readerOfTeaLeaves

Second-guessing labor’s support of health care as ‘political strong-arming’ fails to explain: (1) the need for health care reform in order to strengthen the US economy, while painting (2) ‘labor’ — rather than Wall Street or HealthCo$ — as the villain who sunk the US economy

If Obama is taking advice from Larry Summers on whether to appoint a Cybersecurity Czar, we’re in trouble. Summers will view this issue through the lens of how it affects economic innovation. But President Obama would get far better advice from those who can explain to him: (a) how we can best insure the security of our innovations and (b) protect the privacy of our economic data.

What does it mean that a second Air America radio host is now moving to MSNBC? Has MSNBC spotted an audience that others missed? Will it translate into different policy discussions, or better outcomes for local communities?

Are we bailing out banks that would be solvent if they weren’t hiding money offshore in tax havens? Why haven’t we asked all TARP recipients to reveal all offshore banking assets before they receive a single taxpayer dime? Why haven’t members of Congress asked CEOs about their willingness to screw taxpayers by moving billions offshore?

A local GM dealer insisted on paving farmland to build a showroom for oversized pickups, a classic case of refusing to admit that water runs downhill. Could bailing out the Big 2.5 produce better floodplain protection by ensuring that patents for new automobile technologies remain in US control, thereby driving a new ethos for corporate citizenship?

My iBrain is watching for signs that this is our first iElection

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