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January 06, 2010 04:37 PM UTC

Wednesday Open Thread

  • 28 Comments
  • by: Colorado Pols

“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.”

–Samuel Johnson

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28 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Thread

    1. There hasn’t been open transparency on this process? We haven’t watched this bullshit for 10 months dragging on? The time for good ideas from the Party of No is over–they haven’t had one yet. I’ll go with the odds and assume that after ten months of bargaining in very bad faith, they aren’t about to change their ways now.

      What part of this do you have a beef with–the fact that the Dems have finally wised up and realized that since both Chambers have passed a bill, it’s time to shut the opposition out and sit down and get this fucker hammered into a final bill, get it passed, and get it done.  

      1. Middle and LB, that is.  Since you both were asking yesterday my wife gave birth to a completely healthy 7 lb 11 oz baby girl.  We couldn’t have asked for more.

        I have been disconnected from the news, Pols, etc for the past few days with the baby, no sleep, and trying to keep up at work as well.  

        It’s so funny to see the 254 comments about the Ritter/Salazar thing.  Holy crap, am I out of the loop ! The shit has really hit the fan.

        Anyway, take care !

          1. Let’s get to the truth behind Fidel’s Dirt Nap Gate!  Seriously, as a grandfather, I welcome you to the fatherhood game.  You life will never be the same.  But while blogging has its attractions, bloggers can’t give you butterly kisses!

  1. From BusinessWeek, Jan. 4, we read about the New Democrats, a group of House members dedicated to the proposition that all financial reform shall be watered down. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34

    Excerpt:

    …(Rep. Barney) Frank, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other left-leaning Democrats have had to deal with the New Democrat Coalition, a moderate group inside the party that shares many of the values associated with Bill Clinton and the Democratic Leadership Council, which was founded 25 years ago in the belief that Democrats couldn’t win elections without a strong moderate platform.

    No mention of certain corresponding members of the Senate, but the story did bring to mind talk about a “bipartisan” solution to financial reform lest “unintended consequences” be brought about by a reform bill drafted by the now-retiring Chris Dodd.

    Gotta wonder whether financial report might be the big loser with Dodd’s exit.

  2. From BusinessWeek, Jan. 4, we read about the New Democrats, a group of House members dedicated to the proposition that all financial reform shall be watered down. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34

    Excerpt:

    …(Rep. Barney) Frank, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other left-leaning Democrats have had to deal with the New Democrat Coalition, a moderate group inside the party that shares many of the values associated with Bill Clinton and the Democratic Leadership Council, which was founded 25 years ago in the belief that Democrats couldn’t win elections without a strong moderate platform.

    No mention of certain corresponding members of the Senate, but the story did bring to mind talk about a “bipartisan” solution to financial reform lest “unintended consequences” be brought about by a reform bill drafted by the now-retiring Chris Dodd.

    Gotta wonder whether financial report might be the big loser with Dodd’s exit.

    1. Though Dodd proposed some tough regulation this summer that I supported, in the past he has not been considered a proponent of tough banking/insurance/finance regulation.

      I join you in your concern about weak financial regulation and I am discomforted by any legislator who speaks in moderate tones on this issue.

      The American people, right and left, are outraged by what the financial industry has done to this country and to its taxpayers.  Legislators should be treating this seriously not as an area for a little bit of tweeking.

        1. Whatever it was that Dodd was proposing, your Mr. Bennet–you are a member of his Technicolor Fan Club on this site, aren’t you?–felt the need to react to it by calling for caution, lest it result in “unintended consequences” and at the same to time to call for “bipartisan” support for whatever new regulations were enacted. Sounds like the sort of reform that “bipartisan” health care reform would have yielded, i.e. none.

          1. Nope. You don’t pay very close attention, do you?

            But I think it’s a good idea to question Dodd’s reform proposals. He’s never been known as a serious financial reformer.

      1. I only know what I read today.

        In the past few months, Blumenthal has threatened legal action against Wall Street credit rating agencies for “negligent” ratings …

        This week, Blumenthal wrote to Ben Bernanke, asking the Federal Reserve chairman to roll back fee increases imposed on credit card customers over recent months.

        http://www.reuters.com/article

        Blumenthal’s own official biography in the Connecticut State Register and Manual describes him in, in part, in these words: “He has successfully fought unfair utility rate charges, environmental wrongdoing, scams and frauds victimizing consumers. His vigorous investigation and legal action involving insurance industry abuses has successfully forced financial restitution and reform, compelling greater disclosure by insurers and brokers to consumers and recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for the state, municipalities and individuals.”

        http://www.courant.com/news/po

        1. These rating agency suits are something I have been pushing for a long time.

          Of all the groups that have not been woodsheded they are the most culpable.

          Anyone who can identify them as a causal actor and is willing to take them on has my support.

    1. But it’s an interesting example of how Google’s weighting formula works.

      One factor that is (allegedly) weighted very highly for Google placement is how many other pages link to a given page.  By linking to your article in your sig line, you have pumped your own page’s placement up very high.

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