How thoroughly unsurprising
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 10th, 2011 4:46 am by HL
How thoroughly unsurprising
The Occupy movement has spread from Wall Street, to D.C. to other areas throughout the country and even internationally. Who could have anticipated FoxNews saying it is getting too much coverage?
The Occupy movement has spread from Wall Street, to D.C. to other areas throughout the country and even internationally.
Who could have anticipated FoxNews saying it is getting too much coverage?
Yes, but what is really impressive is when a cable news network literally promotes a movement 24/7.
That’s journalism something Chris Wallace can be proud of.
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Late, Late Night FDL: Set Fire To The Rain
Adele – Set Fire To The Rain
Get well soon, Adele…!
What’s on your mind tonite…?
Early Morning Swim: Jesse LaGreca Schools Village Talking Heads on “This Week” [VID]
Someone give that guy a radio show. Meanwhile, from Krugman this morning:
Someone give that guy a radio show.
Meanwhile, from Krugman this morning:
What’s going on here? The answer, surely, is that Wall Street’s Masters of the Universe realize, deep down, how morally indefensible their position is. They’re not John Galt; they’re not even Steve Jobs. They’re people who got rich by peddling complex financial schemes that, far from delivering clear benefits to the American people, helped push us into a crisis whose aftereffects continue to blight the lives of tens of millions of their fellow citizens.
Yet they have paid no price. Their institutions were bailed out by taxpayers, with few strings attached. They continue to benefit from explicit and implicit federal guarantees — basically, they’re still in a game of heads they win, tails taxpayers lose. And they benefit from tax loopholes that in many cases have people with multimillion-dollar incomes paying lower rates than middle-class families.
This special treatment can’t bear close scrutiny — and therefore, as they see it, there must be no close scrutiny. Anyone who points out the obvious, no matter how calmly and moderately, must be demonized and driven from the stage.
Yep, hence all the pointing and shrieking.
