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Mort Merkel
March 18th, 2009
11:04 am
Fish food. About as random and undefined a point as this blog post.
Davo
March 18th, 2009
11:09 am
Pointless.
It’s no wonder the AJC is tanking when they employ such lazy repeaters.
Paul
March 18th, 2009
11:10 am
Greed does not have to exploit others. But that’s the way it’s been done. When it comes to money, morality goes out the window and people will do anything not prohibited by law
There’s the case for regulation.
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
11:18 am
Davo, Blogger.com is ready when you are.
Civilian/Private/Corporal
March 18th, 2009
11:21 am
This one is much better because it takes intelligent thought ….. rather than a Hollywood soundbyte.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs&feature=related
Cherokee
March 18th, 2009
11:21 am
No one is forcing you to hang around, Davo.
Tanki
March 18th, 2009
11:23 am
Hmm…
Per Nancy Pelosi, enforcement of our immigration laws are tearing families apart and, in her words, “un-American.”
Also, according to Eric Holder, existing US gun laws are fomenting the drug wars and killings in Mexico.
Well He11, open the borders and take my guns away! While your at it; increase my taxes to fund mortgage bailouts, Wall Street bailouts, and fund socialized medicine. Better yet, make veterans private insurance pay for their service connected medical conditions.
YES WE CAN! This is CHANGE we can believe in…
Joey
March 18th, 2009
11:26 am
For anything written here to have value we first need a definition of greed. Jay that definition should be your responsibility.
Kamchak
March 18th, 2009
11:28 am
Of course this is relevant. Mr. Bookman is challenging people to use what historians call “frame of reference”. The movie “Wall Street” was produced in the 1980′. For those of you that were still in your diapers during that decade, the ’80’s was the time that the Great Communicator was deified. “Supply side economics” was hearalded as a good thing (hence the greed is good intro). We are now experiencing what happens when this economic model is taken to it’s logical conclusion.
RW-(the original)
March 18th, 2009
11:32 am
Barney Frank actually had a statement that made sense in his opening today. Something to the effect that we should never let people that created a situation be the ones to fix it.
I can’t figure out why the hearing continued after that though.
Off to the forest and I see we’re speed posting today so I’ll see y’all way, way upstairs for happy hour.
Later!
PS to amvet if you’re around. You need to get your ire directed at the Sporting News stat. They list KU as one of the five most likely teams to lose in game one to a double digit seed.
Truth
March 18th, 2009
11:33 am
There is nothing wrong with striving for success. The reward for becoming successful is many times more money. Am I greedy for wanting the world for my family and doing my best to give it to them? Greed isnt the bad word here… The bad word is ENVY!
BDAtlanta
March 18th, 2009
11:33 am
Yes!
Good thing all this greed is coming to a head while we have a Socialist in the oval office.
Hold on to your seat. We are in for a wild ride.
Oh, and thank goodness Bush expaned the powers of the Executive branch!!!
Don’t blame us, conservatives. We are just fixing your screw ups.
Davo
March 18th, 2009
11:34 am
Civilian/Private/Corporal
That was a good video…You captured the essence of the arguement perfectly and you didn’t even get paid for all your cut-and-paste work. I’m just curious…if you were to put a dollar figure on your effort; what would it be? The reason I ask is that I often find myself wondering what exactly the AJC is doing paying Bookman anything for what is, essentially, not much of anything.
And Cherokee, I’m not leaving anytime soon. I look forward to each and every topic that Jay phones in…er…writes…ummmm….finds I guess is the operative word.
Civilian/Private/Corporal
March 18th, 2009
11:35 am
Jay (or anyone else):
I would like your opinion of this ……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs&feature=related
Sam
March 18th, 2009
11:39 am
So Obama collected $103,000 campaign donation from the same division of AIG that got into derivatives that caused all this mess. Is he going to give it back?
He and Cris Dodd received the most contribution from AIG in the campaign. Things that make you go hmmm……..
BDAtlanta
March 18th, 2009
11:45 am
Truth,
I believe you are confusing it with motivation.
–noun excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions.
Greed suggests getting ahead at the expense of others. Antonym is generosity.
G
March 18th, 2009
11:46 am
Pride (hubris) is what people succumb to, and are consumed by first.
Excess of pride will lead to arrogance, selfishness, and the six other deadly sins (which includes greed and envy). The Roman empire, one of the strongest nations in the history of civilization, shrouded itself in its own vanity and self-love, and ultimately collapsed because of it. Napoleon and Hitler are also good examples of this.
Pride is considered the worst, because it is said to have been derived from Satan himself. In the original story, Lucifer (Satan), an angel, thought he was better than God’s ultimate creation (man). Because of his excess of pride, Lucifer was cast out of heaven and into hell, where he vowed to get revenge on the Lord by corrupting his creation.
Lust, Greed, and Envy have horrible effects on humans in the long run.
Truth
March 18th, 2009
11:53 am
Alright then BDAtlanta… But greed isnt just money. All of the big government librals are greedy in that they want power and want to control everything at the expense of freedom and individualism.
Taxpayer
March 18th, 2009
12:02 pm
That movie pretty much defined the conservative (Republican) party since at least Reagan’s days. I can just imagine how Reagan came upon the idea to use “trickle down economy” as he hung it out over the balcony on the top floor after one too many drinks. No telling how many little people he hit on his first try.
I Report/ You Whine
March 18th, 2009
12:02 pm
Aahhh, yes, the democrats, takers of other people’s money, criticize greed.
Bizarre, isn’t it?
AmVet
March 18th, 2009
12:07 pm
From downstairs:
“Has anyone ever noticed how the liberals on these threads go back and forth talking to each other all the time, patting each other on the back, pumping each other up, reinforcing their conclusions, etc, etc.”
Corporal, just perhaps it is because, as is the case with my considerable experiences here, the “conservatives” generally make it personal right off the bat, get highly combative and ultimately resort to eighth grade p!ssing contests.
I might add that, you, sir, are the exception.
To wit, yesterday I made a sarcastic (Me? Use sarcasm???) comment about how GWB kept the nation safe from an Islamic armada storming the Jersey shore, etc…
The response from one of the rabid righties here?
“I lost friends at Sandler O’Neill on 9/11. Under normal circumstances, I can pass your muddled, ill-informed, drivel off as the ravings of an off-kilter BDS addled loon.”
“But when you start spitting on the lives and memory of innocent Americans who were svagely killed by the Islamo-facists and the pain felt by their respective familes, I cannot, nay will not, remain silent while you bay at some imaginary moon.”
“You are despicable and, I am quite certain, someone who neither understands nor has lived a life full of honor.”
Then to cap things off nicely: “It is that you are that which I scrape off my shoes.”
Talk about a complete disconnect from reality and what I wrote! I never impugned any Americans for those lives lost on that horrific day. I leave that sort of thing to the Jerry Falwells and Ann Coulters of the world.
I realize that reality-challenged bloggers with enormous lack of critical thinking skills, a basic command of standard written English and basic self-control is part of the equation here. But I have VERY little hope that in most cases these self-professed Representatives of the Right-wing are now anything much but hopelessly adrift in a time and place they can no longer relate to.
And so strike out at their endless imaginary foes.
But that is not my concern. And I am not being paid to help them sort through these obvious personal problems…
Off to pay for the bailouts, the occupation and the bonuses.
Later, all…
Truth
March 18th, 2009
12:11 pm
Extreemly! They are all about spending other people’s money!
Civilian/Private/Corporal
March 18th, 2009
12:14 pm
To G:
Did you watch this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs&feature=related
Joe Matarotz
March 18th, 2009
12:22 pm
Easy there, newsboy. You’re going to wear yourself out writing columns like this. I can see why you’re a card carrying member of the “You need to support me” party. You can’t possibly be getting paid for the minute amount of drivel you produce.
Don’t think for a second that the bottom feeders who work on Wall Street aren’t exactly like Gordon Gekko. It’s all about the dollar.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:29 pm
Lockheed Martin tells President Teleprompter to stick it.
Intel, Lockheed Tell Obama on Taxes, F-22: Not in This Economy.
That’s Intel Corp.’s argument against new taxes on overseas income. It’s Overstock.com Inc.’s objection to making unions easier to form. Ditto Lockheed Martin Corp.’s case against scrapping production of the F-22 jet.
U.S. companies are stepping up their fight against President Barack Obama’s proposals not aimed squarely at reviving the economy. They say Obama is trying to do too much, taking the focus off fixing credit markets and proposing ideas that may hurt rather than help.
“There are so many priorities that there is no priority,” said Bruce Josten, the chief lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest business lobbying group. “There is nothing more important than fixing the housing and financial markets.” Obama “is saying we can do it all at once.”
Making an issue of an economy that shrank 6.2 percent last quarter, the steepest plunge in 27 years, is a potent strategy that may derail Obama’s agenda on issues from taxes to climate change, said Jeffrey Berry, a professor of political science who specializes in lobbying at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
“It’s a strategic argument, well-designed and well- timed,” Berry said. While companies typically say the timing is bad as they try to stall proposals, “it’s much more effective now in the depths of this recession.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a_OqNC8WLyfU&refer=exclusive
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:30 pm
Bookman, if AIG execs are to blame then why did President Teleprompter give our money to them in the first place?
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:32 pm
More democrat hypocrisy. Keep on churning out the spin, Jay. It’s only a matter of time before President Teleprompter and his tax evading staff members implode.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
Analysis: AIG bonuses have Democrats reeling, unable to blame Bush; Republicans go on offense
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since last fall’s election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Republicans, struggling to regain their political footing, are content to let Democrats try to dig their way out of this mess on their own.
Professing shock at the bonus payments, Democrats have embarked on a hurry-up effort to impose what amounts to confiscatory taxes on the bonuses, a maneuver that almost surely will be tested in the courts.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Analysis-White-House-Dems-apf-14677357.html
Mrs. Godzilla
March 18th, 2009
12:32 pm
SAM….
Please provide link on AIG campaign $$$$ to Obama and Dodd.
Was just listening to Boortz and I think your numbers are wrong.
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
12:33 pm
“Was just listening to Boortz”
for feck’s sakes, why?
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:33 pm
Obama Bent on America’s Destruction
By: David Limbaugh
don’t use the term “Marxist,” in connection with President Barack Obama’s policies, lightly or even to inflame, but to express my genuine fear that if we don’t put the brakes on his agenda to remake America in his image, we’ll end up both enslaving and bankrupting America by the end of his tenure.
Perhaps conservatives used the term “Marxist,” “socialist,” or even “commie” too loosely on some occasions to describe the liberals’ political sympathies, but that debatable question now seems moot, given our new president’s overt contempt for capitalism.
This guy makes Bill Clinton look like John Birch, and yet to this day, few Democrats have dissociated from him. So where are the Democrats who have always professed their conservatism?
http://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/obama_marxist/2009/03/17/192647.html
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:34 pm
DB, Gwinnettian,
Boortz makes a hell of a lot more sense than any pansy left winger.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:36 pm
Dern, President Teleprompter is getting hit from all sides. OH THE HUMANITY!
Will Obama Go AWOL on VA Health Benefits?
By DAVID K. REHBEIN
‘If you were injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and you have not paid your co-pay, please press 1. If you were injured during military training and you have not yet reached your deductible, please press 2. If your family has reached its maximum insurance benefit, please call back after you have purchased additional coverage. Thank you for your service.”
Before the leaders of other veteran’s groups and I met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, I believed a phone call like the one described above unimaginable. Now it seems all too possible.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123734281713065367.html
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
12:41 pm
Sorry to do this to your conservative pal who oftimes blogs over at Peach Pundit, Jay, but… Fatass Shrugged.
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
12:43 pm
Commie, was someone asking your opinion about Neal Boortz? Are you hearing voices again?
I guess it’s the guilt over financing those abortions.
Mrs. Godzilla
March 18th, 2009
12:44 pm
DB….I let Mr. G take my XM overseas…..plain old broadcast radio
is without real choices….and every now and again I just listen to see if any of them have found a way to be relevant.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:47 pm
DeadBeat, Gwinnettian, abortions? Nope dead beat, never funded any abortions. I’m sorry that your mom reported you to child services for child abuse but you don’t have to take it out on me. How’s that pink license plate working out for you? I bet trick-or-treaters avoid your house like the plague. You need to lighten up DeadBeat.
Civilian/Private/Corporal
March 18th, 2009
12:52 pm
Are you liberals out there all cowards? Will no one step up to the plate and debate this video vs. that pathetic Hollywood soundbyte that Jay posted ??? Good grief !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs&feature=related
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:56 pm
Bookman, I’m wondering why you’ve yet to say anything about Tim Geitner, a man who didn’t pay his taxes. The reason I am pondering this is because you rail on republican corruption yet you’ve yet to say a word on Tim Geitner.
getalife
March 18th, 2009
12:56 pm
The Real AIG Scandal:
http://www.slate.com/id/2213942/
Told ya it was a distraction.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
12:59 pm
Civilian/Private/Corporal,
Phil Donahue is entitled to his opinion but not a single democrat liberal can confidently point out WHERE socialism has worked successfully. Capitalism pulls people OUT of poverty. Socialism keeps people IN poverty. Just ask the welfare participants who have trusted democrat politicians for years and yet they still live off of food stamps and plague our cities. HELLO KATRINA “VICTIMS!” Scum of the country right there.
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
1:00 pm
“Nope dead beat, never funded any abortions.”
I believe we’ve established this already–wifey took the pill, right? You’re an income earner in your household, yes? Ergo, you’ve funded abortions.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
1:00 pm
getalife,
THE REAL AIG SCANDAL IS HOW THE TAXPAYER IS GETTING SCREWED BY GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT TELEPROMPTER’S TRUE COLORS ARE SHOWING. HE’S AN INEXPERIENCED CLOWN WHO’S NEVER GOVERNED BEFORE. LIKE THE REVVVVVVVVV WRIGHT FAMOUSLY SAID, HIS CHICKENS WILL COME HOME TO ROOST.
Sam
March 18th, 2009
1:04 pm
Here you go Mrs. Godzilla, I made a mistake, Obama got only $101,000 from AIG:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000123
Interesting how the outraged democrats received nearly 75% of the contributions from AIG…are they all going to give that back?
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
1:05 pm
DeadBeat, Gwinnettian, you need to actually READ what I wrote yesterday. And no, DeadBeat, I’ve never funded abortions. Your accusations are pretty bad. Do I control what government does with my tax money? NOPE! So, DeadBeat,, how could I have contributed my own money to abortion doctors knowingly? You’re a pretty bad debater, DeadBeat. I was hoping that you were maybe a lawyer but I’ll say that you are pizza delivery guy/gal. Your intellect is laughable, comrade.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
1:07 pm
DeadBeat, Gwinnetian, also, if you are going to accuse someone of funding abortions at least have the balls to further explain HOW they fund abortion. I know full well where you are going with this. I can not control what President Teleprompter does with my tax money. I voted against the bozo. Why, because I don’t vote democrat and never will.
CommunistAJC
March 18th, 2009
1:09 pm
Sam,
I saw that this morning on Fox and MSNBC. President Teleprompter is as guilty as anyone and he’s a pretty big hypocrite right now.
Obama/Biden-CHAINS WE CAN BELIEVE IN!
Midori
March 18th, 2009
1:12 pm
Communist,
I don’t know you but I assume you’re fairly young.
Aren’t you a tad bit concerned about making it to middle age with all of that rage and anger and bitterness you have locked up inside you?
My God man — take a tranquilizer or something.
DB, Gwinnettian
March 18th, 2009
1:12 pm
“you need to actually READ what I wrote yesterday”
cajc, I have a life. (and unlike you, I don’t pretend to be able to — your term — “multitask” to the extent that I would delude myself into thinking I was giving our clients an earnest effort while posting replies every four minutes for eight hours at a stretch during the business day, as you often do.)
In short I don’t read 90-95% of what you write. What I do know is that by your standard of when life begins, you’ve been complicit in elective abortion since you and your wife used the Pill for contraception.
I’m sure you’ve tried to spin your way out of it to your own satisfaction, but too bad–facts is facts.
Feel free to post your usual two or three angry responses–I gotta run.
Later all.
Midori
March 18th, 2009
1:13 pm
Communist – why are the Katrina victims the “scum of the country”?
Midori
March 18th, 2009
1:14 pm
you know, BD — I’m with you.
It’s quite painful to read. And watch.
Besides, I have a meeting.