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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:10 PM Original message |
Krugman: White House Excluding "Progressive-Economist Wing" |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. "They warned me if I voted for Clinton in the primaries, I'd get tired retreads of failed policies" |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If the whole economic situation wasn't so depressing, this would actually be funny. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I don't know if it is irony, what it means is that we had no real choice economic policy was |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. That's an excellent point. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. And fully embracing the Goldman Sachs Wing. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brooksley Born predicted the economic crisis too. See/hear her anywhere? n/t |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I did too. I didnt know that would qualify me to set economic policy |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Were you the one who warned Greenspan, Rubin, Summers about it years ago and they |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. +2!!!!!!!!! |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Hell, I warned them in 1980 |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
41. +1 |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Didn't Obama invite both of them to the Whitehouse for dinner? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Needs to be a hell of a lot more than just dinner, |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I am all for that. Amen. nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. But neither of them want a government job according to them. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Yes, somehow many miss that. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Yeah, and you missed that he DID want a job, got snubbed, now has |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Really? I never read that. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Here it is....."Obama's dinner with Stiglitz and Krugman" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. awesome, thanks for the link. (i missed all that completely.) nt |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. You're welcome :) Wish I had some of that roast beef and listened in ..sounded delicious. nt |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Self-deleted post. somebody already covered the dinner. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Summers, wrong man for the job, but the right Gatekeeper |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, folks, I pegged this one back in November |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Shrug, I am not worried. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. No real surprise there |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. "hasn't quite gotten the hang of voice mail"? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. -1. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. I agree and also award a -1. |
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choie (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. THAT's how you judge whether Stiglitz would have been |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Being informed on the basics of current society: Essential. |
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destes (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Plainly, wife speak spoken here. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. In the last five years 3 federal Administrative Law Judges retired who were considered |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
65. Retired. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. I hereby nominate this post.. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. -1 |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. General Electric's Newsweek is showing itself to be true bi-partisan...... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It 's not Newsweek's job to support this administration |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Not, it was only newsweek's job to support the last administration..... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Newsweek is owned by The Washington Post Company |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. They have a "special" partnership with GE! |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&+R |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. K & R |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. The way I see it, progressives had a large part in getting Obama elected. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. He foolishly believes it was the power brokers that got him elected, not us...nt |
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TommyPaine (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. Stiglitz makes Milt Friedman look like an infant. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. everyone but Goldman Sachs seems to have been excluded. |
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Political Tiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. "In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry..." |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. now this is an article critical of the Obama Administration that I can and will recommend |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Most of us did not approve of Obama because we already knew he was owned by the corporations! |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I always knew that the United States is a corporate-capitalist dominated society. I always knew |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Don't you realize that many people voted AGAINST Palin & her fundie nut job insanity? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I remember like it was yesterday people scoffing at the idea that Reagan would actually win and |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thanks for the post. K & R! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. You're welcome. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
40. Krugman and Stiglitz are Playing Checkers, Obama's Playing Chess |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. yes paul...obama is`t fdr. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. "Grifters"... Excellent Characterization. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. I never had anything on the front page. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Funniest and most ridiculous charge ever |
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AllTooEasy (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Is this guy serious?! |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. 1.4 trillion |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. it wasn't the size as much as where the money went |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. the one trick pony post - |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
54. No kidding |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. "an entire economic perspective is lacking in the White House". Add the words predictably accurate |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
64. He would be great for Obama's team |
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