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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-19-09 08:42 PM
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47. "the death of shame." the death of conscience?
I like to call it.... the triumph of anti-intellectualism.

See, make the plebes think knowin' shit is for elite poofters and thinking with your gut yields a "real" solution "everyone" can understand.... and anything complicated is yours to control. While putting up dumb fucks like George W. Bush or Sarah Palin as fronts... "noble" fronts... those who actually understand one has to know something can control it all.

How can you have "shame" or a conscience if you think having a beer is a qualification for President?
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  -So horribly, unbelievably sad to witness the convulsive death of critical thinking in this country seafan  Jul-18-09 11:34 AM   #0 
  - I'll rec this. Interesting reading! nt  MADem   Jul-18-09 11:37 AM   #1 
  - What's good for Goldman Sachs is good for ...  Octafish   Jul-18-09 11:46 AM   #2 
  - What's good for Goldman Sachs is good for Goldman Sachs.  Jakes Progress   Jul-19-09 04:49 PM   #46 
  - Taibbi is really doing yeoman's work on this one  jgraz   Jul-18-09 11:47 AM   #3 
  - Taibbi's so far under the DU bus it's pathetic. Too many people can't handle the TRUTH. Taibbi  chimpymustgo   Jul-19-09 07:58 AM   #33 
  - libertarianism IS elitist, just "meritocratic" elitist rather than genetic  MisterP   Jul-18-09 11:55 AM   #4 
  - I've seen it go outright genetic  Posteritatis   Jul-18-09 12:40 PM   #10 
  - Listen up...  GTurck   Jul-19-09 08:42 AM   #38 
  - Libertarians..  sendero   Jul-19-09 06:47 AM   #24 
     - Libertarians are Republicans  The Wizard   Jul-19-09 07:45 AM   #32 
  - GS et al likes legal status quo, and I doubt they have a problem with  bluesmail   Jul-18-09 11:57 AM   #5 
  - I just read that exchange.  Luminous Animal   Jul-18-09 12:01 PM   #6 
  - Because that's what's on the birth certificates...? I don't do riddles, sorry. nt  seafan   Jul-18-09 12:32 PM   #8 
  - I think it was a "first name/last name" point. n/t  The Doctor.   Jul-19-09 04:36 AM   #22 
  - I thinks its because some people pronounce Deutsch differently.  bahrbearian   Jul-19-09 07:30 AM   #31 
  - Claudia Deutsch may be a rotten human being but she is correct--this is perfect capitalism.  readmoreoften   Jul-18-09 12:05 PM   #7 
  - Those are good points. n/t  truedelphi   Jul-18-09 12:33 PM   #9 
  - No it isn't  ImOnlySleeping   Jul-19-09 07:59 AM   #34 
  - Blame the media.  Deja Q   Jul-18-09 12:42 PM   #11 
  - Goldman Sachs Tax Rate Drops to 1%  SOS   Jul-18-09 01:01 PM   #12 
  - Be careful.  bvar22   Jul-18-09 01:30 PM   #13 
  - Which is why the Health Care bill is so SCARY.  sarcasmo   Jul-19-09 06:51 AM   #26 
  - The only time I have that much patience is when I'm teaching.  BlooInBloo   Jul-18-09 01:33 PM   #14 
  - K&R  Wednesdays   Jul-18-09 09:24 PM   #15 
  - Great post, Seafan. Thanks.  bertman   Jul-19-09 02:02 AM   #16 
  - I know this isn't the point of the OP, but did anyone else catch  kiva   Jul-19-09 02:10 AM   #17 
  - Recommend  TexasObserver   Jul-19-09 02:15 AM   #18 
  - K&R. I'm not sure if it's patience, or simply beating his head against brick brains. n/t  Greyhound   Jul-19-09 02:20 AM   #19 
  - k and r..... the probs are known to a high degree...the solutions should address success  opihimoimoi   Jul-19-09 02:20 AM   #20 
  - Sometimes they tell the truth;  The Doctor.   Jul-19-09 04:35 AM   #21 
  - Obviously the author is  peace frog   Jul-19-09 06:56 AM   #27 
  - "Paul Krugman also believes that the problem is the rules, "  northernlights   Jul-19-09 06:43 AM   #23 
  - I would not doubt it if Claudia wrote for the Wall Street Journal. "Peasants should be so lucky"  sarcasmo   Jul-19-09 06:50 AM   #25 
  - I the average American...  sendero   Jul-19-09 07:00 AM   #28 
  - Thanks for collecting those...these are failed businesses  alcibiades_mystery   Jul-19-09 07:02 AM   #29 
  - Is there something more powerful than Koolaid?  Canuckistanian   Jul-19-09 07:14 AM   #30 
  - These exchanges...  GTurck   Jul-19-09 08:33 AM   #35 
  - Why is Taibbi giving these bloggers the time of day? Isn't he way out of their league?  bos1   Jul-19-09 08:33 AM   #36 
  - Because the corporate shills have a following.  rucky   Jul-19-09 09:27 AM   #40 
     - fighting the shills in a major forum is important. sparring on a blog is just a waste of time. nt  bos1   Jul-20-09 02:52 AM   #49 
  - K & R  L0oniX   Jul-19-09 08:41 AM   #37 
  - So it's okay to make money off of the government?  Stargazer09   Jul-19-09 09:24 AM   #39 
  - Just yesterday my roommate and I were discussing "the death of shame."  DesertDiamond   Jul-19-09 09:56 AM   #41 
  - "the death of shame." the death of conscience?  AlbertCat   Jul-19-09 08:42 PM   #47 
  - Upton Sinclair springs to mind...  Jackpine Radical   Jul-19-09 10:53 AM   #42 
  - K&R.  redqueen   Jul-19-09 10:57 AM   #43 
  - Jesus H. Christ. Could someone explain to these people that  mudplanet   Jul-19-09 11:37 AM   #44 
  - My the hounds trap their prey on the ground and tear it to pieces before the hunters intervene.  geckosfeet   Jul-19-09 03:06 PM   #45 
  - K&R  valerief   Jul-19-09 08:56 PM   #48 
  - Great thread seafan  florida08   Jul-20-09 06:20 AM   #50 
  - On the other hand there's things like Jon Stewart and the Daily Show  bos1   Jul-20-09 02:44 PM   #51 
  - "Peasants should be so lucky."  Bolo Boffin   Jul-20-09 02:51 PM   #52 
  - more gems  Locrian   Jul-21-09 06:50 AM   #53 
 

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