Comments on: Splurge vs. Purge http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/ Same old blog, brand new place Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:14:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Doc Searls Weblog · Thoughts atop the cliff http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-88041 Doc Searls Weblog · Thoughts atop the cliff Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:54:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-88041 [...] his comment here, Mike Warot encourages me — and the rest of us — to watch this video by Karl Denninger, [...] [...] his comment here, Mike Warot encourages me — and the rest of us — to watch this video by Karl Denninger, [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-88035 Doc Searls Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:34:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-88035 Karl Denninger's site is <a href="http://market-ticker.denninger.net/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I just elevated my whole response here to a post of its own, <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/28/thoughts-atop-the-cliff/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Karl Denninger’s site is here.

I just elevated my whole response here to a post of its own, here.

]]> By: Mike Warot http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87873 Mike Warot Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:41:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87873 Doc, this bailout is the worst idea to come in front of Congress in my entire lifetime... please spend the 10 minutes it takes to watch Karl Denninger explain exactly what's at stake... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC2k9opOP0 --Mike-- Doc, this bailout is the worst idea to come in front of Congress in my entire lifetime… please spend the 10 minutes it takes to watch Karl Denninger explain exactly what’s at stake…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC2k9opOP0

–Mike–

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87565 Doc Searls Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:49:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87565 Yes, PRO-IP passed, but with the civil enforcement provisions stripped out, <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/doj-agrees-ip-enforcement-bill-bad-idea" rel="nofollow">pleasing the EFF</a>. Still, a Hollywood victory. Sad. Yes, PRO-IP passed, but with the civil enforcement provisions stripped out, pleasing the EFF. Still, a Hollywood victory. Sad.

]]> By: David Taht http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87479 David Taht Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:39:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87479 Am I the only one that noticed that amid all the hoo-rah and weapons of mass distraction unleashed during the financial crisis that <a>the senate passed the PRO-IP bill</a>? Am I the only one that noticed that amid all the hoo-rah and weapons of mass distraction unleashed during the financial crisis that the senate passed the PRO-IP bill?

]]> By: Don Marti http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87337 Don Marti Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:02:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87337 "I lost the rent money in a poker game...give me the kids' lunch money!" “I lost the rent money in a poker game…give me the kids’ lunch money!”

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87311 Doc Searls Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:53:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87311 Well, Keith, I'm pretty sure I actually heard Goldwater say that once, but he might have been leveraging Dirksen. Dunno Well, Keith, I’m pretty sure I actually heard Goldwater say that once, but he might have been leveraging Dirksen. Dunno

]]> By: Keith Dick http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87307 Keith Dick Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:38:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87307 The "A billion here, a billion there ..." quote has been attributed to Everett Dirksen, but this site: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_emd_billionhere.htm says that there is no record of him actually saying that, and at least one account that Dirksen himself said that he was misquoted, but thought it sounded so good, he never denied it. The “A billion here, a billion there …” quote has been attributed to Everett Dirksen, but this site:

http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_emd_billionhere.htm

says that there is no record of him actually saying that, and at least one account that Dirksen himself said that he was misquoted, but thought it sounded so good, he never denied it.

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87231 Doc Searls Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:29:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87231 "A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon you're talking real money." - Barry Goldwater (quoted from memory, can't find the original) “A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon you’re talking real money.” – Barry Goldwater (quoted from memory, can’t find the original)

]]> By: Emil Sotirov http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/09/26/splurge-vs-purge/comment-page-1/#comment-87229 Emil Sotirov Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:24:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=976#comment-87229 It had to come to $700 billion... to start talking real national issues (gay marriage anyone?). Strange how a crisis may feel almost good. It had to come to $700 billion… to start talking real national issues (gay marriage anyone?). Strange how a crisis may feel almost good.

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