Politically Minded

Some seem surprised that Wall Street's outrageous behavior continues unabated, which is about as insightful as saying they never saw the meltdown coming. Astronomical compensation, uber-risky investment behavior, and sales of new, more exotic investment instruments is still in vogue in Gordon Geckoland.

A Rose By Any Other Name Or Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil Things have been a little quiet on the healthcare debate front over the past day or two, but the 800 pound gorilla is still in the room and is still very much alive and well. During this short lull I wanted to take a look at the critical public option piece for the program, and the fact that it is apparently losing its luster with many on the near left as a it remains a huge impediment to any legislation having a chance of being passed. And not getting something passed will doom the democrats in mid-term elections...

Stupidity and greed favor no political party. The Democrat's skeleton du jour is Rep. Charlie Rangel. He's failed to report large sums on his taxes and solicits funds on his House letterhead. Democrats shouldn't and can't afford to look away if the allegations are true.

On Sept. 13, 2009, Bloomberg published an article about Joseph Stiglitz'a recent assessment of the economy, in which he maintains that the banking crisis is actually worse than it was in 2007. The "too-big-to-fail" situation has actually worsened.

It's a coming-of-age story, you see. It's about a representative who has come of age from the voting booths of a town to accept the responsibilities of performing rousing debates on the floors of Congress with the interest of a constituency in mind while adhering to house rules. Don't fear, I'm not describing a remake of the "Cider House Rules" replacing the doctor with a Congressional representative. No, I'm describing the latest shock-and-awe disorderly behavior by a representative of a member of the 111th Congress. Enter Joe Wilson, a Congressional representative from South Carolina. In the aftermath of inappropriate timing, will the enforcement of ethical standards be abdicated in the US while many see that taking precautions in keeping the public trust in Congress is still the responsibility of everyone sitting in that room?

Ayaz Mir PML-N, Jhangir Badar PPP and Dr. Farrukh Saleem in fresh episode of Capital Talk discussing perfromance of first year of Asif Ali Zardari as president with Hamid Mir.

Imtiaz Alam, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao PPP, Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Ch. Shahbaz Hussain PML-Q and Farhat Ullah Babar in fresh episode of Live with Talat and talk with Syed Talat Hussain.

Raja Parvez Ashraf PPP and Faisal Saleh Hayat PML-Q in fresh and hot episode of Off The Record discussing current issues with Kashif Abbasi.

Iqbal Zafar Jhagra PML-N, Jhangir Badar PPP in fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight & discusses current issue with Nadeem Malik.

Iqbal Zafar Jhagra PML-N, Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan PPP and Siraj ul Haq JI NWFP in fresh episode of Kal Tak & discusses current issue with Javed Choudhry.

Farzana Raja PPP, Senator Mushahidullah Khan PML-N and Riaz Fatiana PML-Q in fresh episode of Siyasi Log discussing with Quatrina Hussain.

Kamran Khan presents another fresh episode of Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath in Geo TV and talked with Khurram Dastagir Khan, Muhammad Sohail, Aqeel Karim and Dr. Faisal Sultan.

Ch. Pervaiz Elahi in fresh episode of Point Blank & discusses current issues with Mubashir Luqman.

Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed present another fresh episode of Bolta Pakistan and talk with Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan, Wasim and Jahangir Khan Tareen.

Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani (Education Minister), Prof. Fateh Muhamamd Malik and Dr, AH Nayyar(Educationist) discussing New Educational Policy with Hamid Mir.

Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Ch. Manzoor Ahmed PPP and Raja Shahid Zafar PPP in fresh episode of Live with Talat and discusses current issue with Syed Talat Hussain.

Raja Parvez Ashraf PPP and Faisal Saleh Hayat PML-Q in fresh episode of Off The Record and discussing current issues with Kashif Abbasi.

Lt. Gen. (R) Hameed Gul Former DG ISI in fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight & discusses current issue with Nadeem Malik.

Mushahid Hussain Syed PML-Q, Imran Khan Chairman PTI and Fouzia Wahab Sec. Info. PPP in fresh episode of Kal Tak discussing performance of current government with Javed Choudhry.

Sheikh Waqas Akram PML-Q, Irfan Siddiqui and Ch. Manzoor Ahmed PPP in fresh episode of Siyasi Log discussing with Quatrina Hussain.