Comments on: Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 17 April 2009

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:51:05 +0000

What Nancy S says. The fact that the GOP/'conservative' talk radio/TV have tried to hijack the 'teabaggers' (snicker, if you must), does not mean that these people are all dupes -- any more than the fact that the DNC largely hijacked the anti-war movement (through MoveOn, TrueMajority, etc.) and used the real sentiment of serious people to install ... a president who's escalating the war in 'Af-Pak'. The talking heads on MSNBC have gone into FOX slime territory: Tax protesters are racist retards, you know, because the president’s black. http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/04/17/janeane-garafalo-says-tea-parties-were-for-rednecks/ For what it's worth, MSNBC’s parent company’s banking division — GE Financial — got $140 billion in bailout money. http://seekingalpha.com/article/105984-general-electric-gets-a-140b-bailout-what-s-the-point-of-aaa

By: gah

gah — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:15:55 +0000

Glenn Beck looks a lot like Max Keiser these days. Maybe someday Stacy will see the resemblance too…

By: Rich Hayes

Rich Hayes — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:56:31 +0000

Warp Records are 20 years old. wow.

By: snoop diddy

snoop diddy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:27:34 +0000

If Obama is fascism with a smile
Limbaugh, ORLY and Beck would be fascism without a smile.
Opportunists cashing in and taking over events and Ive never heard them suppport ‘sound money’ and putting an end to the unbacked gambling shananigans of Wall St. They are of the same ilk as the banksters.

By: ewjohnson

ewjohnson — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:57:46 +0000

Angry Masses In Greenville SC at TeaParty—
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QsY2r7HbTM

By: ewjohnson

ewjohnson — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:55:01 +0000

By: Mep

Mep — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:40:37 +0000

rb,

Glenn Beck and “thought provoking” don’t belong in the same sentence. He is a complete idiot–perfect for Faux News: the worst propaganda network out there.

By: Mep

Mep — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:32:18 +0000

Stacy,

Yes, it’s like being a crook is a prerequisite for any high-level post. Nobody wants a person of integrity around to actually root out corruption. And here we were told that the vetting process is so intensive to keep the riff-raff out. As if.

By: rb

rb — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:30:24 +0000

Im with Smallz.
Sure glen beck works at fox news, and is undoubtedly dangled by the strings of his masters, he still brings up the thought provoking topics that even if slanted in context, is better then nothing.

I would rather watch fox and hear about the “bubba effect” then watch cnn and hear about the obama’s new puppy. Am i right?

By: smallz

smallz — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:45:23 +0000

Yea Glenn Beck is a Johnnie-Come-Lately at best, but what the hell is this “peasant” revolt shit?

Pardon my colored radar but that souds like its intended to be condesending.

I would think it would go without saying that ALL revolts are peasant revolts.

The need to “qualify” the kind of revolt reveals THE REAL PROBLEM.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:20:43 +0000

Max, Stacy,

I’d love to hear your comments on the following interview;

Paul Keating, the former prime minister of Australia talking about the economic crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaiHknko6dM

By: ewjohnson

ewjohnson — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:00:46 +0000

Matt Taibbi clearly doesnt get it at all. He must be having a bad day because he didnt use any real profanity until about paragraph 4 or so. He did better a week or two ago when the described the economic situation in language that even an Obot could decipher.

By: LA

LA — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:58:22 +0000

i have something to share – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREOUxo6Qdc

i imagine you will appreciate the aesthetics of the 2 min. video and its content–it is well made. regrettably, you will probably reject its author, which leads me into my comment:

i have read a few articles critical of the tea parties. and most of the arguments are premised on “the stupidity of revolting against an increase on the top 5% of personal income taxes.”

i know Max has a “liberal” bent (not sure about Stacy) but I would think that you guys have imagination (and a lot of it). most people are not protesting some tax on the upper 5% but the general idea of taxes and what it supports. you understand power and corruption when it comes to markets and big business but oddly…you have no sense of how that manifests in bureaucrats??

mostly enjoy your work and value your ideas but wtf!

By: Kara Howard

Kara Howard — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:09:43 +0000

Dear Max and Stacy, I was wondering if you could discuss Basel II Accord and what the significance of Basel I and II in terms of the world financial restructuring on a very upper level, especially after the most recent G-20 meeting, and how it would impact the lives of those who live in the U.S. if the Basel II is fully implemented here. Is this a total lost of sovereignty? Is this another giant step toward a scientific dictatorship or scientific communism as it has been claimed by some? I was listening to Alex Jones and this lady by the name of Rollye James briefly touched upon this topic recently. I’d like to hear it from you guys. I love you both. You are just like a breath of fresh air for me every week . Serap.