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GREAT article here by the great James Galbraith on what a good economic policy would look like:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2009/01/stimulus-is-for-suckers.html

I watched W's farewell speech last night. I could stomach him in this setting, a short scripted speech. Still...I felt some cramps in my stomach. The guy really believed (and still believes) that his childhood Sunday school lessons of good vs evil are applicable to international diplomacy and war. Goodbye, asshole.