Comments for 1 Boring Old Man http://1boringoldman.com All Mickey, All the Time Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:17:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on structure to the emptiness… by 1 Boring Old Man » beck’s 3G advice… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/03/01/structure-to-the-emptiness/#comment-167691 1 Boring Old Man » beck’s 3G advice… Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:40:21 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3921#comment-167691 [...] Boring Old Man « structure to the emptiness… beck’s 3G [...] [...] Boring Old Man « structure to the emptiness… beck’s 3G [...]

]]> Comment on how the neoconservatives did it… by 1 Boring Old Man http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2008/04/05/how-the-neoconservatives-did-it/#comment-167650 1 Boring Old Man Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:48:09 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2008/04/05/how-the-neoconservatives-did-it/#comment-167650 [...] the deBaathification that helped stoke the "Insurgency." As is apparent in my last post [hook, line, and sinker…], he’s still at it. His life is chronicled in a biography, The Man Who Pushed America to War: [...] [...] the deBaathification that helped stoke the "Insurgency." As is apparent in my last post [hook, line, and sinker…], he’s still at it. His life is chronicled in a biography, The Man Who Pushed America to War: [...]

]]> Comment on how the neoconservatives did it… by 1 Boring Old Man » time to stop pretending… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2008/04/05/how-the-neoconservatives-did-it/#comment-167449 1 Boring Old Man » time to stop pretending… Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:43:51 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2008/04/05/how-the-neoconservatives-did-it/#comment-167449 [...] the New York Times decided [it’s not time for it to be over yet…]. And the missing emails are a consciously orchestrated cover-up: I mean, it’s time to stop [...] [...] the New York Times decided [it’s not time for it to be over yet…]. And the missing emails are a consciously orchestrated cover-up: I mean, it’s time to stop [...]

]]> Comment on it’s not time for it to be over yet… by Mickey http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/25/its-not-time-for-it-to-be-over-yet/#comment-167440 Mickey Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:55:53 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3914#comment-167440 It's perfect! I think Cheney actually believes such things. It’s perfect! I think Cheney actually believes such things.

]]> Comment on really tired… by Carl http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/25/3911/#comment-167428 Carl Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:55:46 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3911#comment-167428 On the face of it, I think the insurers might actually believe that boosting their margins a modest 2% to 7% profit on operations is nothing to get exercised about. And, in the ranking of profiteering, 7% doesn't seem so very high....it is higher than the grocery store industry, but much lower than the investment banking or oil industries. What they fail to recognize, is that the whole enterprise adds ZERO(or certainly very close to zero) value to the project of creating the capacity and capability to take care of sick people or to the actual work of taking care of sick people. None - Ms. Braly's $10M compensation is a larceny, not unlike those committed by Mr. Madoff and the entire panoply of the Wall Streeters (AIG, Goldman, Bank of America) who have figured so prominently in our collective affairs in the past few years. And John McCain, the increasingly cranky curmudgeon (who has overstayed the limits of his competency in the Senate) suggests that Mr. Obama scraps everything and starts over...assuming that the system is doing as well as can be reasonably expected? "Actuarially sound?" Really Ms. Braley - what in the hell does that mean relative to the work that needs doing? Bosh - all of it - pure unadulterated bosh. On the face of it, I think the insurers might actually believe that boosting their margins a modest 2% to 7% profit on operations is nothing to get exercised about. And, in the ranking of profiteering, 7% doesn’t seem so very high….it is higher than the grocery store industry, but much lower than the investment banking or oil industries.

What they fail to recognize, is that the whole enterprise adds ZERO(or certainly very close to zero) value to the project of creating the capacity and capability to take care of sick people or to the actual work of taking care of sick people. None - Ms. Braly’s $10M compensation is a larceny, not unlike those committed by Mr. Madoff and the entire panoply of the Wall Streeters (AIG, Goldman, Bank of America) who have figured so prominently in our collective affairs in the past few years. And John McCain, the increasingly cranky curmudgeon (who has overstayed the limits of his competency in the Senate) suggests that Mr. Obama scraps everything and starts over…assuming that the system is doing as well as can be reasonably expected? “Actuarially sound?” Really Ms. Braley - what in the hell does that mean relative to the work that needs doing? Bosh - all of it - pure unadulterated bosh.

]]> Comment on it’s not time for it to be over yet… by Woody http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/25/its-not-time-for-it-to-be-over-yet/#comment-167425 Woody Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:32:59 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3914#comment-167425 Doesn't this quote unearthed by Carl just sum up Cheney to an absolute "T?" Doesn’t this quote unearthed by Carl just sum up Cheney to an absolute “T?”

]]> Comment on it’s not time for it to be over yet… by Carl http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/25/its-not-time-for-it-to-be-over-yet/#comment-167370 Carl Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:13:14 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3914#comment-167370 "Principle (including, presumably "good judgment") is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose." Dick Cheney (1976) (parenthesis added) “Principle (including, presumably “good judgment”) is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn’t do any good if you lose.” Dick Cheney (1976) (parenthesis added)

]]> Comment on OLC MEMOs 2001-2003 by 1 Boring Old Man » it’s not time for it to be over yet… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/olc-memos-2001-2003/#comment-167331 1 Boring Old Man » it’s not time for it to be over yet… Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:11:28 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?page_id=3380#comment-167331 [...] their only job. Likewise, the idea that they were in a hurry is absurd. Yoo kept rolling out those crazy opinions for several years until he quit the DoJ because he wasn’t promoted. Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee [...] [...] their only job. Likewise, the idea that they were in a hurry is absurd. Yoo kept rolling out those crazy opinions for several years until he quit the DoJ because he wasn’t promoted. Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee [...]

]]> Comment on a snapshot… by 1 Boring Old Man » maybe there are others… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/24/a-snapshot/#comment-167323 1 Boring Old Man » maybe there are others… Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:01:29 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3910#comment-167323 [...] Boring Old Man « a snapshot… maybe there are [...] [...] Boring Old Man « a snapshot… maybe there are [...]

]]> Comment on human drones… by 1 Boring Old Man » a key figure… http://1boringoldman.com/index.php/2010/02/20/human-drones/#comment-167184 1 Boring Old Man » a key figure… Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:19:16 +0000 http://1boringoldman.com/?p=3899#comment-167184 [...] Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from the American Iraq misadventure. Dick Cheney came to the Vice Presidency with a fixed mind-set about Iraq - presumably building from his stint as Secretary of Defense during the First Gulf War. In the face of overwhelming evidence that he was wrong on a number of counts, he pressed us forward based with his unsustainable bias. There will come a time when Israel’s fate will depend on making a change from rigid Zionism to a position requiring something other than paranoia. It is unlikely that that can happen with Meir Dagan as a key figure in the Israeli government - and the head of Mossad is a very key figure there. No question that Mossad pulled off the operation with their expected competence, but at what cost? The unexpected competence of the Dubai police was equally impressive [human drones…]… [...] [...] Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from the American Iraq misadventure. Dick Cheney came to the Vice Presidency with a fixed mind-set about Iraq - presumably building from his stint as Secretary of Defense during the First Gulf War. In the face of overwhelming evidence that he was wrong on a number of counts, he pressed us forward based with his unsustainable bias. There will come a time when Israel’s fate will depend on making a change from rigid Zionism to a position requiring something other than paranoia. It is unlikely that that can happen with Meir Dagan as a key figure in the Israeli government - and the head of Mossad is a very key figure there. No question that Mossad pulled off the operation with their expected competence, but at what cost? The unexpected competence of the Dubai police was equally impressive [human drones…]… [...]

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