"Liberal?"

It is, of course, horrible fiscal policy to believe that putting Federal money in the hands of Americans will somehow "fix" the economy. But the even bigger problem is that the all of the people that know that don't care, and all of the people that don't know that especially don't care. Who doesn't feel good about $300 in the mail?

I'm amazed at the landslide vote by which this passed:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/house/2/votes/42/

And by all of the crap our Senate votes on in general:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/bills/

"National Mentoring Month?!" Why I outta...

Galbraith (again) talks about why politicians can't stray far from what's "commonly accepted" and why talking about new ideas more than suffices for actually having any. I was thinking about that -- and what's truly "liberal" about the left in the current election?

Health care? FDR Democrats would have felt right at home with that issue. End the War? Yo' Momma marched for that one back in '68. All of the truly "progressive" candidates -- think Nader or Paul -- never get very far. Not because of Washington, but because of us. It's easier to believe what you already know, etc.

Alexander Hamilton was praised at his funeral for not succumbing to the charms of Adam Smith's "liberal" economics. Lincoln, a Republican, freed the slaves. The left went to the center in '92 and has stayed right there as all of us that came of political age at that time have begun to make money.

Yet one more reason to vote Obama.