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To: MythMan who wrote (417639)	9/15/2011 12:24:36 PM
From: Trumptown	Respond to of 436258

I think he is confused... Expectations are high that next week will be down...should we expect the unexpected? siliconinvestor.com

To: MythMan who wrote (417639)	9/15/2011 12:29:08 PM
From: Trumptown	Respond to of 436258

Weekly is pretty compelling for the long argument...

To: MythMan who wrote (417639)	9/15/2011 12:37:38 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Greenwald channeling Sarah? +++ Just as a few recent, illustrative examples of how the strictly partisan prism distorts rather than clarifies political realities, consider: (1) this Washington Post Editorial lambasting the GOP presidential candidates for being insufficiently pro-war (less pro-war than the Obama administration); (2) this New York Times article on how the bulk of Sarah Palin's political message is hostile to GOP orthodoxy and the GOP itself, and even likely to appeal to liberals: She made three interlocking points. First, that the United States is now governed by a "permanent political class," drawn from both parties, that is increasingly cut off from the concerns of regular people. Second, that these Republicans and Democrats have allied with big business to mutual advantage to create what she called "corporate crony capitalism." Third, that the real political divide in the United States may no longer be between friends and foes of Big Government, but between friends and foes of vast, remote, unaccountable institutions (both public and private). . . . Her second point, about money in politics, helped to explain the first. The permanent class stays in power because it positions itself between two deep troughs: the money spent by the government and the money spent by big companies to secure decisions from government that help them make more money. Ms. Palin’s third point was more striking still: in contrast to the sweeping paeans to capitalism and the free market delivered by the Republican presidential candidates whose ranks she has yet to join, she sought to make a distinction between good capitalists and bad ones. The good ones, in her telling, are those small businesses that take risks and sink and swim in the churning market; the bad ones are well-connected megacorporations that live off bailouts, dodge taxes and profit terrifically while creating no jobs. Are there any prominent Democrats Party officials voicing that critique? The perils of partisan punditry in the Obama age