tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post500675686888752298..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Failing marks for "uses time wisely"tetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-62798866413533594462009-05-27T01:06:59.312-04:002009-05-27T01:06:59.312-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333134039646848185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-91732318938244660182009-05-23T17:12:51.789-04:002009-05-23T17:12:51.789-04:00Sure. I don't recall any previous President firin...Sure. I don't recall any previous President firing the head of a publicly traded corporation. I can't recall any President before now refusing to allow public monies to be repaid in order to keep corporations under stricter regulations. I can't recall any President demonizing holders of senior debt in order to force more favorable treatment of union workers (even though the holders of the senior debt included unions and public employee retirement funds).<br /><br />As far as paternalistic, just look at the utter disdane the President has expressed towards the United Kingdom, a staunch and extremely valuable long-time ally of the US. Or look at Mr. Obama's campaign rhetoric about bible-thumping, god-clinging, gun-hugging rural voters. Can you find anything even remotely comparable from past Presidents' campaigns?Johnv2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-50125596735198372732009-05-22T08:12:54.006-04:002009-05-22T08:12:54.006-04:00Interesting blog you've got there, Foxwood. Glad ...Interesting blog you've got there, Foxwood. Glad you've got a vector for your opinions. And shouldn't it be spelled "Obamanomics"?<br /><br />And John, feel free to enlighten me about how Obama is markedly more authoritarian or paternalistic than his predecessors.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-8679894429433576132009-05-22T03:06:09.992-04:002009-05-22T03:06:09.992-04:00I didn't use the F-word because, as you point out,...I didn't use the F-word because, as you point out, today it basically means "something I really don't like."<br /><br />However, a corporatist economic policy is pretty much what Mr. Obama has adopted, along with am authoritarian, paternalistic mode of governing. For classic fascism, all he needs to do is turn up the nationalism several notches.Johnv2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-22663597351376327712009-05-21T20:55:02.769-04:002009-05-21T20:55:02.769-04:00Obaminamics is failure, but by design. He's done s...Obaminamics is failure, but by design. He's done so much so fast, it can't be stupidity, but design. The list is so long for just 100+ days.Foxwoodhttp://animal-farm.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-54736947036209660182009-05-21T15:25:21.134-04:002009-05-21T15:25:21.134-04:00Oh piddle, John. "Fascist" is a more tired politi...Oh piddle, John. "Fascist" is a more tired political brickbat than "socialist," even if you don't use the word in question. <br /><br /><I> Yawn. </I> What else you got?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-21253490971773285652009-05-21T14:51:30.960-04:002009-05-21T14:51:30.960-04:00Calling the Dems "socialist" is an insult to socia...Calling the Dems "socialist" is an insult to socialists. The current thinking in DC is for government to organize and control business for the greater social good. This was tried a few decades back in the south of Europe. The trains ran on time, as was famously noted, but I doubt seriously that Mr. Obama has anywhere near the skill that Mr. Mussolini demonstrated.Johnv2noreply@blogger.com