Douglas Rushkoff vs. Wall Street

[rich]

what I find interesting about it all is the buffonish-reactions to the
protests;  these corporate types cant nail down what should be obvious
to most as to why people are upset and angry.  seeing them bluster and
squirm is worth the price of having to listen to fox news-addled folks
in the first place

sorry to hear that Ian
i've been booted off the payrolls twice since 2006.

rich

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given this history, how can you not applaud the protesters for finally
>> taking a stand?
>>
>
> May you never grow cynical enough to just stand by without even
> debating the issues. I thank the protesters and trust they will keep
> up the pressure. I do hope to join them soon, as I will soon be among
> the unemployed....
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:15 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Today's NYT Krugman (God Bless Him):
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/krugman-confronting-the-malefactors.html?_r=1&ref=global
>>
>> A weary cynicism, a belief that justice will never get served, has
>> taken over much of our political debate — and, yes, I myself have
>> sometimes succumbed. In the process, it has been easy to forget just
>> how outrageous the story of our economic woes really is. So, in case
>> you’ve forgotten, it was a play in three acts.
>>
>> In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild
>> (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through
>> reckless lending. In the second act, the bubbles burst — but bankers
>> were bailed out by taxpayers, with remarkably few strings attached,
>> even as ordinary workers continued to suffer the consequences of the
>> bankers’ sins. And, in the third act, bankers showed their gratitude
>> by turning on the people who had saved them, throwing their support —
>> and the wealth they still possessed thanks to the bailouts — behind
>> politicians who promised to keep their taxes low and dismantle the
>> mild regulations erected in the aftermath of the crisis.
>>
>> Given this history, how can you not applaud the protesters for finally
>> taking a stand?
>>
>>
>>> this is exactly the point of the great Adam Curtis' short film "oh, Dear"-ism
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCBG4bvIueA
>>>
>>> rich
>>
>
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> --
> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
> trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
> of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
> than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>