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Dr. Manhattan’s Hand Observed In Space - http://www.manolith.com/2009...
Matt Griswold, Gaby K. Slezák, MikeAmundsen and 2 other people liked this
FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: A Starry-Eyed Look at the 2012 Republican Field - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009...
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"A long time ago in a galaxy not too far away, I introduced something called the "Planetary Model of Primary Politics". It is basically just a fancy way of noting that there are generally two dimensions by which candidates position themselves in Presidential primaries. One is along an ideological axis (liberal/conservative). The other is what I then called an institutional axis -- whether a candidate seeks to work within existing institutions or to reform them. I now conceive of the institutional axis as more of a populist axis. Does the candidate stress his connections within the elite, usually expressed in terms of his purported experience, competence, or technical knowledge? Or is he an "outsider" who claims to represent the people in contradiction to the elite? Is he a technocrat or a populist?"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
How can Palin still be in any universe!? Let's hope Romney stops acting like a faux-servative pandering to the most radical corners of the base, and embraces why people DID want to vote for him -- to turn around a party that's lost its way.
- Matt Griswold
Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue. - http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblo...
Denise Howell, Jaica Kinsman, dK and 111 other people liked this
On his first day in office, President Obama put former president Bush on notice. His administration just released an executive order that will make it difficult for Bush to shield his White House records--and those of former Vice President Dick Cheney--from public scrutiny by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege
- Chris Baskind
from Bookmarklet
Oh now this could get interesting...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
This is actually a good policy in many ways. However, I wonder if there is a dispute over whether records should be released, if the default action will be to release first then retract if deemed necessary, or withhold until the AG and counsel determine it is proper to release.
- Kevin L
I think this is GREAT news. Kevin: Anything security sensitive would be redacted before they're released anyway.
- Trish R
show and prove. all this press is nice, but i'd like for it to actually happen
- Cee Bee
Let the guy have some time ;p (btw how y'all doin'! hehe)
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Yee hah! Go get 'em, Mr. President!
- Ciaoenrico
I think it's fantastic. Bush was unusually shielding of his and Cheney's papers. Obama is just rolling it back to the more usual levels of protection. (Now can we reinstate drawing & quartering as punishment for treason??)
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Transparency FTW.
- Julian
@Spidra here's your list of GWB's executive actions in order: http://www.shrinkthingy.com/6nyvs2
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
*cough* "http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic... *cough*
- Spencer
I want to love this! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
I actually like this. It's like he's saying "Bam! M*t*** F***ah"
- Mattb4rd
In so doing, he may have just made it impossible for him to keep his Blackberry. http://rizzn.com/blog...
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Wow, Jason. Bush Sr. had 2, one revoked later & Bush Jr had, um, 50+?
- Alix Whitmire
@Alix Bush was addicted those executive orders. :)
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
President Obama needs to keep in mind, what he does to President Bush's records, future Presidents can do to his. And Obama has a record of keeping records and documents out of the public eye.
- ComicList
Damn! Not wasting any time at all...
- Michael R. Bernstein
If President Obama really comes thru with his Open Government policy, there really won't be much hidden, save for those things that need to be for the sake of others privacy, or for national security.
- Ian May
It's almost like we got a shot of vitamin B. The fog is clearing so quickly. It feels good.
- sean808080
Trust me. This will come back to bite him. I'm looking for the text of the EO now, but I'm pretty sure there's going to be some unintended consequences here.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
awesome
- Kyle Weller
It's the same as Ford giving Nixon a pardon: sometimes letting go is better healing than continuing the fight.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Kicking ass and taking names.
- Mark Krynsky
My updated thoughts on this - http://rizzn.com/socnets...
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Whatever you guys say, this is a good thing. And Mark, apparently you are wrong: http://techdirt.com/article...
- Alejandro
Mark, I posted my response to your post on your blog. But bottomline I cannot imagine the President of the United States being restricted from email in 2009. Particular has he is not planning to use it as a means of conducting business but to stay in touch with friends and family.
- R. Ferguson
As far as the BlackBerry is concerned, it would be great if we could trust that all of his correspondents would honor a request not to email him anything that has even a minor relationship with his new job. However, someone always has to do something wrong, just like my users know they're supposed to call the Help Desk, but they always wait for me to show up in the hallway, call me directly, or email me. What's the solution at that point? I want him to keep his BB, but how can he be protected?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Dollar hits 23-year high against pound - http://money.cnn.com/2009...
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The pound is death warmed over.
- Morton Fox
"reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"
Eric Eldon, Atul Arora, Paul Buchheit and 5 other people liked this
on the screen!
- MG Siegler
huge applause
- MG Siegler
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