Friday, September 19, 2008
It's The Economy Stupid
Lehrer had clips of the reactions of the candidates to the current financial crisis. McCain was unscripted, passionate and blamed the lobbyists. It was a forceful representation and as general message makes sense. McCain's instincts against bailouts also makes moral sense, but not in this case. Too much is at stake.
Obama came out with his troops flanking him — the flock in formation. They were ready to do battle with the economy, or fly to Canada. Of special note in the group: the redoubtable Robert Rubin. He is a guy you want on your team. As usual, when something significant has to be said, Obama reads his statement. Obama's emphasis on the necessity for a bailout was on the money, so to speak.
Money in politics dumbs things down making government inefficient but it seems impossible to kill the disease without the patient's willingness to face the problem.
Speaking of the economy and the dumb things politicians do, here is an article about the dumb things people do online.
Being a fan of the Mac, this was amusing:
Michael Hanscom did not pose nude on Flickr, attack the locals with a stick on his trip to Mexico, or dress up like the Fairy Princess while calling in sick. His crime? In October 2003, the Microsoft temp posted photos of Macintosh G5s being unloaded on the Redmond campus to his blog with the title “Even Microsoft wants G5s.” And that was enough to get him canned from his job in Microsoft's print shop for an alleged “security violation.” Apparently, the world's largest developer of software for the Mac (besides Apple) didn't want anyone to know that some of its employees use Macs.