Douglas Rushkoff vs. Wall Street

[Ian Livingston]

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

I'm okay with it somehow, Rich. It's like I'm joining the in crowd.
Besides, as an arborist in a forested area, I expect I'll find work
okay, even if it ain't steady. Looks like teaching won't be a likely
passtime to pursue too single-mindedly. It's good to be a
jack-of-all-trades in an employers' market.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:49 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "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
>>
>



-- 
"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