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Tom Friedman, in Praising China's 'One-Party Autocracy,' Just Doesn't Get It
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyYou've probably heard the axiom that Democracy is the worst form of government -- except for all the others. Well, in New York Times' columnist Tom Friedman's world, the only thing worse than Chinese communism is American Democracy. Specifically, on Thursday's "Morning Joe," he reiterated a point he has made before. In a discussion of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, he said: "There's only one thing worse, in my view, than one-party autocracy -- the Chinese system -- and that's one-party Democracy. Okay? See, one-party autocracy, at least if it has some vision of the future, ...
The Failed Climate Bill Gets Its Close-Up
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 11) -- Remember the climate bill? It's true that global warming hasn't exactly been all over the headlines recently (though the global anti-climate change party did attract some buzz over the weekend). But if you haven't yet read Ryan Lizza's fascinating and depressing investigation of the Senate's failed effort to pass clean energy legislation in last week's issue of The New Yorker, you should really do so now. Even if you're not particularly concerned about climate change, Lizza's piece is invaluable at showing, in vivid detail, just how corrupt, dysfunctional and partisan our ...
World Naked Bike Ride: Save the Environment, Diet in Style
By Alison Fairbrother - Politics DailyCyclists around the country bared their bottoms to protest Big Oil last Saturday. Bikers from New York to Seattle to Miami trolled around their cities -- sans vetements -- as part of the World Naked Bike Ride, an organization whose mission might as well read: strip 'n ride for human rights. I usually listen to bike enthusiasts with the same level of attention I give to people who tell me to install an alarm system for my apartment. It's a good idea, but it's just not part of my lifestyle. But this year, I'm hearing the tooting horns of these spokespeople for the bicycling life, and I'm ...
What Should Obama Say in His Nobel Speech?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsOn Dec. 10, President Barack Obama will be in Oslo, Norway, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. His highly anticipated acceptance speech comes just days after he announced his decision to sent 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. So, what should the president say? Just as there are varied opinions as to whether Obama deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, there is no shortage of advice on what the president should say to his audience in Oslo and across the globe. At Mediaite, Rachel Sklar says she believes the president should shift the focus away from himself and even suggests the wording he ...
At State Dinner, Did Tom Friedman Tell Anyone to 'Suck on This'?
By David Corn - Politics DailyI was reviewing the guest list for President Obama's first state dinner -- held to honor Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- and it was full of interesting picks: Ari Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel's brother and a notorious Hollywood power-agent; Gayle King, Oprah's BFF; Greg Craig, the soon-to-be-ex White House counsel; Michael Bloomberg, the barely re-elected mayor of New York City; Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor left out of Obama's Cabinet; M. Night Shyamalan, the "I see dead people" film director; moguls Spielberg, Geffen and Katzenberg; and news anchors Katie Couric and Brian ...
Hillary Hits the Gas
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHillary Clinton isn't backing down. She's got a terrible idea, and she sticking to it. The idea, one she shares with John McCain, is to give drivers across America a gas tax holiday, despite a universal outcry from economists, environmentalists, fellow politicians, and superdelegates that the proposal amounts to nothing more than a disastrous, and shameless pander to voters. That's not stopping Clinton, who yesterday reiterated her claim that her proposal would do what everyone with a modicum of common sense knows it won't. At a rally in Indiana, Hillary employed George Bush's black-and-white, ...
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