Dear Tig,
Thanks for sending Robert
Reich's "morality play."
It's brilliant! http://front.moveon.org/
In just two minutes, Reich lays bare our historical moment, also illuminating the fundamental economic history of the 20th century.
In just two minutes, Reich lays bare our historical moment, also illuminating the fundamental economic history of the 20th century.
History...
In recent decades, "Talk
Radio" has secured The Triumph of Windy Opinion.
In consequence, history - and
the facts that undergird history - have been pushed to the edge of a world
redesigned by a renascent generation of "flat earthers."
Goosestepping behind the
party's Male Slut, The Ignorant have found their voice.
Predictably debased by the
"empowerment" of stupidity, they vilify scholarship, replacing it
with fatuity, flatulence and neo-fascist malice.
Any honorable recognition of Learning would orchestrate encounter with their
essential void.
I must confess my fondness
for Romney's public persona - a doofy android reminiscent of Robin Williams'
Mork.
Despite Romney's superficial
endearment, make no mistake: His goofy persona conceals the re-embodiment
of George W.
If Etch-a-Sketch is
elected -- and then follows through on draconian budget cuts and unprecedented
tax cuts -- the effect will be catastrophic.
This is not a matter of
debate. As night follows day, The
Republican Party will elicit
catastrophe.
Maybe America needs
catastrophe to waken from the embrace of Morpheus and the
siren song of Predatory
Capitalism. (Chesterton argued that Europe needed 700 years of Dark
Age to purge Antiquity's decadent excess.)
In any event, I would much
rather learn from history and so prevent the ubiquitous suffering of another
disaster.
Lamentably, things must
sometimes get worse before they get better.
***
The chief lesson of The
Great Depression and The Great Recession -- a lesson
"hidden in plain sight" -- is that both debacles were preceded by 8
years (or more) of Republican Presidential Administration, along with
conservative Supreme Courts, and (with slight exception) GOP domination of both
houses of Congress.
The only way to understand
the GOP's denial of these egregious facts is to assume Pat Buchanan's
accuracy: "The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To
hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they
do not.” "Where the Right Went Wrong" (
Love
Alan
PS Have you read Robert
Reich's New York Times' article, "How To End The Great
Recession?"
In the
following list of useful links it's #3.
1.) Ronald Reagan’s Budget Director David Stockman on America's inconceivable wealth inequality -http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7009217n
2.) Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, and for the 1%" -http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105
3.) "Our Banana Republic" by Nicholas Kristof - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07kristof.html
4.) "A Hedge Fund Republic" by Nicholas Kristof - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/opinion/18kristof.html
5.) "How to End The Great Recession" by Robert Reich -http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03reich.html
6.) “A Dogma to Wreck the Country” by Thatcherite conservative, Niall Ferguson - http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/07/24/gop-antitax-dogma-endangers-the-country.html
7.) War, Peace and Political Manipulation - http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/10/war-peace-and-political-manipulation.html
8.) “The American Dream” by (foul-mouthed but brilliant) George Carlin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:25 PM, NH wrote:
This says it all - I love Reich!
--- On Wed, 5/16/12, Ed S. wrote:
From: Ed S.
Subject: Robert Reich's Smart Take On The Kind Of 'Morality' That's Been Bad For America
To: Undisclosed Recipients
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 3:01 PM
A two minute assessment of our country's current political game playing:
Robert Reich's Smart Take On The Kind Of 'Morality' That's Been Bad For America:
http://front.moveon.org/robert-reichs-smart-take-on- the-kind-of-morality-thats- been-bad-for-america/
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