msjimmied's Comments (1627)

“They have a whole library of apps at the GOP..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_IAN081P8I”

“Gee whiz..how many fans do you really need? Will 1 more do it? :-)

I wish Biden would be heard more often. I don't want this thing with his "gaffes" to shut him up. His heart's in the right place...be­sides we know what he meant. Like when we type, if we don't scan through what we wrote, there are our errors for all the world to see. And we have the luxury of reading through what we post. People who know you will fill in the blanks...i­t's OK. Please don't sideline him.”

“the clowns are the the peasants..

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/14/americas-peasant-mentality/”

“There should be a meter besides these stories, or graphs, something to give a flavor of what the consensus is...I could think of something more colorful than agree or do not agree. For this one, the overwhelming majority voted Eff U.”

“Good one!”

“I don't think so. I think he has what it takes to astound you with his staying power. I also like the fact that he will call it as he sees it, no sacred cows. Not a peasant mind set at all...

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/14/americas-peasant-mentality/”

“True..so what was it that they gave those soldiers?”

“N Korea just devalued their currency and wiped out savings..m­ini flare-up?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120101841.html?wprss=rss_business”

“What kind of a remark was that? What does politics have to do with two young people who want to get married? Follow this up with something.­..Sometime­s you guys really get me angry.”

“Even now, most times when people talk about Goldman, they mention that vampire squid line. O the contempt and anger that oozed from that article...­.Goldman has not stopped though, they just keep moving right along mowing down everything that grows and blowing bigger and better bubbles. That squid needs to be harpooned.”

“Gawd! Please let us build a high speed train...lo­ts of cities can be connected, one down along the NE coast? How about California, linking San Fran and LA? San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Dallas? One cross country all the way to Disneyland!”

“Check this out....wha­t if the earth had rings around it like Saturn, what would the sky look like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2sQ7KIQ-E&feature=player_embedded#”

“Thank you for all that you guys do. For what its worth, the marijuana threads here are generally a rollicking good time. It is coming, the laws will be changed, just keep making noise..”

“2 years? Can you count?”

“With the constant bombardment of stories of hypocrisy and just plain looney tunes from the right, how can anyone not vote to make sure we keep the spineless democrats in power? At least they make sense! So they squabble like a dysfunctional family, it's OK, that's how consensus is reached. The blue dogs are out, no way can we have wolves in democratic sheepskins.

Other than that, if you guys really get your act together, you can be the messiah and the apostles to the people for at least a century...­get back down to the mantra of the people, by the people, for the people. and MEAN IT!”

“See what happens when the private equity sharks go into their feeding frenzy..

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/10/09/excesses_of_private_equity_put_mattress_firm_on_death_bed/”

“Good! are you embarrassed?”

“Forget about shaming them, they have none. Right about now they are figuring out how many pieces of silver they are going to be handing out to all the minions who sold the average guy out. Forget about the guys who are holding the derivatives, be like Dubai, take a number, all of you who want your pound of flesh...fi­nd a way to ascertain the correct value, you've lost those dollars anyway. I liked the professor from Arizona who told people to walk away. It is a contract, if you don't pay, the bank gets it back. Good! The essence of the contract..­.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34207654/site/14081545

Please watch this, to the end, remember this guy is not used to prime time, but he holds his own on the far right CNBC...sta­rt with a moratorium on the interest rates that can be charged on a mortgage, if the banks are getting it for peanuts, pass it on.”

“We are going to have to spend. It's what we are spending on that I have a problem with. Quit coddling the financial world with goodies. They are bigger and badder than they were a year ago, when we collectively had to go fish them out of the sewer. They are ready to bring down the wobbling edifice once again with the dollar carry trade, they know it is going to blow...why do you think they can't hand out those bonuses fast enough? Take the money and run before it all goes kaploooeeey!

This approach will have us all waiting for a new dawn, just as we have been waiting for the trickle down. Take a bottom up approach on the spending. Rebuild our infrastructure thus creating jobs. Take a radical approach to the housing problem. Direct the stimulus to the man on the street. The consumer is 70% of the GDP.

The hypocrisy of the deficit hawks..

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/11/28/the-faux-deficit-debate/

"What Rove requires is what Palin requires: total amnesia of what they just said or did. There is nothing deeper to either of them than the cynical attempt to spin the next five minutes to their own advantage and at the cost of the country in general...­"

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/the-emptiness-of-karl-rove.html”

“It's not the Obama or GOP thing..no politician has the courage to upend the financial and political system. Like I said, there is no blueprint, so it is fraught with peril. Besides, how do you sell it to people who would rather feel safe in the world as they know it, even if it is obviously unsustainable? We are all the conductors on our own little Titanic, we will cling to the debris when it breaks up, we will freeze to death in the water....b­ut we will not find the courage to change course.

What do you you think should happen? Maybe another couple of decades waiting for the trickle down? The experiment was a dismal failure, the rich will hang on to what they have, very little trickles down. Democrats are in the hot seat, they need to start an honest debate. Don't worry about the votes, most people already have an inkling that this is really big, they want change and they want the truth. We would all like to see that blueprint take shape.”

“Interesting premise.”

“I have read at least 4 different articles on this very subject from different sources just this weekend. Is it the universal subconscious speaking? The facts are shouting at us about changing course, but it does not seem to have dawned on the ones that make the decisions. Stop trying to fix what's broke. a radical departure from the path we have been following is needed. There is no blueprint for where we go from here. Sadly, I doubt we have the seer statesman, they will keep throwing good money after bad, they will tell you to keep the faith while this ship slowly sinks...mu­ch like the home owner who can no longer afford the home payments that got reset, and the value is half of what he borrowed on it. Home owner has his head in the sand, because the best day dream is denial. We are all in the same boat.”

“Plenty of soap operas on TV if you're into that kind of entertainment. Here is Wanda Sykes with her take with what really happened. Hilarious.­.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZSjajdRd8&feature=player_embedded”

“Walking or running? Hours on the marketing bus pumping her book? Nah, Palin is getting used to the finer things in life, and she will do what it takes to keep it coming.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-29/palins-bus-hoax/?cid=hp:mainpromo8”

“Carol, sometimes I think people do not see the danger as they are not aware what the dollar carry trade is. Like no one really knew about credit default swaps and derivatives till the succotash hit the fan. Most articles that do go into detail are so technical in nature that the average persons eyes glaze over...I like this one because it raises a resounding alarm and does describe in detail why, in a language that most can understand.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/175060-another-crisis-looms-right-around-the-corner

BTW, Cognitive Dissonance wrote a great article on End of Empire, Marla got on on on Decline of City, don't miss it!”