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  • Just What Was Fundamentally Wrong with Bolshevism?

    11/29/2012 5:29:21 AM PST · by SJackson · 53 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | November 29, 2012 | Steven Plaut
    I recently read the new biography of Trotsky by Oxford don Robert Service, published in 2009 by Pan Books. It is well-written and surprisingly interesting. The book does a great public service in describing the life of the actual Trotsky, whose previous “biographies” were little more than hagiographies written by his toady worshippers (people like Isaac Deutscher). The last time that I had taken any interest in Trotsky was when I was a teenager and had fleeting delusions of believing in “socialism.” Reading the new book as an adult and as an economist, I found it a useful opportunity to...
  • Dems show signs of abandoning Obama elsewhere after frustration with tax deal

    12/10/2010 8:40:42 AM PST · by pillut48 · 24 replies · 1+ views
    The Hill (h/t Jake Tapper on Twitter) ^ | 12/09/10 | Susan Crabtree
    Incensed over President Obama’s tax compromise, House Democratic leaders are showing signs of abandoning the administration and going their own way on critical issues such as national security. In a striking move, the appropriations committee late Wednesday attached a provision to a $1.1 trillion resolution to keep the government funded next year that would prevent Obama from spending any funds to try terrorism suspects in civilian court instead of military commissions. The language would essentially prevent the closing of the detainee prison at Guantanamo Bay. Some House Democrats viewed the move as an act of defiance and a direct demonstration...
  • Mr. President, I feel hope-less (New York doorman turns on Obama)

    09/26/2010 1:49:07 PM PDT · by jimbo123 · 14 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/26/10 | Annie Karni
    Three years ago, Bryant Park Hotel doorman Greg Smith, 46, once a diehard supporter of the Clintons, put his life on hold to cam paign for Barack Obama. Shortly after The Post fea tured Smith's conversion on the front page in April 2007, Obama called the doorman and asked him to introduce him on the cam paign trail. Now, 18 months after Obama's inaugura tion, Smith says he's losing hope for the change he once believed in. He tells ANNIE KARNI his story.
  • GM kicks ‘Chevy' to the curb

    06/10/2010 7:28:39 AM PDT · by jakerobins · 169 replies · 357+ views
    Don't call it Chevy. General Motors leaders are asking Chevrolet employees to refrain from the shorthand etched in America's consciousness for decades. Or, as the New York Times put it, "If General Motors has its way, you won't be driving your Chevy to the levee ever again." The Times quoted this company memo sent Tuesday: "We'd ask that whether you're talking to a dealer, reviewing dealer advertising, or speaking with friends and family, that you communicate our brand as Chevrolet moving forward. "When you look at the most recognized brands throughout the world, such as Coke or Apple, for instance,...
  • Blaming Obama for Not Being a God ('Leave Barak alone!' liberal barf alert)

    06/08/2010 7:27:32 AM PDT · by reaganrevolutionin2010 · 40 replies · 144+ views
    Real Clear Politics ^ | 6/8/10 | Froma Harrop
    Gulf Coast residents are supposedly mad at President Obama for not keeping the oil from threatening their beaches and marshes. We hear this in stereo -- from political opposition on the right and liberal pundits bored by the president's cerebral approach to problem-solving.Stopping the waves is a job for Neptune, not a president. Obama cannot raise his trident and force the oil back into the hole. There are things he can do, but they're a lot less impressive.Granted, Obama's early campaign for president cultivated a myth of his godlike powers. And some still seem to buy into the magic narrative....