Wednesday, November 14, 2012
another day in congress
1. the last honest man
representative ron paul of texas delivered his farewell address to the house today, using fifty minutes of the hour alloted to him for that purpose to summarize his core philosophy concerning the role of government--a philosophy and message which has varied little in the 36 years since he first set foot in that chamber--and to leave his fellow members, and his fellow americans, to consider some very pointed questions.
his speech--which i watched in its entirety, and will watch again--can be found starting at about 2:08 in the below CSPAN clip, and i would encourage every reader of this blog, whether you think you agree with dr. paul about anything or not, to listen to every word of it. because this isn't cheap political rhetoric designed to play to the masses, folks--this is hard truth from a man who can't be bought, and i don't know of anything coming out of washington more rare or more precious than that.
and now, moving to the other end of the spectrum, we have
2. the least honest men
today, the house financial services subcommittee concluded its yearlong investigation into the MF Global collapse and concurrent outright theft of $1.6 billion of customer funds by announcing it will issue a report tomorrow essentially assigning principal blame for said epic criminal incompetence to its wholly rightful owner, MF's CEO, jon corzine. the report was unanimously endorsed by every member of the subcommittee--every one, that is, except for the democrats, not a single one of which felt there was sufficient evidence pointing to the guilt of their good friend (and top democratic bundler) mr. corzine to warrant such drastic action.*
the corruption, the conflict of interest--they don't even try to hide it anymore, because they know that, after all these years of it, we're so passively numbed and accepting of whatever it is they choose to foist on us, they can pretty much do whatever they want. and so they will.
scroll back up there, click play, and cue up dr. paul--it'll be an hour well spent, i promise you.
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* and please don't imagine that i'm painting the republicans as the heroes here by any means. if mr. corzine had been one of theirs, you can be assured that the vote would've been exactly opposite
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2 comments:
There are others that are as bad as Jon Corzine, but I have to agree that he does not come of well in the MF Global case.
On the other hand, Ron Paul believes that we should dismantle large parts of the federal government. While I do think he is an idealist, he is an impractical idealist.
You also ignore the racist remarks in numerous Ron Paul newsletters...remarks he now says he was not aware of. It is just not believable.
Short review: Ron Paul is not a man to admire or emulate. But Jon Corzine is certainly a man to despise.
noblesavage: "doesn't come off well"?! MOTHERFUCKER STOLE 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE TRADING ACCOUNTS OF FARMERS, RANCHERS AND ORDINARY INVESTORS, DRIVING MANY OF THEM INTO BANKRUPTCY, ALL IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIS OWN MISERABLE ASS.
[ok, back off the ceiling now]
the thing that sets the MF global case apart from all the others, rob, is its outright, blatant thievery--there were no credit default swaps, no mortgage-backed securities, no complex financial instruments whatsoever; just a simple, unambiguous cash grab from (what is supposed to be) that most sacrosanct of untouchable holy-of-holies, the segregated customer account.
and now that this shitstain's walked away from it scot-free, what do you think that tells his fellow sociopaths, much less the rest of the world? simple: if you're big enough, rich enough, influential enough in today's america, you can pretty much do whatever. you. want.
our monetary system used to be backed by gold; now it's backed merely by faith. and once the world fully understands the degree to which our country has been hijacked by armani-suited gangsters who operate with impunity, how long do you think that faith will remain?
as for your second point: if you can overlook the fact that barack obama claimed as his mentor one of the most virulently anti-white/anti-jew racists in this country, then i can overlook the fact that dr. paul may (or may not) have allowed a few racist rants to creep into his newsletters. you have your heroes, i have mine.
and as for your third: currently, the US government is "borrowing" a third of its operating budget every year (i put borrowing in quotes because we're printing about half of that ourselves), with an overall debt exceeding $16 trillion, and unfunded liabilities over the next 40 years of $80-120 trillion, and no end in sight.
and you're telling me that large parts of the federal government should not be dismantled? trust me, they will be--if not the easy way, then certainly the hard one.
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