In a time-honored, if not honorable, tradition, Obama has shown, in moving from primary to presidential campaigns, that he too is the master of bait and switch.
He now supports what will result in immunity being granted to the telephone companies that chose to help the Bush administration to illegally spy on American citizens—NYT.
Blech.
As I mentioned over at Catallaxy, I’m one of those erstwhile lefties who decided that I didn’t want to visit the USA as a callow youth, and then - despite my politics shifting as time passed - I never got around to it. Read more »
Not so long ago in a comment, I argued that real oil prices, despite having risen substantially, had done so from a low base. More importantly, I argued that the effect of such rises would be smaller than in the past because we were wealthier and were spending an historically smaller part of our total incomes on oil. Read more »
Somewhat odd news that may interest readers here: “Former Republican Rep. Read more »
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