Interesting

Grumpy · #1 11-25-2009, 03:45 PM

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net...ediafinal.html

Boreas · #2 11-25-2009, 04:12 PM

I get it! It's all Obama's fault. He screwed the whole place up the day after he was inaugurated.

Seriously though, that map looks pretty damned grim - about as grim as I feel.

John

noonereal · #3 11-25-2009, 05:04 PM

No, the map clearly shows that Obama has not yet been able to reverse the course from the last 8 years.

Maybe "just say no" is why?

Charles · #4 11-25-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

No, the map clearly shows that Obama has not yet been able to reverse the course from the last 8 years.

Maybe "just say no" is why?

He's not reversing course, he's accelerating the same course. He just calls it something different.

Chas

noonereal · #5 11-25-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles

He's not reversing course, he's accelerating the same course. He just calls it something different.

Chas

Chas

think of it like a run awaytruck . First you got to catch it, then you try to steer it safely until you can bring it to a stop and bring it back. Obie just jumped onto the running board.

Charles · #6 11-25-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by noonereal

Chas

think of it like a run awaytruck . First you got to catch it, then you try to steer it safely until you can bring it to a stop and bring it back. Obie just jumped onto the running board.

Yeah, he's hanging on the running boards, but he ain't drivin'. If he starts drawing too much flack (like he is now), they'll kick his ass off of the running boards and get someone else.

Obie talks a good game, but he's not the one to lead us out of the wilderness.

We need someone who has hair on their ass, Like Andrew Jackson or TR. Someone who doesn't care if they have the job or not.

Hate to say it, but Obie's a go along to get along politician. I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

Presidents are like cops. Anyone who really wants the job shouldn't be allowed to have it.

As a rule. And it goes triple for prison guards.

Chas

merrylander · #7 11-26-2009, 07:24 AM

Wasn't Reich the one who advised Clinto to sign the Gramm bill that killed Glass stegal? Sorry, but I don't want anyone in treasury who can even spell Wall Street.

Boreas · #8 11-26-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by merrylander

Wasn't Reich the one who advised Clinto to sign the Gramm bill that killed Glass stegal?

I don't know. It's possible, I guess, but Robert Reich left the Clinton Administration after the first term and Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed in 1999.

[EDIT] I'd also add that, given what I know about Bob Reich, I don't think he would have been in favor of Gramm-Leach-Bliley. He's definitely not a Free Marketeer.

John