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Entry: Maria Bartiromo 3.0?
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 12:09PM
Oops. Put that comment in the wrong Bartiromo post. She's getting a lot of coverage today.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 12:11PM
A) $200k puts you in the top 5%. If being in the top 5% in the richest country in the world isn't rich by your definition, then your definition is stupid.
B) The capital gains tax is going up anyway, according to the law that was passed by Republicans. Obama would have it go up more and sooner, but it's not as though this 15% nonsense is here to stay in any event.
C) Bartiromo, to the extent she comments on politics, is known to be a right wing flack. That's pretty customary for CNBC personalities. She's also a moron, which is less customary, but I guess it's sexist to say as much.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 12:57PM
@ 12:48
Most Senate Democrats opposed the AUMF. Colin Powell's presentation was a joke. There were lots of people, including Barack Obama, who thought that the Bush administration was desperate to invade Iraq, was manipulating the intelligence to make its case, and that the ensuing invasion/occupation would be a disaster.
What a fool!
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 1:20PM
I think less-informed wingnuts can be forgiven for thinking that everyone thought the Iraq War was a great idea at the time. The media presented two sides to the debate in 2002-3: the Republicans who were eager to invade and liberal hawks who were eager to defend the invasion from the skeptical dirty hippies.
But there were a lot of inspectors in Iraq for a long time, and El Baradei said "We ain't found s---", and yet this was taken as proof that Saddam had hidden his nukes effectively, and that invasion was the only option.
I hate to rehash this again, but it's an interesting case study in what happens when so many people are so mindblowingly wrong about something, there's never as much accountability as there should be.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 1:45PM
"You can criticize the invasion as idiotic"
Good, because it was. And that's before getting into the moral analysis of the unprovoked aggression and the dishonesty required to promote and defend it.
And I agree the problems aren't confined to any one country at all. There are terrorist groups all over the world. The idea that another 9/11 is made much less likely because there are 140k US troops in Iraq should be ridiculous on its face, but we're a country of people dumb enough to believe "We're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here."
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 1:46PM
@1:38
That one's easy. In the course of campaigning for the 2004 Dem nominee, it wouldn't have done at all for him to make a big deal about having got right what Kerry got wrong.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 2:10PM
"So he fudges when needed?"
Oh don't be a child. If you're looking for a REAL fudge by Obama, you're much better off pointing to his endorsement of Joe Lieberman in the CT primary. That's the most calculating thing he's done as a national figure.
This thing with Kerry and the war vote was just him being self-deprecating and allowing for the possibility that had he known what Kerry knew, he might have voted the same way. That was stupid of him to do, in retrospect, but he was just being a team player.
I don't have any doubt that Obama is a politician who will do what he has to do to get elected (see: flag pins), but I hope he gets elected because he's a Democrat and he's not going to invade any countries just so he can prance around an aircraft carrier like some f---ing hero.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 2:44PM
Look up "libertarian" when you get a sec.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 3:16PM
I just meant that resistance to the idea that the US should have a massive troop presence in as many other countries as possible is by no means exclusive to "libertarians."
Glenn Reynolds fancies himself a libertarian and he's of the invade/nuke all the brown people school of thought.
Entry: Huff Po Columnist Calls Bartiromo Old & Hysterical
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 3:46PM
I'm not saying that it's not a libertarian position, I'm saying it's not exclusive to libertarians, and that there are people who claim to be libertarians (because it's popular shorthand for social liberal/fiscal conservative) who don't seem overly distressed with American military spending and/or hegemony.
But Ron Paul sure hates the Iraq War, and for that I give him and his fans credit.
Entry: In Praise Of Conflicted Stock Analysts
posted by lowellfield
Jun 17, 2008 1:08PM
Considering how smart Paul Kedrosky clearly believes he is, this is way dumb. Not intriguing or counterintuitive.
Entry: Chris Dodd: The Senator From Bank of America
posted by lowellfield
Jun 19, 2008 4:47PM
I think the only conclusion we can draw from this is that Democrats are uniquely corrupt while Republicans join government solely out of a desire to make their country a better place.
Entry: Happy Independence Day!
posted by lowellfield
Jul 04, 2008 4:36PM
Not the first time in your life you've made an ass out of yourself, either.
Entry: What Good Are Do-Gooders?
posted by lowellfield
Jul 07, 2008 4:41PM
It's too bad Obama didn't leave Harvard and become a doughebag wingnut financial blogger.
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by lowellfield
Sep 03, 2008 1:19PM
Shorter Carney: "Allow me to share my theory about how people who think Sarah Palin is an absurd choice for Vice President are really just narcissists afraid of being rejected by her and her awesome snow-family."
Entry: Wall Street & Sarah Palin
posted by lowellfield
Sep 03, 2008 1:31PM
Also, last I checked the pro-abortion groups' agenda was NOT to only provide access to abortions for cases of rape/incest and or life threatening issues for the mother.
But if it were, Palin would still oppose them, which makes her officially a nutcase.
Entry: A Shrine Is Built At Lehman Brothers
posted by lowellfield
Sep 16, 2008 1:33PM
Christopher Lloyd.
Entry: Maria Bartiromo 3.0?
posted by lowellfield
Jun 11, 2008 12:08PM
A) $200k puts you in the top 5%. If being in the top 5% in the richest country in the world isn't rich by your definition, then your definition is stupid.
B) The capital gains tax is going up anyway, according to the law that was passed by Republicans. Obama would have it go up more and sooner, but it's not as though this 15% nonsense is here to stay in any event.
C) Bartiromo is known to be a right wing flack, as is customary for CNBC personalities. I also don't think my opinion of her as a moron is motivated by sexism.