tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post5165420747848359280..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: When Pangloss AttacksKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-29361271160031307942014-12-30T00:32:28.509-05:002014-12-30T00:32:28.509-05:00All I know is that the practices of investment ban...All I know is that the practices of investment bankers which caused the economic meltdown are still allowed, thanks to Obama sitting on his hands in the year after he was elected. Which means we will have another meltdown, probably not in the so distant future. Extraordinary rendition (torture) is worse under Obama than it was under Bush and Obama is pushing for the T.P.P which is going devastate small businesses and wreck the economies of all the small countries caught up in the TPP net. Regulation is down, the safety net is torn and the country has become more self-righteously selfish. <br /><br />From where I sit, the world has gotten worse under Obama, not better. <br /><br />Valerie Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-2112848428966267672014-12-28T07:57:13.500-05:002014-12-28T07:57:13.500-05:00Christmas is a sad season for the poor.
“How unb...Christmas is a sad season for the poor. <br /><br />“How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.” - Anton ChekhovDenis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-76968960111210622162014-12-27T09:10:49.843-05:002014-12-27T09:10:49.843-05:0041 million people lack health insurance in this ex...41 million people lack health insurance in this exceptional nation in the best of all possible worlds.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/us/number-of-americans-without-health-insurance-falls-survey-shows.html<br /><br />Yes, in America real wages are stalled or falling: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/09/for-most-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/<br /><br />US Manufacturing remains in decline: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/424854/data-show-weaknesses-strengths-in-us-manufacturing/<br /><br />But, sure, I understand that those rose colored glasses distort everything. Especially for sheeple. Bert Gold, Frederick, Marylandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-25194636385637045482014-12-27T01:26:32.915-05:002014-12-27T01:26:32.915-05:00It's a Wonderful Life, Comrade http://shar.es/...It's a Wonderful Life, Comrade http://shar.es/1HWRwG via @sharethis<br /><br />From Truthout. Interesting comments from readers including myself.Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-41720985759067539102014-12-27T00:42:57.814-05:002014-12-27T00:42:57.814-05:00It is interesting that the majority of comments to...It is interesting that the majority of comments to Krugman's rosy column defended Obama and blamed the Republicans and fell for the usual urge to support the democrats based on imaginary progress. However, although there were very few honest responses, many of them were put in the NYTimes recommended column with the yellow seal. <br />Are the NYTimes editors more liberal now than Krugman and adorers? One can only dream.Pearlnoreply@blogger.com