tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8951068941861385521..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-7655135615120516992012-10-01T23:23:06.528-04:002012-10-01T23:23:06.528-04:00I would only add that this is not really due to th...I would only add that this is not really due to the crash. The poorer classes have not been participating in economic growth for a long time:<br /><br /><a href="http://franklycurious.com/index.php?itemid=2285" rel="nofollow">We've Been Sacrificing for Decades</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416505753371676587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-59269955997479832402012-10-01T12:13:09.048-04:002012-10-01T12:13:09.048-04:00I swear if the 'Grand Bargain" happens wi...I swear if the 'Grand Bargain" happens with cuts to Social Security, etc. the media will have have a giant orgasm.<br /><br />Generally, our media represents the plutocracy and the bottom line on what they call entitlements is they don't want to pay back the hundreds of billions borrowed from Social Security Trust Fund.<br /><br />Cutting scheduled Social Security benefits would be the biggest theft in history. cal1942https://www.blogger.com/profile/00911824399959688680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11591908997713444972012-10-01T07:20:27.209-04:002012-10-01T07:20:27.209-04:00All in favor of sacrificing Frank Bruni...All in favor of sacrificing Frank Bruni...Glen Tomkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615965629335985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77426697398207987882012-10-01T00:47:43.538-04:002012-10-01T00:47:43.538-04:00@JamTheCat: I think that was the Aztec, not the Ma...@JamTheCat: I think that was the Aztec, not the Maya, but maybe both did it.<br /><br />This column reminded me of a cartoon I had downloaded but have since lost. In the background a volcano, smoke coming out of the top, with a group of people running up the side carrying above their heads a fat guy. In the forground a guy wearing a witch-doctor's mask talking to an explorer guy, "Well, no, the gods didn't actually tell us to sacrifice a banker. It just seemed like a good idea."Procopiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554355440319405363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-50224863123623940242012-09-30T23:58:10.911-04:002012-09-30T23:58:10.911-04:00My guess is Mr. Bruni means sacrifice in the Mayan...My guess is Mr. Bruni means sacrifice in the Mayan term. Find some virgins or POWs and offer up their hearts to the financial gods on Mount Wall Street, so they will once again favor us with their largess. Of course, such victims are never chosen from the anointed few; that would be bad manners.JamTheCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10246923336782407087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-32350220524158056102012-09-30T18:19:43.515-04:002012-09-30T18:19:43.515-04:00I've made the sacrifice of ignoring all Times ...I've made the sacrifice of ignoring all Times columnists except for Krugman. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496378286694267020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-28013026225653219852012-09-30T16:52:48.213-04:002012-09-30T16:52:48.213-04:00I'm sick of these people. The more I think abo...I'm sick of these people. The more I think about it, the more BS the sacrifice thing is. According to mathematics and history, we could have an amazing society, with everyone feed, housed, working fairly, educated and dare I say it, enlightened. But the greedy power hungry assholes of the country/world won't stand for it with out a scorched earth fight. Sick.Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09831032031822882390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-43703442028806560192012-09-30T15:36:14.138-04:002012-09-30T15:36:14.138-04:00I'm willing to sacrifice Mitt. Seriously thou...I'm willing to sacrifice Mitt. Seriously though is there any reason it's off-limits to ask the 1% to sacrifice? BroDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223349775331399433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-6439134069336195842012-09-30T14:29:49.095-04:002012-09-30T14:29:49.095-04:00And these idiots wonder why the press gets no resp...And these idiots wonder why the press gets no respect. Totally clueless, lacking any semblance of self awareness and blindered by the Beltway, today's conservative journalists are the justification for the emergence and power of social media.Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-43160258021981116562012-09-30T14:28:37.779-04:002012-09-30T14:28:37.779-04:00Who knew our first major openly gay columnist woul...Who knew our first major openly gay columnist would be such an unempathic feckin' @$$hole?<br /><br />And he summed himself up about as well as I could when he called himself a "hack."<br />A truer word was never spoken.<br /><br />Krugman's the only one really worth reading at all anymore. And HE'S worth reading EVERY TIME HE WRITES.<br /><br />Gail Collins has some great days, and some so-so days. But when she's on - watch out!<br /><br />Dowd is off in Cloud Cuckoo land most of the time, writing about politics as if it was some sort of DC gossip column, "Beltway Confidential" - but like the little girl with the curl, when she's good, she's REAL good, and when she's bad...<br /><br />Kristoff's good, but occasionally writes a 'WTF was that, coming from Nick, column?'<br /><br />Brooks is a paid shill, his only job is to polish the Conservative turd to as high a gloss as that pinched-off loaf can hold - which ain't much anymore.<br /><br />Douthat's a moral scold, who holds Brooks in the highest esteem. 'Nuff said.<br /><br />And Bruni is the UpChuck Todd of Op-Ed writers - always looking to square that circle, or circle that square.<br />He's a waste of valuable Op-Ed real estate.<br /><br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com