tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1704450528325220093..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Buy Don't Bail, Share Don't DestroyDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-3669181528533459922008-11-14T12:24:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:24:00.000-08:00The wingnuts loudly and incessantly assured us tha...The wingnuts loudly and incessantly assured us that Obama was a Commie so I'm assuming his victory must have been a Commie mandate and that his endorsement of my Commie proposal will be swiftly forthcoming. Oh, wait.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-23542092371326929612008-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00> . . .rather than bailing out these crooks and...> . . .rather than bailing out these crooks and incompetents<BR/>> with taxpayer money and thereby nonsensically rewarding<BR/>> bad behavior at our expense, why not. . .<BR/>> but I can't understand why because I lack the special<BR/>> genius that enables my betters of the "investor class" to<BR/>> see. . .<BR/><BR/>Yes, well, you know how George Lakoff explains this in<BR/>_Moral Politics_<BR/>( http://books.google.com/books?id=6vVL5GquDOUC ,<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM ).<BR/><BR/>Being a member of the investor class **ipso facto**<BR/>makes you one of the deserving members of the human<BR/>race. Temporary setbacks are just that -- temporary --<BR/>while the undeserving poor are **chronic**<BR/>losers.<BR/><BR/>So naturally, when they're down on their luck, the<BR/>Horatio Algers, the Tom Swifts, (and yes, the<BR/>John Galts and the Howard Rourkes) deserve the<BR/>largesse of all responsible and right-thinking<BR/>people.<BR/><BR/>What're you, a Commie or something?jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-12153958692255823832008-11-14T12:18:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:18:00.000-08:00Good point.Good point.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-66213457974482414712008-11-14T12:09:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:09:00.000-08:00I think BP already took care of that.I think BP already took care of that.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060803878271012703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-37200907813787914402008-11-14T12:05:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:05:00.000-08:00> Enterprises failing but "too big to fail...> Enterprises failing but "too big to fail"? Okay, fine.<BR/><BR/>You gotta think that just about now Toyota/Japan, Inc. is<BR/>at least mulling over the feasibility of acquiring GM.<BR/><BR/>There wouldn't be anything particularly new about the<BR/>arrangement (we already went through worse wounded pride/<BR/>angst/security concerns when the Chinese bought IBM's<BR/>personal computer division). The car I've been driving<BR/>for the past 18 years (still running fine, though I'm<BR/>never quite sure what's going to need service next --<BR/>I had to get a new radiator while on a visit to Boston<BR/>this past summer; fortunately, the crisis occurred at<BR/>an opportune moment and location) was a product of NUMMI --<BR/>the New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., a joint<BR/>venture between Toyota and GM. My Geo Prizm was shipped<BR/>as a parts kit from Japan and assembled by US workers<BR/>in Fremont, California. A lot of the writing under the<BR/>hood is in Japanese, though I bought it from a Chevrolet dealer,<BR/>and the make is listed on the registration as "Chevy".jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-27570465859202622392008-11-14T12:02:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:02:00.000-08:00What, is UCB in need of a bailout now?What, is UCB in need of a bailout now?Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-46653193235168159262008-11-14T11:55:00.000-08:002008-11-14T11:55:00.000-08:00Hold on here, Dale, am I sensing that you want som...Hold on here, Dale, am I sensing that you want some share with that stake?Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060803878271012703noreply@blogger.com