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BTW, I don't really read bonddad anymore, well sometimes I do, but I have to say we diverge on a lot of things, and frankly, the comment threads he tends to attract piss me off more than most things on kos. Makes me lose faith in whatever hope the American left has of ever getting ideological moorings whatsoever.
Having bonddad essentially citing, and leaving in long passages taking swipes on solidarity (or the European welfare state, if you will), one of the most right-wing Republicans on economic matters in the US Congress, was sort of delicious confirmation.
Don't think any kossacks noticed. Which is sorta par for the course. "C'est un scandale !"
Bonddad is stuck in super bear mode and can't seem to let go. he's been predicting a crash for so long now that it would take a 20% retracement of the Dow just to get back to where he first started waiving red flags. If you read between the lines you almost see gold buggy pessimism -- something that should be viewed with real suspicion. I've been on the same page with him but am reaching the conclusion that I let my politics interfere with my stock market analysis to the detriment of our investments. But not making is still a lot better than losing.
As for Kossacks noticing. Bonddad has a following but I have to think many of us are a bit jaded with the one note analysis and skip over his diaries. But that's not uncommon on Kos. The peeps love certain memes and it's hard to sail against those winds.
Must be something in that Texas water.
I agree with him on one thing. Iraq. He got that one right.
In any event, when I hear guys like Paul holding forth (and there are plenty like him in America - he's simply one of the few who got elected) it reminds me of one of those ads exhorting readers to "get into forex trading while there's still a killing to be made" of the sort one often reads in, for instance, Pat Buchanan's rag. "C'est un scandale !"
Europe has no shortage of extremists as well. Throwing rocks at an entire nation is petty.
This being said, if throwing rocks is petty, how about invading without provocation? "C'est un scandale !"
