Comments on: Media Appearance: MSNBC’s Morning Meeting http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:43:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191822 Greg0658 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:18:36 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191822 twitterin Dylan Ratigan & Co just now "GM a benefits company masquerading as a car company" "the Europeans Koreans Chinese Indians all want in on that" AND WHY TF NOT - good for Dylan and Co that America was in the business of making stuff so that he had some years to trade on it for a living me thinks Dylan has lost what real business is all about and me now: "union construction workers make conditions for you all to enjoy .. and artists dream of conditions not yet in the realm for you all to ponder"c2009 via TBP twitterin Dylan Ratigan & Co
just now “GM a benefits company masquerading as a car company”
“the Europeans Koreans Chinese Indians all want in on that”

AND WHY TF NOT – good for Dylan and Co that America was in the business of making stuff so that he had some years to trade on it for a living

me thinks Dylan has lost what real business is all about

and me now:
“union construction workers make conditions for you all to enjoy .. and artists dream of conditions not yet in the realm for you all to ponder”c2009 via TBP

]]> By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191769 Greg0658 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:57:49 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191769 from todays dialog on BRs appearance or maybe it came later in the days MSM thread .. what we need is that website that provides the USA accounting books open to the public .. full disclosure and transparency* TK .. I don't have a problem with Soc's .. the business of government needs that mechanism of pay and benefits ... I am LOL ROTF at the GOFPs hypocricy ... I don't understand us Americans except but herded by MSM ... our last race you mention .. raised civil rights worker vs. raised 4th generation Soc w/big bus wife and add Sarah in tow I have more of a problem with the business of getting to the top of the heap for our elected management of the Soc's .. which is my quick jot down this morning .. I no longer believe that any donation larger than $1000 comes without conditions of payback in some way with real dollars back .. creating the favor me favor you payback system we live under .. and thats more like Fasc'm .. business concerns writing checks to government top managements I am sorry to see Sen Burris withdrawl but understand the cards are stacked against him .. as I disliked the ramifications of the expensive bailout and uphill election battle for the wiretap allegations .. I'm sure another will rise to fill the boots and we will have another multi million $ race for the MSM and to suck us dry .. and we will have a D an R or an I in the seat in a couple years ..... its just to bad we close the barn door after the horses have run out .. job security for some circles I said in a letter to our current President (maybe he got maybe he didn't) I don't know why your such a glutton for punishment .. but best wishes reaching the top post me I'm a sm bus Capl't who must balance his check book everyday before 3pm with little hope of bailouts or government contracts .... I guess if things get worse I'll have to get with the program of American business coda* - driving in SD .. for the competent life of me I can't understand why verticle 4x2" yellow markers (miles and miles every 8 feet in pairs) were being glue'd to the road by hand instead of painting the road by sprayer .. dont they use snow plows in SD? The competent side of me thinks somethings afoot and it goes oink oink .. and its cool as long as its SDs money rotating from todays dialog on BRs appearance or maybe it came later in the days MSM thread .. what we need is that website that provides the USA accounting books open to the public .. full disclosure and transparency*

TK .. I don’t have a problem with Soc’s .. the business of government needs that mechanism of pay and benefits … I am LOL ROTF at the GOFPs hypocricy … I don’t understand us Americans except but herded by MSM … our last race you mention .. raised civil rights worker vs. raised 4th generation Soc w/big bus wife and add Sarah in tow

I have more of a problem with the business of getting to the top of the heap for our elected management of the Soc’s .. which is my quick jot down this morning .. I no longer believe that any donation larger than $1000 comes without conditions of payback in some way with real dollars back .. creating the favor me favor you payback system we live under .. and thats more like Fasc’m .. business concerns writing checks to government top managements

I am sorry to see Sen Burris withdrawl but understand the cards are stacked against him .. as I disliked the ramifications of the expensive bailout and uphill election battle for the wiretap allegations .. I’m sure another will rise to fill the boots and we will have another multi million $ race for the MSM and to suck us dry .. and we will have a D an R or an I in the seat in a couple years ….. its just to bad we close the barn door after the horses have run out .. job security for some circles

I said in a letter to our current President (maybe he got maybe he didn’t) I don’t know why your such a glutton for punishment .. but best wishes reaching the top post

me I’m a sm bus Capl’t who must balance his check book everyday before 3pm with little hope of bailouts or government contracts …. I guess if things get worse I’ll have to get with the program of American business

coda* – driving in SD .. for the competent life of me I can’t understand why verticle 4×2″ yellow markers (miles and miles every 8 feet in pairs) were being glue’d to the road by hand instead of painting the road by sprayer .. dont they use snow plows in SD? The competent side of me thinks somethings afoot and it goes oink oink .. and its cool as long as its SDs money rotating

]]> By: Tom K http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191673 Tom K Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:54:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191673 Any idiot who calls a 2 year plan (where most of the spending happens in 2010 and 2011) is an idiot, period. And thanks for pointing out the Dems have been successfully siphoning tax money off of Republicans even before Obama. Who controlled congress in 2006-2008??? Just wait until the 2010 mid terms when the majority realizes they're being taken to the cleaners by a bunch of Socialists. The so-called "moderate" Democrats in congress are the canaries in the coal mine and they're already raising the red flag - but the hard left is too blind to see it. Obama has been in office for six months and where are his tracking poll numbers??? LOL. Any idiot who calls a 2 year plan (where most of the spending happens in 2010 and 2011) is an idiot, period. And thanks for pointing out the Dems have been successfully siphoning tax money off of Republicans even before Obama. Who controlled congress in 2006-2008???

Just wait until the 2010 mid terms when the majority realizes they’re being taken to the cleaners by a bunch of Socialists. The so-called “moderate” Democrats in congress are the canaries in the coal mine and they’re already raising the red flag – but the hard left is too blind to see it.

Obama has been in office for six months and where are his tracking poll numbers??? LOL.

]]> By: “The food is terrible. And in such small portions.” « Blogging Through the Wreckage http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191599 “The food is terrible. And in such small portions.” « Blogging Through the Wreckage Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:51:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191599 [...] too), is not that the food is so bad but that the portions are too small: ‘But Barry Ritholtz points out that the [Washington] Post includes an interesting chart detailing the stimulus spending so [...] [...] too), is not that the food is so bad but that the portions are too small: ‘But Barry Ritholtz points out that the [Washington] Post includes an interesting chart detailing the stimulus spending so [...]

]]> By: DeDude http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191549 DeDude Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:46:58 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191549 Great Tom you can always be counted on to deliver another Foxified ananlysis leading to a Foxifalse conclusion. If you twist data around enough times you can get it to sound like it supports the conclusion your closed and “left behind” mind already had drawn before you looked at the data. What you forgot to mention is that “The imbalance didn't start with the stimulus. From 2005 through 2007, the counties that later voted for Obama collected about 50% more government aid than those that supported McCain” (direct quote from the article you liked to). So the republican districts and states that refuse to take stimulus money are getting less stimulus money – outrageous :-). And those republican politicians who don’t believe in big government are a little slower in securing aid from the gobinment - who could have thunk? And yes it was planned to be a 2 year stimulus plan so only those who did not pay attention would be surprised that the money has not been spend and that it has not yet had that much of an effect. However, any idiot who can handle first grade math can look at how much consumption has disappeared and how much is in the stimulus package – and figure out what we can and cannot expect it to do (and then decide if we need more or the hole we will slide into without more is acceptable). And those numbers have nothing to do with ideology they are simple facts. Great Tom you can always be counted on to deliver another Foxified ananlysis leading to a Foxifalse conclusion. If you twist data around enough times you can get it to sound like it supports the conclusion your closed and “left behind” mind already had drawn before you looked at the data. What you forgot to mention is that “The imbalance didn’t start with the stimulus. From 2005 through 2007, the counties that later voted for Obama collected about 50% more government aid than those that supported McCain” (direct quote from the article you liked to).

So the republican districts and states that refuse to take stimulus money are getting less stimulus money – outrageous :-) . And those republican politicians who don’t believe in big government are a little slower in securing aid from the gobinment – who could have thunk?

And yes it was planned to be a 2 year stimulus plan so only those who did not pay attention would be surprised that the money has not been spend and that it has not yet had that much of an effect. However, any idiot who can handle first grade math can look at how much consumption has disappeared and how much is in the stimulus package – and figure out what we can and cannot expect it to do (and then decide if we need more or the hole we will slide into without more is acceptable). And those numbers have nothing to do with ideology they are simple facts.

]]> By: sseabrook http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191534 sseabrook Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:43:03 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191534 Umm... what the hell was Steven A. Smith doing on this conversation? His cliche, canned responses were bad enough on ESPN and are just plain asinine when it comes to subject he knows absolutely nothing about. Umm… what the hell was Steven A. Smith doing on this conversation? His cliche, canned responses were bad enough on ESPN and are just plain asinine when it comes to subject he knows absolutely nothing about.

]]> By: Chief Tomahawk http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191529 Chief Tomahawk Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191529 Cvienne, you have me there! It would certainly be cheaper, but might land me in jail though. Cvienne, you have me there! It would certainly be cheaper, but might land me in jail though.

]]> By: Tom K http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191528 Tom K Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191528 This is what the stimulus package was all about: politics. "Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election." http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm Did everyone forget Obama cut his teeth on Chicago politics? This is what the stimulus package was all about: politics.

“Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year’s presidential election.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm

Did everyone forget Obama cut his teeth on Chicago politics?

]]> By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191523 cvienne Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191523 @Chief Tomahawk "Sure I get faster Internet, but seeing as how I don’t download large files" A guy with your handle should be using smoke signals to communicate ;-) jk @Chief Tomahawk

“Sure I get faster Internet, but seeing as how I don’t download large files”

A guy with your handle should be using smoke signals to communicate ;-) jk

]]> By: Tom K http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/07/media-appearance-morning-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-191522 Tom K Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:53:32 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=31633#comment-191522 I don't understand what is so instructive to the WaPo chart? Anyone who was paying attention when this awful legislation was passed knew the spending was backloaded to late '09 and 2010. "Stimulus" was a complete misnomer but nobody in the MSM wanted to disparage the emperor's new clothes. And now we're told by the Keynesianites that the problem is we're not spending enough. These fools (including Krugman) can't see the problem has nothing to do with the amount being spent, but the timing of the spending. If Dr. Obama manned the defibulator paddles one would feel a low tingle for ten+ months - if they lived. I don’t understand what is so instructive to the WaPo chart? Anyone who was paying attention when this awful legislation was passed knew the spending was backloaded to late ‘09 and 2010. “Stimulus” was a complete misnomer but nobody in the MSM wanted to disparage the emperor’s new clothes.

And now we’re told by the Keynesianites that the problem is we’re not spending enough. These fools (including Krugman) can’t see the problem has nothing to do with the amount being spent, but the timing of the spending.

If Dr. Obama manned the defibulator paddles one would feel a low tingle for ten+ months – if they lived.

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