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What a lying piece of shit

That's a bit unparliamentary, Jerome, whether feelings run high or not...

Not really for the ET front page IMHO.

by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 05:56:23 AM EST
Being polite doesn't seem to have got us very far ... there's been worse on the front-page, and there will be again.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 05:58:34 AM EST
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Just a personal view....

I've never seen the use of strong language (and I'm no shrinking violet) as adding credibility to an argument and frequently seen the exact opposite.

by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 06:07:38 AM EST
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but in this case the disconnect between his claims and reality is just too damn big.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 08:11:41 AM EST
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Mehhh....

This lacks the neccessary shock power to covey the deserved disgust Mr. Greenspan generates.

If you really want to start a fight you'd have called Bubbles this. That's the only one that has any shock value left, now that we puritanical Americans have the dirty mouths to match the Irish.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 09:40:15 AM EST
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Although I principially agree with your note, Solveig, I often wonder - being a non-native-english-speaker myself, if cursing in a foreign language is easier and less controversal than cursing in one's own.

which is true at least in my case.

I love "bugger", which right after "Pflaumenkuchen", is my second favorite swear word.

coming back to the article. The reception Greenspan is getting is really quite interesting. He really is regarded as the Oracle - albeith much more clearly spoken. Old Bubbles knows best. The UK market will be hit worse than the US market, (doomongering British press) - The Euro will replace the Dollar as dominant world currency (europhile German press).

Funny how that works.

by PeWi on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 06:06:02 AM EST
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I have to agree with Coleman, Solveig. It's time to call a spade a spade.

Money is a sign of Poverty - Culture Saying
by RogueTrooper on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 06:07:03 AM EST
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The spade is that he's really saying:

  1. It's okay to lie as long as you make a profit

  2. It's okay to avoid personal responsibility, as long as you make a profit

  3. It's okay to have no personal or professional integrity when in a position of authority

  4. Expediency is everything

Whether the final verdict on that list is unparliamentary is left as an exercise for the reader.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 06:34:10 AM EST
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I said "he can die in a fire" on another site.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 01:01:37 PM EST
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It kind of jarred me as well. However, I don't if that is just because I'm not used to somewhat inelegant (and undescriptive) insults being used for public figures or that it actually is inappropriate. Much of what seems inappropriate is merely habit.
by R343L (reverse qw/ten.cinos@l343r/) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 01:03:57 PM EST
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