Comments on: Come Saturday Morning: Argument by Analogy http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:39:14 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: rich2506 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951944 rich2506 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:46:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951944 <blockquote><p>Ben Stein — who has now officially fallen from favor since he started shilling for that skanky “free credit report” outfit</p></blockquote> <p>Hmph. I lost all faith in Stein’s credibility when he put out “<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/" rel="nofollow">Expelled</a>.” Horrid, horrid, anti-science film.</p>

Ben Stein — who has now officially fallen from favor since he started shilling for that skanky “free credit report” outfit

Hmph. I lost all faith in Stein’s credibility when he put out “Expelled.” Horrid, horrid, anti-science film.

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951936 bobschacht Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:40:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951936 <blockquote><p>Wow! Ben Stein and Matt Taibbi almost kinda-sorta have the same opinion of Goldman Sachs! That must mean that Taibbi can be written off or something, right?</p></blockquote> <p>What it means to me is that we didn’t pay attention to the first warning, so now after the second warning we have a second chance to do something about it. But will we?</p> <p>Bob in HI</p>

Wow! Ben Stein and Matt Taibbi almost kinda-sorta have the same opinion of Goldman Sachs! That must mean that Taibbi can be written off or something, right?

What it means to me is that we didn’t pay attention to the first warning, so now after the second warning we have a second chance to do something about it. But will we?

Bob in HI

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951862 SouthernDragon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:28:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951862 <p>They’re no different than the Village reporters. Access and all the other stuff that goes along with it.</p> They’re no different than the Village reporters. Access and all the other stuff that goes along with it.

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951849 Hugh Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:21:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951849 <p>You have to remember that most financial reporters missed the housing bubble along with the rest of Wall Street. When it burst, they took as gospel what Wall Street told them that it was no big deal and that the market had quickly taken all the fallout from it into account. </p> <p>So it is with Goldman. All they see is the success because Goldman tells them what a success it is. They never bother to ask why such a predatory, wealth-destroying enterprise that serves no market function whatever, except separating rubes from their money, should even be allowed to exist.</p> You have to remember that most financial reporters missed the housing bubble along with the rest of Wall Street. When it burst, they took as gospel what Wall Street told them that it was no big deal and that the market had quickly taken all the fallout from it into account.

So it is with Goldman. All they see is the success because Goldman tells them what a success it is. They never bother to ask why such a predatory, wealth-destroying enterprise that serves no market function whatever, except separating rubes from their money, should even be allowed to exist.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951836 SouthernDragon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:11:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951836 <p>Because Goldman will call their editors and publishers and say bad things about them?</p> Because Goldman will call their editors and publishers and say bad things about them?

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951833 Hugh Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:04:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951833 <p>I started writing about Goldman well before Taibbi. Nothing very noteworthy about that. Goldman is about as hard to ignore as the sun coming up on a clear day. The question is not why Taibbi wrote about Goldman. It is why more reporters, especially financial reporters, haven’t.</p> I started writing about Goldman well before Taibbi. Nothing very noteworthy about that. Goldman is about as hard to ignore as the sun coming up on a clear day. The question is not why Taibbi wrote about Goldman. It is why more reporters, especially financial reporters, haven’t.

]]> By: ShotoJamf http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951832 ShotoJamf Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:57:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951832 <p>Don’t forget about Glenn Beck. He’d be a good shill for anti-psychotic meds…</p> Don’t forget about Glenn Beck. He’d be a good shill for anti-psychotic meds…

]]> By: ShotoJamf http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951831 ShotoJamf Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:54:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951831 <p>Nice. I play the piano like Horowitz..since my fingers use the piano keys, and all…</p> Nice. I play the piano like Horowitz..since my fingers use the piano keys, and all…

]]> By: torgo2009 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951829 torgo2009 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:36:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951829 <p>I’m disappointed no one on Wall Street is behind bars yet. I don’t even think there are any on going criminal investigations. There should be but money talks and the financial sector has more than anyone else.<br /> When the smoke clears I fear Wall Street will have every bit as much influence as it ever had in Congress.</p> I’m disappointed no one on Wall Street is behind bars yet. I don’t even think there are any on going criminal investigations. There should be but money talks and the financial sector has more than anyone else.
When the smoke clears I fear Wall Street will have every bit as much influence as it ever had in Congress.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951828 SouthernDragon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:32:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/08/come-saturday-morning-argument-by-analogy/#comment-1951828 <p>I remember that show. Then he shows up as this complete <em>reichwingnutjob</em>.</p> I remember that show. Then he shows up as this complete reichwingnutjob.

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