DREAMLOVER ARRIVES

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 23rd, 2010 @ 03:04:51 pm , using 70 words
Category: Poetry

DREAMLOVER ARRIVES Sting in the hearty rock dissemble aghast each memoir leaves at the foolish hour payback & elevated choir sung & sung evermore   curtains for the flock graven image & dynastic whirl long-mentioned & st… more »
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The Rage of the Rich and Taxes

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 20th, 2010 @ 09:17:40 am , using 474 words
Category: Commentary

Paul Krugman on the anger of the rich who could have to pay another 3-4% if the Bush tax cuts go back to Clinton level taxation for people making over 250,000. As Krugman points out, these are many of the same people who want to cut social security, Medi… more »
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Coming & Going

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 17th, 2010 @ 08:55:21 am , using 57 words
Category: Poetry

COMING AND GOING These throes make weary what's been said & done. You went my way, exhaustively naming my overcome heartily and the song just came unglued.   Come back to me shining a bright evanescence, a mirror for all our hasty p… more »
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Tax Cut Racketeering

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 17th, 2010 @ 08:47:17 am , using 792 words
Category: Commentary

Krugman takes on McConnell and the extortion tactics of the Republicans on tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 % of Americans. We're back to Bush and his   Most discussion of the tax fight focuses either on the economics or on the politics — both of wh… more »
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Rafael Nadal

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 15th, 2010 @ 10:15:23 am , using 143 words
Category: Commentary

  Following Roger Federer to a run-up of great wins in Grand Slam tournaments can't be that easy, but Rafa Nadal of Spain (Mallorca) was unbeatable in the 2010 US Open final against Novak Djokovic. His ground strokes were invincible and there is a focus… more »
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Afghanistan Revisited

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 14th, 2010 @ 04:08:14 pm , using 1112 words
Category: Commentary

Jonathan Steele in London Review of Books 9Sept10 takes another look at some of the intractable difficulties with trying to find a solution to the complex of issues in Afghanistan, not least of which is the fact of the Taliban's pivotal place in the coun… more »
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Economic Meltdown Revisited

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 14th, 2010 @ 01:46:03 pm , using 967 words
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

"It Was the Economy, Stupid" "How did this happen?" ~ President George W. Bush "It was a humbling question for someone from the financial sector to be asked--after all, we were the ones responsible." ~ Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.,… more »
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Obama & FDR Replayed

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 12th, 2010 @ 10:42:10 am , using 400 words
Category: Commentary

Frank Rich in Sunday 9-12-10 NY Times reminds once again of Obama's dilemma of seeming from a certain POV to be cozying up to the corporate oligarchy and not demonstrating enough interest in the average guy's plight. As I've written in these pages, Obama… more »
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The Price Being Unhappily Paid

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 11th, 2010 @ 09:51:44 am , using 799 words
Category: Commentary

Bob Herberet in 9-11-10 NY Times puts the onus on the failure of the Dems to do enough to get things rolling in this economy. It is a bit of a scathing wail, not what many of us on the left want to hear, but it has the ring of somed of the truth. Even Ba… more »
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The Nonunion, High Unemployment Labor Day Blues

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 6th, 2010 @ 09:46:44 am , using 720 words
Category: Commentary

With unemployment remaining around 10%, the state of labor on this Labor Day is frightful. The companies that employ are making record profits with fewer workers and workers are powerless when it comes to organizing. This is the world the Right wanted an… more »
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Frank Rich on Iraq & the so-called end of combat

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 5th, 2010 @ 09:25:26 am , using 464 words
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

  Americans are less forgiving. In recent polls, 60 percent of those surveyed thought the war in Iraq was a mistake, 70 percent thought it wasn’t worth American lives, and only a quarter believed it made us safer from terrorism. This sour judgment is e… more »
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The Spoiled Brat Patrol

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 3rd, 2010 @ 10:21:28 am , using 609 words
Category: Commentary

Eugene Robinson in today's WaPo gets into the idea of the American people as a bunch of spoiled brats who want quick fixes and are unwilling to put up with the difficult tasks of governance in this troubled era. The Tea Party and its adherents want the D… more »
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A War and a Speech Light on Necessity

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on September 1st, 2010 @ 09:54:26 am , using 429 words
Category: Commentary

Richard Cohen's comments in the WaPo confirm something I should have mentioned in previous Obama/FDR comparison. Whereas FDR had a remarkable gravitas and capacity for consolation in his Fireside Chats, Obama seems to have lost his fire. The speech lacke… more »
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