Comments on: Blame the Boomers http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/ > so much wonderful packaged in such a mess Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt the Engineer http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Matt the Engineer Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:53:39 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1731 I just wanted to emphasize Dan S's link to Bill Moyers. I look forward to his podcast every week. (did you know he was effectively removed from PBS by our current president?) I just wanted to emphasize Dan S’s link to Bill Moyers. I look forward to his podcast every week. (did you know he was effectively removed from PBS by our current president?)

]]> By: Dan Staley http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 Dan Staley Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:17:13 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1730 Had another thought: anyone see any similiarites to the timing and fear of this "crisis" and the "crisis" during the last presidential election? Orange Alert! Terra! Terra! Terrists! Ever'one git skeered an' vote fer us! We'll pertekt ya! Daddy'll pertekt ya, that's right. Had another thought: anyone see any similiarites to the timing and fear of this “crisis” and the “crisis” during the last presidential election? Orange Alert! Terra! Terra! Terrists! Ever’one git skeered an’ vote fer us! We’ll pertekt ya! Daddy’ll pertekt ya, that’s right.

]]> By: joshuadf http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 joshuadf Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:25:12 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1729 The boomers didn't start the mid-20th Century car-centric planning (they were kids in the 50s), but they certainly benefited from it during the time of cheap oil. The boomers didn’t start the mid-20th Century car-centric planning (they were kids in the 50s), but they certainly benefited from it during the time of cheap oil.

]]> By: Dan Staley http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Dan Staley Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:35:21 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1728 I should add that if you are a kleptocrat or plundercrat and you wish to - as your benefactors asked you to do and you've tried your best to comply - create a situation that formalizes wealth transfer upward, creating multiple bubbles (e.g. Europe in 18-mid-19th centuries) is a good way to do that. And government bailouts such as what we are asked to pass quickly with little debate or reflection is an excellent way to do that. Plunder, in other words. If I stop commenting here, Chertoff and Heimat Security Department have frowned on my views and taken me away to Guantanamo. I should add that if you are a kleptocrat or plundercrat and you wish to – as your benefactors asked you to do and you’ve tried your best to comply – create a situation that formalizes wealth transfer upward, creating multiple bubbles (e.g. Europe in 18-mid-19th centuries) is a good way to do that.

And government bailouts such as what we are asked to pass quickly with little debate or reflection is an excellent way to do that.

Plunder, in other words.

If I stop commenting here, Chertoff and Heimat Security Department have frowned on my views and taken me away to Guantanamo.

]]> By: Dan Staley http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Dan Staley Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:28:43 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1727 Nah. I suggest watching what <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09192008/transcript4.html" rel="nofollow">Kevin Philips had to say</a> on Moyers the other night (no video as of this comment writing). This collapse is and was entirely predictable (as it just repeats history), and this ill-conceived-for-reg'lur-folk bailout is just formalizing the transfer of wealth in this country from us to the few. We can blame the boomers if we want, but better to place the blame on human nature. There is a reason that anti-social behavior was named, 2 millenia ago, with 'seven deadly sins'. Nah. I suggest watching what Kevin Philips had to say on Moyers the other night (no video as of this comment writing).

This collapse is and was entirely predictable (as it just repeats history), and this ill-conceived-for-reg’lur-folk bailout is just formalizing the transfer of wealth in this country from us to the few.

We can blame the boomers if we want, but better to place the blame on human nature. There is a reason that anti-social behavior was named, 2 millenia ago, with ’seven deadly sins’.

]]> By: GW http://hugeasscity.com/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1726 GW Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:04:08 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/09/20/blame-the-boomers/#comment-1726 You really ought to stick with the urban planning commentary. It's far more interesting and sensible than this stuff. You really ought to stick with the urban planning commentary. It’s far more interesting and sensible than this stuff.

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