Blog Archive: October, 2008

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Weekend Watchdog

By OurFuture.org Staff
October 31st, 2008

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested
questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions
in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the
shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. We'll
post a wrap-up here on the blog on Monday.

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NEWSFLASH: America Doesn't Like Its Jobs Shipped Overseas

By David Sirota
October 31st, 2008

The Wall Street Journal tells us what most Americans already know, but most politicians, operatives and reporters in D.C. more »

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Mandate '08: Reagan vs. Roosevelt

By David Sirota
October 31st, 2008

In the last week, I've been making the point anywhere I can that the 2008 election's ideological turn has all but guaranteed a major mandate for the next president. more »

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Concentrating the Wealth, Pt. 2

By Terrance Heath
October 31st, 2008

We have reached a tipping point — a few steps before the precipice, with maybe a few feet of earth still under our feet — from which we can see the abyss, and still have a chance to change direction. We have reached a point of realization that government by the wealthy, for the wealthy, and of the rest of us doesn't work. And that means we've reached a point of possibly considering that perhaps "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" isn't "government taking care of us." It's us, taking care of our communities, our families and one another. (Read part one here.)
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Our Health Insurance System: Privatizing Profits & Socializing Risk

By Monica Sanchez
October 31st, 2008

The government bailout of the financial markets is one of the most prominent examples of a practice that has long been common in the United States: leaving profits in private hands, while charging the costs of risky, profit-seeking practices to the taxpayer. It has certainly long been the case in our privatized health insurance system. more »

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Karl Rove and the Atwater Legacy

By Batocchio
October 31st, 2008

After discussing the late political consultant Lee Atwater, it was hard not to think of one of his successors, Karl Rove. Here's a quick tour of three pieces that spring to mind.

Here's Joshua Green on Rove in 2004, with the election looming: more »

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Will A Dem Civil War Be Averted?

By Bill Scher
October 31st, 2008

An early victory on a stimulus package could help establish unity around progressive principles more »

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Amity, Meet Eric

By Bill Scher
October 30th, 2008

Amity Shlaes clearly doesn't like that my recent post called out that her revisionist history of the New Deal is based on misleading numbers. more »

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Dems Kick Off Battle for Their Own Party

By David Sirota
October 30th, 2008

That's not an Onion headline, that's what's really going on, according to the Wall Street Journal's article today about the coming battle for the soul of the Democratic Party (to admittedly use a cliche) if Obama wins. more »

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A Heartbeat Away: Hazardous Health-Care Policy

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 30th, 2008

The health care plan advocated by presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is hazardous to your health. That is the point of this 30-second video by Health Care for America Now that succinctly hits its key flaws. It's a video anyone concerned about health care should see before they go to the polls on Tuesday. more »

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