Physical Cliffs

Incredible
Mr. Gore did not directly respond to those lines of criticism on Thursday. But in an e-mail message he wrote of his reason for divesting: “I am incredibly proud of what Current has been able to accomplish. But broadcast media is a business, and being an independent content producer in a time of increasing consolidation is a challenge.” (NYT, 1/3/2013)

Ah, where to start? Gore is "incredibly proud" of Current TV. It had an average of 42,000 viewers which in TV land rounds to 0% market share. "Incredibly proud" that he sold it to Al Jazeera. Osama bin Laden's mouthpiece and favorite channel. "Incredibly proud" that he sold it before year-end. You know, so that he could avoid the Obama capital gains hikes. (Don't Liberals tell us that paying taxes is patriotic?) No doubt he is "incredibly proud" that his cut is $100 million. Isn't Gore just the kind of selfish rich guy that Obama has been talking about for the last five years...non-stop? Where IS Obama on this issue? Why no press conference on the Gore tax deal? We sense a cover-up! The public is outraged! Oh, forget it.


Art Of The Deal
But Congress’s last-minute deal to raise taxes earlier this week will offset some of these sources of growth, since higher taxes trim how much money consumers have available to spend each week. (NYT, 1/4/2013)

With the election over and Obama safely re-elected, the New York Times discovers the economic policy fact that higher taxes leads to less consumer spending and reduced economic growth. 

Now remind us because we cannot remember, which party wanted lower taxes all along?


On The Sidelines
Millions of workers are sitting on the sidelines and so are not counted in the total tally of unemployed. (NYT, 1/4/2013)

With the election over and Obama safely re-elected, the New York Times discovers that the unemployment rate is actually much HIGHER than 7.8% 

We can do this all day folks. 


Vibrancy
The first serious display of XX-chromosome strength occurred well before noon, when the female members of the House Democratic Caucus gathered on the Capitol steps for a group photo.

With many of the women dressed in vibrant hues, they assembled in the chilly January air, waving to old friends and greeting the new. They laughed and joked, inviting Representative Barney Frank, the Democrat from Massachusetts who retired this week, to hop in the picture. (NYT, 1/3/2013)

Of course.


Promises
This Congress promises to be more diverse than its predecessors in several ways. On hand at the Capitol were Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin, the first openly gay senator; the first Hindu representative, Ms. Gabbard; and Mazie Hirono, Democrat of Hawaii, the first Buddhist senator. Representative Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona. also became the first openly bisexual member to serve in Congress. (NYT, 1/3/2013)

Now if they can only get a handicapped transgendered person of Samoan ancestry all the bases of identity politics will be covered. And what a great day for America that will be!