jennymayla wrote:
it's hateful but it's a national epidemic, not just jc. kids beating the crap out of each other and filming it. small town, big towns, nice towns, crappy towns. youtube should create a policy to prohibit these videos from being posted.

Which is not to say that I disagree with Taibbi's project. Wall Street is an arrogant beast that more than held up its half of the devil's bargain which drove us into our current ugly straits. Bankers who thought they were geniuses were deceived by models that assumed away the possibility of a second great depression. They made a terrifying amount of money doing it. And now that the taxpayers have bailed them out at considerable expense, we don't even get a goddamn fruit basket. Instead they merrily go along paying themselves gigantic bonuses for the singular feat of not driving our economy entirely back to the stone age. I think some populist rage is more than warranted..

DirtMcGirt wrote:
T-Bird,

Krugman lost all credibility regarding economics when he promoted the real estate bubble after the tech crash, and then denied doing so this year. Keynesian economics doesn't work.

Anyways, guess who Obama's 2nd biggest campaign contributor was? Goldman. Shocker.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/con ... ?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638

RickSp wrote:
Megan McCardle from the Atlantic commented about Tabbi's Goldman piece - "Matt Taibbi is becoming the Sarah Palin of journalism. He seems to deliberately eschew understanding his subjects, because only corrupt, pointy-headed financial journalists who have been co-opted by the system do that. And Matt Taibbi is here to save you from those pointy headed elites. "

GeorgeWBush wrote:
As was mentioned earlier, that's a brutal intersection. I'd not be so quick to jump on the guy that ran into that fence (again....at least the 3rd time that's happened in 2 years).

GnomeGeneral wrote:
Ooooh, there\'s smoking outside! Big freaking deal. There is smoking outside of Lucky 7\'s and LITM too, sit inside and quit your bitchin. So what that they ran out of some sausages, what a great sign - means they were busier then expected on opening day. Be happy that a decent business may thrive in your town!

Posted by GET NJ on January 27, 2005 at 04:05:37:

From Haunted Places in New Jersey
www.ShadowLands.net

. . .

Jersey City - 629 Grove St. -Industrial Building - many employees have seen ghosts wearing clothes with style from a different era. Feet running sounds and more, screams all that happen on the second and third shift.

Jersey City - Daily News Building - This place is haunted on a daily basis by the chief Machinist that was supposedly beheaded by a disgruntled employee. Workers there say that they hear the words "Jeezz I'm the Chief" coming from one of the offices late at night.