http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog You can't be on both sides! Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:31:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=201 This past weekend, 5 columnists at the New York Times trampled on Governor Sarah Palin: Frank Rich Gail Collins Bob Hebert Tom Friedman Maureen Dowd Pronouncing on the Governor's inadequacy seems like a team sport at the newspaper and it seems that a certain group-think has settled in. How could the Republican VP nominee provoke ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=200 The former head of the IMF, Kenneth Rogoff, has few fine things to say today on the investment banking mess. "In 2006, the financial sector accounted for a third of corporate profits in the US, although it only represents 2 or 3 percent of total gross domestic product. Goldman Sachs alone ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=199 “I just do not trust the American people,” said Eleanor Shavell, 58, a computer programmer, who, along with several others, joked she would move to Canada if Mr Obama loses. “I cannot believe that 80 per cent of this country thinks we’re headed in the wrong direction yet 50 per ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=198 The British press have been reliable sources of perspective through out the Presidential primaries and general election period. They are not without bias but compared to the unofficial party organs in the news business here stateside, they seem, mainly, moderate and insightful. And funny: Lest you think they are without critiques of ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=197 http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=196 The CBC's very good documentary series "The Passionate Eye" hosts a documentary of a controversial photo from the day that is known as the most photographed, filmed and seen: September 11, 2001. If you follow the link to the CBC's site, you can follow the story behind the photograph. Sombre? Yes. ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=195 George Will writes an Macro Economics 101 column on a subject  that 80% of the population either never studied, or did but forgot [or memorized but never actually learned], to demonstrate how the economy actually works. It is basic stuff but is "disruptive" in terms of a typical worldview that ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=194 The Great White North [aka True North aka Hockey Nation] has an election on too. Oh yeah, and you know all those prominent, and not so prominent, Americans who declare they'll head to Canada if the Democrats don't win: Canada's government is Conservative. Further, they are fighting a war that ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=193 OODA Loop - Observe, Orient, Decide and Act Colonel John Boyd's strategm is being credited as the campaign strategy being practiced by the McCain campaign. If results are to be considered as the metric of "who is winning," it appears one campaign is playing checkers and the other is playing chess. Michael ... http://josephbutson.com/JosephButson/nfblog/?p=192