Monday, August 30, 2010

Hey Rube, James Kunstler Sounds Like Ayn Rand Here:

Maybe we should listen and think about how to make real change happen...

Here's Kunstler:
The failure at the political center is a conscious one of nerve and will, of elected officials in both major parties playing desperately for advantage in defiance of the truth -- this truth being that the USA went broke trying to swindle itself into prosperity. Add to this the failure of the law to go after the swindlers, which has undermined the fundamental belief in the rule of law that enabled this society to function as well as it did previously.
And here's Rand thru the voice of Francisco D'Anconia in "Atlas Shrugged:"
...when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honest becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.
I have to say, not just to stir up a rash of hostile comments and let some worlds collide on here, that I have to agree with Kunstler's characterization of Glenn Beck and his new female Igor, Sarah Palin.  And even better is his statement about Obama: 
Barack Obama personifies this failure these days, a politician proclaiming "change" who not only managed to change nothing, but promoted a continuation of the national self-swindling with legislation so dazzlingly prolix and complicated that no one can claim to have read either the Health Care Reform Act or the Financial Regulation bill, the two hallmarks of his tenure so far, neither of which will change anything about how we do these things.
However, not only will the healthcare abortion called "change" legislation and the financial crapola bill not only NOT change anything, but both of those disasterous pieces of legislation do nothing more than further ensconce the ability of the two respective industries, healthcare/insurance/Big Pharma and Wall Street to expand upon and extend the massive transfer of wealth that is occurring from the hoi polloi to the elitists who are in a position to make it happen.

Barack Obama has not only failed to enact any of the promises of "change" upon which he was elected, he has just failed period as a leader and President of this country.  In fact, he's been downright pathetic unless you're in a position to capitalize - legally and illegally - on his incompetence.

And I'll end this rant with the last paragraph in Kunstler's piece, because he states it succinctly and very accurately: 
The bigger mystery in all this -- if I may perhaps engage in some nostalgia of my own -- is: what happened to reasonable, rational, educated people of purpose in this country to drive them into such burrow of cowardice that they can't speak the truth, or act decisively, or even defend themselves against such a host of vicious morons in a time of troubles?

Here's the link to Kunstler's commentary:  Hey Rube.  I hate the blogger term "hat tip," which is customarily extended to one's source, but I give Jesse of Jesse's Cafe Americain and a friend and colleague of mine a courteous "hat tip" for sending me Kunstler's piece, as I rarely tune into what old Jim has to say...

25 comments:

  1. I'll give you a 'hat tip.' lol

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  2. Dave--in the future can you post these types of discussions in the morning? A late evening post tends to cause restlessness all night. I stopped reading Kunstler for that reason (I think he still has a podcast though)

    From Manny Ramiriz land......

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  3. ROFLMAO. That was funny Hal. Hey it's better than sipping a glass of Mogen David and thinking about your daughter's wedding!

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  4. Dave, please consider doing us a favor and stick to writing about PM's. PM's are your strength, not politics. You are a very smart guy (sometimes coming off as cocky and arrogant), but not as smart as you think, especially when it comes to things outside the arena of finance and economics. I'm saying this a regular reader of your blog who also knows a lot about all of the aforementioned topics. I'm the one who battled you a few weeks ago on Beck all and I came away quite unimpressed by your responses, which were weak and contradictory at their core.

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  5. Here we go - let the games begin!

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  6. Beck is NOT the enemy The FEDERAl RESERVE is the enemy of the people

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  7. I never said Beck was the enemy. I'm saying he's a phony who is capitalizing on the reckless emotions of the tea party people and turning it into money for himself. Tremendous marketer. He really loses all credibility with me when he allies with Palin.

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  8. Beck is a stooge of Murdoch, who is a stooge of the OWNERS of the Federal Reserve. Beck will do whatever the PTB tell him to do.

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  9. How can the citizenry of a country be so stupid as to vote for a Palin?

    Or for the CIA-construct Obama?

    That all these people cannot understand the pingpong play between the two parties is incredible.

    We have more parties, it's even worse as they are ALL LIARS and corrupt thugs.People vote very small parties just to show the big ones they have no trust.

    We should ALL stay at home and not vote, make a NO-Vote-Campaign!!!

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  10. Dave, please consider doing us a favor and stick to writing about PM's. PM's are your strength, not politics. You are a very smart guy (sometimes coming off as cocky and arrogant), but not as smart as you think, especially when it comes to things outside the arena of finance and economics. I'm saying this a regular reader of your blog who also knows a lot about all of the aforementioned topics. I'm the one who battled you a few weeks ago on Beck all and I came away quite unimpressed by your responses, which were weak and contradictory at their core.

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    First of all pick a name, otherwise your not worthy of any response. Second, Politics is the reason for our existing money problems and a reason for this blog. I like the mix Dave it all ties in very nicely...keep the format the way it is.

    And a top of the morning to you Mr. Cutten.

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  11. I don't care if you agree or disagree with me on Beck. Beck is a retard who is partially regurgitating the relevant information about what is going in our system that those of us who have been doing this 2001 were railing about 9 years ago. And he's doing it in a way that is divisive and pollutes the truth and the real message. He's like a modern Goebbels in some sense, praying on blind patriotism and uninformed zealotry.

    If you want to support him, that's fine with me and we can agree to disagree. But don't EVER try tell me what to publish on here. If you don't want to read a particular post, then you don't fucking read it. That's why we have the 1st Amendment. It gives me the right to express my views and you the right to ignore them. We are losing that right and you are part of that problem.

    Not even my mother can tell me what to say on here, as she tried to excoriate me for using curse words this weekend.

    "I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living like a puppet or a slave."

    Beck worshippers are puppets who can't think for themselves. Hell Beck can't think for himself. He's the guy who, in his drunkeness, was blowing Bush. Bush is big part of the current problem.

    And Palin? ROFLMAO.

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  12. Fauvi I agree. I told my parents the other day that the best way to effect change in this country would be if no one showed up to vote in 2012 and the Government was overthrown and the financial system dismantled.

    Then we would have to deal with all the debt and lack of true capital formation (industrial base) in this country, but we need to get started on that before this country deteriorates into Cormac McCarthy's "inferno."

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  13. I thought you favored honest government. How many politicians are you aware of that sent big shots in their party to jail for corruption. Palin is the only one I know of. Beck is exactly who he appears to be. Right now he has delusions of being a great revival evangelist. But he means it. He has all the money he will ever need. These people are the allies of free markets, honest money and equal justice before the law. Wake up.

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  14. Tell him, Dave. Too bad Jimmy Cliff finally sold out...

    Excellent blog. Keep up the good work!

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  15. I like Knustler - and I don't trust Obama, but wasn't there something in this article about the idea that Obama had his nuts tied to the wheel and was merely trying to keep the wheels on the wagon as long as possible. Not and enviable position for sure................

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  16. Man, if I never need to drum up some static electricity when the market is dull, I'm going to write post about Beck LOL.

    Palin herself should be thrown in jail for having a low IQ. The best part about Palin is her ardent religiosity and the fact that her teenage Catholic school daughter had a bastard child and the father bangs everything with two legs up in Alaska...ROFLMAO. Gotta just drool over the irony...or is it a tautology perhaps????

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  17. In the heat of the battle, if find it somewhat astonishing that Jesse is the only person on here who knew that the "Hey Rube" was an allusion to Hunter S. Thompson, may he rest in peace and rebel thoughts.

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  18. Dave in Denver: Your ignorance is beyond compare. It's evident Palin's IQ is far above yours. The woman has an impressive record of accomplishment as a mayor, oil and gas commissioner,and governor. She is now the vanguard of the movement against totalitarian socialism. You expose yourself as a fool.

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  19. Dave--we can't afford to throw everybody with a low IQ in jail. The numbers would be more than the folks on medicaid and food stamps.

    what number were you thinking of?

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  20. Dave, don't publish this might be too many conflicts arising. I think that's part of your problem in the US. Division. Corruption. Foreign interests ruling your country. Down dumbing of the masses. Google Garry Webb too.
    God really knows what's in the works for us, but it's not good - I'm afraid even with our valuable real money.

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  21. ROFLMAO hal!

    Fauvi, I hope you're wrong but I fear you're not.

    Gary, I forgot, didn't Palin claim to have expertise on foreign affairs because Alaska is near Russia? Good point you make. She's a veritable Einstein and Winston Churchill all rolled into one. Thanks.

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  22. I guess I forgot to send you the link I wanted you to see:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R611drTEHPA&feature=player_embedded

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  23. Dave,

    On the GOP side, whom would you like to see run for President in 2012?

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  24. Hopium - 1) That's a jackass name. 2) Until Dave changes his selections, I'll post as "Anonymous". That's my choice, my right, so STFU.

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