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J. Goodrich

J. Goodrich is a recovering economist and the sole proprietor of the political blog Echidne of the Snakes. She also blogs for TAPPED.

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ANGER, VITRIOL AND DISDAIN.

J. GoodrichAug 07, 2007

ANGER, VITRIOL AND DISDAIN. When Willie Geist asked Joe Klein why politicians feel the need to "pander" to bloggers, Klein said this:

"PROTECTING AMERICA IS...

J. GoodrichAug 06, 2007

"PROTECTING AMERICA IS OUR MOST SOLEMN OBLIGATION." This is what President Bush said on Saturday when he urged Congress to approve the new wiretapping bill. And the Congress obliged him.

Yet even this wasn't enough, as is clear from the president's response to the passing of the bill:

While I appreciate the leadership it took to pass this bill, we must remember that our work is not done. This bill is a temporary, narrowly focused statute to deal with the most immediate shortcomings in the law.

WHOM ARE YOU CALLING EFFETE, MATT

J. GoodrichAug 03, 2007

WHOM ARE YOU CALLING EFFETE, MATT? I'm referring to this comment:

For now Thompson is chilling, just chilling, on his own smokers' bench until September. Effete TAPPED bloggers will be on hand to chronicle his every red-blooded twitch until then.

Sure, I have chronicled some of these twitches, but I can also do one-armed push-ups. Wanna see? Sadly, "effete" is one of those things I cannot be, by definition. Add a winking emoticon here.

--J. Goodrich

PREVENTING DISASTERS.

J. GoodrichAug 02, 2007

PREVENTING DISASTERS. The Minnesota bridge collapse may have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of this post but it made me think again about the particular problems the political system creates in attempts to prevent similar disasters. For example, consider an elected politician who notices that the area's infrastructure is in poor shape and who works to repair it. These repairs require higher taxes, let's say. Suppose that the roads and bridges are then all fixed and new elections come around.

ON BOOBAGE.

J. GoodrichAug 01, 2007

ON BOOBAGE. You can now tell your grandchildren that you learned that word here. It is a good term for what is happening at MSNBC. On July 30, nearly half an hour of the MSNBC news day was devoted to the discussion of Hillary Clinton's cleavage. If you happened to see the picture starting all this fuss you might scratch your head. To paraphrase, I've seen exposed cleavage, and that picture is not it.

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