tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post438353633049020081..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Phil Gramm Died For Your Sins, Part 2The Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-17651659920329150382008-08-03T15:37:00.000-05:002008-08-03T15:37:00.000-05:00Truly, as Freudian a slip as I have seen in a whil...Truly, as Freudian a slip as I have seen in a while! Although if it were me, my slip would have been "wine here."Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-35519355835166982622008-08-03T15:26:00.000-05:002008-08-03T15:26:00.000-05:00And I meant to type "Whine Here", not "Whine Hear"...And I meant to type "Whine Here", not "Whine Hear". <BR/><BR/>That probably was an honest-to-goodness Freudian slip ! !The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-27160535435458232322008-08-02T11:21:00.000-05:002008-08-02T11:21:00.000-05:00No, no, no,,,,, whine all you want. If you can si...No, no, no,,,,, whine all you want. If you can sign on and listen to me whine about the Goracle and The Bringer Of Light Unto The Nations, by all means, whine hear. <BR/><BR/>Be my guest. <BR/><BR/>One of my favorite political jokes of all time is the one about the woman who was killed when she got trapped between Phil Gramm and a microphone.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-78025536757820013922008-08-02T10:59:00.000-05:002008-08-02T10:59:00.000-05:00WS --You are correct, the Grammophone is certainly...WS --You are correct, the Grammophone is certainly not alone in the coziness of his business arrangements (I know that's one of your principal stated beefs with the Goracle).<BR/><BR/>Also to your point, recessions are identified in retrospect, and at this point, we may not have sufficient data to absolutely tag the current situation. Still, a lot of people are feeling the sky darken. <BR/><BR/>Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-9984730931227068912008-08-02T06:33:00.000-05:002008-08-02T06:33:00.000-05:00Dr.,It's not the Washington Post's #'s which deter...Dr.,<BR/>It's not the Washington Post's #'s which determine if we're in a recession. It's Uncle Sam's #'s. These are released at the end of the month after each quarter. So the April-May-June numbers are released the last day of July. <BR/><BR/>They're finessed after that. <BR/><BR/>r.e. - Phil Gramm.... I never voted for him. But the arrangement you point to with Enron is typical. SimilarThe Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-15840672920706722992008-08-01T23:30:00.000-05:002008-08-01T23:30:00.000-05:00Whoops. I can't see the Washington Post article un...Whoops. <BR/><BR/>I can't see the Washington Post article unless I register (which I am inclined to not do). I guess I will never know by what diabolical means they have convinced you we are not in a recession.<BR/><BR/>Phil Gramm must be a very smart man. <BR/><BR/>Enron thought so when their lobbyists helped him draft the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (also known as the 'Enron Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.com