tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post7251323629845676140..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: A Subtle Suggestion For Senator Charles GrassleyThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-40989007670405644392009-03-21T23:02:00.000-05:002009-03-21T23:02:00.000-05:00Flee -- I couldn't have put it better myself.Flee -- I couldn't have put it better myself.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-57187177473268394362009-03-21T18:06:00.000-05:002009-03-21T18:06:00.000-05:00With the record unemployment there must be some pr...With the record unemployment there must be some pretty smart people who would be able to do their job. <BR/>The bubble burst and while 12 months ago it worked to say we have to keep the best and brightest by paying them crazy salaries we have seen where having the best and brightest has gotten us. I think that is why people are getting worked up. And who said we weren't worked up about the Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503096710901190795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-1060107112454211342009-03-21T17:23:00.000-05:002009-03-21T17:23:00.000-05:00Doctor,I guess what i'm getting at is this: If yo...Doctor,<BR/>I guess what i'm getting at is this: <BR/><BR/>If you and I and Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank and Barry O are going to run an insurance company, we're going to have to pay them. A lot. <BR/><BR/>I don't have time to run an insurance company. I don't believe you do either, and I hope that it continues to be that way. <BR/><BR/>Even if Nancy, Barney, and Barry have time to run an The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-74712992408295076512009-03-21T12:52:00.000-05:002009-03-21T12:52:00.000-05:00WS - I think you and I are about 99% on the same p...WS - I think you and I are about 99% on the same page here. <BR/><BR/>I do however feel it my duty to point out that when you use phrases like "bonuses were 9/100ths of 1% of the total trough" you sound a lot like me defending the NEA's budget several months ago. <BR/><BR/>Saying they'll have a hell of a time finding executives willing to go up against the Grassley/Franks of this world, and the Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-64531351009286613662009-03-21T10:16:00.000-05:002009-03-21T10:16:00.000-05:00TarrantLibertyGuy~I can agree with you on the Corp...TarrantLibertyGuy~<BR/><BR/>I can agree with you on the Corporatism, corporations run this country. That is why true reform will be hard if not impossible, the wealthy corporate elite have too many fat and happy not realizing what freedoms they are giving up. <BR/><BR/>Kevin Hayden from American Street offered my favorite quote this week: "Hang the bastards and let’s get our country back from Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503096710901190795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-48804884063487827722009-03-21T07:11:00.000-05:002009-03-21T07:11:00.000-05:00Doctor,You are absolutely correct. Grassley sugge...Doctor,<BR/>You are absolutely correct. <BR/>Grassley suggested that the AIG execs kill themselves, and later said that they were on the government tit. Why? Because they were doing exactly what HE does. Only the AIG bonuses were on a much, much smaller scale.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for the AIG execs, they were burdened with the word "bonus" instead of good wholesome phrases like "support forThe Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-72626155523075686102009-03-21T01:09:00.000-05:002009-03-21T01:09:00.000-05:00WS -- I'm sure it wasn't intended this way, but th...WS -- I'm sure it wasn't intended this way, but the current discussion strikes me as a bizarre variation on the rationale "everybody else does it."<BR/><BR/>Are you are discounting any criticism Grassley may have about AIG because he represents the interests of those who voted him into office? <BR/><BR/>Let me be clear - I have no great love of the whole bio-fuel fad as an alternative to fossil Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-14320664297419090132009-03-20T02:15:00.000-05:002009-03-20T02:15:00.000-05:00Flee, Flee oh magical, mystical, Flee...First, tsk...Flee, Flee oh magical, mystical, Flee...<BR/><BR/>First, tsk to Whited for not calling these points out. I'll go poit by point..."Shadow Banking System - - Although not a 'shadow banking system', the corn farmers have found a way to receive BILLIONS in handouts (much of it to private Agribusiness megacorps that are amongst the HIGHEST campaign contributors this side of Wall St.)<BR/><BR/>So, TarrantLibertyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624121038065257931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-39585191387180568502009-03-19T15:38:00.000-05:002009-03-19T15:38:00.000-05:00But the farmers did create a massive artificial ma...<I>But the farmers did create a massive artificial market for an ecologically harmful product that increased hunger all over the world, a product that would have never sold based on its own merits. </I><BR/><BR/>Sounds a lot like capitalism. Big cities had trollies and then came the auto industry and before you know it the trollies are out of business and everyone has a car. They keep selling Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503096710901190795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-28348489518542901722009-03-19T10:42:00.000-05:002009-03-19T10:42:00.000-05:00Flee,You are correct on all of your points. But t...Flee,<BR/>You are correct on all of your points. <BR/>But the farmers did create a massive artificial market for an ecologically harmful product that increased hunger all over the world, a product that would have never sold based on its own merits. Therefore, just like the AIG bonuses, the subsidy had to be paid for by....you.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-72990158386403157762009-03-19T08:37:00.000-05:002009-03-19T08:37:00.000-05:00The farmers didn't create a shadow banking system,...The farmers didn't create a shadow banking system, sell insurance on the risks involved with the system with just a fraction of the capital to back up any losses, rake in huge bonuses for selling fraud, and then ask the taxpayers to bail them out so they can continue to bonus.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503096710901190795noreply@blogger.com