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emsimon33

(3,128 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:15 PM Sep 2013

R.I.P. Larry Summers by Greg Palast [View all]

I love the alien quote from the article:

"On Sunday afternoon, facing a revolt by his own party’s senators, Obama dumped Larry as likely replacement for Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

"Until news came that Summers’ torch had been snuffed, I was going to write another column about Larry, the Typhoid Mary of Economics. (My first, in The Guardian, 15 years ago, warned that “Summers is, in fact, a colony of aliens sent to Earth to turn humans into a cheap source of protein.”)"

The whole article is here:

http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=33e4ec877eed6a43863a4a92e&id=60e22b06aa&e=b784a2d50d

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R.I.P. Larry Summers by Greg Palast [View all] emsimon33 Sep 2013 OP

"Summers is... a colony of aliens sent to Earth to turn humans into a cheap source of protein." scarletwoman Sep 2013 #1

Saw it over the weekend.... Roy Rolling Sep 2013 #4

Who does Obama work for? Hint: You aren’t one of them. pa28 Sep 2013 #2

Its payback. davidwparker Sep 2013 #8

That part was particularly spot on! MNBrewer Sep 2013 #17

"Who picked Obama?" HomerRamone Sep 2013 #3

No wonder Palast doesn't get invited to breakfast at the White House. Octafish Sep 2013 #7

His 'end game' memo he reported Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #9

The fact he's seldom seen on American tee vee says it all. Octafish Sep 2013 #12

and they know that Summers is instantly hate-able yurbud Sep 2013 #14

I agree. I always feel I need a shower after I see him. emsimon33 Sep 2013 #21

Penny Pritzker... Penny Pritzker... now why does that name ring a bell? OH YEAH!! MNBrewer Sep 2013 #18

There was SO Much ONLNE Blowback against Pritzger...but, she Financed Obama KoKo Sep 2013 #20

Summers here and the time is right dreamnightwind Sep 2013 #5

'What would Goldman think.' Octafish Sep 2013 #6

Good article! Vanje Sep 2013 #10

I'm grateful Obama is not owned by oil and arms like bush/cheney. But I always realized diane in sf Sep 2013 #11

this should have been the title: LARRY "WHAT WOULD GOLDMAN THINK?" SUMMERS yurbud Sep 2013 #13

one could hope we've seen the last of a destructive bastard like summers, but like kissenger KG Sep 2013 #15

Summers predicted demise might be premature. The next president might like him. Just sayin. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #16

Recommend. KoKo Sep 2013 #19

Something most people don't know . . . Le Taz Hot Sep 2013 #22