Comments on: Three New Things http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/ America's favorite blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39078 Fri, 22 May 2009 04:01:57 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39078 Stay on the meds, Dirk. You really don't want to face your own reality as SecInt. Actually, you don't really want to face anything. For $250,000, I'm thinking maybe Vinnie could remodel you, Rummie, and Darth Vader. Stay on the meds, Dirk. You really don’t want to face your own reality as SecInt. Actually, you don’t really want to face anything.
For $250,000, I’m thinking maybe Vinnie could remodel you, Rummie, and Darth Vader.

]]> by: Dirk http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39060 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:49:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39060 Damn, Chris, I thought you guys would have forgotten about my remodeled $250,000 bathroom off of my office back in DC. What am I talking about? I wish <em>I</em> could forget about DC itself. At least I no longer wake up screaming in the night. Maybe I'll eventually come off the meds. Damn, Chris, I thought you guys would have forgotten about my remodeled $250,000 bathroom off of my office back in DC. What am I talking about? I wish I could forget about DC itself. At least I no longer wake up screaming in the night. Maybe I’ll eventually come off the meds.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39058 Wed, 20 May 2009 05:10:58 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39058 I second that, Chris. I second that, Chris.

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39050 Tue, 19 May 2009 18:45:04 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39050 Waterfowler, my grandchildren's money has already been spent killing Iraqis and buying toilets for corporate offices. Thank God that at least some of this current binge is being spent on them and in a way that is potentially productive. Waterfowler, my grandchildren’s money has already been spent killing Iraqis and buying toilets for corporate offices. Thank God that at least some of this current binge is being spent on them and in a way that is potentially productive.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39011 Fri, 15 May 2009 12:20:08 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-39011 WF, The value and flow of money gets hacked, hammered, and generally hurled all over hell's half acre. What we owe our grandchildren are a clean, sustainable environment, a healthy economy, and a government that really does promote the general welfare. And we need to spend whatever will achieve those goals. As you well know, there is good debt and bad debt, and wise governance and unwise governance. But we cannot function without either credit or governance. And the private sector never brings an economy out of a recession/depression. It capitalizes on whatever trajectory the economy is in to whatever extent a particular business enterprise can, even killing the goose if it sees short-term wealth. Only government thinks in broader and longer terms, when it is a good government. When it is not, it either "gets out of the way" or joins in on the short-term plunder. Sorry to see you still think Reagan was correct. WF,

The value and flow of money gets hacked, hammered, and generally hurled all over hell’s half acre. What we owe our grandchildren are a clean, sustainable environment, a healthy economy, and a government that really does promote the general welfare. And we need to spend whatever will achieve those goals. As you well know, there is good debt and bad debt, and wise governance and unwise governance. But we cannot function without either credit or governance. And the private sector never brings an economy out of a recession/depression. It capitalizes on whatever trajectory the economy is in to whatever extent a particular business enterprise can, even killing the goose if it sees short-term wealth. Only government thinks in broader and longer terms, when it is a good government. When it is not, it either “gets out of the way” or joins in on the short-term plunder.

Sorry to see you still think Reagan was correct.

]]> by: waterfowler http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38998 Thu, 14 May 2009 07:44:29 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38998 Dee, you shoot the messenger... How's SS doing now? David, AIG should be bankrupt right now. "Significant" happens when we make the govt. get out of our way. If they would shut their collective mouth and do nothing, we'd see a much quicker recovery. We have no business spending our grandchildrens' money. Dee, you shoot the messenger… How’s SS doing now?
David, AIG should be bankrupt right now. “Significant” happens when we make the govt. get out of our way. If they would shut their collective mouth and do nothing, we’d see a much quicker recovery.
We have no business spending our grandchildrens’ money.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38995 Wed, 13 May 2009 23:26:48 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38995 As badly as our goose is cooked thanks to the private sector greedheads and a federal government that got suckered, and then when red flags did get raised, ignored them, my questions are Who really stole what from us, who is most responsible for the global financial debacle, and when in history has any western government done anything anywhere near as fiscally irresponsible, and in reality utterly criminal? The favorite crime of western governments has been war, and even that at the behest of powerful private sector interests. When anything significant that is actually good for society as a whole gets done, it is thanks to government intervention. And anyone who has paid any attention at all to history and is intellectually insightful knows that one of the functions of government which is partnered with capitalism is to redistribute wealth if it becomes overconcentrated. I repeat, great wealth is the global oligarch. I would gladly dine on AIG if it were a goose. As badly as our goose is cooked thanks to the private sector greedheads and a federal government that got suckered, and then when red flags did get raised, ignored them, my questions are Who really stole what from us, who is most responsible for the global financial debacle, and when in history has any western government done anything anywhere near as fiscally irresponsible, and in reality utterly criminal? The favorite crime of western governments has been war, and even that at the behest of powerful private sector interests.

When anything significant that is actually good for society as a whole gets done, it is thanks to government intervention. And anyone who has paid any attention at all to history and is intellectually insightful knows that one of the functions of government which is partnered with capitalism is to redistribute wealth if it becomes overconcentrated.

I repeat, great wealth is the global oligarch.

I would gladly dine on AIG if it were a goose.

]]> by: dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38993 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:01:34 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38993 Hey wf! I have a hard time accepting anything Martin Feldstein says considering he was one of the biggest boosters of the "privatize social security" movement under GWB. He also served on the board of AIG Financial products while it was sinking to the bottom of the financial market. Not exactly stellar recommendations. Hey wf! I have a hard time accepting anything Martin Feldstein says considering he was one of the biggest boosters of the “privatize social security” movement under GWB. He also served on the board of AIG Financial products while it was sinking to the bottom of the financial market. Not exactly stellar recommendations.

]]> by: waterfowler http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38992 Wed, 13 May 2009 19:36:13 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38992 It's not enough to steal the golden eggs. They also want to eat the goose. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124217336075913063.html It’s not enough to steal the golden eggs. They also want to eat the goose.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124217336075913063.html

]]> by: gillian http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38989 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:34:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/04/26/three-new-things/#comment-38989 I don't know - this one has kind of a perverse "Groundhog Day" feel to it. http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/05/12/tomo/index.html I don’t know - this one has kind of a perverse “Groundhog Day” feel to it.

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/05/12/tomo/index.html

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