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I didn’t say anybody should hold those views – just said it seemed more compatible..big difference!!! And Olmstead was an egalitarian..One of the driving principles of his philosophy was bringing nature to everybody, what has previously only been seen on the estates of the rich..
Seems pretty democratic to me!
I lean left! Full disclosure..If you…[Read more]

Alan, it seems that actually the reverse if what you say is more in keeping with this conversation – Jason is laying claim to ‘the truth’ and to ‘facts.’ I  think that anyone who claims to know the truth is obviously following a religion and not reality.  The world is far too subtle to be only one way.
So, I’m rubber and you are glue..etc..
 
 

dear Mr. Garulay, the Laffer Curve that purports to show that income t hat is not taxed causes more economic activity, is just that – a joke..Recent history has proven that – govenment revenue produces 1.36$  of economic activity, compared to lowering taxes and giving money to the rich, which benefits society at a less that 1:1 ration. So you a…[Read more]

None of the above statements are true, Jason. Research and facts show the opposite..I don’t know where you get your certainty, combined with it’s complete incorectness.   The right, deregulation of markets, has caused the market crash of 2008.
 
What DO you read? Are you even aware of any controversy, anything objectionable to what you are pu…[Read more]

But you are following a party line with a particular way  of interpreting the past. Your claim to independence or ‘reality’ is specious.
But rightists often disregard the existence of a spectrum of interpretation, hence the crazies that are running us today..
there is a ‘right’ interpretation, there is a ‘left’ interpretation, to deny the…[Read more]

and p.s., there was  nothing ‘fine’ about the american economy prior to the 1929 crash. We had successive depressions,  horrible boom and bust cycles that caused lots of general suffering. Market regulations like Glass-steagall were designed, and succeeded in moderating the prior sufferings.
Jason, what does someone with such rightist views do wi…[Read more]

Jason, your views are extreme rightist, and I make that as a statement of fact,  not insult….Glass – Steagall was passed in 1933 and is the sort of gov. regulation that helped us stay out of crashes like 2008 for sixty years. The New Deal was bringing us out of depression, until a rightist coalition succeeded in causing it to be stymied, in 1…[Read more]

Displace workers, like the ones on this site who have NO JOBs at all???sorry, Jason, wrong on WPA stuff..what prolonged the depression is the same as what is happening now – the 1937 cave in to republicans and pull-back on public investments..Of course you could do the same thing now, union or not..They started it, but were stymied by the tea…[Read more]

sorry, don’t like the brown..just don’t like it..
what is the Chinese garden theory with red, anybody know? Dr. Sun, our visiting Chinese professor at Penn, clutched his fat stomach and laughed long and hard at my Chinese garden…but I appreciated it..a lot to learn..

that looked really funny, Rob, but it is no longer available..Shade! (too bad, in German..)..going to try to find it elsewhere..
 
ps, NO Laissez Faire economics, Mr. Johnson..
we need CCA’s WPA’s – we need government investment and tax the rich!!!!;

Wow! I love it, Rob! Thanks!

correction, I have S&P on the brain, AIG is suing B0fA.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/08/08/sps-history-of-relentless-political-advocacy/
 
S&P insists that reduction in ‘entitlements’ is the only way to go..S&P, you are fired!

As Jane Hamscher states in Firedoglake, S&P is acting like an arm of the republican party..On Friday, after the two trillion mistake was found in their  calculations of our debt, they simply changed the reasons for the rating downgrade.
This is the same S&P that took money from bankers in return for high  ratings for the securities based on b…[Read more]

hee! yes, a putz..sorry to create such a digression on a very serious topic..
back to work..

no, heather, it is Dr. Smith from Lost in Space I am referring to..It was a joke..You are too  young to have experienced the fabulousness of the sets and costumes..I actually bought the  whole series and can’t watch it any more..
NOT referring to you…Dr. Smith..!!! Some people will remember..Danger Will Robinson was usually something that Dr. S…[Read more]

the brown wall is for a different organization, not UCSD…I think I would kill myself rather than go before the academical committees again, trying to get something built..
I wish I could tell these guys that the fred flinstone wall is stupid and ugly – I actually already did, in a slightly earlier phase of the process..i.e., a few weeks ago..But…[Read more]

but there is no undergraduate or master’s degree in law or medicine.. how about people who have MA in the fine arts becoming full professors…Dr. so and so, professor of painting fundamentals..
what status does a ‘terminal degree’ gain one? Does excluding enthusiasts help us or hurt us?
I like alyson’s answer…she’s got some cojones and a free…[Read more]

Send Thomas Johnson $50 and he will find the most incedible image for you – ….just a thought…He’s a real talent with that..(My idea, not mr. Johnsons!)…

I do count my lucky stars with this job – I’ve only had it for four years..and I am 54..When I was 33, (got my MLA at 30) I was working for $10 an hour for a florist who did perennial garden installation and maintenance in the summer – I didn’t live with my mom, but neither did I pay my bills very effectively..Never really got much better than…[Read more]