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Rachel Maddow: "Helping Our Rich People Was A Theory That We Tried.." (Original Post) Cha Dec 2013 OP
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Who Stole The American Dream - Video - Book - Powell Memo cantbeserious Dec 2013 #3
Thank you for those links, cantbeserious. Cha Dec 2013 #6
Great video. Could you please post it as its own thread? Thanks. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #26
Thank You - Yes It Was Posted As A Separate Thread Over Two Weeks Ago cantbeserious Dec 2013 #27
Sorry. My bad. JDPriestly Dec 2013 #32
You Good - Go Warren 2016 cantbeserious Dec 2013 #34
k&r... spanone Dec 2013 #4
Mahalo, spanone.. Cha Dec 2013 #7
Rachel hits it out of the park again! Thanks, Cha! n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #5
Yeah, the Kochbots can stop pretending "Trickle down" is to help Cha Dec 2013 #11
Yep, old Sol came out to visit us again today! Wonders never cease! n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #17
.. Cha Dec 2013 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author delrem Dec 2013 #8
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #9
And yet Glenn Greenwald isn't a fan of Rachel Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #10
Oh Glenn just haz Cha Dec 2013 #12
And This Distinction Is Important Why In The Context Of The Quote About Oligarchs cantbeserious Dec 2013 #13
It's not, and it's not even accurate either. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Dec 2013 #29
Where did he say something specific about Rachel? Hissyspit Dec 2013 #30
Once again you're doing your best to defend an obvious Obama basher Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #35
So, in other words, you can't defend what you posted. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #42
"cult of personality" Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Dec 2013 #44
No, it's not. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #45
Yes, it is. Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #46
Not in the context I was using it. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #47
wow fascisthunter Dec 2013 #36
LOL Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #37
actually fascisthunter Dec 2013 #48
I doubt a majority of people ever thought that "theory" was worth trying. merrily Dec 2013 #14
So Rachel, I expect you to stop supporting Turd way. PowerToThePeople Dec 2013 #15
They damage America, Cha. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #16
Speaking of that... try this thread out. I posted on it with a few others... freshwest Dec 2013 #20
Thanks for the link, fresh.. I've Cha Dec 2013 #23
Yes, we are literally fighting to keep America Cha Dec 2013 #21
Is it too much to ask Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #19
I think a lot of it has to Cha Dec 2013 #22
.. Cha Dec 2013 #24
It helped a lot of up-and-coming politicians *become* rich people Fumesucker Dec 2013 #25
When history writes the story of how this government of, by, and for the people shirked its mandate indepat Dec 2013 #31
Love President Obama.. he's done so much Cha Dec 2013 #33
But...but...but... Capitalism!!! farmbo Dec 2013 #38
More like wannabe Plutocracy, Cha Dec 2013 #39
When I am faced with theoretical theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth world wide wally Dec 2013 #40
When I am faced with situational theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth world wide wally Dec 2013 #41

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
3. Who Stole The American Dream - Video - Book - Powell Memo
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 01:01 AM
Dec 2013


"The promise of a prosperous middle-class life with decent work, rising living standards, and the potential for a better future has long been the foundation of the American dream. But as America continues to struggle to recover from the Great Recession, it has become clear that the middle class is in jeopardy -- and many of the policies of the last 40 years are to blame.

Examining the political, legislative, and corporate choices that have pushed the middle class to the brink, Pulitzer Prize- and Emmy Award-winning journalist, producer, and bestselling author Hedrick Smith details the story of this demise. In his new book, Who Stole the American Dream?, Mr. Smith analyzes how "pro-business" policies dismantled the previous American social contract and tells the stories of the people who have been left behind. ..."

The Book - Who Stole The American Dream

http://www.amazon.com/Stole-American-Dream-Hedrick-Smith/dp/1400069661

See the Powell Manifesto Here.

http://www.thwink.org/sustain/articles/017_PowellMemo/PowellMemoReproduction.pdf

Commentary Here.

http://www.thwink.org/sustain/articles/017_PowellMemo/

Cha

(295,915 posts)
11. Yeah, the Kochbots can stop pretending "Trickle down" is to help
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 01:37 AM
Dec 2013

out those at the bottom, fresh. And, call it what it is.. Corporate Welfare for those who are greedy and shrunken hearted.

OT, but I saw this on FB and thought of you..



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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
10. And yet Glenn Greenwald isn't a fan of Rachel
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 01:31 AM
Dec 2013

Because apparently she fawns over Obama 24/7....at least according to him.

K&R

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
28. It's not, and it's not even accurate either.
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 11:07 AM
Dec 2013

Last edited Fri Dec 27, 2013, 12:09 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's Glenn on the subject earlier this year:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/19/msnbc-axelrod-gibbs-obama

Chris Hayes regularly criticizes Obama from the left while, post-election, Rachel Maddow sometimes does the same).


From the interview apperently in question:

"Not everyone on MSNBC does that 24 hours a day," Welker interjected. "No, not everybody, but a lot of people on MSNBC do," Greenwald said.


Greenwald clarified that he wasn't talking about everyone.

Here is Rachel defending Greenwald in August: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/19/1232435/-Rachel-Maddow-on-David-Miranda-and-the-White-House

By the way, reaction from this discredited website, where BOTH Maddow and Greenwald are trashed:

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2013/08/dear-rachel-maddow-terrorism-under-veil.html

Rachel goes on an "insane rant!" don't you know.

Here is Greenwald interviewing Maddow about her book "Drift:" http://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/interview_with_rachel_maddow

Response to Cali_Democrat (Reply #10)

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
35. Once again you're doing your best to defend an obvious Obama basher
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 08:47 PM
Dec 2013

who went after one of the few channels with good hosts like Maddow, Lawrence and Rev. Al.

I'm shocked to see this from you!

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
42. So, in other words, you can't defend what you posted.
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:06 AM
Dec 2013

I've never said you can't criticize Greenwald. He's actually using some lazy hyperbole here to make a valid or at least debatable point. But he HAS clarified the point previously and it didn't include how much Rachel Maddow sucks. What I have said and implied is you don't get to criticize Greenwald by making stuff up, because you can't see beyond cult of personality. If you are looking for "agenda," there you go.

I have been a big fan of Rachel for a long time, posting her stuff here long before she ever had a TV show, and will defend her when necessary. But you, apparently, would not be aware of that, since you seem to know nothing about me beyond what you want to make up in your head about me.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
43. "cult of personality"
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:42 AM
Dec 2013

Something you read on websites like Free Republic.

Your slip is really showing.

Not only do you use right wing memes, but you always seem to show up in threads to defend someone who is attacking Obama.

I'm merely pointing it out.

Response to Cali_Democrat (Reply #43)

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
45. No, it's not.
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:46 AM
Dec 2013

You just can't win the argument, and so your baseless, disgusting post.

As I have repeatedly pointed out, you don't have a clue.

But you do have ad Hominem.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
46. Yes, it is.
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:52 AM
Dec 2013

The right wing constantly refers to Obama supporters as cult followers and they have since 2008.

Lo and behold, there you go referencing "cult of personality".

Add that to the constant defense of Obama haters like Greenwald and I think it's pretty obvious where you stand.

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
47. Not in the context I was using it.
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:59 AM
Dec 2013

But, then, you don't care, do you? Congratulations, you took an thread-jack attack on Greenwald in a thread that wasn't even about him, and absurdly extended it to an implication that I am a troll, and managed to throw in Barack Obama, too (when no one was talking about him), without even managing to defend your original point.

Do you have any idea how silly it makes you look to imply that I am a troll to all the many, many people here who know absolutely that I'm not?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
14. I doubt a majority of people ever thought that "theory" was worth trying.
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 01:42 AM
Dec 2013

It was always bs of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%, and recognized as such by everyone but the brainwashed and highly brainwashable.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
15. So Rachel, I expect you to stop supporting Turd way.
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 01:51 AM
Dec 2013

If you truly believe this, then Turd way candidates are not for you. Turds only support the corporatist plan, they do not care about the least among us.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
20. Speaking of that... try this thread out. I posted on it with a few others...
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:09 AM
Dec 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101681251

It'd be funny is so many hadn't fallen for the lies, and lost their souls to greed and bigotry. From the link, but the entire piece is worth the read, to understnad the depths of the depravity and the dangerous hypocrisy of the GOP:

A Christmas Speculation


Here are the passages I found in which Jesus tells his followers that they have a duty to take care of children, the poor, and other vulnerable people:

Matthew 18:6, 18:10, 19:21, 23:14, and 25:31-46; Mark 9:36-37, 10:21, and 12:40; and Luke 10:30-37, 11:41, 12:33, 14:12-14, 18:22, and 20:47.

Here are the passages in which Jesus tells his followers to pay their taxes without complaining:

Matthew 5:42, 17:24-27, and 22:19-21; Mark 12:14-17; and Luke 6:30 and 20:21-25.

Here are the passages in which Jesus tells his followers that they aren’t supposed to obsess about other people’s sins, but should leave that to God, and attend to their own moral failings instead:

Matthew 7:1-5 and 9:10-13; Mark 2:15-17; Luke 6:37, 6:41-42, 7:44-48, 15:2, 18:10-14, and 19 ; and John 8:2-11.

And here are the passages in which Jesus tells his followers to blame the poor and vulnerable for their plight, direct benefits toward the already well-to-do at the expense of everyone else, refuse to pay their fair share of taxes, and obsessively denounce and punish the sins of people they don’t like while finding every opportunity to excuse their own sins and those of their friends:

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http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/

Cha

(295,915 posts)
23. Thanks for the link, fresh.. I've
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 03:11 AM
Dec 2013

been saying something like that for a long time now. It's only obvious.

Cha

(295,915 posts)
21. Yes, we are literally fighting to keep America
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:11 AM
Dec 2013

from being killed off by the Plutocracy and their puppets.

Excellent Graphic, she.. eloquently, concisely stated by Randall Aubrey..

Thank you, she~ ILIWIWUITMABOIP

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
19. Is it too much to ask
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:08 AM
Dec 2013

for rank-and-file Republicans (and conservatives in general) to stop for a minute and ask themselves why anyone would want to be poor and without basic necessities? For real, even when someone like Limbaugh who makes roughly $50M a year gets taxed at an Eisenhower rate, he or she would still have a few millions to blow, compared to someone like me who has no job and has to rely on monthly government checks to pay for groceries and the rent that are less than a thousand dollars.
I don't get people who vote like that who aren't rich. I really don't.

Cha

(295,915 posts)
22. I think a lot of it has to
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:19 AM
Dec 2013

to do with being brainwashed by those like Limbaugh, Jamaal. And, I don't think it's only confined to America.

It's a human phenomena.. that listening and watching shows for suckers is more important to them than having health care and the benefits that would help them.. if they weren't too busy making misspelled signs accusing President Obama of "Socialism!".



indepat

(20,899 posts)
31. When history writes the story of how this government of, by, and for the people shirked its mandate
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 06:55 PM
Dec 2013

to promote the general welfare by almost exclusively pandering to the uber-wealthy and large corporations at the detriment of the rest of society, the story will be one of the ugliest, most ruthlessly corrupt abrogations of duty ever perpetrated imo.

Cha

(295,915 posts)
33. Love President Obama.. he's done so much
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 07:32 PM
Dec 2013

Last edited Fri Dec 27, 2013, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)

for us.. I don't care what those who have no clue have to say. CLEAN HOUSE IN GOTV 2014!

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
40. When I am faced with theoretical theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 12:15 AM
Dec 2013

degree. Or reduce them to the lowest possible denominator. In this instance I would reduce the theory of economics down to the most basic scenario possible such as maybe ten people stranded on a desert island.
If only one person has all the money, how do the others survive? If that one person should happen to hire the baddest dude on the island as his "enforcer" (for a minimum wage, of course) then the rest are at the mercy of the one with all the occurrence.
However, if the wealth is more evenly spread out between them, there is room for growth, progress, and cooperation. Any of them are enabled to become as rich as possible, but they all have a vested interest in the community and progress is much more likely.
This does not take a degree in economics to figure out.

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
41. When I am faced with situational theories and speculation, I like to extrapolate them out to the Nth
Sat Dec 28, 2013, 12:18 AM
Dec 2013

degree. Or reduce them to the lowest possible denominator. In this instance I would reduce the theory of economics down to the most basic scenario possible such as maybe ten people stranded on a desert island.
If only one person has all the money, how do the others survive? If that one person should happen to hire the baddest dude on the island as his "enforcer" (for a minimum wage, of course) then the rest are at the mercy of the one with all the currency.
However, if the wealth is more evenly spread out between them, there is room for growth, progress, and cooperation. Any of them are enabled to become as rich as possible, but they all have a vested interest in the community and progress is much more likely.
This does not take a degree in economics to figure out.

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