Saturday, March 05, 2005

There are Plenty of Bitch Slaps to Go Around

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) bitch slapped Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan-- calling Greenspan "one of the biggest political hacks we have here in Washington". Ouch! It seems that Howard Dean called it like he saw it in Jan. of 2004 when he said that Greenspan was a partisan who refused to criticize Bush's tax cuts and should be fired, but why didn't anyone listen to him when he seems to be so on the money? Paul Krugman has a great op/ed in NY Times, and Krugman rightly asks this: Why exactly would the earth stop spinning if we were to raise taxes to lessen the deficit hemorrhage? Oh, that's right, if we actually made the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes we would have adequate federal money available for social programs and we can't then screw the poor and middle class out of social programs that they rely upon and/or may need. And speaking of getting bitch slapped, check out this open letter from Lloyd Axworthy to Condoleezza Rice. Axworthy is a former Foreign Minister of Canada, and is currently the President of the University of Winnipeg. His open letter, published in the Winnipeg Free Press, delivers one helluva bitch slap to Dr. Rice (who refused to visit Canada this week following Canada's refusal to hop on board with Bush's "fly space" bullying). This letter is priceless! I only wish that the NY Times or WaPost would reprint it. Speaking of Canada, check out this article that examines this: If the US economy actually gets flushed, rather than just circling the bowl as it is now, how badly will Canada's economy take the hit, too?
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