Comments on: Sovereignty? In What Respect? http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:19:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641458 selise Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:20:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641458 <blockquote><p>But his blinders seem pretty firmly attached.</p></blockquote> <p>mine may be too. the more i learn about various military adventures, the more i don’t like them and want to find alternatives.</p>

But his blinders seem pretty firmly attached.

mine may be too. the more i learn about various military adventures, the more i don’t like them and want to find alternatives.

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641435 sadlyyes Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:10:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641435 <p>nope he was not UBS or Warburg…bad memory</p> nope he was not UBS or Warburg…bad memory

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641430 sadlyyes Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:07:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641430 <p>Henry Bloddgett?</p> Henry Bloddgett?

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641406 sadlyyes Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:57:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641406 <p>iirc..UBS did the high tech stock analysis,their analysts were riding the tech bubble too iirc</p> iirc..UBS did the high tech stock analysis,their analysts were riding the tech bubble too iirc

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641403 eCAHNomics Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:56:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641403 <p>Brady Dougan, I think, is anything but white shoe. He ended up on top because he was the least stoopid, imo. But I could well be wrong, as, except for that weekly meeting, I was pretty much in the dark about what they were doing.</p> Brady Dougan, I think, is anything but white shoe. He ended up on top because he was the least stoopid, imo. But I could well be wrong, as, except for that weekly meeting, I was pretty much in the dark about what they were doing.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641397 eCAHNomics Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:54:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641397 <p>I have noticed in so many interactions that the army major’s only choice of action is military. He has had extensive training at military colleges, so I would have thought he would have tools other than the military hammer, and have told him so. He has emailed me great reading lists. But his blinders seem pretty firmly attached.</p> I have noticed in so many interactions that the army major’s only choice of action is military. He has had extensive training at military colleges, so I would have thought he would have tools other than the military hammer, and have told him so. He has emailed me great reading lists. But his blinders seem pretty firmly attached.

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641393 sadlyyes Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:52:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641393 <p>let us not forget Europe and Presscott Bush Brown Brothers Harriman…same stunts different days</p> let us not forget Europe and Presscott Bush Brown Brothers Harriman…same stunts different days

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641391 eCAHNomics Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:50:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641391 <p>So, the third firm I worked for on Wall St., First Boston, got acquired by Credit Suisse to become CSFB. After I left, CS absorbed FB, which them disappeared. Ironically enuf, my last boss’s boss, Brady Dougan, a FB survivor, is now CEO of all of CS. For about 2 years I had a standing Wed 7am group meeting with him. While he was the best I experienced at FB, that did not make him superior. It really focuses the mind when one has had extensive personal interaction with a CEO, and disrespects him.</p> So, the third firm I worked for on Wall St., First Boston, got acquired by Credit Suisse to become CSFB. After I left, CS absorbed FB, which them disappeared. Ironically enuf, my last boss’s boss, Brady Dougan, a FB survivor, is now CEO of all of CS. For about 2 years I had a standing Wed 7am group meeting with him. While he was the best I experienced at FB, that did not make him superior. It really focuses the mind when one has had extensive personal interaction with a CEO, and disrespects him.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641380 selise Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:46:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641380 <blockquote><p>From this little encounter with a military man, it makes me think that larger causes are curses, not blessings.</p></blockquote> <p>one of the reasons the theory of nonviolence (not the same thing as pacifism) originally appealed to me. i’ve been so very wrong about things in the past - it has to temper any certainty i can have now. but if i let that prevent me from acting on my current best judgement, then I’m shirking my responsibility.</p> <p>the thing about nonviolence is that it has allowed me to act - but not by doing things that are likely to cause harm to people. which would be pretty horrible on it’s own… but, especially if tomorrow i changed my mind and decided i had been wrong.</p>

From this little encounter with a military man, it makes me think that larger causes are curses, not blessings.

one of the reasons the theory of nonviolence (not the same thing as pacifism) originally appealed to me. i’ve been so very wrong about things in the past – it has to temper any certainty i can have now. but if i let that prevent me from acting on my current best judgement, then I’m shirking my responsibility.

the thing about nonviolence is that it has allowed me to act – but not by doing things that are likely to cause harm to people. which would be pretty horrible on it’s own… but, especially if tomorrow i changed my mind and decided i had been wrong.

]]> By: sadlyyes http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641378 sadlyyes Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:45:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/21/sovereignty-in-what-respect/#comment-1641378 <p>ya know,after spending lots of time in Switzerland it occurs to me,the Swiss are more greedy than MERKINS</p> ya know,after spending lots of time in Switzerland it occurs to me,the Swiss are more greedy than MERKINS

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