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Nancy Pelosi on Charlie Rose
Mar
Geithner is open to suggestions
Mar
A video from Saturday Night Live.
Roland Burris: more political tomfoolery in the U.S.
Feb
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A recent note from Time Magazine’s blog, Swampland:
This looks real bad, both for Roland Burris and his country.
First a quick recap: Burris gets appointed to the Senate by Rod Blagojevich, a self-made cartoon of political ineptness and alleged corruption. The U.S. Senate won’t seat Burris until he testifies under oath that he is unblemished by [...]
How do the Presidents rank?
Feb
C-Span ranks the former Presidents: Honest Abe gets top billing, follwed by Washington, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt and Truman. How did the George Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan do? Click the link to find out.
Infighting begins within Obama’s team
Feb
We are barely two weeks into Barack Obama’s tenure and reports are surfacing everywhere that his “team of rivals” is at each other’s throat. President Obama had said just after the election that he was looking to pull together the best and the brightest. However, this strategy comes with a cost as the outsized egos assembled in his team are starting to jockey for political position.
A well-informed reader alerted me to the latest and most depressing story, which involves former Harvard President and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers shunting aside legendary ex-Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. Summers is trying to exclude Volcker, who is legendary for righting the U.S. economy after the stagflation of the 1970s. If he succeeds in sidelining Volcker, we will be the worse for it.
TurboTax: targetting ads to Obama’s team problems
Jan
This is pretty funny actually (Hat tip Michael Turk).
Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
Jan
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George Bush recounts his worst mistakes
Jan
I think this video is an example of the most self-reflective you will see the current U.S. President George W. Bush become. In it, he talks about his mistakes, grappling in front of the camera with how historians may look back on his stint in the White House.
Letterman’s Top 10 George Bush moments
Dec
This video of George Bush’s top 10 moments according to David Letterman is hilarious. Bush is nearly out of office. We’ll miss moments like these.
McCain campaign leaves secret e-mails on Blackberries sold off to public
Dec
Here’s a little video that should teach you why you need to erase all data permanently before you sell or get rid of any computer, Blackberry or computing device.
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