Comments on: MATLOCK!!! http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:44:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mauimom http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005333 Mauimom Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005333 <blockquote>Prof. Krugman, in “The Defining Moment,” says the health care legislation on the table isn’t perfect, but it’s as good as anyone could reasonably have expected.</blockquote> Did you notice that they turned off the comments in Krugman's article after 20 minutes? I was ready to go over there and comment, but comments were closed. I wonder what they were afraid of.

Prof. Krugman, in “The Defining Moment,” says the health care legislation on the table isn’t perfect, but it’s as good as anyone could reasonably have expected.

Did you notice that they turned off the comments in Krugman’s article after 20 minutes? I was ready to go over there and comment, but comments were closed. I wonder what they were afraid of.

]]> By: regulararmyfool http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005321 regulararmyfool Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:03:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005321 Pretending that the Washinton Post, the New York Times, CBS, NPR, PBS and all of the other "news" organizations pretending that they are not totally propagandists for the plutocrats and the oligarchy does nothing to improve understanding. David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder. Oh look we have a bright and shiny piece of shit over here. Ignore that 2/3 of a trillion that was just given to the totally incompetent Military/Industrial complex. David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder. Pay attention you idiots. That is 2/3 of a trillion fucking real dollars. David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder. Focus, shitheads, David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder doesn't matter a entessy teenssy fucking bit. Forget David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder. Paying attention to the fool distracts you from what the real evil bastards are up to. Pretending that the Washinton Post, the New York Times, CBS, NPR, PBS and all of the other “news” organizations pretending that they are not totally propagandists for the plutocrats and the oligarchy does nothing to improve understanding.

David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder. Oh look we have a bright and shiny piece of shit over here. Ignore that 2/3 of a trillion that was just given to the totally incompetent Military/Industrial complex.
David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.

Pay attention you idiots. That is 2/3 of a trillion fucking real dollars.
David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.

Focus, shitheads, David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder doesn’t matter a entessy teenssy fucking bit. Forget David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.David Broder.

Paying attention to the fool distracts you from what the real evil bastards are up to.

]]> By: mikey683 http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005270 mikey683 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005270 Actually the "opt-out" if you think about it is a great way to get rid of Republican governors. How long can you stay in office by denying your state an option everyone else has? Hmmm? Actually the “opt-out” if you think about it is a great way to get rid of Republican governors. How long can you stay in office by denying your state an option everyone else has? Hmmm?

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005250 Ann in AZ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:21:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005250 You make a really good case for something that should become another really big deal for the electorate to demand of their legislators: campaign finance reform. The kind that would cause the corporate structure to bend to the will of the people (who really are their customers and clients anyway.) Until that gets done, nothing gets done easily or neatly except more corruption! You make a really good case for something that should become another really big deal for the electorate to demand of their legislators: campaign finance reform. The kind that would cause the corporate structure to bend to the will of the people (who really are their customers and clients anyway.) Until that gets done, nothing gets done easily or neatly except more corruption!

]]> By: shell http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005247 shell Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:51:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005247 You are correct. Where, oh where, are the FDRs or LBJs in the 2009 Congress? I keep hearing about how the Senate is the House of Lords and they sure are, today. But where are our Presidents today? There haven't been strong Democratic ones since LBJ. I keep hearing that LBJ was a "man of the Senate" -- that he knew how to get the votes. Well, today there are lots of Democratic senators who have been there for decades. What is wrong with them? WHY are they so sick for money? Why would they sell their mama's soul for a buck? Just take one -- Evan Bayh. He is filthy rich. But, he still has a wife who desperately needs MORE money. Why can't these freaks just have their money and be happy? WHY do they desperately NEED to get more and more, even if it kills (or makes miserable) so many Americans? It is sick. It is a mental illness, I tell you. You are correct. Where, oh where, are the FDRs or LBJs in the 2009 Congress? I keep hearing about how the Senate is the House of Lords and they sure are, today. But where are our Presidents today? There haven’t been strong Democratic ones since LBJ.

I keep hearing that LBJ was a “man of the Senate” — that he knew how to get the votes. Well, today there are lots of Democratic senators who have been there for decades. What is wrong with them? WHY are they so sick for money? Why would they sell their mama’s soul for a buck?

Just take one — Evan Bayh. He is filthy rich. But, he still has a wife who desperately needs MORE money. Why can’t these freaks just have their money and be happy? WHY do they desperately NEED to get more and more, even if it kills (or makes miserable) so many Americans? It is sick. It is a mental illness, I tell you.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005210 Phoenix Woman Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005210 Yeah. Most Beltway Bozos try to mix it up a bit, but Broder is damned near a perfect reverse indicator -- reality is almost always the exact opposite of what he says it is. Yeah. Most Beltway Bozos try to mix it up a bit, but Broder is damned near a perfect reverse indicator — reality is almost always the exact opposite of what he says it is.

]]> By: bob5540 http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005203 bob5540 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:12:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005203 Attaturk, do you perchance live in a blue state? I don't. My state's almost as red as it could be. Therefore, with an opt-out, it's likely I will never see a public option. Attaturk, do you perchance live in a blue state?

I don’t. My state’s almost as red as it could be. Therefore, with an opt-out, it’s likely I will never see a public option.

]]> By: JohnEmerson http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005159 JohnEmerson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:28:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005159 Unemployment insurance was first passed in a form which gave a lot of leeway to the states in how they administered it. This was necessary in order to gain the support of Southern and machine Democrats. The effect was to allow Southern states to administer the programs in a racist way. It wasn't a exactly an opt-out, but it was a federal-state partnership which favored the states. Food stamps also vary state by state. When people say that Broder "has forgotten more than most people ever knew", it's not a compliment. He's a ruin, just a vestige of what he used to be, and he wasn't a genius to begin with. Fortunately for him, as he has declined, the profession as a whole has declined in synch, so he's still respected by everyone who respects Chris Matthews, and Bill O'Reilly, and Chuck Todd, and the other clowns. Unemployment insurance was first passed in a form which gave a lot of leeway to the states in how they administered it. This was necessary in order to gain the support of Southern and machine Democrats. The effect was to allow Southern states to administer the programs in a racist way. It wasn’t a exactly an opt-out, but it was a federal-state partnership which favored the states.

Food stamps also vary state by state.

When people say that Broder “has forgotten more than most people ever knew”, it’s not a compliment. He’s a ruin, just a vestige of what he used to be, and he wasn’t a genius to begin with. Fortunately for him, as he has declined, the profession as a whole has declined in synch, so he’s still respected by everyone who respects Chris Matthews, and Bill O’Reilly, and Chuck Todd, and the other clowns.

]]> By: demi http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005150 demi Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005150 Cannot even imagine. Stay safe. And, warm. Cannot even imagine. Stay safe. And, warm.

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/matlock-8/#comment-2005148 twolf1 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47659#comment-2005148 <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/30/early-morning-swim-jane-and-rachel-discuss-what-to-do-about-joe-lieberman/" rel="nofollow">AM Swim is upstairs...</a> AM Swim is upstairs…

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