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...candidate who has been so widely praised for his eloquence and stirring speeches, it's a bit puzzling to see how Obama has found himself in the current mess. But in some respects, he is a victim of his own success. To a great degree his campaign has been built on the notion that it is a break from politics-as-usual, including a surprising amount of candor (and sometimes naivete) that in this instance has come back to bite...
...legally. I personalized the script for my own taste.” Green’s personal touch is evident through his encouragement of improvisation and abandonment of the formal script. He readily welcomes “mistakes.” “I like it when people mess up their lines” he said. These surprising elements lend an individual flavor to a movie which is centered on the much-trodden themes of relationships, love, and loss in a small town. About casting “Snow Angels,” Green said...
...We’re far from the days when Ronald Reagan, in his 1964 speech for Barry Goldwater, promised America the “ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order.” Until it finds its way back out of this mess, the Republican elite promises us a platform of war abroad, and a massive, intrusive government at home. To paraphrase Heston, they can have this country when they can pry it from our cold, dead hands...
...question was slightly disingenuous. Few people believe that the Sunni Awakening movement-the insurgents who flipped to our side after a fling with al-Qaeda-would stay peaceful if the U.S. military weren't there as a buffer between them and the Shi'ites. The Iraqi army remains a mess of militias in camouflage. But we have had a significant success in Iraq and dealt al-Qaeda-style extremism a resounding defeat. So why not continue the judicious withdrawal that has begun...
...creation of the Federal Reserve. The Great Depression, unleashed by a market crash and countless bank runs, gave us the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Glass-Steagall Act separating banks from Wall Street. Now we're up to our elbows in another mess, albeit one that has yet to acquire a name for the ages. (Credit crunch? Subprime meltdown? Give me a break!) And so, as foreclosure follows reset subprime loan, talk has turned to the need for sweeping changes in how we regulate financial markets and institutions...