• more about #economicstimulus
    snappletree: I totally hear you on upstate NY. One of my gripes is that when telling out-of-staters where I'm from, the conversation inevitably goes like this: The... more »
    NefariousNewt: Anyone for egg nog? more »
    arodriguez.romero: did anybody see the gannet article lately about Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol"? The thesis is that Dickens was anti- organized religion and wanted... more »
    arodriguez.romero: I don't quite agree with the holiday dilution theory. All holidays, always, have been celebrated how the people involved wanted to, and not necessaril... more »
    Bunnya69: I. HATE. SNOW. It was fine when I was 8 years old and cold enjoy frolicking around in it, but 30 years later, it's not so fun. Yesterday I was going t... more »
    WaltzingMatilda: I am staunchly on the Pro-Christmas side - both secular and non-secular aspects. I love Christmas movies - It's a Wonderful Life down through National... more »
    limedcoconut: Spencer: Just thanks for keeping Yonkers out of the upstate bracket...I literally have to clinch my teeth and breathe deeply every time a Long Islande... more »
    RosePetalPlace: Upstate New Yorker here (actually, to be more specific, am from CNY, and, yes, will be flying up to Syracuse tomorrow to be with family). And, yes, it... more »
    brendastarlet is on it: I am not a Christmas hater, but I am always hit with a wave of depression at this time of year. My dad died when I was in my early teens, and for what... more »
    emilyanne: See here's the odd thing i like Christmas because where I grew up it wasn't a big consumer fest, it was a great family holiday where we ate lots, got ... more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: As a deeply irreligious man, I hate Christmas, because for some reason this time of year I am seized with an almost irresistable urge to GIVE AWAY ALL... more »
    PilgrimSoul: And finally, fuck Christmas. There, I said it. more »
    la.donna.pietra: My dear, deluded, perpetually optimistic mother is firmly convinced that even though Obama isn't even in office yet, the eleventy billion jobs that he... more »
    PilgrimSoul: So also, Rick Warren, I'm kind of surprised to see a consensus starting to emerge that this was a dumbass choice, with only halfhearted "but Obama car... more »
    quatrevingtquatre: It is snowing here in Seattle and we have a foot at my house. Which, yeah, I know it's not much for an East Coast person, but I am a born and bred Wes... more »
    southernbitch: i would just like the comment that a couple of weeks ago i was in a meeting here in new orleans concerning the future of the city, and we got onto a t... more »
    stacyinbean: I would just like to state that cucumber sandwiches are AMAZING. I also make latkes every Christmas morning for my incredibly Christian family, they a... more »
    Eeva: Fuck me gently with a chainsaw, do I look like Mother Teresa? I really want a cucumber sandwich now. more »
    WaltzingMatilda: Oh Megan - you had me at Fluffernutters. more »
    NefariousNewt: And speaking as a wandering Catholic, I have to say that even the spirit of Christmas is not what it used to be, to say nothing of Hannukah. Hannukah ... more »
  • #crappyhour

    We Were Dreaming Of A White Christmas Holiday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very Cold

    Apparently, being cold and stuck inside makes me kind of rant-filled about bailouts, stimuli, Prop 8, Hannukah, the mortgage crisis and structural deficiencies, so Spencer Ackerman is basically the perfect person to talk to.
  • #lindahirshman

    No, Barack Obama's Economic Plan Is Not Discriminating Against Women

  • #jezenomics

    Stimulate This!