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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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If there's a War on Women, and I'm on the chicks' side (and I am on the chicks' side), I want one of my generals to be Arianna Huffington.
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Tough, smart, articulate. Bright enough to have converted to left of center. Rich person who seems to actually give a flying fig about poor folk.
Sure, a bit of a snake in the grass when it comes to business. It's both brilliant and devious to get your famous pals to write for your website for free and eventually turn all that free content into a highly profitable business, all the while not compensating your large staff of unpaid scribes, many of them celebrity buddies whose names drew traffic.
But hey, no one held a gun to anybody's head. I wish I'd thought of it. Then again, that would require some celebrity pals. I once met Burt Ward who played Robin on the old Batman show. But we were never tight. And he wasn't wearing tights.
So, yeah, Arianna rocks. But she's totally full of feces in her criticism of Barack Obama's campaign running ads bragging about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
POLITICO.COM:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75742.html
“I think it’s one thing to celebrate the fact that they did such a great job. It’s one thing to have an NBC special from the Situation Room,” the media mogul said on “CBS This Morning.” “All that, to me, is perfectly legitimate. But to turn it into a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do.”
Yeah. Despicable. Huh?
Why is it one of the most despicable things you can do? Adrianna, ol' chum, what the F are you talking about? You expect a very difficult decision that luckily turned out well made by the President of the United States which would result in the capture and death of the world's most wanted terrorist to NOT be a bragging/talking point in a heated Presidential campaign?
Politics is bragging. Politics is boasting. Politics is tooting your own horn.
And you know this. I find your comment both inaccurate, but mostly illogical. Why is it "despicable" again? Sure the Seal Team Six deserves most of the credit, as do the intelligence folk who FINALLY found out where he was.
But you may remember Dubya saying it no longer mattered where Osama was, which he of course said, because his administration was unable to track him down.
And, oh, by the way, it was Dubya who didn't send in enough troops to Tora Bora during our initial invasion, which is why Osama escaped in the first place.
And Barack n' Roll did indeed beef up the "Let's Get Osama" forces, because he decided it still mattered to get the son of a bitch.
And considering Jimmy Carter's disastrous attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran back in the day, and how no hostages were rescued, soldiers were killed and helicopters were destroyed, and considering how it made Carter look completely incompetent....
... and considering how when Obama went around the table and said what do you think we should do, and Hillary was tepid and Crazy Uncle Joe (who supposedly has the big foreign policy chops) recommended AGAINST it... considering Obama's call was fraught with political risk... considering the whole thing was a big fat bowl of amazing success... why shouldn't you take credit for it and brag about it in the context of a political campaign?
Arianna, have you got anything to support your rather absurd assertion?
POLITICO.COM:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75742.html
Huffington likened the ad to Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m. phone call” spot against Obama during the 2008 campaign: “It’s the same thing that Hillary Clinton did with the ‘3 a.m. call,’ you know — ‘You are not ready to be commander-in-chief.’”
And why wasn't that ad legitimate? I mean, you can argue that Hillary's 3am experience would be watching your husband take the call, but you could also argue even THAT was more experience than Obama had at the time.
And all is fair in love and politics. Well, maybe not ALL. But boasting of a major accomplishment? Textbook. Campaigning 101. THAT'S. WHAT. YA. DO.
I have no idea what the hell she's talking about and I find the totally illegitimate criticism to be somewhat bizarre, especially for one so experienced in political discourse, campaign ads, and the inevitable braggadocio of a campaign.
And what did our man Mittens, the man's mannequin have to say about this?
BOSTON.COM:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2012/04/30/romney_says_he_would_have_ordered_bin_laden_killed/
"Of course. Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order," Romney said, answering a reporter's question.
Well, um, Jimmy did give a similar order but as we've said, different results.
It's stupid for the reporter to ask the question, 'cause what the hell do you think the Man's Mannequin is gonna say, "no, I would have totally wimped out"?
But the ridiculous part of Mittens' statement is that implies the decision was an easy one, when the factual historical record shows it was anything but easy and fraught with danger.
Whatever. Reality usually has nothing to do with politics.
Let's hope Arianna locates the clue she seems to have misplaced.
Incidentally it still cracks me up that it's apparently OK to kidnap the guy, shoot him in the head, and feed him to the fishes, as long as you wrap him in a ceremonial sheet before you make him shark appetizers.
It's a strange world.
Here's the Bill Clinton narrated ad praising Barry O.
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