have experienced a strong case of...
Obama, get Ready: The Romney-Ryan Campaign Is About To Attack
Article: 15 August 2012 - Al Jazeera. The ongoing “reality TV” of the US presidential election continues, with the latest episode revealing the selection by Mitt Romney of US Representative Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. The national punditry in the US seems to..
Article: 15 August 2012 - Al Jazeera. The ongoing “reality TV” of the US presidential election continues, with the latest episode revealing the selection by Mitt Romney of US Representative Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. The national punditry in the US seems to..
Great Speech, Mr. President: But Are You
Ready to Deliver?
Posted: 28 January 2010 - Huffington Post. Call it the "audacity of governing". It's time for battle. If Obama cares about the country as much as he says, and believes in his ideas as much as he professes, he will pull out all the tools at his disposal. It is past time for him to show a quality that the nation has not seen in him since the presidential election. So, great speech Mr. President. Now: are you ready to deliver?
Ready to Deliver?
Posted: 28 January 2010 - Huffington Post. Call it the "audacity of governing". It's time for battle. If Obama cares about the country as much as he says, and believes in his ideas as much as he professes, he will pull out all the tools at his disposal. It is past time for him to show a quality that the nation has not seen in him since the presidential election. So, great speech Mr. President. Now: are you ready to deliver?
To Succeed, Obama Needs to Channel His Inner LBJ
Posted: 21 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as: Obama, remember LBJ - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition Sept. 2009. Mr. Obama should let any Democratic foot-draggers know that if they do not get with the program, he will un-elect them and put in Democrats more in tune with his priorities. The threat would be credible, as he is one of the great campaigners of modern political history. Mr Obama still enjoys popularity -- though it is dwindling -- among the broad coalition that mobilized to elect him.
Posted: 21 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as: Obama, remember LBJ - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition Sept. 2009. Mr. Obama should let any Democratic foot-draggers know that if they do not get with the program, he will un-elect them and put in Democrats more in tune with his priorities. The threat would be credible, as he is one of the great campaigners of modern political history. Mr Obama still enjoys popularity -- though it is dwindling -- among the broad coalition that mobilized to elect him.
The World Wide Webbed: The Obama Campaign’s Masterful Use of the Internet
Article: 8 April 2009 - Social Europe Journal. Just as President Barack Obama has shaken up the status quo in his first 100 days in office, his campaign overturned old formulas about how to win the presidency. The Obama campaign did not focus only on battleground states, but instead charged into states that previously had been solidly Republican turf.
obama_04Article: 8 April 2009 - Social Europe Journal. Just as President Barack Obama has shaken up the status quo in his first 100 days in office, his campaign overturned old formulas about how to win the presidency. The Obama campaign did not focus only on battleground states, but instead charged into states that previously had been solidly Republican turf.
Merkel, Germany, Overthrow Obama, U.S., at G-20
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 22 November 2010 - Washington Monthly. Also published as: Germany Speaks Out - 12 November 2010 – New York Times. The media missed what really went down at the Group of 20 meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Not only did President Barack Obama suffer a loss of face, but America’s economic leadership took a major hit. Following the Obama administration’s weakened political position after the Nov. 2 mid-term elections, the United States is now losing the global argument over what is the best development model for the 21st century.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted : 22 November 2010 - Washington Monthly. Also published as: Germany Speaks Out - 12 November 2010 – New York Times. The media missed what really went down at the Group of 20 meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Not only did President Barack Obama suffer a loss of face, but America’s economic leadership took a major hit. Following the Obama administration’s weakened political position after the Nov. 2 mid-term elections, the United States is now losing the global argument over what is the best development model for the 21st century.
State of Obama: Is "Obama fatigue" Setting In?
Posted: 27 January 2010 - Huffington Post. Despite all of Obama's soaring oratory about pulling together as a nation to solve deep economic, health care, and global warming crises, they all felt Obama is not delivering. Whether his inabilities are related to personal shortcomings or the defects of America's antiquated political system, they were not much interested. All they were interested in was results. And a year into his presidency, Obama was failing to produce much of those.
Posted: 27 January 2010 - Huffington Post. Despite all of Obama's soaring oratory about pulling together as a nation to solve deep economic, health care, and global warming crises, they all felt Obama is not delivering. Whether his inabilities are related to personal shortcomings or the defects of America's antiquated political system, they were not much interested. All they were interested in was results. And a year into his presidency, Obama was failing to produce much of those.
Obama the Impotent
Posted: 25 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as follows: The Guardian website 22 September 2009. And at: Pumas Unleashed 23 September 2009, under the title - World view of Obama: Impotent Leader. Much hope has been invested in Barack Obama's ability to strike a new course for the US following eight years of Bush administration unpopularity. Yet many in the US and abroad are impatient with the pace of progress under the Obama administration.
Posted: 25 September 2009 - Huffington Post. Also posted as follows: The Guardian website 22 September 2009. And at: Pumas Unleashed 23 September 2009, under the title - World view of Obama: Impotent Leader. Much hope has been invested in Barack Obama's ability to strike a new course for the US following eight years of Bush administration unpopularity. Yet many in the US and abroad are impatient with the pace of progress under the Obama administration.
Europe's Post-Copenhagen View of Obama
Article: 13 January 2010, The New York Times. During the Copenhagen summit, the American media portrayed President Obama as a global dealmaker, shuttling from leader to leader trying to broker various compromises. What Mr. Obama was really doing was a lot of fence-mending, because the United States was seen as the principal obstacle — and Mr. Obama as the footdragger-in-chief — that prevented any ambitious agreements from being signed.
Article: 13 January 2010, The New York Times. During the Copenhagen summit, the American media portrayed President Obama as a global dealmaker, shuttling from leader to leader trying to broker various compromises. What Mr. Obama was really doing was a lot of fence-mending, because the United States was seen as the principal obstacle — and Mr. Obama as the footdragger-in-chief — that prevented any ambitious agreements from being signed.
What a Post-American World Means For Europe
Article: 18 January 2010 - Social Europe. President Barack Obama triggered great hope when he replaced George W. Bush at the American helm. But a year later, especially following Obama’s failure to produce anything of substance at Copenhagen, Europeans are realizing that Obama is going to have a difficult time delivering on a new American agenda. Why is Obama so unable to match his lofty speeches with concrete deeds?
Article: 18 January 2010 - Social Europe. President Barack Obama triggered great hope when he replaced George W. Bush at the American helm. But a year later, especially following Obama’s failure to produce anything of substance at Copenhagen, Europeans are realizing that Obama is going to have a difficult time delivering on a new American agenda. Why is Obama so unable to match his lofty speeches with concrete deeds?
What Obama can learn from Europe
Submitted - 08 January 2009 - War Is A Crime.org. Also posted: 09 January 2009 at Truthout. And 28 January 2009 - Huffington Post with title What Obama Can Learn from Old Europe. Like the United States, Europe is fighting to pacify the rising economic floodwaters. But something about Europe and its “social capitalism” seems particularly well-suited to this make-or-break century challenged by a worldwide economic slump, global warming and new geopolitical tensions. Team Obama would do well to take notes.
Submitted - 08 January 2009 - War Is A Crime.org. Also posted: 09 January 2009 at Truthout. And 28 January 2009 - Huffington Post with title What Obama Can Learn from Old Europe. Like the United States, Europe is fighting to pacify the rising economic floodwaters. But something about Europe and its “social capitalism” seems particularly well-suited to this make-or-break century challenged by a worldwide economic slump, global warming and new geopolitical tensions. Team Obama would do well to take notes.
President-Elect Obama's Stimulus Plan Is
Only Half a Loaf
Article: 16 January 2009 – Truthout. In announcing his economic stimulus plan, Obama unveiled some badly needed measures, including the rebuilding of roads, bridges and schools and increased renewable energy production. But his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan misses an opportunity to more directly invest in the greatest "infrastructure" of all - the American people.
Only Half a Loaf
Article: 16 January 2009 – Truthout. In announcing his economic stimulus plan, Obama unveiled some badly needed measures, including the rebuilding of roads, bridges and schools and increased renewable energy production. But his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan misses an opportunity to more directly invest in the greatest "infrastructure" of all - the American people.
Shorting Economists: The 'Experts' Keep
Getting it Wrong
Article: 19 August 2010 - Truthdig. Indeed, many of the people who caused the disaster-Fed chief Bernanke, Summers and Rubin, the latter two being Clinton treasury secretaries who got deregulation done, then split for Harvard and Citigroup, respectively are still calling the shots. Summers, of course, is President Obama's top economic adviser. Their economic priesthood protects its own, no matter how offending they have been.
How Obama Can Create Jobs and Decrease Unemployment
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Getting it Wrong
Article: 19 August 2010 - Truthdig. Indeed, many of the people who caused the disaster-Fed chief Bernanke, Summers and Rubin, the latter two being Clinton treasury secretaries who got deregulation done, then split for Harvard and Citigroup, respectively are still calling the shots. Summers, of course, is President Obama's top economic adviser. Their economic priesthood protects its own, no matter how offending they have been.
How Obama Can Create Jobs and Decrease Unemployment
Posted: 5 January 2010 - Huffington Post. With the US unemployment rate surging, why has the White House avoided New Deal-type programs that could keep Americans employed? Aside from a small summer employment program for young people, Mr. Obama seems unwilling to create jobs on the public payroll. Recently he proposed using some leftover money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), to lend to small businesses to create jobs.
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Obama's Cunning Co-op Plan
Article: 6 October 2009 - Guardian, UK. If conservative senators back healthcare co-operatives, President Obama will have pulled off a political masterstroke. The first step often is the most important one, and the irony is that the conservative Senators will have thought it was their own idea to begin with. If that happens, the pundits will be saying: "Yep, that Obama, he fooled them all".
Article: 6 October 2009 - Guardian, UK. If conservative senators back healthcare co-operatives, President Obama will have pulled off a political masterstroke. The first step often is the most important one, and the irony is that the conservative Senators will have thought it was their own idea to begin with. If that happens, the pundits will be saying: "Yep, that Obama, he fooled them all".
Can Obama Bypass Republicans on Health?
Article: 22 February 2010 at NYTimes.com. By using reconciliation, President Obama will return the Senate to the original vision of the founders. And he will pass health care legislation that will allow millions of fellow Americans to enjoy a level of health care security that the president and the senators themselves already enjoy.
Article: 22 February 2010 at NYTimes.com. By using reconciliation, President Obama will return the Senate to the original vision of the founders. And he will pass health care legislation that will allow millions of fellow Americans to enjoy a level of health care security that the president and the senators themselves already enjoy.
Healthcare Tests the Senate’s Credibility
Article: 30 November 2009 - Financial Times. America’s healthcare debate has been like a tennis match, bouncing from the Senate to the House of Representatives and back again. Now it is back in the Senate, as the US tries to end its status as the only advanced economy without universal healthcare for its people. One hundred senators from 50 states will decide what lives and what dies in healthcare reform.
Article: 30 November 2009 - Financial Times. America’s healthcare debate has been like a tennis match, bouncing from the Senate to the House of Representatives and back again. Now it is back in the Senate, as the US tries to end its status as the only advanced economy without universal healthcare for its people. One hundred senators from 50 states will decide what lives and what dies in healthcare reform.
America’s Structural Weaknesses Threaten its Future
Posted: 27 April 2011 - Social Europe Journal. The Battle of the Budget Deficit has become centre stage in the United States and will dominate for many months – most likely into the presidential campaign in 2012. The battle in the U.S. mirrors similar ones in Europe, Japan and elsewhere, but there are important differences that put America at a disadvantage.
Posted: 27 April 2011 - Social Europe Journal. The Battle of the Budget Deficit has become centre stage in the United States and will dominate for many months – most likely into the presidential campaign in 2012. The battle in the U.S. mirrors similar ones in Europe, Japan and elsewhere, but there are important differences that put America at a disadvantage.
Now Abolish the Filibuster for Legislation, Too
Article: 26 November 2013 - The Atlantic. The nuclear option for nominees is a good start, but the damage done by blocked bills has been even worse. Much of the commentary on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rolling back the filibuster.
Article: 26 November 2013 - The Atlantic. The nuclear option for nominees is a good start, but the damage done by blocked bills has been even worse. Much of the commentary on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rolling back the filibuster.
An Open Letter to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein About Her Position on the Filibuster
Posted: 04 March 2011 – Huffpost Politics. Hill disagrees with Senator Feinsteins position and confronts her with a couple of straightforward questions: Two hundred years after our founding, the Senate is still an elite body of white men! How can this be? Surely when you look around the chamber before an important vote, it must strike you that this elite club is hardly representative of America today, but rather reflective of America in the 18th and 19th centuries. How could that not affect the policy that comes out of the Senate?
Posted: 04 March 2011 – Huffpost Politics. Hill disagrees with Senator Feinsteins position and confronts her with a couple of straightforward questions: Two hundred years after our founding, the Senate is still an elite body of white men! How can this be? Surely when you look around the chamber before an important vote, it must strike you that this elite club is hardly representative of America today, but rather reflective of America in the 18th and 19th centuries. How could that not affect the policy that comes out of the Senate?
Returning the Senate to Majority Rule
Article: 18 March 2010 - Roll Call. Standing at the edge of the health care precipice, President Barack Obama has reached a defining point in his presidency. The recent news that Anthem Blue Cross is planning to jack up individual premiums as much as 40 percent is just the latest example of our flailing health care system. Spiraling costs are the greatest long-term threat to our nation. Obama must get this one right, otherwise the nation, as well as his presidency, is in trouble.
Article: 18 March 2010 - Roll Call. Standing at the edge of the health care precipice, President Barack Obama has reached a defining point in his presidency. The recent news that Anthem Blue Cross is planning to jack up individual premiums as much as 40 percent is just the latest example of our flailing health care system. Spiraling costs are the greatest long-term threat to our nation. Obama must get this one right, otherwise the nation, as well as his presidency, is in trouble.
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