Author Archives: camelotkidd
Looting
Now that the Republican candidates for president have accused front runner Mitt Romney of practicing “vulture capitalism,” I thought I would share a story. I had a conversation with a client a couple years ago about what he did for … Continue reading
Springtime
The spousal unit and I watched the Producers last night. It was very funny, but wanted to update their catchy little musical number to comport to our modern milieu. Springtime for Merkel and Germany. Austerity for Greece and France. Sing … Continue reading
How Liberalism Came to Suck
I set out to write a very short post on the fascinating conversations going through the inter-tubes about the support on the left for Ron Paul. While this support may be due to his opposition to endless war, torture, assassination … Continue reading
You’ve Come a Long Way Baby
Why is it that majorities of Americans distrust the political establishment, the corporations, and even the media? Could it be that they don’t trust any of these actors to tell them the truth? Well, they are right to be suspicious. … Continue reading
Luggage
One of the challenging things about blogging is that it entails endless unpacking of conventional wisdom (CW). What do I mean? Unpacking is a term that means breaking down and explaining complicated issues, especially issues that go against the accepted … Continue reading
History Lessons
America’s very own historian is at it again. Over the weekend Newt Gingrich vowed that as a future president he would overrule “activist judges” who rule contrary to American cultural heritage. He warned of an uprising against the courts unless … Continue reading
It’s the Political Economy Stupid
Wall Street bankers crashed our economy three years ago, and their “too big to fail banks” received trillions, courtesy of the Federal Reserve. Now they and their political allies are clamoring to cut social programs like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, … Continue reading
TINA
The phrase “there is no alternative,’ proclaimed by Margaret Thatcher about the superiority of neo-liberal capitalism, always pissed me off. I wasn’t very old or sophisticated but I knew it was bullshit. I mean fuck! there are lots of alternatives. … Continue reading
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