roland on October 3rd, 2008

This is great article — if you thought there was a single factor that caused the mess we are in, this just might be the smoking gun:
Agency’s ’04 Rule Let Banks Pile Up New Debt, and Risk
The entire article eviscerates the SEC and its pro-business, pro-deregulation chairman Christopher Cox:
The commission’s decision effectively to outsource its [...]

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roland on September 18th, 2008

People don’t want to face facts, they want to be pandered to, and no one does that better than Republicans. 
Republicans are very suspicious of “smart” people, because “smart” = “elite” and they have successfully labeled “elites” as being out of touch with ordinary Americans
So long as people choose to live in denial, there will always [...]

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roland on September 17th, 2008

Well, I shouldn’t say it means exactly “nothing” but the weight it carries is a lot less than people think.
Have you ever worked for a boss that was a temperamental, vindictive bully? Or perhaps he was incompetent without a clear vision for navigating the bad times, let alone the good? Was he spiteful, [...]

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roland on July 24th, 2008

Although I’m no fan of the Republican party, I admit that I do admire John McCain. He’s not the maverick that he once was, but he is still full of challenging ideas.
One of them that I read a few weeks ago is an idea that British Prime Ministers must stand [...]

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roland on March 27th, 2007

Those who know me know that I’m no fan at all of the Republican party or their ‘ideology’. While I’ll admit that I do have some conservative leanings (mostly fiscal and military) and I’ve got a few conservative friends, I’m absolutely dead set against the narcissistic nitwits who say that life would [...]

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