Social Darwinism being a misreading of evolutionary theory anyway, and really just a new twist on the "rich people are better" ideology. Just like these fundies! Ironic, ain't it?
"Cortelyou believed it was Treasury's duty to protect the banking system, but he realized that the Treasury was not equipped to maintain economic stability. He eased the crisis by depositing large amounts of government funds in national banks and buying government bonds."
In other words, he invented Quantitative Easing. Nothing new under the sun, etc.
According to the handy label on his shirt, the guy in red seems to be <a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_B._Cortelyou" target="_blank">George Cortelyou</a>.
I never forget that before Rudyard Kipling published &quot;The White Man&#039;s Burden&quot;, he sent a copy to Teddy, who described it to Henry Cabot Lodge as &quot;a poem about expansionism that will make you rejoice.&quot;
With all the mistakes we&#039;ve made with regulation and helping poor people and minimum wages, I wonder how America became such an economic success.
Social Darwinism being a misreading of evolutionary theory anyway, and really just a new twist on the &quot;rich people are better&quot; ideology. Just like these fundies! Ironic, ain&#039;t it?
&quot;Cortelyou believed it was Treasury&#039;s duty to protect the banking system, but he realized that the Treasury was not equipped to maintain economic stability. He eased the crisis by depositing large amounts of government funds in national banks and buying government bonds.&quot;
In other words, he invented Quantitative Easing. Nothing new under the sun, etc.
I think you got it backwards.
So now <i>you</i> get to buy the cakes <i>we</i> like. Hmpf!
Rising from that &quot;Land I Love&quot; pile of large-mammal excrement is the distinct odor of Koch money.
Or maybe it&#039;s just hard to see the fist that&#039;s been rammed up your ass.
It&#039;s not a good sign when your straw man has to be a really, really stupid straw man.
Nicely executed . . . although the crowd control barrier in front of the NYSE is an unfortunate anachronism.
What a fiend we have in Jeebus.
(I have that XKCD t-shirt, btw!)
According to the handy label on his shirt, the guy in red seems to be <a href="http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_B._Cortelyou" target="_blank">George Cortelyou</a>.
I never forget that before Rudyard Kipling published &quot;The White Man&#039;s Burden&quot;, he sent a copy to Teddy, who described it to Henry Cabot Lodge as &quot;a poem about expansionism that will make you rejoice.&quot;
And...here comes the headache.
Note to Self: Don&#039;t forget to stock up on Ibuprofen before Dok gets to the section on the Roaring &#039;20s and the Great Depression.
I thought I&#039;d had my last glass of elderberry wine ...
With all the mistakes we&#039;ve made with regulation and helping poor people and minimum wages, I wonder how America became such an economic success.
Hey, my husband played that part a couple of years ago. He still likes to say that line.