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Hank Mehle: Liberal Swine & Right Wing Wackos
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Friday, March 06, 2009. Liberal Swine and Right Wing Wackos. Despite President Obama's recent overtures, partisanship is alive and well in America. A few quick Google searches on key "terms" reveal (somewhat unscientifically) interesting insights. Oh, the pejorative! Liberal swine 1,050. Right wing whack job 1,080. Left wing whack job 355. Liberal scum 19,700. Conservative scum 1,160. Right wing scum 2,460. Left wing scum 2,580. Right wing swine 131. Left wing swine 235. Liberal media 1,550,000. NOTE: th...
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Hank Mehle: The Party that cried "Socialism"
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Monday, March 23, 2009. The Party that cried "Socialism". Republicans are crying "Socialism! Again This time, it's because of limited oversight of executive pay in financial companies that would fail were it not for the support of the federal government. As I write this, Fox news is telling me the government wants to "tell companies how much money they can make". The TCOT Report. They took it down? WAS running the misleading headline "Socialism Anyone? One proposal could impose greater requirements on co...
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Hank Mehle: In Ponzi We Trust
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Thursday, January 08, 2009. In Ponzi We Trust. Right after the Madoff scandal I wondered aloud, via Twitter, to Paul Kedrosky if all of Wall Street was a Ponzi scheme. He replied that the Madoff scandal would severly damage trust in US markets. Today, a Citywire article. Quoting Bill Gross, famed bond-fund manager at Pimco, says he finds Ponzi-like schemes across the entire US economy. Posted by Hank Mehle. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In Ponzi We Trust. The Way We'll Be. The Wisdom of Crowds.
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Hank Mehle: April 2009
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Thursday, April 09, 2009. Partisanship is killing the Republican party. Raised by staunch Democrats through the 70s and 80s I was witness to how partisanship, run amok, ruins the party it loves. Bill Clinton's success in 1992 rested on his recognition of this problem for the Democrats, and the fact that he brought the party back toward the center. When a party moves too far to the extreme, facts fly out the window and hyperbole, name-calling and invective dominate (I recently wrote a piece. Take a look a...
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Hank Mehle: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008. By any other name would smell as bad. What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.". Shakespeare would have had much fun with the names of today's tragic heroes that now litter the hollowed canyons of Wall Street. At Enron, they pulled a Fastow and made a Skilling. Word on the Street is, everyone there was getting Lay-ed. Posted by Hank Mehle. Sunday, December 14, 2008. It seems both small and not small. Posted by Hank Mehle. And no one ...
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Hank Mehle: October 2005
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005. It's difficult to scour the news, blogs, and other sources without wanting to chime in. Whether it's the Plame Name Blame Game. And marketing the War in Iraq or Seth Godin's increasingly annoying (remarkably so) postings. There is plenty worth chiming in on, and plenty worth ignoring. The big question is where to begin, and how to make this particular voice in the discussion worthwhile. Posted by Hank Mehle. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Way We'll Be. The Wisdom of Crowds.
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Hank Mehle: If hypocrisy was money, the recession would end today
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. If hypocrisy was money, the recession would end today. Juiced up by Rick Santelli's myopic rant. Conservatives are getting ready to throw " Tea Parties. To protest "all of this fiscal irresponsibility", referring to the huge Obama budget and its ensuing deficit. The big joke is that Santelli didn't rant during the 8 years of fiscal irresponsibility that brought this mess upon us, and I didn't hear him rant last October when it became absolutely clear. Not funny in the least.
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Hank Mehle: January 2009
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Thursday, January 08, 2009. In Ponzi We Trust. Right after the Madoff scandal I wondered aloud, via Twitter, to Paul Kedrosky if all of Wall Street was a Ponzi scheme. He replied that the Madoff scandal would severly damage trust in US markets. Today, a Citywire article. Quoting Bill Gross, famed bond-fund manager at Pimco, says he finds Ponzi-like schemes across the entire US economy. Posted by Hank Mehle. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). In Ponzi We Trust. The Way We'll Be. The Wisdom of Crowds.
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Hank Mehle: Guns & Politics - What We Must Learn from the Financial Crisis
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Guns and Politics - What We Must Learn from the Financial Crisis. The US. reaction to drug violence in Mexico has the gun-lobby paranoid. The NRA and its supporters are claiming the Obama administration is trying to use the issue to push through more restrictive gun control legislation. The gun-lobby, as you might expect, would much rather self-regulate, even when national security is involved. But when you listen to the gun-lobby you hear a different story. That firearms purchase...
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