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Blog Entries by Marty Kaplan from 02/2009

Compassion Fatigue

| Posted 02.02.2009 | Media
Read More: Media Coverage, Rod Blagojevich, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Africa, Media News

It's no contest. Rod Blagojevich's corruption is way more entertaining than Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's. We tend to care about people who are, one way or another, like ourselves.

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Patriotic Extortion

| Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Read More: Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Republicans Stimulus, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Politics News

Imagine if the Democrats had not pre-capitulated to the Republicans on the stimulus bill. Imagine if they had forced the Republicans to actually mount a filibuster.

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The Media Are the Message

| Posted 02.16.2009 | Media
Read More: Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Obama Stimulus Plan, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Obama Economy, Republicans Stimulus, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Media News

From the commentariat to the White House chief of staff, the lesson to be learned from the last two weeks, we are told, is that the Obama administration let the Republicans frame the debate over the stimulus.

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Solidarity for Never

| Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
Read More: Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Unions, Union, Republicans and Unions, Politics News

In the wake of this economic meltdown, maybe it's time to put to rest the conservative canard that respecting workers' rights to unionize and to bargain collectively is tantamount to a communist coup d'etat.

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