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Re: Stupid host tricks

Cottonelle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:24:31 -0400

I wonder what's happening while the public is continuously diverted to thinking about these kinds of subjects by the press. It's like bad soap opera we can't turn off. What were we thinking about all the years when Republicans were holding Congressional tea parties dumping the Glass-Stegall Act of 1933 "getting rid of big govt." (government oversignt of investment houses and banking) during the presidency of Ronald Reagan and beyond, when a series of acts of Congress culminating with the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999 at which time Republican sponsors, Treasury officials, Hank Greenberg of AIG and others, held the grandest old tea party of all, toasting to the inscription on a cake reading "50 years of Glass-Stegall R.I.P.", thus enabling GROPE (the Greatest Robbery of the People Ever) to be set in motion as $$$,$$$,$$$,$$$$s of good life frosting we'd grown accustomed to be skimmed off by the robber barons of investment houses, Texas builders via inflated housing sucking upfront mortgage money out of lenders, no bid contracts to preferred companies in Iraq, etc., leaving the people eating stale cake crumbs.

Re: Stupid host tricks

Kingixolib — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:36:00 -0400

Slow news day in Raleigh, huh?

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:09:47 -0400

For technical reasons, I post stuff for some other reporters. As I said, in those cases, I add that they reported it in the second or third graf.

Two high profile women, Sally Quinn and Lee Woodruff, have been debating the question in the blogosphere, Rob Christensen reports.

— RTB

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

rusty_shackleford — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:22:24 -0400

Wasn't John the father of their child that died? Why does she get a pass but he doesn't? I'm not defending him (he's too slick), but the death of a child impacts BOTH parents.

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

tangoz — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:56:51 -0400

Elizabeth hid her husbands infidelity during the latest primary season. Why? She chose being first lady over telling the truth.

NO! We cannot believe anything she says either.

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

dahedgehog — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:01:31 -0400

It says you wrote this post, RTB. Did I miss something?

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

aftercancer — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:59:33 -0400

Sorry this is two year old news being spun for no reason other than something new to gossip about. This is not news!

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:52:01 -0400

Just a quick reminder: I don't write everything that appears on the blog. You can see who posted it in the gray type at the top. If that's not also the author, then I'll say so-and-so reported in the second or third graf.

— RTB

Re: E. Edwards sparks a discussion

dahedgehog — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:51:58 -0400

"First of all, any woman who has lost a child gets a pass for life from me."

But the problem, Quinn writes, is "she let him do it."

Quinn has an interesting definition of "a pass for life." I don't know about you guys, but when I give someone a "pass for life," that normally precludes me from blaming them for their spouse's infidelity.

Of course, it's also a nice little window into the nice little mind of RTB. Here we have two catty women (well, one anyways) prying and speculating into the private life of the wife of a former politician. RTB finds this newsworthy. Interesting.

Re: Edwards gets votes for AG

carbonLib — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:45:55 -0500

more like NC is looking like they are waking UP in national politics. The crushing defeat handed to liddy and her low-ball campaign along with the new tint of the state speaks well of us.

Edwards would make a great AG......i mean....we let Mccain's infidelity slide....why not edwards?

Re: Edwards gets votes for AG

LNBruno — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:43:15 -0500

Sure. Why not? It's not like NC's a joke in national politics anyway, right? Right?

Re: Richard Moore's openness offensive

FFC1304 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:52:25 -0400

Moore AND Perdue make me PUKE.

Re: Moore: Spitzer downfall 'sad'

FFC1304 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:27:22 -0400

Silda Wall Spitzer should be ashamed of standing with him AND begging him NOT to resign.

Somehow its always OK, just fine, when a democrat strays from values, right? there's that double standard again...strive to be smarter.

Re: Moore: Spitzer downfall 'sad'

twoshadesofblue — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:44:04 -0400

I feel sad for Spitzer's family too, but that doesn't mean I'd want to hang on to contributions from a guy who was signing tougher anti-prostitution legislation while visiting prostitutes or fighting fraud while structuring his payments to "escort" services.

He should return ALL of the contributions received at the NY fundraiser hosted by Spitzer and not just the $4,600.

Re: Moore: Spitzer downfall 'sad'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:44:08 -0400

Glad to see the grammar police on the blog don't just pick on me.

— RTB