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| 2008-10-21 |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #7 Go for it, Mark! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-10-21 20:24 |
| #6 The current government seems to be the opposite since FDR. You really need to go back to the "Progressive" Woodrow Wilson to see where the problems really started. The country has been in a downward spiral, government-wise, ever since. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-10-21 14:24 |
| #5 I think Americans should read their constitution too. The current government seems to be the opposite since FDR. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-10-21 10:59 |
| #4 There are 200 countries out there for him to try his "better than democracy and the constitution" method of government in, IMHO. |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-21 10:03 |
| #3 this was the same idiot who said our current mode of government was lousy and we needed an Enlightened Dictator instead, as if he was the first fucking person in history to have the idea. ALthough it occurs to me that the enlightened dictatorships of the past generally didn't have people like hedge fund managers. |
| Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 2008-10-21 10:02 |
| #2 "The low-hanging fruit, ie idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking," he wrote. "These people who were (often) truly not worthy of the education they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of companies such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels of our government |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-21 08:59 |
| #1 I am trying to buy a forclosed home this month. If I am lucky and speedy, I'll sadly save some money from other people's misfortune or poor planning as well. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2008-10-21 08:57 |