Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
11.26.2008
A Passionate Discourse by Keith Olberman (MSNBC) Pleaing for Answers From People Who Supported Proposition 8
This is a really fantastic statement by Keith Olberman, an MSNBC reporter, pleading for Californians who supported Proposition 8 to rethink why they are so intent on criticizing other people's definitions of love. It's a phenomenal piece that I hope everyone takes the time to listen to and think about, and hopefully it contributes to future open-mindedness and reform.
9.29.2008
Learning from the $700B Government Bailout of the Banks
Fred Wilson makes a great proposal for the public disclosure of the results of the government loan to the banks:
I would like the splurge legislation to require that we not only have public disclosure, but that we have in effect a real time listing (like the Nasdaq) of all splurge related transactions. This is good for the public (so we know what's going on with our money) and it's good for the Treasury (so it is forced to behave rationally) and it's good for investors who want to profit from all of this splurge activity. It will also allow us, after the whole things is over, to analyze the splurge and learn from it, like JLM learned from the RTC.This is a great opportunity for the US at large to learn about investing - the US Government should be using this time to teach us all about risks, investing, returns, everything they can as they put a nation-wide contributed sum of money to work. I hope the US government is paying attention to people like Fred Wilson and Mark Cuban, who have been pouring out intelligent recommendations for the use and management of the funds almost daily.
9.17.2008
Registering to Vote
I realy need to be paying more attention to election coverage, and learning more about our potential presidents - today I filled out my voting registration; if you haven't yet, and you live in New York, head to this link now to register to Vote
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