Few words have become dirtier faster than bailout Republicans hurl it against anyone who voted to save the economy from ruin back in the waning days of the Bush administration The subsequent bailouts of Detroit were one of the tipping points that led to the formation of the Tea Party movement A
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It is quite rare that a film haunts me for several days after seeing it making me imagine again its mesmerizing scenery and characters and wonder at its elegant if fierce intensity yet gentle and decent humanity Watching Winter rsquo s Bone which won the Grand Jury Prize at this year rsquo s S
Two unrelated but significant political issues warrant consideration as we round out the week Yesterday Senate Republicans upheld a filibuster on a jobs bill Earlier in the week the Obama administration and the intellectual courtiers that surround it received its sharpest and finest rebuke