Comments on: Shelby’s Claims To Be Anti-Bailout Always DID Smell Rather Fishy

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:04:54 +0000

So where would the 3 Algerians get a fair shake? One would think that the International Court would have an opinion about these releases.

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:51:01 +0000

Free the Shoe Thrower Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/montather/

By: skdadl

skdadl — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:16:34 +0000

I might have missed it, but is that ruling likely to be appealed further by the administration?

By: kspena

kspena — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:34:35 +0000

OT-This is lovely–via Raw Story-Court sides with ACLU, strikes down Patriot Act gag provision.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/....._1216.html

Opinion:
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safef.....cision.pdf

By: wigwam

wigwam — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:58:22 +0000

Of every dollar the feds collect in taxes from Michigan, they spend 85 cents in Michigan.

Of every dollar the feds collect in taxes from Alabama, they spend 1.71 cents in Alabama, i.e., more than twice as much as they do in Michigan.

Source: http://www.taxfoundation.org/f.....060316.pdf

By: kspena

kspena — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:50:29 +0000

I see Siun has a piece on this at FDL with lots of good comments.

http://firedoglake.com/2008/12.....-tortured/

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:55:43 +0000

Oxdown this rant. It’s that good.

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:34:48 +0000

and in other news, the REAL election of the next President of the United States took place today

Obama won

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:28:00 +0000

business book

Sorry, should be: ‘marketed in the business books section of bookstores…’
Goleman wrote “Emotional Intelligence”, among other titles.

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:26:24 +0000

Tamm on Maddow. He really sounds like one of the good guys.

I was listening to an audio version of the book “Transparency”, marketed in the business book but co-authored by several people including psychologist Daniel Goleman in which they talk about who in an organization turns out to be a ‘whistleblower’.

People assume that a whistleblower is someone who’s unhappy, or doesn’t fit in.
In fact, research is showing that ‘whistleblowers’ actually turn out to be the people within an organization who DO believe in its highest values and aspirations. Tamm sure fits that description.

What an articulate guest.
Props to Maddow for allowing him to answer questions without interrupting him!
(Here’s hoping that David Shuster is taking notes on Maddow’s skill in allowing articulate guests to speak and explain what they know.)

http://www.bnet.com/2422-13724_23-219866.html