http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/gordon-brown/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:16:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/gordon-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-149681 VangelV Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:02:09 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20430#comment-149681 How scary for listeners on so many levels. First, you have an incompetent socialist who has a record of failure who has never learned from his own mistakes or from history. Second, you have the typical cultist climate change agenda creep into what should be a serious discussion about economics at a time when most voters don't see climate change as a priority. Third, you have an admission that governments are trying to create an international regulatory body that will stifle business activity and allow idiot bureaucrats meddle in local economic affairs that are none of their business or concern. Forth, you have a revelation that people within the Obama administration are either lying or not aware of some very significant activities. (Paul Volker told Ron Paul and the Joint Economic Committee that he was unaware of any efforts to set up an international regulatory system of the type that Brown is discussing.) Fifth, Brown was the idiot that sold Britain's gold right at the bottom of the bullion market. Why a bureaucrat like him is considered more credible than people who risk their own money is a mystery. How scary for listeners on so many levels. First, you have an incompetent socialist who has a record of failure who has never learned from his own mistakes or from history. Second, you have the typical cultist climate change agenda creep into what should be a serious discussion about economics at a time when most voters don’t see climate change as a priority. Third, you have an admission that governments are trying to create an international regulatory body that will stifle business activity and allow idiot bureaucrats meddle in local economic affairs that are none of their business or concern. Forth, you have a revelation that people within the Obama administration are either lying or not aware of some very significant activities. (Paul Volker told Ron Paul and the Joint Economic Committee that he was unaware of any efforts to set up an international regulatory system of the type that Brown is discussing.) Fifth, Brown was the idiot that sold Britain’s gold right at the bottom of the bullion market. Why a bureaucrat like him is considered more credible than people who risk their own money is a mystery.

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/gordon-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-149300 super_trooper Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:11:36 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20430#comment-149300 I wish I could hear Obama talk about the economy like this. Obama talking about the economy doesn't give me confidence I wish I could hear Obama talk about the economy like this. Obama talking about the economy doesn’t give me confidence

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