“Exiled Online is an angry, frequently offensive, over-educated general news site, focused especially on war, crime, politics, Russia and America, and attacking hack journalists who only report press releases.”

And even though hack journalists do it, asking him ahead of time for a list of questions so you can think up snappy answers is probably smart, because on the radio, a thoughtful pause is just dead air. (Which is part of why I prefer reading to listening and wish there was a transcript of this, but lots of other people prefer listening.) It is a friendly interview, after all, and you can make it clear that if he wants to deviate from the list or not send one, that’s fine too.

“GOD”, I’d say that from FDR’s New Deal through LBJ’s Great Society and all the way through Carter’s presidency was one economic swing, and the Reagan Revolution was the start of another swing that we’re most definitely still in. Reaganomics, the federal hostility to living wages, welfare, public schools, and public hospitals, is definitely still here.

Aleke, a sense of humor is key, but outright comedy may just be like a steam valve that makes workers MORE compliant. Dilbert and Office Space were fun, but a lot less thought provoking than Fight Club or Sicko.

the audiolink wasn’t uploading on my computer – it’s there now…

pretty picture too

Here’s an easy way to access the interview. Go to http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/
then scroll down to Tuesday Feb. 3 at 4:03pm, and click on either “play” or “download.”

The interview with Mark Ames starts about 36 minutes into the show (the music leading into the segment is classic early 80s hip-hop).

You keep saying the rich people were the ones that won. Government workers are the ones that got easy jobs, salary increases, and pensions 20 years out of high school. Please look at ibvallejo.com for details of the amazing deal police and firemen got in that sad little town. Then yap about the rich.

It is still hard to get rich, and hardly guaranteed. Many rich people actually did something worthwhile. Rich people can blow it, And once blown you are unlikely to get another shot. I personally think Martha Stewart deserves her $$$ even though I hate her. None of this is true with government workers.

As far as Reaganism went, something needed to be done about economic stagnation caused by policies dating back to Hoover. You may recall that pre Regan rich people could pay no taxes by investing in tax sheltered investments. Reagan put in the Alternative Minimum Tax, which forced rich people to pay taxes.

End of Rant