My first clue?

Other than Baker?

Hamilton.

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Me too. But as a real load-drivin’ hammer to get those coffin nails through, Tom Friedman (an hour?!!!) ain’t bad.

Most of these pundits, uncle tom included, are simply disguising the real agenda of capital… which runs your world… has no intention of NOT EVER running your world… and has no intention of what they are about.

It’s the classic bait and switch.. a little democracy chatter here, a little FREE trade there… lofty little ideas to hide there agenda of exploitation of people… to rif raf… for their wealth.

Heck.. they even gave the unwashed masses the urge to “go property” with their little american wet dreams of owning property and being enslaved to banks for 20-40 yrs…

Capitalism is pretty nasty stuff when you pull back the curtain.. it’s all about deliverin’ a hurtin to the weakest for the benefit of the sleekest.

Ain’t it great to have all these multi millionairs telling you how it is.. what to think… and why their way is the highway?

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and that is absolutely true. As soon as someone gets big lungs and speaks truth to power some lone nut decides they don’t care for the fella and shoot him dead. Works every time.

First these bubble heads do their media take downs and then the kill comes and then they whitewash the image to become nothing more than a dashboard jesus for every mind.

They are after the internets now and they will take that one away from you. It’s too damn populist and democratic. Watch

Other than Baker?

Hamilton.

See his work “investigating” Iran-Contra. Or the October Surprise. He’s a one-man coverup machine.

Janeane — absolutely. There is nothing unique about them, even how they spend their money is not unique.

I know. Just another round of useful idiots. The pundits (and many Hollywood celebrities) are quite stupid and so incredibly vain. Vanity is the reason they won’t admit they’ve been so incredibly wrong about everything over the last 26 years or so.

johnSwifty — thank you, you are far too kind.

Friedman’s earlier capacities for better work are what make him incredibly useful as a tool. In his salad days, he had not been as removed from reality by the circle in which he’d married, worked and socialized, and could write more authentically. But as he was more deeply and thoroughly affected by his environment of privilege, he didn’t have to write material that was as compelling to impact others. This may or may not have been a conscious choice; getting positive strokes from members of the top most percentiles may have been enough to encourage this kind of slackening effort.

For most Americans — not the minority of folks you are rubbing shoulders with here in the Toobz and especially not at FDL — the fact that someone has been repeatedly published conveys a cachet of approval. Add the appearance of access to power as an additional seal of approval, and you have the all that’s needed to make Friedman a highly successful tool.

The pols, pundits and money approve of him; the people have been encouraged to believe him.

Presto, a cut-out.

It’s like Hollywood. Once you become sucked in by the system, your individuality and your uniqueness disappear.

Friedman’s earlier capacities for better work are what make him incredibly useful as a tool. In his salad days, he had not been as removed from reality by the circle in which he’d married, worked and socialized, and could write more authentically. But as he was more deeply and thoroughly affected by his environment of privilege, he didn’t have to write material that was as compelling to impact others. This may or may not have been a conscious choice; getting positive strokes from members of the top most percentiles may have been enough to encourage this kind of slackening effort.

For most Americans — not the minority of folks you are rubbing shoulders with here in the Toobz and especially not at FDL — the fact that someone has been repeatedly published conveys a cachet of approval. Add the appearance of access to power as an additional seal of approval, and you have the all that’s needed to make Friedman a highly successful tool.

The pols, pundits and money approve of him; the people have been encouraged to believe him.

Presto, a cut-out.

People are realising that Bill Clinton is not a good Democrat, and in fact decimated the Democratic party in the 1990’s with his triangulation. Pundits are not rock stars, they are idiots. In fact, speaking of rock stars of the 1990’s, people are realising the ones popular in the 90’s weren’t as good as people thought they were, Pulp Fiction was overrated to high hell, Brittney Spears is not smart, funny, and a virgin, and, is, in fact, pure, unadulterated white trash, George W. Bush is not a “good guy”, free trade deals are BS, and sincerity counts for a lot.