FCC and the internet

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Thu Oct 22 16:49:39 BST 2009


On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, David Sanders wrote:

> 2009/10/22 Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net>:
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, David Gerard wrote:
>>
>>> 2009/10/21 Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net>:
>>>>
>>>
>>> “It’s true that we got into trouble by bundling mortgage securities
>>> that only held their value and made profits so long as enough poor
>>> people signed on to get screwed,” said Dick Fold of Lehman Brothers.
>>> “But you just don’t understand the intense psychological pull poor
>>> people have on rich folks! They can make the world’s hardest, meanest,
>>> most ruthless CEOs, who’ve spent years honing the fine arts of
>>> profit-making, part with good money on a whim and hand it to a bunch
>>> of irresponsible, check-bouncing layabouts!”
>>
>> I thought this thread was knee deep in conservative bullshit before but that
>> takes it to new depths.
>
> Woosh! It was sarcasm, dressed as satire.

That was my first impression, but after comparing it to some of the 
posts in this thread I wasn't so sure.

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