On 1 May, Justice Souter confirmed some long running rumors and formally announced he was preparing to retire. Before the ink was dry on his signature, the game over his replacement started. No one was nominated for the position yet, of course, but a number of people were preparing to skewer whoever was so anointed as other prepared to defend them. It was good old-fashioned tribalism made into a bizarre ritual performance.
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Unallotted
For those of you who don’t live in Minnesota, USofA, I apologize. Our legislative session just ended with not a shout nor a wimper, but something of a wheeze. It was a lesson in political power and how to use it, or not use it, that I believe says a lot about the problem Democrats have generally. For that reason, I’ll offer my analysis of the event and let anyone who cares to throw darts at me. C’mon, I’m ready for a fight after this disaster!
The Craven
Late at night I watched the tube, and while my eyes were fairly glued
At the economic graphs and stats they’d all excitedly report
I resolved to flip the channels in a search for greater annals
That made sense of all the tales that flew by rather short.
When they got us to the trillions for the banking world’s support
“What’s it mean?” I did exhort.
100 Days
One Hundred Days. The phrase rolls easily, pausing just long enough to sound as though it means something. President Obama’s first Hundred Days has been compared to FDR by many commentators, most of whom found something where the new President was worthy of comparison. It’s been a fun exercise, but what does it mean?
Hurricane Watch
Why haven’t I been writing about the economy with the ferocity I used to? Because as we were waiting for something to happen, it all got weird. The fun we’ve been having is just the hurricane party before the real storm hits – people with a happy sense of doom only deepen a good disaster plot. But their antics are always just the prelude to the real show.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 