Same Root

[sheshe2]

http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/07/same-root.html

[Uncle Joe]

1. We're all connected.

Thanks for the thread, sheshe.

[abakan]

2. He is one smart man.

Too bad they come by infrequently.

[George II]

18. Thankfully we have one smart woman waiting in the wings.

[abakan]

19. OK if you say so. nt

[pampango]

3. "We are all one family-we're one tribe." But conservatives focus on the differences, the 'otherness'

the diversity, rather than what we all have in common, to pit one against another.

[Igel]

15. So many posts.

And you still think that's true of only conservatives?

Much of what Obama said about differences and rivalries, factions, that often hobble Africa is entirely true of the US. Limiting it to traditional tribal affiliations is like thinking of art as being only Renaissance oil paintings.

Now that's a real hobble.

[pampango]

20. "you still think that's true of only conservatives?" Of course not, but liberals are much more

accepting of diversity and multiculturalism than are conservatives.

Liberals are not totally immune from focusing on how "THEY" are different from "US" using race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc. (I would question how "liberal" those liberals really are.) But for conservatives the big three of "family values", "freedom (religious/gun/etc.)" and "patriotism/nationalism" all involve appeals to fear and emotion to motivate the base to vote to protect "US" from "THEM". I don't see that liberals in general do the same to anywhere close to the same degree.

[Unknown Beatle]

4. If he truly believed that,

he would have bailed out Main St. instead of Wall St.

[sheshe2]

5. Figured one of you would be along.

I can set my watch by you.

[Unknown Beatle]

6. Just the facts.

I didn't write anything that wasn't true.

[sheshe2]

7. Only in your mind.

[Unknown Beatle]

8. Wow! Really?

So he didn't bail out Wall St. and he bailed out Main St. instead?

I must be in Bizarro World.

[sheshe2]

9. Wall Street Wall Street Tpp Tpp Tpp

is the answer to everything from people that have no answers.

I am not going to find the info for you, figure it out for yourself.

[Unknown Beatle]

10. Does the truth hurt?

Obama bailed out Wall St. Holder, an Obama hire, did absolutely nothing to hold Wall St. accountable.

That's the truth.

[sheshe2]

13. I don't know,

does it hurt you?

[Thinkingabout]

21. On what basis did Holder have to bring charges to any one or any company?

[840high]

26. That's the truth. Amen.

[hifiguy]

23. You are kidding, right?

Right?

You're not?

[SunSeeker]

25. You lied. The bank bailouts were under Bush, right before he left office.

Shameful that you feel compelled to shit on this beautiful OP about how we are all related, we are one people.

And you did it with right wing lies. Disgusting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008

[Unknown Beatle]

29. Are you kidding?

Matt Taibbi

Barack Obama was still just the president-elect when it happened, but the revolting and inexcusable $306 billion bailout that Citigroup received was the first major act of his presidency. In order to grasp the full horror of what took place, however, one needs to go back a few weeks before the actual bailout - to November 5th, 2008, the day after Obama's election.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2009/12/13/obamas-big-sellout-president-has-packed-his-economic-team-wall-street-insiders

That's for starters. Research the rest.

[SunSeeker]

30. Paulson was about to just give them the money. Obama made sure they paid it back.

And as your link notes, Obama was not president yet.

If you want to discuss the Wall Street bailout, start your own thread, don't shit on one that has nothing to do with it.

[Unknown Beatle]

31. Did you not read this?

"but the revolting and inexcusable $306 billion bailout that Citigroup received was the first major act of his presidency."

[Uncle Joe]

11. Even if that were the case, does that make the statement any less true? n/t

[treestar]

12. Overbroad statement

A simple conclusion you want to be true.

[sheshe2]

14. You can't post anything good here anymore , treestar.

It has to be shat on.

[treestar]

16. You're right she she

And with broad brush absurdities too!

[sheshe2]

17. Thanks treestar~

[freshwest]

22. K&R since Pampango described it but can't see a thing. Video at the blog? Sigh. n/t

[sheshe2]

24. You can't see the image qoute?

I will write it down and post it, freshwest.

[SunSeeker]

27. Beautiful, she.

Science teaches us we are all connected, we are all family. And, as Neil deGrasse Tyson says, we are made of stars, literally.

[sheshe2]

28. Hey,

You gave me some peace before I sleep. I just responded to an ugly post.

Thank you for your words. I will sleep better because of them.