tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2245443188678759681..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 21 2009: ObamapaloozaIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16903169793257213542009-03-22T18:27:00.000-04:002009-03-22T18:27:00.000-04:00Anonymous 6:14: "Bush the Lesser"Nay, nay. I insi...Anonymous 6:14: "Bush the Lesser"<BR/><BR/>Nay, nay. I insist that he is George the Least. <BR/><BR/>There are other Georges in the world, yes? And is not this one the least of all Georges?<BR/><BR/>Yes he is; proven repeatedly.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14786918806111537172009-03-22T18:18:00.000-04:002009-03-22T18:18:00.000-04:00el gallinazo Is this the Denninger article Fri 20 ...el gallinazo <BR/><BR/>Is this the Denninger article Fri 20 march: http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2009/03/20.html<BR/><BR/>-deviated septum-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68254044662971176372009-03-22T18:14:00.000-04:002009-03-22T18:14:00.000-04:00Bush the Lesser, took the highest ranking black mi...Bush the Lesser, took the highest ranking black military officer in the history of the country, made him Sec of State, and had him go out into the foyer of the UN in front of the world, and repeat a Big Stinking Lie about WMD and such. It destroyed Powell's credibility and remains a permanent stain on his integrity to this day.<BR/><BR/>Do you think it was just a coincidence that Bush Baby and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86988233866249389232009-03-22T17:31:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:31:00.000-04:00@AhimsaAgree entirely. Centiare, like Orion, is t...@Ahimsa<BR/><BR/>Agree entirely. Centiare, like Orion, is treading dangerously close to blatant racist rhetoric. I have to admit that I am surprised that these "purist" libertarians have this racist streak in them. I always disliked them for other reasons.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11659393977980217512009-03-22T17:27:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:27:00.000-04:00@Centiare"This whole entrenched system of lifetime...@Centiare<BR/><BR/>"This whole entrenched system of lifetime politicians in bed with monied business interests has got to come to an end. Thankfully, that's the one big positive that gonna come out of system failure."<BR/><BR/>Jeez, are you an optimist! Maybe if we have no money we will have no monied interests, just guys swapping clamshells and cougar teeth.<BR/><BR/>And how would we stop, in ael gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33782050593570775232009-03-22T17:19:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:19:00.000-04:00GreenpaAll governments can be evaluated on a corru...Greenpa<BR/><BR/>All governments can be evaluated on a corruption scale from 0 to 10. (Maybe 11 using the Spinal Tap precedent.) Maybe a government under 1 never existed, but one might strive for one under 4 or 5. If that makes us idealists, so be it.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22417499109375072112009-03-22T17:06:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:06:00.000-04:00Snuffy - first, sorry to hear of your job situatio...Snuffy - first, sorry to hear of your job situation, and congratulations.<BR/><BR/>second: "We are about to get the lesson the Argentinians have learned,about corrupt government."<BR/><BR/>Um. Can anybody here point to a time, place, or population, anywhere in history- where the people LEARNED lessons about corrupt government?<BR/><BR/>If they had learned- wouldn't we have a nice, uncorrupt Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84760449158763680272009-03-22T16:51:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:51:00.000-04:00Centiare said:"(Obama doesn't even have slightest ...Centiare said:<BR/><BR/>"(Obama doesn't even have slightest clue as to what is transpiring. We are actually extremely fortunate that an affirmative action incompetent of his magnitude is the Left's token figurehead.)"<BR/><BR/>Let's not demonize affirmative action. Affirmative action has nothing to do with Obama being naive, incompetent or another corrupt politician who perhaps has allowed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31508259583280644872009-03-22T16:50:00.001-04:002009-03-22T16:50:00.001-04:00StoneleighFrom Denniger on Friday:This is the "eco...Stoneleigh<BR/><BR/>From Denniger on Friday:<BR/>This is the "economic collapse" scenario, because further government spending in such a situation requires the dilution of all existing money in the system by the same amount spent. This is a circle jerk - you're not actually able to spend that money and get the goods and services you want as a government, since you are creating and consuming at el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16966550752809648632009-03-22T16:50:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:50:00.000-04:00@el gallinazo - I believe we've reached the po...@el gallinazo - I believe we've reached the point we're at because both the left & right accommodated the corruption.<BR/><BR/>The left is correct in that we need more regulation, but only at a very core level. As we have seen, regulators can (and did) become 'captured' by the very entities they are supposed to be regulating when there are complex rules & rewards built in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35279654730019149572009-03-22T16:35:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:35:00.000-04:00@ Starcade 3:47Hypothetically speaking, with most ...@ Starcade 3:47<BR/><BR/>Hypothetically speaking, with most commoners dead and gone, who's going to be left to pay taxes and do the schlepping for the elite? <BR/><BR/>What ever happenned to "United we stand; divided we fall." Was Mr. Lincoln bullshitting us?<BR/><BR/>If we are being set up for an end run of the country by foreign interests who demand payment by liquidation, then you go ahead andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23377864090232399542009-03-22T16:29:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:29:00.000-04:00Persephone,Thank you for the link 'Katrena moment'...Persephone,Thank you for the link 'Katrena moment'.I certainly hope Obama startles everyone and dumps this garbage crew that is leading him astray...I am reminder of the "traitor"discussion on the Argentinian clip.[Why do I have the feeling we be gittin' sold down the river by a smooth talkin' con artist extraordinaire?]<BR/> I think the basic difference here,is that other countries have long Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26329783105244646812009-03-22T16:28:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:28:00.000-04:00Is it too early for an Auction Failure?Is it too early for an Auction Failure?Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35207646260468095402009-03-22T16:27:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:27:00.000-04:00@el galObama will go down as our Menem, who posed ...@el gal<BR/><I>Obama will go down as our Menem, who posed as a populist for election, and then promptly sold out his people to the banking interests.</I><BR/><BR/>So far, that seems to be the trajectory he is following. I had seen the video before. My comment was that it was on a mainstream blog. It seems that noted economists are leaning toward TSHTF.<BR/><BR/>@ Phil - Thanks for the bailout Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11906655703587162902009-03-22T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:25:00.000-04:00@DavidAfraid that was I :-(@David<BR/><BR/>Afraid that was I :-(el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61714957185640789662009-03-22T16:19:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:19:00.000-04:00@ el GallinazoRe ObamaEither he is Wall Street's M...@ el Gallinazo<BR/><BR/><I>Re Obama<BR/><BR/>Either he is Wall Street's Manchurian candidate or much, much dumber than anyone suspected. There are really no other alternatives now.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Someone else, somewhere else, noted that the PTB wanted Obama elected, because he would be much better at selling the program to the people than McCain ever could. That the people would believe him Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54606400361248871412009-03-22T15:52:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:52:00.000-04:00centiare: When TSHTF, it's all over, and fast. W...centiare: When TSHTF, it's all over, and fast. We will go to the Third World so fast that we will create the Fourth World.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67636887182980679662009-03-22T15:47:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:47:00.000-04:00Greenpa: At the rate things are going, Obama will...Greenpa: At the rate things are going, Obama will probably be gone, by force, a couple months after that 4 months is up...<BR/><BR/>Ilargi: Congress is a ceremonial body since Sept. 11. Basically operating with real guns to their heads, they do the bidding of their masters and no one else.<BR/><BR/>Persephone: See my previous comment -- the structure will be maintained until it is physically Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5228291347325798352009-03-22T15:26:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:26:00.000-04:00Anon 1923: As I've said numerous times, you eithe...Anon 1923: As I've said numerous times, you either MUST raise taxes significantly, or MUST reduce the population significantly.<BR/><BR/>I've always believed the goal of the Limbaugh/Hannity/Savage crew was to eliminate those they found undesireable from the population, so only the "Right Thinking Order of Chay-sus" remains...<BR/><BR/>I just want the fuckers to admit it so I can punch them.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89078284073337333522009-03-22T15:18:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:18:00.000-04:00Bigelow: The real question is this:Is there an Am...Bigelow: The real question is this:<BR/><BR/>Is there an American economy if the zombie banks and their spawn (AIG, etc.) are finally dealt with?<BR/><BR/>And, if there isn't, then can any degree of order be kept while a new economy is set up?<BR/><BR/>I think that's where you get the "too big to fail" crowd involved. Can you retain order in this America without keeping the dead companies Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86573490385317788382009-03-22T14:51:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:51:00.000-04:00@ GreenpaLawyers@ Greenpa<BR/><A>Lawyers</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20219094696328024762009-03-22T14:38:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:38:00.000-04:00Follow the Bailout Cash'"This certainly appears to...<A HREF="http://www.newsweek.com/id/190363" REL="nofollow">Follow the Bailout Cash</A><BR/><BR/>'"This certainly appears to be a case of TARP funds being recycled into campaign contributions," says Brett Kappell, a D.C. lawyer who tracks donations.'<BR/><BR/>Now there's a surprise! (not)Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05789761931551673481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18500383603988045652009-03-22T14:03:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:03:00.000-04:00PersephoneRe Argentina's Economic collapse. It's ...Persephone<BR/><BR/>Re Argentina's Economic collapse. It's been up on youtube for quite a while. I downloaded it in twelve sections, taped it together, and had a showing for my friends here in Paradise. I considered Menem's bushy sideburns to be the high point of the film. What a hip and cool populist! I think Obama will go down as our Menem, who posed as a populist for election, and then el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60970897325125898802009-03-22T13:43:00.000-04:002009-03-22T13:43:00.000-04:00The U.S. and other western industrial countries us...The U.S. and other western industrial countries used the IMF to hypocritical advantage in the past.<BR/><BR/>This is going to stop.<BR/><BR/>The impossibly harsh draconian measures the IMF imposed on developing countries and the third world will be applied to the good old USA by a global bond dislocation.<BR/><BR/>The point is approaching for this day of reckoning, but I now think the Criminal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7339194296083912662009-03-22T13:35:00.000-04:002009-03-22T13:35:00.000-04:00@CentiareWell, the intelligent left (Hudson, Miche...@Centiare<BR/><BR/>Well, the intelligent left (Hudson, Michel Chossudovsky, our fearless hosts, etc,) and the obnoxious and semi-noxious libertarian right both agree that this is where we are headed. Just out of curiosity, do you feel that we have entered these turbulent waters because Clinton and Bush over regulated Wall Street? Perhaps Glass Steagal should have been repealed in 1980? Fuld el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com