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Author: Hope-Gandalf-Obwon IIIHope-Gandalf-Obwon III Date: Sep 15, 2007 16:37
In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
"My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to
wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes.
"Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush
presidency. . . . To my mind, Bush's collaborate-don't-confront
approach was a major mistake."
The Republicans, he says, deserved to lose control of the Senate and
House in last year's elections. "The Republicans in Congress lost
their way," Greenspan writes. "They swapped principle for power. They
ended up with neither."
Greenspan adds, " 'Deficits don't matter,' to my chagrin became part
of the Republicans' rhetoric."
Your Nimcompoop-in-Chief, who managed to run several Bush-family-
furnished businesses into the ground before he stumbled into public
office, will leave the White House with the nation in far worse
financial shape than the country he inherited from Bill Clinton, whom
Greenspan deems a smart economist.
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Author: Bob EldBob Eld Date: Sep 15, 2007 17:14
> In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
> Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
>
> "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to
> wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes.
> "Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush
> presidency. . . . To my mind, Bush's collaborate-don't-confront
> approach was a major mistake."
>
> The Republicans, he says, deserved to lose control of the Senate and
> House in last year's elections. "The Republicans in Congress lost
> their way," Greenspan writes. "They swapped principle for power. They
> ended up with neither."
>
> Greenspan adds, " 'Deficits don't matter,' to my chagrin became part
> of the Republicans' rhetoric."
>
> Your Nimcompoop-in-Chief, who managed to run several Bush-family- ...
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Author: GW Chimpzilla's Eye-Rack Neocon UtopiaGW Chimpzilla's Eye-Rack Neocon Utopia Date: Sep 15, 2007 17:56
Hope-Gandalf-Obwon III wrote:
> In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
> Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
>
> "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to
> wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes.
My 2nd biggest frustration is Greenspan flooding the economy with cheap credit
at 1%% interest.
> "Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush
> presidency. . . . To my mind, Bush's collaborate-don't-confront
> approach was a major mistake."
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> The Republicans, he says, deserved...
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Author: lysanderlysander Date: Sep 15, 2007 18:03
KOOK ALERT! NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ!
Hope-Gandalf-Obwon III wrote:
> In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
> Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
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> "My biggest frustration remained...
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Author: RArmantRArmant Date: Sep 15, 2007 18:15
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:37:28 -0700, Hope-Gandalf-Obwon III
yahoo.com> wrote:
>He maintains that immigration reform,
>"by opening up the United States to the world's very large and growing
>pool of skilled workers," will help reduce the inequality of incomes.
Should government be in the wage deflating business?
It is the growing underclass caused by US immigration policy
that is behind growing wage inequality. A simple fix
-- crack down
on employers who hire illegals.
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Author: El TicoEl Tico Date: Sep 15, 2007 18:59
On Sep 15, 10:03 am, "lysan...@ comcast.net" comcast.net>
wrote:> KOOK ALERT! NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ!
>
??? Not even the original quotation? "I am saddened that it is
politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq
war is largely about oil."
And maybe someday you'll learn how to turn off the Caps Lock.
> Hope-Gandalf-Obwon III wrote:
>> In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
>> Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
>
>> "My biggest frustration...
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Author: EconotronEconotron Date: Sep 15, 2007 20:40
> In his just-released book, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
> Greenspan reserves much criticism for your White House war criminal.
>
> "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to
> wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan writes.
> "Not exercising the veto power became a hallmark of the Bush
> presidency. . . . To my mind, Bush's collaborate-don't-confront
> approach was a major mistake."
>
Who cares what this two-faced criminal says. Now he's trying to look good,
writing about someone else's "mistakes", hoping that history will forget
about LTCM and post 9/11 monetary expansion. He ought to burn in hell. :-)
e.
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Author: sinistersinister Date: Sep 15, 2007 23:23
> "Greenspan Is Critical Of Bush in Memoir"
>
> "Former Fed Chairman Has Praise for Clinton"
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> By Bob Woodward
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, September 15, 2007; A01
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Author: lysanderlysander Date: Sep 18, 2007 01:58
El Tico wrote:
> On Sep 15, 10:03 am, "lysan...@ comcast.net" comcast.net>
> wrote:>> KOOK ALERT! NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ!
>>
>
> ??? Not even the original quotation? "I am saddened that it is
> politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq
> war is largely about oil."
>
> And maybe someday you'll learn how to turn off the Caps Lock.
>
You are reading something entirely different from the post. I did not
see that in the post or the WP article. Care to elaborate where it came
from?
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Author: lysanderlysander Date: Sep 18, 2007 02:08
sinister wrote:
>> When Bush and Cheney won the 2000 election, Greenspan writes, "I
>> thought we had a golden opportunity to advance the ideals of
>> effective, fiscally conservative government and free markets. . . . I
>> was soon to see my old friends veer off to unexpected directions."
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> He's either a liar or an idiot. (Probably both.)
>
> Paul Krugman pointed out that Bush's numbers didn't add up even before he
> won the election.
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>
A. Krugman is a politictal zealot in his column. He also tends to
frequent forget about policy lags. As a macoreconomist he knows damn
well that they exist.
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