Tag Archives: Mitt Romney

Looters

Posted on December 17, 2025 by camelotkidd

The US is enduring late-stage capitalism where it’s more profitable to loot rather than to create or build. Even worse, the looters are celebrated as “makers” rather than the takers they obviously are. Under Trump’s benevolent gaze, the financiers that … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda | Tagged Bain Capital, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, neoliberalism, private-equity, propaganda, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Sociopaths are people too, my friend

Posted on September 22, 2023 by camelotkidd

Mitt Romney (Mittens) is retiring after one term as a US Senator representing Utah, and the Salt Lake City Tribune was effusive in its praise so here’s an antidote to the hagiography: The Tribune, which is Utah’s so-called liberal paper, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, myth of meritocracy, neoliberalism, Wall Street | Leave a comment

A World Turned Upside Down

Posted on March 20, 2020 by camelotkidd

When the British surrendered at Yorktown at the close of the Revolutionary War their commander, General Cornwallis, was so distraught that he feigned illness and instead had his subordinate proffer his sword to General Washington. The tenor of the … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberalism, propaganda | Tagged Coronavirus, corporate media, makers and takers, Matt Stoller, Mitt Romney, neoliberalism, pandemic, propaganda, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Shameless

Posted on August 29, 2019 by camelotkidd

I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: Mitt Romney, Mittens as I like to call him, represents everything that’s wrong with our modern day financialized economy. However, Mittens, who recently spoke out against the “socialist agenda” of the Democratic … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Bain Capital, financialization, Mitt Romney, monopoly, neoliberalism, Powell memo, private-equity, Toys 'R' Us | Leave a comment

Makers and Takers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by camelotkidd

My state elected a looter as its senator. Only now, a senator from a different state has introduced an anti-looting bill. What’s a looter to do? Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, which is co-sponsored by Tammy Baldwin, … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Bain Capital, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Money Honey's, private-equity | Leave a comment

Mittens ‘R’ Us

Posted on June 27, 2018 by camelotkidd

I wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper expressing my surprise that they haven’t connected the bankruptcy of Toys ‘R’ Us with Mitt Romney, the man who’s poised to become our next senator. Mittens, as I like to … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, Hope and Change, looting, Manufacturing Consent, Mitt Romney, Noam Chomsky, Salt Lake Tribune, Toys 'R' Us, Utah, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

A state turns its lonely eyes to Mittens

Posted on April 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

Mittens wants to be our Senator. Not only that but he’s convinced that we share his enthusiasm. We don’t. However, Mittens does offer a useful representation of our feral elite. Romney is the sort of centrist politician that stands for … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1%, Bain Capital, Barak Obama, debt is a weapon, Donald Trump, economic populism, federal debt, Hillary Clinton, makers and takers, matt taibbi, Mitt Romney, Mittens, Rolling Stone, Utah, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Washington Generals (Part 2)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by camelotkidd

How can the Democratic Party effectively oppose Trump and get back into power after they’ve lost over a thousand seats nation-wide since 2008? Oh, I know. Maybe former Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, can show up at a swanky Deer … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged corporate media, Deer Valley, extractive, financialization, gonzo-journalism, Joe Biden, Killing the Host, looting, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Mittens, neofeudalism, opposition party, Rolling Stone | Leave a comment

Mittens

Posted on September 3, 2015 by camelotkidd

Mitt Romney is deeply upset with the lack of civility by Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, and is threatening another run for president if things don’t improve. “Romney himself has become one of Trump’s most vocal detractors inside the party. … Continue reading →

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“Corporations are people, my friend,”

Posted on February 12, 2015 by camelotkidd

Political/economy is who gets what, and who pays the price. We forget this adage at our own peril. The wealthy and the corporations they own have captured our government and are imposing on us the policies that benefit them. Contrary … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antitrust, class warfare, corporations are people my friend, Matt Stoller, Mitt Romney, monopolies, neoliberal, political/economy, shareholder value | Leave a comment