tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post8494358737243628374..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: History According To El RushboTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-35943648763914938182010-01-15T21:23:20.775-06:002010-01-15T21:23:20.775-06:00I read it! Never got to Rimbaud; fell asleep duri...I read it! Never got to Rimbaud; fell asleep during Homer.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-89612228623868888592010-01-15T21:11:47.224-06:002010-01-15T21:11:47.224-06:00Thanks Steve
Apologies to Dad29. Sometimes I get ...Thanks Steve<br />Apologies to Dad29. Sometimes I get carried away. It never should have been posted, but I couldn't edit it, and I don't think anyone reads what I write anyway.Antpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-74987944616914802752010-01-15T13:32:59.355-06:002010-01-15T13:32:59.355-06:00Antpoppa,
>> And like Rimbaud you have expo...Antpoppa,<br /><br />>> And like Rimbaud you have exposed your 'Arse Poetica' in order to become a seer, making way to a conclusion by derangement of all the senses. <<<br /><br />Oh, gawd! I don't know Dad29, but his (mostly) temperate response to Tim's piece deserves better than the sneer you gave it.<br /><br />Steve Erbach<br />Neenah, WISteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-18372884122855854532010-01-15T13:19:23.115-06:002010-01-15T13:19:23.115-06:00I enjoyed your post, especially the talk of 'a...I enjoyed your post, especially the talk of 'asset bubbles', it reminded me of Rimbaud and Verlaine's "Sonnet to an Assh*le". And like Rimbaud you have exposed your 'Arse Poetica' in order to become a seer, making way to a conclusion by derangement of all the senses.Antpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-64702568680547275232010-01-15T08:16:11.222-06:002010-01-15T08:16:11.222-06:00Well.......
It is true that Rush 'edits' ...Well.......<br /><br />It is true that Rush 'edits' some bits of information out of his narratives. That's a technique which is not exactly proprietary to Rush, as you know.<br /><br />We DO know that SOME of the banks who took TARP money did so unwillingly; that's been reported by all sorts of people, including Barry Ritholtz. The objective, of course, was to "prevent panic" at the sight of CitiBank's failure. You may not be old enough to recall this, but the bank-failures of the Depression DID create panics, which were serious problems.<br /><br />Further, serious and informed commentators place the blame in a lot of places. You could start with Greenspan's cash-bubble (which goes back to 1991 or so) and the subsequent asset-bubbles which included housing. You could add Governmental regs which (inter alia) allowed Fan/Fred to purchase really, really, bad mortgage originations.<br /><br />You could add pure greed. And you could add colossal stupidity: the CDS models did NOT INCLUDE the possibility that real-estate values could drop.<br /><br />IN fact, Obama is not brain-dead; he is perfectly willing to exercise a cynical ploy of "taxing the bankers" to get populist creds. It is Alinsky-ite (read the book.)<br /><br />At the root: the American entitlement mentality, which infects a large majority of the population--both those who earn a lot and are not happy with taxation AND those who earn less but think they are entitled to homes, cars, (etc.)<br /><br />You will note that neither Party has mentioned that little problem...Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-78820921985689155552010-01-14T20:50:02.981-06:002010-01-14T20:50:02.981-06:00Rush stands in a chorus line of bullies, heart bea...Rush stands in a chorus line of bullies, heart beating to the rhythm of money. He redefines the human species.antpoppanoreply@blogger.com