What They Are Saying: 09.09.09
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Speechless [Chicago Tribune] America’s maddening paranoia: Suspiciousness and conspiracy fears have been part of our politics for decades, but the attacks on Obama’s back-to-school speech are especially depressing. [LA Times]  Source: Boston Globe Obama’s pep talk: Since when is a back-to-school speech urging the country’s children to work hard and get good grades fodder for a controversy? [Philadelphia Inquirer] Stop Fussing Over Obama: The president’s speech urging kids to work hard set off a ridiculous protest. [Washington Post] American zombies: How silly were the protests against Obama’s schools speech? This silly: [NY Daily News] Mr. President, ignore the polls and pass health care reform [Atlanta Obama needs the speech he just gave [LA Times] Cheney’s Disdain For The Law Is Appalling [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Health care fear factor: Roughly one in six Americans lacks health insurance. Millions more could lose theirs in a flash. Costs are rising so fast that in a decade, premiums for a family policy will approach $25,000 a year. And yet time and again, the system proves impervious to reform, mostly for one reason: fear. [USA Today] Less Spocky, More Rocky: President Obama is so wrapped up in his desire to be a different, more conciliatory, beer-summit kind of leader, he ignores some verities. [New York Times] Keep ban on contributions: The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear a case with enormous implications on political campaigns: whether to overturn the ban on corporate money in federal elections. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Van Jones and the witch hunters [Chicago Tribune] Green jobs: New messenger, same message: The work Van Jones was doing was important. Obama should find a replacement as committed to the goal of bringing green jobs to inner cities. [Boston Globe] Sudan’s indecent misogyny: The arrest for indecency of a female journalist and UN official in Sudan because she wore pants puts a spotlight on human rights violations in a country that turns its courts over to religious authority. [Boston Globe] The Crisis, a Year Later: Without full disclosure from the banks about how they are using their bailout dollars, it’s impossible to assess the plans’ efficacy. [New York Times] Abortion Fear-Mongering: Misleading statements from the GOP do a disservice to a complex policy issue. [Washington Post] How to restore consumer confidence: A cheap, simple and powerful solution for much of America’s consumer confidence problem rests in a consumer financial protection regulator. [Boston Globe] Think you can hide? Think again [Chicago Tribune] ‘Freeze! Put your hands up!’ Oh, sorry: At home, watching TV — then an erroneous 911 call leads to a brief, tense encounter with the LAPD. [LA Times] Shackled Democracy in Burma: The military regime’s planned election is a mockery, says a former political prisoner. [Washington Post] ‘Convincing Evidence of Fraud’: Afghan authorities should refrain from declaring a formal winner of the presidential election until the recount is finished and the Electoral Complaints Commission rules. [New York Times] |
