BBC is running a story invoking chaos theory to explain why financial experts didn’t see the financial crisis coming.

Isn’t that just the kind of propaganda story the Bushies usually plant in a foreign paper, so they can refer to it and quote it in some American papers a day or two later? Makes it seem more objective when it comes from abroad.

The evidence simply doesn’t indicate NOBODY saw it coming.

I would guess many people didn’t see it coming, but the people who caused it not only saw it coming they relished it. Now…not so much.

While pursuing politics of personal power, Joe declares (by using language normally reserved for issues with moral implications), that this outcome or that outcome is “unacceptable”, as if there’s a moral or righteous argument to be made about the issue.

This is the kind of language and framing that Democrats once pursued and which discredited them with voters. Not all issues or all policy is grounded in moral choices. Joe’s framing cheapens his argument and his credibility on the issue.

Am I the only person who sees the irony in Sanctimonious Joe’s appeal to Obama’s new politics as a reason why he should continue in his chairmanship of Homeland Security? Especially given the fact Joe did everything he could to keep Obama out of the White House, and put John McCain in it? Joe’s argument is strictly self-serving and not a matter of principle. If principle mattered, Joe would not be demanding what he wants in order to stay in our caucus.

That said, I agree with Markos. We’re better off with Joe in the caucus rather than out so we can keep an eye on him. He’ll vote the way he votes because he believes in his own moral infallibility, even when the underlying issue has no moral implication. Furthermore, he’s spiteful as well as morally indignant, and so would vote against cloture and enable filibuster if he had an opportunity to stick in the shiv and twist.

If McCain had won, Joe would certainly be in his cabinet. I hope Reid brought that up when Joe asked Reid, Where is the love?

..and would someone please wipe the sanctimonious smirk off his Jiminy Cricket face before the door hits him in the ass on his way out?

1) Sign petition – done
2) Call Harry Reid – all circuits are busy — a good sign, will try back in a minute
3) Federal Express some footballs with a Peanuts’ diagram to our Lucy Senators

Thank you FDL for all that you do!

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