Oh the hypocrisy...
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
digital man wrote:
Time for a republic
Fat fricken chance. Republics turn into democracies which turn into ochlocracies which turn into dictatorships. To the best of my knowledge the transformation never reverses itself.
digital man wrote:
and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
How about we send you the runner-up? John McCain also called for financial reform years ago, just ask him. . . .
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digital man wrote:
Time for a republic
Fat fricken chance. Republics turn into democracies which turn into ochlocracies which turn into dictatorships. To the best of my knowledge the transformation never reverses itself.
digital man wrote:
and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
How about we send you the runner-up? John McCain also called for financial reform years ago, just ask him. . . .
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Or Al Gore, he is outta work now!
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
Fatty Brown was too busy wallowing in a bath of cash to regulate the people who supplied the avalanche of cash constantly filling it up.
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
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Or Al Gore, he is outta work now!
------------------------------------ "The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion" Arthur C Clarke
Dalek Dave wrote:
Or Al Gore, he is outta work now!
There were rumors that President O offered him a cabinet post but Gore said he couldn't take the cut in pay. "Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an Emmy award winning, independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Al Gore is a member of the board of directors of Apple and a senior adviser to Google. He is a Visiting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and chairs the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organization designed to help solve the climate crisis."[^] He's as happy as a pig in shit where he is - actually, he may be a pig in shit.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
digital man wrote:
doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable
The one and only skill each and every politician seems to master.
digital man wrote:
Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
You can have him. ;)
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digital man wrote:
Time for a republic
Fat fricken chance. Republics turn into democracies which turn into ochlocracies which turn into dictatorships. To the best of my knowledge the transformation never reverses itself.
digital man wrote:
and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
How about we send you the runner-up? John McCain also called for financial reform years ago, just ask him. . . .
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
John McCain also called for financial reform years ago, just ask him. . .
Or just ask YouTube. He did in 2006[^]. No doubt way too little way to late, but he did. Hell Bush did in 2001. But seriously, don't you dare screw this up. If somebody want's to take The One, let them have him before he shows his true colors in a way that even the media can't hide. [edit] :laugh: I see my uni-voter doesn't appreciate documented facts. Or does he just not like me having a non-favorable opinion of the One. Must work in the media... [/edit]
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modified on Monday, January 26, 2009 3:11 PM
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Or Al Gore, he is outta work now!
There were rumors that President O offered him a cabinet post but Gore said he couldn't take the cut in pay. "Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an Emmy award winning, independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Al Gore is a member of the board of directors of Apple and a senior adviser to Google. He is a Visiting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and chairs the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organization designed to help solve the climate crisis."[^] He's as happy as a pig in shit where he is - actually, he may be a pig in shit.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing.
That's how they're describing GIM?!? :wtf: I guess that's one way to describe it... Another might be this[^].
Oakman wrote:
he may be a pig in sh*t
He is. He and his buddy Hank Paulson.
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Oakman wrote:
John McCain also called for financial reform years ago, just ask him. . .
Or just ask YouTube. He did in 2006[^]. No doubt way too little way to late, but he did. Hell Bush did in 2001. But seriously, don't you dare screw this up. If somebody want's to take The One, let them have him before he shows his true colors in a way that even the media can't hide. [edit] :laugh: I see my uni-voter doesn't appreciate documented facts. Or does he just not like me having a non-favorable opinion of the One. Must work in the media... [/edit]
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modified on Monday, January 26, 2009 3:11 PM
BoneSoft wrote:
let them have him before he shows his true colors in a way that even the media can't hide.
Good thing you are so much more perceptive than everyone else. ;) Personally, I think we ought to expatriate the entire day-time population of Washington DC. I'm not sure that it's fair to the Brits to do it, after all, they haven't declared war on us for almost 200 years. Let's send 'em Pakistan. Once they get through with that country, India won't have to worry about them being able to attack any more.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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BoneSoft wrote:
let them have him before he shows his true colors in a way that even the media can't hide.
Good thing you are so much more perceptive than everyone else. ;) Personally, I think we ought to expatriate the entire day-time population of Washington DC. I'm not sure that it's fair to the Brits to do it, after all, they haven't declared war on us for almost 200 years. Let's send 'em Pakistan. Once they get through with that country, India won't have to worry about them being able to attack any more.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
Good thing you are so much more perceptive than everyone else.
I have a high resistance to propoganda (helped by the fact that my remote control rebels against MSMBC and CNN) that a majority in the country apparently don't share. There is a reason why politicians blatantly promise the moon during campaigns, because they know that despite the fact that it defies all logic, it works. The meat-headed masses gobble it up and ask for seconds.
Oakman wrote:
Let's send 'em Pakistan. Once they get through with that country, India won't have to worry about them being able to attack any more.
That would work. I was thinking of something more like Gitmo though. Maybe the Pakistan Plan would be more constructive (in a destructive way, something about omelets and a few broken eggs comes to mind).
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
Why are you surprised? Brown being a hypocryte is nothing new... X|
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Gordon Brown: "I called for global financial reform ten years ago"[^] You have to admire his fat brass balls: he has taken lying to a new and higher plain. If, as the article says, he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it? Here is a man doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable but, as an unelected leader, he no doubt feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power. Perhaps it really is the time to evaluate how we conduct politics in this country and have a set, 4 year parliament and, if a leader should resign or die, an election must be called. I realise we vote for the party and not the person but we keep getting the person and not the party. Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
digital man wrote:
If ... he could see the need for greater regulation, why, as the person in charge for over 10 years, did he do nothing about it?
Future directorships? You can't upset prospective employers. :) Seriously, what major power is going to agree to outside regulation? The UK would roll over and allow the USA to regulate it, but I did say major power.
digital man wrote:
he ... feels he can do whatever he likes to cling to power.
He is a politician, what do expect.
digital man wrote:
I realise we vote for the party and not the person
It was not so long ago that the party affiliation was not present on the ballot paper. We were meant to vote for the person who would best represent the interests of our constituency, not some political hack. One of my reforms would be a residential qualification, another would be successful management of an enterprise: i.e., candidates you know and can respect.
digital man wrote:
have a set, 4 year parliament
Good idea, and a limit to the number of years (8?) that can be spent as an MP. Politics is not a profession.
digital man wrote:
as an unelected leader
It is common to have 'unelected' party leaders taking on the role of PM: Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, James Callaghan, John Major. Not an illustrious assembly, but all except Douglas-Home (who only just lost) were confirmed in office at the next election.
digital man wrote:
Time for a republic and a president.
Oh no! Why open yet another arena for the scum bags? Just remove the monarchy, let the PM be the titular Head of State, i.e., without any additional powers.
Bob Emmett
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digital man wrote:
doing whatever it takes to preserve his position regardless of the damage he is doing to the people to whom he should be accountable
The one and only skill each and every politician seems to master.
digital man wrote:
Time for a republic and a president. Obama doesn't look too busy...
You can have him. ;)
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BoneSoft wrote:
You can have him
So you are a fan of Biden, eh? That was one of Obama's mistakes. Bush made sure that the Democrats all prayed nightly for his health and longevity.
Nope, I assumed it was a package deal. Ya know, the same way we got saddled with him. ;)
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