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<sigh> This is getting exhausting (and we are only at the beginning, it seems) - it is essentially the definition of a repetition neurosis to continue to do the same thing over and over and not resolve the riddle of the problem. Scary to watch, at this level of craziness...

Thanks Miguel for this diary - very sobering...

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Sat Mar 21st, 2009 at 01:33:20 PM EST
the problems keep on getting bigger as we dither.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Mar 21st, 2009 at 01:54:42 PM EST
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so it may be transmogrifying from a neurosis to a full blown psychosis...which is a waking nightmare...

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia
by whataboutbob on Sat Mar 21st, 2009 at 01:58:54 PM EST
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Sadly, there's no dither. This morning Obama made as clear a statement as one could that he buys it.

Wish there was a real dither going on.

Krugman thinks it's probably a one-shot deal, since the combination of lost public confidence and Republican sabotage will make a second program into a very, very hard sell.

The only chance I see is a real popular mobilization behind a workable program- of which there seem to be several. And popular mobilization was supposed to be O's strong suit. I am on his e-mail volunteer list, and his attempts to mobilize the troops are pathetic.

 I

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Sun Mar 22nd, 2009 at 04:52:46 AM EST
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As Einstein said, insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Mar 22nd, 2009 at 04:33:35 AM EST
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