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Brooksley Born vs. Alan Greenspan

By Mark | October 20, 2009

Frontline looks good tonight. The episode, entitled The Warning, is about Brooksley Born, a woman who, in her capacity as chairperson of the federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission, apparently fought a long, hard battle against Alan Greenspan and the men of Wall Street to better regulate derivative trading. She, of course, lost. And, as you […]

Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged Alan Greenspan, Any Rand fanboy, Ayn Rand, Bill Clinton, Bob Rubin, Brooksley Born, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, revolt, Ronald Reagan, The Warning, Wall Street, we need a revolution | 3 Comments

freedom sucks

By Mark | September 30, 2002

Every once in a while, an article comes to my attention that makes me want to move to Yemen and join the Jihad against the west. This is one of those articles. For those of you too lazy to follow the link, here’s how the Wired article starts: For $25 a month, “Lil’ Amber” fans […]

Posted in Observations, Other, Politics, Rants | Also tagged amateur photographers, bearskin rug, beauty pageant, Berkley, Bush administration, child beauty pageant, child super models, fuel cell, Gulf War, human glucose, Iraq, Israel, Jean Benet Ramsey, jihad, Lil' Amber, medical device, NPR, nuclear weapons, pedophiles, Sadam Husein, scud missiles, truckstop hookers, University of California, white trash | Leave a comment

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