Independent Caucustag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-4993172010-01-01T03:10:48-05:00Rationale. Reason. Proportion. Fact.TypePadHappy New Yeartag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef012876973f1f970c2010-01-01T03:10:48-05:002010-01-01T03:10:48-05:00Hello. I've had a little bubbly. I offer that as a disclaimer should there be a certain incoherence to this post. We worry about politics as we should. When we stop worrying is when things can really go bad. So...Joe IntiliHe's Right And He's Righttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef01287674a75f970c2009-12-22T08:18:22-05:002009-12-23T13:50:41-05:00This a short post since typing it on my iPhone. I heard John McCain speak on the Senate floor yesterday. His basic point? That candidate Obama said he would take a political approach to reforming health care which embodied "change",...Joe IntiliJohn Kerry Worried About Teabaggerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0128765c22d5970c2009-12-16T15:32:15-05:002009-12-16T15:32:15-05:00I got this email from John Kerry, or so it said, likely mega-distributed to me and tens of thousands of other people whose email addresses are known to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), asking for contributions in order to...Joe IntiliNo Obama In Berlin?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a66e0967970b2009-11-10T08:14:08-05:002009-11-10T08:20:46-05:00Obama did not travel to Berlin for the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years hence. The wall "fell" when the East Germans opened the Brandenburg Gate rather than forcibly dispurse the thousands of East Germans who...Joe IntiliPalin Illogic Strikes Againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a6607beb970b2009-11-07T13:48:16-05:002009-11-07T13:48:16-05:00Sarah Palin gave a speech at a large pro-life fundraiser in Wisconsin. She reasoned that if Democrats don't value the unborn, what's to keep them from devaluing seniors next, or those whose health care becomes too expensive? Hmm, I don't...Joe IntiliGeitnertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a69d1f9a970c2009-11-01T12:59:59-05:002009-11-01T13:04:40-05:00You know what, I don't care if he is a smart guy, whiz kid, the "only" person who could be Treasury Secretary, in the manner the Obama administration characterized his nomination, and so on. I can't stand him. He can't...Joe IntiliLet the Marketplace decide, but what if it says 'No'?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a642c010970b2009-10-30T21:11:34-04:002009-10-30T21:11:34-04:00You know, there are some common and predictable things that politicians and pundits and callers and anyone who fancies himself or herself political, like to beat their chests about, dress themselves up in, proudly pin to their hat or sleeve...Joe IntiliParty of No...No, Really...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a6428f8b970b2009-10-30T20:28:25-04:002009-10-30T20:28:25-04:00Hello again. I'm back. And honestly I can't at all recall, should anyone who knows me be surprised, what bill I heard being reported on CSPAN radio this morning which, as with healthcare (well, sans Olympia Snow), was garnering absolutely...Joe IntiliParty of Notag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a6928728970c2009-10-30T10:11:23-04:002009-10-30T10:18:47-04:00I've been doing a lot of criticizing of Democrats lately, mostly privately, to be sure, since I'm such a flaming lib.... There has been a lot of lunchtime conversation. I've expressed my continuing but now not-at-all unexpected disappointment in the...Joe IntiliHow, When They Don't Care?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ea83053ef0120a64026f7970c2009-10-15T13:40:58-04:002009-10-15T17:23:28-04:00How do you stop the Taliban when they don't care? One of the Yahoo headlines this morning was "Teams of gunman launch attacks in Pakistan, killing 39". They took place in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city, in its largest province,...Joe Intili