The Uninsured are not Important

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Sunday January 24, 2010 · 11:49 PM PST

2010/01/24 · 23:49

The WSJ has a story tonight that, if even partially true, is beyond my ability to define in terms of it being a disaster.

It goes right past infuriating, and into pathetic sadness to see the deconstruction of a fundamentally good man before my eyes.

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Wednesday January 13, 2010 · 3:40 PM PST

2010/01/13 · 15:40

At the same time that the hearings have started into the risky behavior by the big banks, Obama is ready to announce a fee of up to $120 billion to recoup some of the TARP losses. Companies are already queueing up for exemptions.

The fee is a start, but it's comparable to tinkling on a forest fire.

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 6:24 AM PDT

2009/09/10 · 06:24

You want to believe, but you don't dare believe. Then it sneaks up on you, and you find yourself believing... only to get mad at being suckered again.

No, I'm not talking about being Cubs fan, or a Sox fan from a few years ago; I'm not even talking about the specific issue of health care.

I guess I'm talking about the decline of the US, and my hope that the democrats would at least be on the right side of the fight.

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Monday May 25, 2009 · 7:18 PM PDT

2009/05/25 · 19:18

A soldier stares at the display and with a flick of his wrist, a cross-hair magically snaps to the center of the straight lines that define a squat building surrounded by rugged terrain. The enhanced image is being supplied by a drone aircraft, and the cursor is supplied by a combination of the drone, some number of satellites, and software run on the computer in the other room near his terminal in Arizona.

The soldier takes his job seriously; he knows full well the consequences of his next action. Green lights everywhere tell him to push the button and not to think about the possibility of civilians. He has a job to do.

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 7:06 AM PST

2009/02/25 · 07:06

The most crime-infested neighborhood on earth is Wall Street.

Though crime is pervasive throughout its citizenship, there is one block in particular that stands out as a cesspool of corruption so foul, that its continued existence can only be viewed as a kind of living icon of evil.

At this block resides the world headquarters of Citigroup. This wrecker of retirements, this destroyer of dreams, this wealth-wasting cancer has a rap sheet so vile, that it begs for a partial review before we ask the question of why it is allowed to survive. I think you will see that it is clearly beyond redemption.

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Is Citi a good citizen?

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Is Citi a good citizen?

Yes

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60 votes

In the Dark Wood of Error

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Monday February 23, 2009 · 2:26 PM PST

2009/02/23 · 14:26

In the dark wood we wait for Virgil, but he is a no-show. We have become well acquainted with the beasts ahead.

We see in the media the deceptive spots of the leopard.

We see in our foreign policy the sharp teeth of the lion.

But again, it is the she-wolf which frightens us the most. Our insatiable lust for money is even now unquenchable. Even now, the people we put trust in are deceiving us.

We find ourselves at the gates of hell, but unlike Dante, we have no guide.

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Was my description of the deception clear?

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Was my description of the deception clear?

Yes

7 votes

2 votes

If Both Parties Suck, What's Left?

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Tuesday February 17, 2009 · 6:17 PM PST

2009/02/17 · 18:17

To be perfectly clear, I'd rather have my arms slowly ripped from their sockets that to be afflicted with the present Republican viewpoint. We've already seen where that train goes.

With that said, I'm trying to figure out just how bad the Democratic party is. For the last couple of months, the party to which I vowed I would never give money to again, but did anyway, has treated me to a steady diet of corruption, chicken-shittery, and monumental stupidity.

At least the republicans are up front about what they are not going to do for you, but that is offset by having to listen to them tell us how we are wrong every time they screw up.

As for the democrats? I don't know what to expect from these fucking clowns.

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Tuesday February 10, 2009 · 2:40 PM PST

2009/02/10 · 14:40

It was like Osama Bin Laden showing up at the gates of the CIA and being turned away.

It was like Harry Markopoulos showing up at the door of the SEC and being turned away.

Lo and behold, who shows up on Capitol Hill Today? Well, he has many names:

The Final Nail.

Mister Kleptocracy.

Osama Bin Geithner.

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 6:17 AM PST

2009/02/09 · 06:17

Because you just can't have enough spin, this diary looks at the various efforts by the government to halt the economic slide. It is written in a sort of CNBC style, and in doing so, completely ignores the government contributions which created the crisis. I'll leave that to the cynics.

I was not as successful as CNBC at ignoring results. I tried, but the stubborn-me keeps insisting that results can still play an important roll in determining if a decision was good or bad. If you are certain you will only get your information from CNBC, then you can safely skip those parts.

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Wednesday February 04, 2009 · 3:18 AM PST

2009/02/04 · 03:18

But that's the least of our problems.

If this article in WaPo contains any truth, then Geithner is not merely a shill for the banks, Geithner is the man who hates America. He is the man who punches children and tips over wheelchairs.

Congress has handed over the keys to the biggest thief there is.

If you don't believe me, then explain this:

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And your answer was:

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And your answer was:

$53 billion for everything

165 votes

$Several trillion for just the bad assets

9 votes

And then there is the matter of damages by the banks

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Tuesday February 03, 2009 · 5:18 PM PST

2009/02/03 · 17:18

When a company scorches the earth or creates a pile of bodies, they are brought before society where specific allegations of law-breaking are presented, and vigorously defended, and if the allegations are judged to be true, damages are calculated and penalties are assessed.

Companies are vehicles driven by people, yet if I run over somebody with my car, it's not my car that is going to jail and fined; it is me.

If I can prove the brakes failed, and I was within all operating laws, then the victims or their families look to the auto manufacturer for compensation; they do not just walk away and absorb the wrongful loss.

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Saturday January 31, 2009 · 10:39 AM PST

2009/01/31 · 10:39

The good-bank/bad-bank idea has run into difficulties, and this is a good sign that our children's future is not yet completely ruined.

You may hear some noise about pricing assets or other technical issues, but the only difficulty that really matters is that the full force of the United States does not have enough money to buy all these assets - at least not without ensuring a miserable existence for our children.

I must admit to having a certain morbid fascination as to how they were going to pull off the good/bad bank trick. If I were a rat, I'd probably temp the snake thinking, he can't eat me. No way am I getting past his head. No way!

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