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liberalsince1968 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:30 PM Original message |
AIG director named to Obama tax task force |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. The more things change, the more they stay the same |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. fascism... having corporate folks taking positions of government |
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create.peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. and people are turning deaf ears still.....n/t |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Less inflammatory headline: |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Correct Headline: Member of AIG Board of Directors named to Obama Task Force |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. And Obama sat on a board with William Ayers. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Thank you! |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Apples and oranges -- Obama was not president then, and Ayres had a conscience |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. No, it's the GUILT by ASSOCIATION game |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Ayres WAS guilty of terrorism. He blew up buildings. He just gave people advance notice. Obama had |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "Ayres WAS guilty of terrorism?" In what court was he found guilty of this? |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. U.S. District Court 1980 |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. BULLSH!T!!!! Ayers was NEVER convicted of any crime! |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Double your meds. Yes he was convicted. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. What Tapper doesn't tell you is charges was dropped |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Trying to use World Net to prove something. LOL |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. AIG and Goldman Sachs have damaged this country far more than the "Weather Underground" ever did. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. But Obama didn't invite him onto that board |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Obama didn't appoint Feldstein to AIG's board either. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Ayers and Obama were on the same board of A CHARITY. Not AIG. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. You act as if the man did nothing else in his entire life |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. This is all that matters and all they are doing... |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That's right. He and the others on this task force |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. He is proponent of tax cuts for the rich... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Oops - wrong place (n/t) |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. *************FREEPER "like" HEADLINE ALERT************ |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Call CNN Because that's THEIR headline - |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Exactly! It's designed not to inform but to inflame. n/t |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. :snort: |
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liberalsince1968 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. I didn't make up the headline you asshole. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. People may want to check the OP's posting history....those |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. S/he doesn't have a glowing photo of the Obama family in her sig line, no |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Too bad my sig line bothers you. I happen to like that family. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Where did I say your photo bothered me? ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. But Obama did nominate Feldstein and CNN did report it, regardless of the OP. nt |
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liberalsince1968 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Yup, I don't blindly worship Obama and think his shit smells like roses. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Keep your enemies closer" |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. More info on him - including a few articles and OpEd pieces he's written - can be found |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. LOL! Sounds like he was a McCain supporter. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Martin Feldstein is one of the most respected economists on the planet |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Feldstein is one of the most respected 'trickle-down' economists on the planet |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Country Club set? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. He's very concerned about the wealth gap in this country. nt |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. What? He thinks it's still too small? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. This guy is straight out of the DaVinci code. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Hahhha! AIG Board. Bush PFIAB. American Enterprise Institute. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Old news. Recyled for the purpose of stirring up controversy. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hahahahaha! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Correct headline "Obama appoints Harvard Econ Professor" |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. oh my fucking god. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow - you guys have really come out of the woodwork over the last few days! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not surprised. In fact, it's to be expected. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. What in the fuck! |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. Feldstein is an avid advocate of Social Security reform |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Privatization, actually. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Oh HELL to the fucking NO! |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sat on Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Holy Christ! He's tied to Eli Lily and Frist's HCA corporation??? |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Shouldn't we |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Morgan Stanley's Laura Tyson |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. Feldstein is concerned about the wealth gap in this country. I give him dap for that. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Hahaha! That was pretty funny. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus (WSJ) |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. But not a surprise. Just pragmatic payback. |
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