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Rev Roger, Sermon #62: Sticking Apart Until We All Get Eaten.

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, March 24, 2009, 12:09:57 AM

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OPTIMUS PINECONE

#45
March 24, 2009, 09:50:00 PM
     Activities in operation at my camp -

     - expansion of gardening beds

     - raising chickens. maybe a goat.

     - moving ahead on the "Archie's Bunker" album recording  http://www.myspace.com/romulusremusoutpostvinlandia

     - taking copious notes while watching  "Peewee's Playhouse"

     - RUNE alphabet stickers for the kids to have in hand everywhere we go - they enjoy tagging cars, people, items (fruit, candle holders, etc) walls, doorways, etc.

     - making sure a copy of the BIP is next to the toilet at all times
"Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially taught and generally accepted, is less and less likely to thrive. It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting."   -Savitri Devi

     "Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are"   -Oswald Mosley

The Good Reverend Roger

#46
March 24, 2009, 11:36:18 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 24, 2009, 10:50:04 AM
Possibly an aside, but from my reading on the topic, Sen. Dodd was forced to table that ammendment by the Treasury, in particular Tim Geithner (Rep. for Goldman Sachs) and Larry Summers (Rep. for Citigroup) and the White House (Obama's election was financed by AIG) over his personal objections.  The Treasury then leaked he was responsible, to deflect blame. 


None of these people have the power to make a senator do anything.

No excuses.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#47
March 25, 2009, 01:12:46 AM
First chapter is up in OMF for comments.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Cain

#48
March 25, 2009, 11:29:07 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 24, 2009, 11:36:18 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 24, 2009, 10:50:04 AM
Possibly an aside, but from my reading on the topic, Sen. Dodd was forced to table that ammendment by the Treasury, in particular Tim Geithner (Rep. for Goldman Sachs) and Larry Summers (Rep. for Citigroup) and the White House (Obama's election was financed by AIG) over his personal objections.  The Treasury then leaked he was responsible, to deflect blame. 


None of these people have the power to make a senator do anything.

No excuses.

In theory, yes.  However:

1) He's a Democrat.  He'd have to find someone willing to hire him a spine if he was even considering standing up to Obama's financial golden boys.
2) Dodd is highly vulnerable, politically, right now and was before the current scam due to past involvement with said banks.  Throwing him to the wolves would cost Obama little, and probably even improve his ratings, meaning the White House has him over a barrel.

This NYT article is especially enlightening:

QuoteBut Mr. Reid mostly ducked a question about whether Democrats had missed an opportunity to prevent the bonuses because of a clause in the stimulus bill, that imposed limits on executive compensation and bonuses but made an exception for pre-existing employment contracts. Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, who initially proposed adding executive compensation and bonus limits to the stimulus bill, did not include the exception.

So he's a whore, yes, but by proxy.  He's a human shield for the inside dealers running the Treasury, the ones who cannot remember if their loyalty is towards the stability of the international financial system and the USA, or towards Goldman Sach's bank balance. 

Faithless

#49
April 04, 2009, 10:55:30 PM
A bit of trepidition before the first step.

I do not know nearly enough to agree or disagree. Tell me more.
Oh, sonovabitch.

Doktor Howl

#50
August 25, 2011, 09:47:00 PM
Bump for the rage.
Molon Lube
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