Comments on: Why Republicans Smell Like Rotting Salmon

By: Tlazolteotl

Tlazolteotl — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:35:07 +0000

And the worst part about salmon farms is the spread of viruses and fish lice. Some research is showing that fish lice picked up by the little guys (juvenile salmon, that is) as they pass by farms as they go out to sea are a serious threat to their ocean survival, which is the biggest unknown factor in the salmon abundance equation.

By: Tlazolteotl

Tlazolteotl — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:31:40 +0000

Dave,

Really, coho and sockeye tastes just fine, and they’re lower trophic level, so they have even fewer contaminants than wild chinook. Just sayin’.

By: danps

danps — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:26:46 +0000

Hi David. For what it’s worth I made the same grocey store/gas station argument over here. I called it the Bush Tax.

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:17:43 +0000

An excellent candidate for a book review hosted by Dave: The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future, by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson (Bodley Head, 2008). Its views seem consistent with Paul Krugman’s and its language is right out of FDL. It’s being excerpted in three parts in the Guardian. From Part One:

Democratically elected governments have, over the past three decades, willingly ceded control of the world economy to a new elite of freebooting super-rich free-market operatives and their colleagues in national and international institutions like the IMF, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation. These New Olympians, who earn that title by their remoteness from everyday life and their lack of accountability, have gained this control on a prospectus every bit as false as much of the promotional material for the “exotic securities” of which they are so fond. The charge sheet is as follows:

· They promised economic stability - and have delivered chaos and volatility.

· They promised an economic order based on enterprise, thrift and personal effort - and have delivered one based on chronic indebtedness and wild speculation.

· They promised a “transparent” future in which all costs and prices would be clearly laid out - and have delivered a world of bizarre, occult financial knowledge.

· They promised a greatly expanded middle class of property- and share-owning individuals - and have unleashed havoc on professional and white-collar career structures.

But then none of this ought to be surprising. The New Olympians are unconcerned with - in fact, hostile to - job security (other than their own), social tranquillity and the traditional aspiration for both the good life and the quiet life. They roll their eyes when they hear that the Detroit car worker, the Argentinian shopkeeper or the Cornish fisherman is complaining that their way of life is under threat. Like it or lump it, the New Olympians say. That’s just the way it has to be. Meanwhile, elected politicians bend over backwards to make life as pleasant as possible for them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi.....lrecession

By: yellowsnapdragon

yellowsnapdragon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:09:24 +0000

I’m sure Hillary and her people will campaign vociferously for BO.

Again, unfortunate initials.

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:54:26 +0000

Yes, I think all of them are!

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:52:16 +0000

I’m 63 and should be part of Hillary’s base, but I don’t support her due to her actions! I know what you mean about all that “me, me, me” crap! I would love to be able to vote for the first woman President, but part of feminism is the right not to vote for someone just because she’s a woman. I think that’s very foolish! Nor will I vote against her just because she’s a woman, although I know that some folks will. That equally objectionable. I just think, on the issues, she’s way too far wrong to earn my vote.

By: sadlyyes

sadlyyes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:42:08 +0000

too angry WAY TOO partisan

By: sadlyyes

sadlyyes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:40:58 +0000

exactly my sentiments and her choices for insiders leave alot to be desired imo…and KYL/LIEBERMAN nuff said

By: BobbyG

BobbyG — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:38:24 +0000

I hear you. And I am disappointed as well. Cheryl and I caucused for Hillary here, as I’ve noted before. Her subsequent actions pushed me into a net marginal Obama position. There is in fact a far greater good imperative exigent here, that goes way beyond “me.”