Cutting the ‘2 Big 2 Fail’ down 2 size
In the discussion about banks that are “too big to fail,” I think you start with two observations:
1.) In general, competition and the discipline of failure are better, smarter regulators than government bureaucrats. That doesn’t mean government regulation is unnecessary; it does mean that regulators should be empowered to do only what the market cannot or will not do.
2.) Banks that are “too big to fail” are largely immune to the discipline of failure and to the rigors of competition.
That in turn leaves you with two basic solutions: You can greatly expand the gov’t regulation applied to the “2 Big 2 Fail,” or you can reduce and limit the size of those institutions and by doing so reintroduce the spectre of failure to the system.
There’s a move afoot in Congress to take the second approach, and I hope they have the guts to carry it out.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Angered by bailouts that have kept corporate titans such as American International Group Inc. afloat, members of a key House committee last week voted to give the government vast new power to downsize private companies, something that happens now only in the most egregious antitrust cases.
Instead of helping cushion the fall of Wall Street powerhouses through government aid or variations on traditional bankruptcy, there is growing momentum in Congress to cut those firms down to size before they start teetering to limit the damage if they do collapse.
“The era of the big bank is over,” said Simon Johnson, an MIT professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.
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Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:19 pm
Longstreet was a traitor at worst, a self-serving hypocrite at best, in my opinion.
All I’ll say is he did some things i wouldn’t have done if I had been in his shoes.
Disgusted
November 25th, 2009
3:20 pm
Longstreet was a traitor at worst, a self-serving hypocrite at best, in my opinion.
At least give Longstreet credit for strongly advising Lee against the attack on the center of the Union line. After Lee made the decision and issued the order, Longstreet didn’t have the heart even to utter a word when Pickett asked him if the charge should begin. The decimation of Pickett’s division and the loss of the battle at Gettysburg can’t be laid at Longstreet’s door.
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
3:20 pm
The unemployment rate will remain elevated for years to come, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve that addresses for the first time economic conditions at the time of the next presidential election.
Hope and change!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112400389.html?hpid=topnews
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:21 pm
BOSCH–
Hey! And we didn’t even have to cry “Cheney!”
Mine and your gab on the blogmeister and censorship–today’s DOES fall neatly into a long standing pattern…and THIS one I do take personally–well, intellectually–
I still like green bean casserole, though…
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:23 pm
Disgusted–I don’t doubt Longstreet’s military genius, it was his sell out later that I find so objectionable…
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:23 pm
Disgusted
I wouldn’t disagree with that. For generalship (if that’s a word) and as a military man I don’t find a lot of fault in Longstreet. It was his some of his actions after the war I’d be in disagreement with. Of course, I wasn’t there and I guess hindsight is 20-20.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:24 pm
DUSTY–
I’ll have some fruitcake, too, and be thinking of Jaybird as I consume!
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:24 pm
Josef
As to your moderated comment, a hint on what the subject of the post was?
Gale
November 25th, 2009
3:26 pm
Happy Thanksgiving to all the folks leaving soon. I do believe I am now thanksful for the Civil War buffs who care enough to enlighten us and satisfy my curiosity with good pointers.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:26 pm
Hillbilly–
20-20 hindsight…well, L. Q. C. Lamar did it without selling his soul…
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:28 pm
A certain general know for guerrilla tactics and his life in perspective vis a vis the rewrite of history to fit the pc crowd…similarly moderated before…
Dusty
November 25th, 2009
3:30 pm
josef,
Bookman is on vacation. I think he left the automatic moderator on and doesn’t care if it chews up the whole blog. So we still get the moderator with an “attitude” getting its quota for the day.
Gale
November 25th, 2009
3:32 pm
Rewriting history for the sake of current political views is responsible for the confusion surrounding a certain religious text. I can see it now, a middle age Greek translator saying, “Oh! We can’t write that! Let’s write this instead. I’m sure it still gets the point across without implying that ______ might have been responsible.” Something like that.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:32 pm
Ah, would the initials be NBF?
I’m not familiar with L. Q. C. Lamar, so I guess I’ve got more reading to do, huh?
Normal
November 25th, 2009
3:33 pm
Josef, as a military mind and what I see as a realist, Longstreet was Lee’s best and should have been listened to. I know Lee had the utmost faith in his troops and thought that they were unbeatable, but If the south had adopted Longstreets strategy and fought a purely defensive war ala WWI, the North would, in my military mind, lost heart and sued for peace. The south also ran up against a new weapon at Gettysburg. The Spencer repeater carbine. The Calvary unit they ran up against had them. Longstreet might have been many things, but to me, he was one helluva strategist.
———
But, UPS is here…Ok, I’m back and signing off. gotta go lock up
the building. I’ll check back in the AM for my usual bark at the Gov’ment. G’night, y’all…
Gale
November 25th, 2009
3:34 pm
Good Lord! Does anyone else see the Creatine ad with photos on the side? They make The Hulk look normal.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:40 pm
Gale
I don’t see the add but I’ve always wondered about the Hulk. He increased dramatically in size, ripping out of his shirt, but his pants still fit. Must have been some sort of stretch fabric I suppose.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
3:43 pm
Hillbilly
That’s the one…
Dusty
Well, as you know, patterns do emerge…Bookman himself today? Oh, good L-rd, no…do you save and analyze your consignments to the blog’s bonfire of the bannities?
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
3:51 pm
Well, I suppose it’s time to be off. I’ve enjoyed the discussion with you folks. The history discussion seem to stay a discussion of facts and opinions without the daily vitriol. I find them so much more interesting than the daily Obama/Bush, bad/good, left/right, Dem/Repub, thing that just seems to me to be the same thing each day. To each their own though.
Gale
November 25th, 2009
3:53 pm
Happy Thanksgiving all. I’ve away too.
Angry Black Man
November 25th, 2009
3:57 pm
josef
I don’t understand the moderation either. People who write history books only portray the negatives of all Southern troops. You never hear about the good things. Longstreet’s thought process would probably have changed the outcome of Gettysburg, but hindsight is 20-20 and I wasn’t there to see how things played out. Having walked and rode through Gettysburg, I wouldn’t have advised Pickett to march his men across that field either.
As far as Post-War Longstreet, I agree w/josef and Hillbilly, although I don’t think he would have been brought up on charges of treason for the same reason that most others were not. I believe once the fighting was done, those involved wanted to put it in the past as soon as possible.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
4:28 pm
ABM–
As someone not afraid to swim against the tide for a better understanding of who we were so as to plot a more rationale course for where we want to go, I think you understand why I find such “moderation,” whatever the source, extremely telling as to what, for lack of a better word, is propagandization, much the same mentality which Goebbels and company used (and no, I’m not calling Jay a nazi, but I will certainly put the AJC in the camp of, if not der Sturmer, at least the Frankfurter Zeitung post 1939). It all reminds me of Buffy Ste. Marie’s “little wheel, spin and spin, big wheel turns around and around, blame the angels, blame the fates, teach your children who to hate…”
If there is anyone in American history who exeplifies learning from the past for a better future, it is the gentleman mentioned. They would be thrown asunder trying to comprehend John F. Harrison’s speech before the Mississippi legislature in 1890. Not one in a hundred have read Justice Harlan’s dissent in Plessy v Ferguson or know the first thing of the man’s life. Yet, these three men understood the concept of honor, dignity and integrity and, yes, swimming against the tide.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 25th, 2009
4:38 pm
Greetings from the 32nd floor of the Sheraton on Illinois Street in the home of the raggedy Bears and the failed president of the United States, Obozo, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
Party time.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
4:44 pm
ABM–
oops, that’s John F. Harris, not Harrison in my 4:28
ALL: The tourists are back…thanks for a fun day…a Happy Turkey Day to one and all (even Jay
) in case I don’t check back in…
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
4:52 pm
Geez josef—Jay’s not here. As RW said the other day, it’s some combination of letters that is tripping the filter. And since you were posting about the same subject, you used the same words. It’s frustrating, because moderation disrupts the ebb and flow of the conversation, but it is unfair to blame Jay.
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
5:21 pm
We all have our little traditions you know.
Biden Pardons Single Yam In Vice Presidential Thanksgiving Ritual
Common Sense
November 25th, 2009
6:13 pm
Maybe Obama should be on “Dancing with the Stars” !
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
7:22 pm
K’chak–
Geez, nothing! I never said this time that it was Jay and it matters very little to me as to who or what is in control. The verdict is in and it’s not just me saying so. I’ve passed this by a wide range of individuals, some who share my perspectives, some who do not. To a one they have seen the same pattern and it is a pattern pertinent to content. I have conscientously posted on a number of separate occasions using the strings of words in other contexts and there was no problem. I am by no means angry this time. It has turned into a fun thing and I am enjoying it. The frustration I might feel at the moment is more than paid back by the “heh-heh” I am getting elsewhere from this.There are other moderations which, while I might object, do not fit into so blatant a pattern and I can accept them. There are others which it is obvious what the problem is and, by and large, I have learned to get around them, the r word one being truly intriguing!
And, no, I don’t exactly “blame” Jay. As you well know, I kinda like him and will stand up for him in a New York minute when I think he’s being attacked unfairly. I appreciate his tolerance of our many different opinions on many different topics and the forum through which to discuss them. I have found him to be a man of wide and deep reading and a gentleman and a scholar.
As for the one today, there was no surprize and I could have pretty much gotten around it, too, but it would have been way too much effort.
So, again, geeze nothing. In the great cosmic scheme of things, it means very little. As an old friend put it, “it’s just another game to play while waiting for Armageddon.”
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
7:36 pm
And, for those of you who haven’t read it, read Jay’s new post. THAT is a man I respect and admire and thank G-d he didn’t allow us to ruin the heartfelt and sincere feelings he shared with us. If you haven’t, read it. If you have, read it again.
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
7:42 pm
josef,
That was a great read and I guess I’m in concurrence that it was good that he closed the comments, but it wouldn’t have killed him to dump an open thread up there while he was in here.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
7:51 pm
Hey RW, good to see you…the tourists have gone out bar hoppin’ and I’ve got the potato salad and the crepes ready…no real work to do and Unmentionable is watching some off the wall movie and it’s a slow night here…
I would have liked a new thread, myself, but, then, we need to make sure he gets mega clicks so’s we have a place to ramble…
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
7:54 pm
It has the feel of him locking us in the basement though. Maybe we’re all really banned from the rest of the site, but exiled here.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:05 pm
RW
Oh, no, we’re trapped in a Sartre play!
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
8:08 pm
josef
I sit corrected.
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
8:09 pm
josef,
We could just be hidden in time like Charlie was by Samuel at the Karn Evil, but if that’s the case we may have an exit when Hiro comes to fix the future. Have you seen Chadly around any of these corners?
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
8:12 pm
Oh, no, we’re trapped in a Sartre play!
Just as long as it’s not Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:13 pm
K’chak–
Hey! Where’s my new shoes?
RW–
No Chadley…I’m worried…
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:16 pm
K’chak
“Just as long as it’s not Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.”
Don’t I know it! Try as I might and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it, I just don’t get it…
Speaking of Chadley, RW, HE may be trapped in “Rhinocerous!”
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
8:28 pm
…I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it, I just don’t get it…
You sat through it more than once?
I saw it at The Academy Theater in the late 70’s, and vowed NEVER AGAIN!
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
8:29 pm
josef
Maybe if we search around enough we’ll find all the former posters that were blue slipped. We’ll have some really colorful exchanges with a crowd that eschews the people that fancy themselves sane.
Normal
November 25th, 2009
8:29 pm
Hey, Y’all, Happoy Thanksgiving!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguFmYRryz8&feature=related
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:42 pm
K’chak–
I assure you it wasn’t by choice! Used to be an arts and entertainment editor and never could get anybody else to go, so I had to!
RW–wonder if Jay keeps a list? Tell me, what IS it about Mike that puts Jay’s panties in such a wad? I mean he’s by no means the most, well, I guess the word would be “objectionable,” but he just seems to put our otherwise unflappable host into a true dither…
Normal–hey! Thanks for pulling it up, the link that is, I’ll be starting my day tomorrow with it!
Normal
November 25th, 2009
8:43 pm
Happoy? Hell, you know what I mean…
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
8:49 pm
josef
The only way that Godot could be any more vacuous would be if Keanau Reeves and Alex Winter did it as a Bill and Ted, Waiting for Godot.
Common Sense
November 25th, 2009
8:51 pm
Following is the Thanksgiving message from President Obama:
Feel free to read it and then tell me “Who” we are supposed to thank? Not one mention of God ………. truly sad.
“Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.
Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve.
So tomorrow, I’ll be giving thanks for my family — for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought into my life.
But tomorrow is also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they love.
The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling. The folks who must spend tomorrow apart from their families to work a second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.
We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so many Americans who make our country great through their sacrifice. And this year, we know that far too many face a daily struggle that puts the comfort and security we all deserve painfully out of reach.
So when we gather tomorrow, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that every American family can enjoy.
It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an improbable course to change our nation.
In the years since, Michelle and I have been blessed with the support and friendship of the millions of Americans who have come together to form this ongoing movement for change.
You have been there through victories and setbacks. You have given of yourselves beyond measure. You have enabled all that we have accomplished — and you have had the courage to dream yet bigger dreams for what we can still achieve.
So in this season of thanks giving, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you, and my anticipation of the brighter future we are creating together.
With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from my family to yours,
President Barack Obama”
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:52 pm
Normal–
Hap? Oy!
K’chak–
Now that’s a production I might go see…back when I was doing that job, we held a contest for the ten worst plays (among the staff) and Waiting for Godot came out on top, Our Town came in second!
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
8:53 pm
josef,
The easy answer is that’s a question better suited to ask Jay B, but I don’t think you’d get an honest assessment because I don’t believe he notices it. Two things I’ve noticed that Jay hates are being told he’s deliberately misrepresenting things, something he and I have had plenty of run ins over, and also being labeled an extremist. Mike hits Jay on both those points
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
8:57 pm
common sense–
What ‘cha mean no mention of G-d. He used the first person pronoun a lot!
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
9:01 pm
It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an improbable course to
changedestroy our nation.Fixed his typo as the moonbats are fond of doing.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
9:05 pm
RW–
Oohh…you’ve got issues!
Common Sense
November 25th, 2009
9:20 pm
josef:
Good one …………….. but :
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”.
Normal
November 25th, 2009
9:22 pm
Here y’all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJYqukkbhC0&feature=related
Normal
November 25th, 2009
9:24 pm
This is fun…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBt6IhjAvyw&feature=fvw
Common Sense
November 25th, 2009
9:26 pm
HEADLINE: “Are Vampires Real? The Science Behind the Myth ……..”
Of course they are and they’re called Democrats and they will suck the tax blood right out of you !!
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
9:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yhpDzsz2ps
Normal
November 25th, 2009
9:28 pm
Josef, I’m a bad boy…
http://undercoverblackman.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd970f81104cd50109d0ee7374000f.html
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
9:31 pm
Was it my 8:53 or my 9:01 that triggered that 9:05?
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
9:46 pm
RW–the 9:01…
Norm–no video, just audio,,,having a good time, aren’t ya!
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
9:47 pm
common sense
“Of course they are and they’re called Democrats and they will suck the tax blood right out of you !!”
Good one!
K’chak–good link
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 25th, 2009
9:57 pm
I’m thankful for little Japanese tourist ladies that annually migrate to the capitalist mecca that is Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois and who can hardly speak a lick of English and are just dazed by the spectacle of it all.
If I didn’t have to head out to go pheasant hunting at 5 o’clock in the morning, and the wife wasn’t tagging along, I would have most certainly have picked off one or two of these most awesome creatures.
Dats alright, I can live with just seeing the sparkle of wonder in their eyes as they look upon the most blessed country on Earth, which is a sparkle that I never get to see from a lot of people that are lucky enough to live here everyday.
And have come to hate the place, for whatever odd reasons.
But aren’t you libs glad to see sales of the capitalist pigs picking up?
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
10:02 pm
Bird hunting at 10 PM and bird hunting at 5 AM..
Obama was doing that today too when he said he created or saved 4 turkeys by pardoning that one. The funny thing is he might finally be underestimating a number if Courage is still able to procreate.
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
10:02 pm
josef
Here’s another solo piano piece in the same vein.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
10:03 pm
Hey Whiner–glad to hear from ya, was getting worried! We may not always agree on much, but, like you, I love my country and feel blessed to have been born and raised here…
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
10:14 pm
K’chak–thanks! I love a good piano piece…wish I could play…
RW–all this turkey pardoning smacks of nepotism to me!
Dusty
November 25th, 2009
10:24 pm
Well, good evening,.. I am just back from our Thanksgiving Serivce and it was a good one. Our pastor has a degree in history besides his Doctor of Divinity. so he throws in a lot of history. I am not good at reviews but he quoted early documents , one written by George Washington , about the country being founded upon God based principles. Americans had always drawn together in that feeling, if divided by other things. Now he feels that is lost and the bond between Americans is also lost . He reiterates that we have so much for which we can be thankful . So much, indeed.
I have hope there is enough “bond” left to keep up hanging together. But some days, I ,too, wonder.
But… I promise to be more cheerful! But wait a minute..
Bookman is no sweetheart. Sorry but I had runins with Mr. Bookman long before this blog started. I am accustomed to his twists and turns. Even this year he has asked me why I hate America. That was because I disagreed with him. He has mellowed a bit but I think he saw the tide turning at AJC and did a little turning himself. but nevermind. He wrote a nice little piece about his children and family. That scores a few points for him.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
November 25th, 2009
10:26 pm
yosef- You’d love it up here, they have a tax for everything. If it moves they tax it, if it doesn’t move they tax it and if it is dead they find it’s nearest surviving relative and tax them for it have the audacity to die before they could levy against it.
I’ll bet you I get taxed for this comment.
And to think, they hate capitalism……
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
10:26 pm
josef,
Or at least of professional ethics.
Kamchak
November 25th, 2009
10:35 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CC4_Itijhs
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
10:41 pm
HEY DUSTY!!!!
Must have been a good sermon, you’re actually sayin sumpin nice about our host…I’m tryin’ to be nice at least through tomorrow…
Whiner–that’s a good one! Glad to know you’re having a good time…despite yourself!
Down in my home territory if it moves, we eat it, if it doesn’t move we eat it and if it’s dead we eat it!
RW–correction, that’s professional ethNics!
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
10:44 pm
josef,
Professional ethNics are Jesse and Al, but with all the celebration of that fable that Darwin wrote celebrating an anniversary of sorts maybe he had something right. Turkeys, when they get past Thanksgiving, evolve into politicians.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
10:48 pm
RW–Evolve into politicians? Oh, you optimist, you! I don’t believe in evolution in this case! Turkeys they art and turkeys they shalt remain!
K’chak–suave!
Dusty
November 25th, 2009
10:58 pm
No, josef, it wasn’t the sermon. I was trying to remember my “manners”. You know.. If you can’t say something good about somebody, then don’t say anything. That rule was made before blogging started. You still manage to do it. I bet you even open doors for ladies. Still say… Thank you, mam! and you never put your elbows on the table.!!
There! I have failed Miss Manners again while you have given her hope. Could it be, SIR, that you are a gentleman of culture and refinement?. “Fess up, josef!!
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
11:03 pm
One of the best all time covers
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:04 pm
Dusty–
On Jay…It may just be the merlot talking and I’ll probably live to regret it, but I have a certain soft spot in my heart for him. He reminds me of the kid who always wanted to hang with the cool kids but always felt a little insecure and he overcompensated, not exactly a suck-up, but scared to say exactly what he felt and thought. He’s the kind that gay men feel like they have to protect when what they really want to do is slap the sh*t out of his silly self…straight women are just plumb mean to him
The DO slap his silly self and, well…
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:11 pm
Dusty–
Well, I WAS brought up to be a Southern gentleman of culture and breeding! Yes, I do hold doors for ladies, the elderly, those infirm, children, people with packages and, yes, I do say ma’am and sir, thank you kindly, if you don’t mind and would you please. I also swing a mean blade and baseball bat. I can quote the classics and the Bible from memory and I love a good bawdy story. I love life in all it’s glory. That’s why I feel protective toward Jay…he’s feels. I think, obligated to be all of one and none of the other…otherwise he’s not “acceptable…”
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:18 pm
RW @ 11:03 THAT was just plumb wicked! G-d! I loved it! “Nothing matters, but moi!” Thanks a million!
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:27 pm
Thanksgiving dinner at David Lynch’s house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpd5xy-vCY
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
11:29 pm
Turkeys, when they get past Thanksgiving, evolve into politicians.
How could anything evolve into the lowest life form?
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:31 pm
“How could anything evolve into the lowest life form?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omRkH_Rp_34
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:32 pm
HEY Bruno–already got you one for Friday!
Hillibilly–are you SURE it’s a life form?
RW-(the original)
November 25th, 2009
11:32 pm
Hillbilly D,
Feel free to change it to devolve if you want. I’ve got no quibble with your position on this one.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
11:38 pm
are you SURE it’s a life form
I’m afraid so; in the same way a toxic fungus is a life form.
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:41 pm
Here’s one for you, Hillbilly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGOfTJTYkWs
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:44 pm
Hillbilly–
Well they DO reproduce…
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
11:47 pm
Bruno
Saw him play that at the Southeastern Fairgrounds (where the Lakewood Amphitheatre is now) about the time that song was out.
Josef
Yes, they do reproduce but not always with their spouse.
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:50 pm
“Well they DO reproduce…”
Reminds me of a classic line from the show “Taxi”. Upon finding out that Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd) had a father, Louie (Danny Devito) deadpanned “Well there goes my spore theory”.
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:52 pm
“Saw him play that at the Southeastern Fairgrounds (where the Lakewood Amphitheatre is now) about the time that song was out.”
That was a time and a day ago, I’m sure. I’ve heard that there used to be a dirt track for auto racing there as well at one point.
Dusty
November 25th, 2009
11:55 pm
JOSEF
Well, that is a nice, fairly gentle view of Bookman. (Who am I to disagree with gentlman josef who can swing a mean blade and a basball bat!!)
I assume that newspaper editors can have ethics just like anybody else . From what I have heard we once had some in Atlanta who took the high road in journalism, not always the path they thought was popular.
Somewhere along the way, the AJC lost any resemblence to an honest, straight forward newspaper to its detriment., Most editors seemed biased. The readers knew it and did not like it. Changes were made but it is a hard time for newspapers. They are losing their popularity but I hope they don’t lose all their ethics. That is the worst loss of all.
Good night. Getting late. Have a fine day tomorrow. I am looking forward to a happy time with my big family. Makes a perfect Thanksgiving.
josef nix
November 25th, 2009
11:56 pm
RW–
Before I forget, your 8:53, I think you’ve nailed it.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 25th, 2009
11:58 pm
I’ve heard that there used to be a dirt track for auto racing there as well at one point.
Yes, it was a one mile dirt track. They ran there in the 40’s and 50’s. A few races were run there in the 60’s as well. They even ran some Indy car races there, I think. And the roller coaster there at the Fairgrounds was blown up at the end of Smokey and the Bandit II. I’ve still never had a roller coaster ride quite like riding that one.
If you like real country music, you’ll like this. If you appreciate a strong voice, you’ll appreciate the ending. I’ve seen him live and he still hits this note, everytime. I’ve seen ‘em all, Haggard, Jones, Conway, Vern Gosdin, and Gene Watson is as good as any of them live.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9RyFXmwww
Bruno
November 25th, 2009
11:59 pm
“Cliffs, and a military band, blew an air of normality”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6HQ04YFya0
josef nix
November 26th, 2009
12:02 am
Bruno–
“Taxi!” What a show! What a cast!
Dusty–
Well, I try! Have a happy one…regards to your loved ones…enjoy and come back with some good tales!
Dusty
November 26th, 2009
12:04 am
RW,
Funny video. But the Viking Kitties will always be at the top of my favorites..
Good night and happy day tomorrow.
Hillbilly Deluxe
November 26th, 2009
12:05 am
Bruno
Most all progressive rock music has roots in “The Court of the Crimson Kings”, I think.
I leave this for y’all. It’s from a little known movie of the 80’s called “Local Hero”. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ16mye0QOU
RW-(the original)
November 26th, 2009
12:07 am
Dusty,
I agree with you. The problem is finding a Viking Kittie link that can be passed along. Does this one work?
AmVet
November 26th, 2009
12:11 am
Evening JB fans,
Just got back from one helluva mitzvah! But a friend in need…
Time to crank it up a tad.
From the bad boys from Boston…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvGNiCuHd_A&feature=PlayList&p=F81E6B20AD3DA670&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17
josef nix
November 26th, 2009
12:15 am
RW–okay, we’re getting close to 700!
AmVET–good to see ya! Glad to know you’re being a good Jew….
josef nix
November 26th, 2009
12:17 am
RW–
i’m with Dusty on the Viking kitties!
RW-(the original)
November 26th, 2009
12:19 am
Well josef, then I axe ya. Did the 12:07 work?
josef nix
November 26th, 2009
12:21 am
RW–it did! Enjoyed it again!