Daily rant

[REDWAVE]

Greetings, spurts fiends! In this thread, ole Reporter REDWAVE will bring you encapsulated versions of the leading news stories of the day, plus my own very special brand of pungent commentary you just won't get anywhere else.

The top story today is American Airlines' announcement it's cutting 7,000 jobs-- this coming the day after US Airways announcing it was filing for bankruptcy. American has already slashed 20,000 jobs since Sept. 11. This signals a renewed assault on the wages and working conditions of airline employees. As usual, the big corporations make US pay for the failure of THEIR system.

In ironic juxtaposition to this news is Bush's economic forum in Waco, to convince the public that he has a "steady hand" on the economy. Don't you feel reassured already? The last time this bozo gave a speech to try to steady the stock market, it took a nosedive! Even Bush had to admit "times are kind of tough right now." Kind of? What a master of understatement! Times are terrible for many Americans now, and are only going to get worse. Charles Schwab said the current bear market was "probably one of the worst I have ever gone through." Bruce Bartlett, a conservative former advisor to Pappy (Bush, Sr.), called the forum a waste of time.

And that's the mess we're in, today, Tuesday, August 13, 2002.

 

[Guest]

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[HeavyStick]

9/11/2001 had nothing to do with the economy and it's present condition?

 

[deliciously_naughty]

I love that our president says things like "kinda" cripes...at least reagan could give a speech in style while he was flushing the economy down the toliet.

 

[REDWAVE]

REDWAVER

Stupid shit, from a coward who won't even reveal his online identity.

Accept no cheap imitations, folks! Insist on the genuine article-- REDWAVE! Your guarantee of quality.

I should sue you for trademark infringement.

 

[bluespoke]

Re: REDWAVER

I should sue you for trademark infringement.

Oh dear. We've been this way before.

 

[Texan]

I love that our president says things like "kinda" cripes...at least reagan could give a speech in style while he was flushing the economy down the toliet.

GWB said "kind of". Then you take poetic license and call it "kinda", followed by (without intervening punctuation) "cripes".

Well, at least GWB doesn't have any competition from you when it comes to witty repartee.

 

[Guest]

Stupid shit, from a coward who won't even reveal his online identity.

Accept no cheap imitations, folks! Insist on the genuine article-- REDWAVE! Your guarantee of quality.

I should sue you for trademark infringement.

Sue me? Only a traitor to the cause would use the capitalist's system. A real commie would settle differences with a tank. Imperialist puppet.

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[HeavyStick]

Re: REDWAVER

I should sue you for trademark infringement.

That's a mighty Capitalistic thing for you to do.

 

[Guest]

I just said that. Silly Amerikans and your short attention spans. Why I oughta...ooo I found a penny...

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[Dixon Carter Lee]

Greetings, spurts fiends! In this thread, ole Reporter REDWAVE will bring you encapsulated versions of the leading news stories of the day, plus my own very special brand of pungent commentary you just won't get anywhere else.

And so we have it. Everyone who has ever soapboaxed at Literotica has eventually grown so tired of no one listening to them and arguing with them that they have decided to raise a flag and stake a claim on a little thread they can control and cajole, promising us "Daily Updates!" or "My Daily Opinions" or "The Andra Jenny Show!" Every fringe nut with a deep dislike for your opinion has done this. They can't fathom why no one is swayed by their 100 posts a day, so they think if they usurp a portion of someone else's web site they can create a daily newsletter or something that we're all supposed to swallow whole, and then shit out platitudes like "Wow! Didja see The Rant today? Amazing how he's able to put all those letters together! Gee willikers! Can't wait for the next installment. I understand he's going to use punctuation." They ALL do this eventually.

Look out for the P P Press, coming soon.

Daily updates!

 

[REDWAVE]

Wacky Waco Forum

So, are you admitting you're REDWAVER, DCL?

Dubya's carefully stage-managed economic forum in Waco was typical of his entire style as Prez. As the NYT article puts it, "Mr. Bush heard no dissent and no debate" on the economy or his policies. He proclaimed his eternal optimism about the U.S. economy, just as the Fed (which has to deal with economic reality) expressed pessimism, noting a "sharp slowdown" which might require it to cut interest rates more. The problem with that,of course, is interest rates are already so low-- they're down to 1.75% from 6%-- that cutting them any more will hardly have any effect. The Dow Jones industrial average fell a little over 200 points.

Bush didn't offer any new programs or ideas to fix the economy, he just mouthed vapid platitudes. Democrats and several Republicans criticized the event as a "staged pep rally." Here's my favorite quote of the day. William Beach, chief economist at the highly conservative Heritage Foundation, said: "They are frightened people, and I think that is the main reason for having this fairly meaningless conference." Fairly meaningless? I would say it was totally meaningless!

A companion news analysis article mentions what Bush and his "carefully chosen" group of sycophants studiously avoided: "the hard edged reality of the unemployment line, the agony of bankruptcy and the grind of economic retrenchment that is roiling through the American economy."

Another article talks about how few economists were invited to this "economic forum," and what some of the uninvited would do about the economy. James K. Galbraith, economist at the U. of Texas, advocates increasing public spending, and cutting interest rates further. John Makin, an economist at the extremely conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI), says cut taxes (predictably).

The harsh reality of the economy Dubya was so damned optimistic about is shown by another story, on welfare. In more than one third of welfare households, only children are getting benefits, and they suffer "high rates of hunger and hardship." In other words, a lot of black mothers have been forced to give up their children by welfare "reform." Let me repeat that.

A LOT OF BLACK MOTHERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO GIVE UP THEIR CHILDREN BY WELFARE "REFORM"!!!!!

I solemnly promise that, after the revolution, this capitalist child abuse will be ended forever, and no parents, black, female, or otherwise, will be forced to give up their children due to financial hardship.

Here's the link to that article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/14/nyregion/14WELF.html

In other news, Brazil's markets fell, including its currency, the real. IBM announced it was cutting more than 15,000 jobs. (Do you detect a trend here?)

And that's the mess we're in, Wednesday, August 14, 2002.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

So, are you admitting you're REDWAVER, DCL?

Of course I'm REDWAVER, you Maroon. Did you think it was a secret?

Sorry for the dissent, dude. I understand that pisses you off, it being the American way and all.

Good luck with your attempt here to create a thread cum Socialist platform with dialogue controlled by the state (read: "you"), it being the Communist way and all.

 

[REDWAVE]

Reversed

You've got it backwards, DCL. I'm the one engaging in political dissent. You, on the other hand, are the one attempting to chill and silence dissent by persecuting and harassing anyone who dares to speak out against oppression and injustice.

BTW, do you work for the CIA, the FBI, or the NSA-- or some even more secret agency I haven't even heard of yet?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Hey, this is MY fucking thread! Obey me.

 

[REDWAVE]

Hmmm

Evidently, it's some super secret agency I haven't even heard of yet.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

naw he lost control of his thread and being an old grump figured he could take yours away....

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

It's called the Bureau of Logistical Overlord World Media Enterprises, or BLOWME.

 

[iwmggw]

Look out for the P P Press, coming soon.

Wouldn't that be considered yellow journalism? The people have a right to know!

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Look out for the P P Press, coming soon.

Wouldn't that be considered yellow journalism? The people have a right to know!

LOL this was absolutely golden

 

[iwmggw]

brokenbrainwave

Puns really piss me off.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Re: brokenbrainwave

Puns really piss me off.

whoopty shit

 

[REDWAVE]

pp droplets

Actually, ppman's thread will be entitled "pp droplets."

 

[iwmggw]

Re: Re: brokenbrainwave

whoopty shit

Thats it brokenbrainewave........urine trouble now.

 

[iwmggw]

Re: pp droplets

Actually, ppman's thread will be entitled "pp droplets."

You're just pissing in the wind with that one.