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Ronald Regan

I was reading a Times article about Republicans and what they need to do to regain power. Apart from the obvious – be like Obama – or the other obvious question: Why the hell is the Times helping to provide a focus to the Republicans, anyway!?! – it occurred to me I have basically lived … Read moreRonald Regan

Econ 101

Ok – so there’s a few entries here about Econ and I am not, in point of fact, an Economist – or at least, not one that gets paid for my insights. Really, I’m a poet, but that, too, changes regularly lately… but on with the show. Here’s a suggestion: the next time you here … Read moreEcon 101

Depression II

NOTE: This is quite old, i got lazy and didn’t feel like finishing it, but i think it’s fairly rounded anyway.
Note LATER: Wow, I just re-read this and it is TOTALLY not even close to finished…. WTF?!? And no one points out the failure… thanks. Oh, wait, you have to have readers to have someone point things out. Oh well – maybe one day.
So a bit has happened in the last few weeks… well, more than a bit, but we’ll get to that.
1. Yesterday the congress approved $700,000,000,000 (or MORE) Details are still fuzzy; but I am sure the Companies got what they wanted.
2. Despite the “effort” to keep the DOW at some particular level, it dropped again by another 3% or so.
3. The VP debates went off w/o a debate; instead we got a joint campaign stop w/ 90 second Stump Speeches.
One quote comes to mind by John F. Kennedy:

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

It seems clear to me that the People DID NOT want this bill, did not want anything to do with this bill, yet despite that, the Ivory Tower that the congress sits in decided to go ahead and give ALL of our remaining money to a few LARGE Corporations. It seems to me that if there was ever a doubt as to who the Congress, Executive and Judiciary serve, that doubt is gone and the people are left with snuffed out candles and an acrid smell of their lives going up in smoke.

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Depression I

Note: I forgot to push the publish button, and it’s kind of funny – ……
as I was perusing this article, Treasury set to bail out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, I couldn’t help but think of a few things.
“Ultimately, the government decided that Freddie and Fannie were too big to fail, and was unwilling to consider the damaging effects on the U.S. housing market and broader economy if the mortgage giants went down.”
money.

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fuck your family

News of Sarah Palin’s daughter being pregnant doesn’t really bother me. What bothers me is that she announces it, brings her family on stage to show them all off, then turns around and says it’s a “Private Matter”. Well, fuck you. Keep your god damned family private and it is a private matter, bring them … Read morefuck your family

little animals

There was a moment when you said, “Affair” in that way only European women can. I swear something inside me soared and danced before I shut the door; how the imagination wanders across the plains of futures.

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