Comments on: The TARP Volley http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/the-tarp-volley/ (Thoughtful musings, if you're lucky) Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Veristy Handoza http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/the-tarp-volley/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 Veristy Handoza Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:11:10 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=271#comment-1626 its rediculous of the spending the us has started doing, its a <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/" rel="nofollow">soft tyranny</a> its rediculous of the spending the us has started doing, its a soft tyranny

]]> By: Broofa http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/the-tarp-volley/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Broofa Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:10:43 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=271#comment-1616 It's just venting at the silliness going on. It's annoying to see people expending so much energy and emotion in such ineffectual ways. If I had to point the finger at one entity in particular, I guess it would be those people in the media that sensationalize the news rather than report it. By pandering to the emotions of the public, they make it harder, not easier, for us to have a real, effective discussion about the problems at hand and how best to go about solving them. That's really what prompted this post, btw. The fact that the media was so up in arms about how such a minuscule %'age of these bailout funds were being spent. (Not that I support the AIG bonuses - that's pretty silly as well - but fixating on them in the way we have isn't going to solve anything.) It’s just venting at the silliness going on. It’s annoying to see people expending so much energy and emotion in such ineffectual ways. If I had to point the finger at one entity in particular, I guess it would be those people in the media that sensationalize the news rather than report it. By pandering to the emotions of the public, they make it harder, not easier, for us to have a real, effective discussion about the problems at hand and how best to go about solving them.

That’s really what prompted this post, btw. The fact that the media was so up in arms about how such a minuscule %’age of these bailout funds were being spent. (Not that I support the AIG bonuses – that’s pretty silly as well – but fixating on them in the way we have isn’t going to solve anything.)

]]> By: Gordon http://www.broofa.com/2009/03/the-tarp-volley/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Gordon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:12:12 +0000 http://www.broofa.com/blog/?p=271#comment-1613 Robert, I can't tell who you are most upset with, the media, congress or aig. Is this a troll to start a conversation about the situations we have no control over or is this just venting. There should be no suprise as to the goings on in our society. The names have changed but the incompetence remains the same. There will be no change until the revolution. On a much lighter note, Mark Cavendish just won his first attempt at Milan-SanRemo. Yippee. Gordon Robert,
I can’t tell who you are most upset with, the media, congress or aig. Is this a troll to start a conversation about the situations we have no control over or is this just venting.

There should be no suprise as to the goings on in our society. The names have changed but the incompetence remains the same. There will be no change until the revolution.

On a much lighter note, Mark Cavendish just won his first attempt at Milan-SanRemo. Yippee.
Gordon

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