This goes out to the Op-Ed page of the Bucks County Courier Times, which just loves Mikey Fitzpatrick a whole bunch (and yep, a term-limit pledge is another maneuver from a career politician)...
...and yeah, all you climate change deniers, after we've just lived through the warmest ten years on record, just continue to pretend that there's no problem; just look outside your window in these parts and sing "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - you fools...
...but worst of all is this from our "hopey, changey" chief executive...
...and in response, I give you Paul Krugman, who said the following today...
...first, baseball players didn’t trigger a global economic collapse, and second, the baseball industry isn’t the beneficiary of a massive and continuing taxpayer bailout (continuing because banks would be in deep trouble even now if it weren’t for the belief that they have a government backstop).It astonishes me (though I guess it really shouldn't) that this White House thinks it can throw a few populist, rhetorical bones out there to satisfy the Democratic Party base, but then come back a little later when it thinks people aren't paying attention and say this stuff.
Yes, he said some things about making compensation better tied to results — but it was framed purely in terms of stockholder interests, with no mention, again, of the damage bankers have done and the public support they still require.
And while I don't encourage "sitting on hands," no one in this White House should be a bit surprised if that happens this November and beyond (bye bye cap and trade, jobs bill, energy, and don't get me started on health care again - almost too pathetic for words)...
...and I don't know about you, but I'm sick of looking at snow - here's about 30 seconds of a sunset from Aquinnah beach in Martha's Vineyard as a "tonic" of sorts...sigh.
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