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THE INCREDIBLY BRIEF STORY OF HOW WE GOT SCREWED - BY PAUL KRUGMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html?ref=paulkrugman
In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through reckless lending. In the second act, the bubbles burst — but bankers were bailed out by taxpayers, with remarkably few strings attached, even as ordinary workers continued to suffer the consequences of the bankers’ sins. And, in the third act, bankers showed their gratitude by turning on the people who had saved them, throwing their support — and the wealth they still possessed thanks to the bailouts — behind politicians who promised to keep their taxes low and dismantle the mild regulations erected in the aftermath of the crisis.
Given this history, how can you not applaud the protesters for finally taking a stand?
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Yo WTF'ers!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we'll get to the main subject matter on the blog, but first this: Legendary Pittsburgh Poet Billy Nardozzi, he of the quick snappy rhyme and the mullet, has crafted a poem about yours truly and placed it on my FB page.
This is a man who pays the Pittsburgh Post Gazette to publish his poetry, to the delight and alternately to the consternation of his many fans/detractors.
I'm a fan.
For more on Billy's colorful history, here's Brian O'Neill.
POST-GAZETTE.COM - BRIAN O'NEILL
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/brian-oneill/around-town-heartfelt-poetry-makes-for-nice-prose-and-cons-371561/
"He's like a treasure to me," Ann Malady of Elizabeth Borough said when she called to urge me to do a column on him. "This guy -- he makes my day."
Others slam Mr. Nardozzi, 52, both for his rhyme schemes and his outdated mullet haircut. His photo runs with his poems when he drops the money -- he says it runs from around $50 to $100 -- on his ads.
He recalled one guy calling his house to say, "Dude, this is 2009. Lose the hair, buddy."
"A POEM ABOUT JOHN"
"A Poem About John"
I dig John McIntire
Cause he's "downright cool"
And because being honest
Is his "number one rule"
And I've always admired him
For his "witty replys"
And even though he's very smart
... He's still "one of the guys"
Thank you John
For just being you
And everything I have said
Is "one-hundred -percent- true"!
Thanks Billy.
Lump to throat.
Tear to eye.
Beats a lump in the eye and a teary throat.
This is the greatest honor I've ever received.
I guess all that's left is the Nobel Peace Prize.
Workin' on it.
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LEGENDARY RAIL SPLITTER CHANGES COLOR - UPGRADES WARDROBE!
My Gawd. Black Abe Lincoln?
A nutjob ad agency pitches a nutjob SuperPac Billionaire an ad campaign designed to portray Barack Obama as a "black Abe Lincoln"?
Wow. Nutjobbery of the highest order. Stupidity of the gargantuan variety.
And kinda funny.
You understand what this means. Conservative nutjobs are STILL pissed at Abe Lincoln. What did Lincoln say when he woke up with a hangover? "I freed the what?"
Yes, that old conservative racist joke is still lame.
So essentially they're saying "Lincoln was horrible, and in the NEW incarnation, get this.... HE'S BLACK! So we've doubled the horrible!"
This does illustrate the level of crazy among the far right.
Oh, and there's more. Not only is he a black Abe Lincoln. He's a "metrosexual" black Abe Lincoln.
What, the stovepipe hat wasn't metrosexual enough for ya?
For the uninitiated, "metrosexual" means guys who dress fancy. So fancy, you might even think they're gay. Git it? Who comes up with this stuff?
So, according to this logic, freeing the slaves would be bad enough, but if you also dressed fancy and got a manicure every now and again, man, then you're a world class a-hole.
Beyond pathetically stupid. People actually get paid to think of this stuff.
If you're just playing catchup on this nonsense, here are a couple of links.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/metrosexual-black-abe-lincoln-jeremiah-wright-and-the-worst-attack-ad-ever/2012/05/17/gIQAIyr0WU_blog.html
Also, the line of attack — that Barack Obama was wrongly portrayed as a “metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln” misses the point that — hey, a “metrosexual black Abe Lincoln” actually sounds pretty cool. Condescending, sure. But not uncool.
Beg. 2. Differ.
Sounds ridiculous. Sounds right wing nutjob paranoid racist. These people live in a world where Abe Lincoln is the devil.
NUT. JOBS. ON. PARADE.
Another disappointing aspect of the story, is that the SuperPac Billionaire being pitched this idea by veteran nutjob political consultant Fred Davis, is the owner of the Chicago Cubs, my team from back in the day.
NYTIMES.COM:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/us/politics/magnate-steps-into-2012-fray-on-wild-pitch.html?pagewanted=1
Joe Ricketts, an up-by-the-bootstraps billionaire whose varied holdings include a name-brand brokerage firm in Omaha, a baseball team in Chicago, herds of bison in Wyoming and a start-up news Web site in New York, wanted to be a player in the 2012 election. On Thursday he was, though not in the way he had intended.
Now I must do the unthinkable. I must scold the New York Times.
Yes, this story is bizarre. Yes, the pitch itself is beyond laughable.
But if the reporting is true, Billionaire Rickets never seriously considered it. Ideas germinate like crazy during political periods, and many are off the wall. True believers pitch outrageous nonsense.
Reportedly the Ricketts folks who had seen this were troubled. As they should be. Not so much that it was racist nonsense. But that it's just plain stupid.
Oh, and they were going to use a lot of inflammatory soundbites by the preacher no longer affiliated with Barack, Jeremiah Wright. Barack repudiated and dumped his ass last cycle. Been there, done that. Old news. Wouldn't have worked. True believer nutjob fantasy run amok.
But the Times played it up too heavily.
Day 1 Front Page above the fold.
It just wasn't that big a deal.
This proposal wasn't taking off, and in fact was shunned.
Panties in a wad over bupkis.
I am however, rethinking my devotion to the Chicago Cubs.
Plus, they suck. Even worse than the Pirates. And that's saying something.
BRIEF Q AND A ABOUT THE KENNEDYS IN VIEW OF BOB JR.'S WIFE SUICIDE
Is there a Kennedy Curse?
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-kennedycurse/?cid=hero_media_x3
The Kennedy family is considered American royalty. But tragic occurrences seem to occur to the Kennedy clan, and the late Edward Kennedy once suggested the family suffered from a curse.
YES THERE'S A KENNEDY CURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLO??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR OF "GAME OVER" - ALL ABOUT THE PENN STATE SEX SCANDAL
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