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Tuesday Open Thread | 266 comments (264 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

Don't worry, the leader of the free world (tm) is working on a solution:

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:02:26 PM EST
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I almost want to hit the play button in hopes of having a laugh, but I just can't watch him anymore.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:08:13 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

I just saw him on TV asking the Burmese junta to allow the US to come in and help with the cyclone.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:09:50 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

Help with the cyclone? That mean he's going to wreck whatever the cyclone left behind?

Should we start a pool on whether his performance will be better or worse than after Katrina?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:22:50 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 5)

omg. The book I am currently reading is really messing with my head. It is simply about how the free-market model of the Chicago School requires juntas and economic collapse and natural disasters to enable its implementation. Shock. Wait until people are bloody desperate and come in with your plan to bail our their economy. With just a few little strings attatched. Sheesh, 3rd world, military junta & cyclone all in one bag?! It's like Christmas for these people.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:32:58 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

The only problem is that this junta is beholden to the PRC, not the US.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:42:12 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

At this point the US itself is pretty beholden to the PRC. At any rate this is not about the US specifically. It's about free-market ideology and trans-national corporations. All very China-friendly.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:48:04 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

My friend who is doing ethnological work in southern Burma says that the ones who might be applying the Washington consensus are the opposition party, not necessarily the junta...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 06:32:58 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 0)

And you can trace it back before Strauss, to Synarchy.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 04:44:08 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 8)

I'd remind Burma of Bill Maher's very correct comment:

On your watch, we've lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the Pentagon and the City of New Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky. I'm not saying you don't love this country. I'm just wondering how much worse it could be if you were on the other side.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:34:39 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

I know. I am at the point where nothing he says or does is funny to me. It just activates the gag reflex and makes me feel angry and scared, the same way dogs growl and cower when a nasty person enters the room.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:12:35 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

I hear ya on the gag reflex. For me, though, the reaction is more like my reaction to someone in a Hummer nearly running me off the road. "Could someone please pull that crazy &##(%$%&%&$% over?!"

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:18:55 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

This is seditious talk, Drew. You'll catch the attention of Dark Star. In the political expediency business, 'pulling someone over' has a deeper meaning. ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:35:35 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 5)

By Dark Star, I mean the LatoT noitamrofnI ssenerawA program run by the ASN. I am sure they don't use a Reverse Finnish Notation decryption algorithm.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:42:55 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

I'm afraid that all went way over my head.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:44:37 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (4.00 / 2)

Just as well ;-9

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:49:19 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 0)

Are you sure HP wasn't among the contractors that implemented it ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 06:33:24 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

Saucy!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:12:31 PM EST
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Re: $200 a barrel oil (none / 1)

Fair enough. I'd probably feel the same if he was the head of my government.
And it's more bizarre than funny anyway.

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 03:31:52 PM EST
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