Interesting look at the more hidden part of the delegate search.

Hat tip to The Tiny Revolution CARTER: Point one: I am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the United States. Beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 — never… Point two: To ensure that we meet these targets, I will use my […]

Here at Angry Bear we regularly report on the poor economic performance of the economy under the Bush administration. But it now looks like we have a first. The Environmental Protection Agency has lowered its estimate of the the statistical value of a human life from about $8.04 million to $7.22 million, about an 11% […]

Mass. econ ed for grade 4-12.

I don’t claim to have studied Medicare in depth. They send me the Reports in the same envelope with the Social Security Reports and I browse through them, but that is pretty much it. So this post is more of a call for people more informed on aspects of Medicare to chip in. But I […]

Maliki agrees with 16 month Obama plan. Any context to add? And this means what in terms of numbers (is down to 50,000 troops enough?), air bases maintained of the main four to six, the embassy maintained as built? Any reporters want to fantasize or link?

Tax cuts lose revenue is the new slogan to rally emotions of the base! Robbing from mostly you and you, and sticking it to the next gen!!! Your money will be gone as it is borrowed and spent. Ah well….I can see why Some pundits do this…it is addictive. Wish I could be paid for […]

Budget Peace in our Times by Robert Waldmann How can it be that the US military is strained to the breaking point occupying (sorry assisting) two medium sized countries when we spend about half of total world military spending? I’m not sure this post is in the Angry Bear comfort zone, but one reason is […]

op-ed by rdan In a truly disturbing sign of our times, I am adding the category “Bailouts” to our list . . . The big money flees and who gets the blame? Whiners. Remember in emotional terms the famous 75 year projections of extending the tax cuts will be 3.5 times larger than the budget […]

Afferent input reports back to us from moving to Berlin, Germany: Since I arrived in Berlin 1 week ago, I have had nothing but coffee and beer, both of which are delicious beyond belief. I had better coffee at the Deutsche Bank when we were opening up our bank account than any F-ing Starbucks I […]