tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post6006258037358933483..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: Gail Collins, "The Luv Guv’s Last Stand": My House Is Hit by a TsunamiJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-47213441764677522952013-05-02T17:42:32.290-07:002013-05-02T17:42:32.290-07:00Hello JG. The NYC mayor's contest, on both si...Hello JG. The NYC mayor's contest, on both sides, is already a circus without a real clown, although there are a lot of pretend-contortionists, so I give Gail Collins some slack for trying to figure out how stupid-crazy it will be if The Weiner jumps in.<br /><br />The NYT had a terrific series on the 2008 meltdown "The Reckoning", in their business section. (I believe no one on the op-ed page ever reads the business section) You really do need to give full credit to Chuck Schumer "The Senator For Wall Street", and Clinton's team (Rubin, Summers, Greenspan) who thought CDOs did NOT need any regulatory oversight. <br /><br />all else deleted, just in case Google is watching...<br />K2KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-21684710319892871332013-05-02T10:50:03.135-07:002013-05-02T10:50:03.135-07:00He's angry and ... simplistic.
I, the same OMG...He's angry and ... simplistic.<br />I, the same OMG anonymous, am here to totally confuse this poor non-anonymous.<br />Although I am trying hard to leave the Democratic party (after the disgusting September performance of the Congress), it was the only party I belonged to since my eligibility.<br />Although I now only scan the paper which in my view (not Jeffrey's) is Der Neue Stuermer, it was my main daily paper for most of my time in NY/US until ... I came to my sense/ until it became an antisemitic rag, financed by who knows whom.<br />I don't know about our non-anonymous, but I remain a Social-Democrat who doesn't have a TV set and most certainly doesn't watch Fox News (never did) or any other news, even those which were watched in some distant past.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-49751539313614024002013-05-02T10:47:36.983-07:002013-05-02T10:47:36.983-07:00"Andy" - if that is indeed your name - y..."Andy" - if that is indeed your name - your comment is intemperate, arrogant and despicable. A person who thinks so highly of himself/herself must surely have something better to do than fret over Google ratings.<br /><br />"Get a life," as they say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-46636802292390498292013-05-02T09:53:54.352-07:002013-05-02T09:53:54.352-07:00Andy, do you have an anger management problem? Hav...Andy, do you have an anger management problem? Have you considered treatment? I am not being hostile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-43235220718636538182013-05-02T09:17:48.415-07:002013-05-02T09:17:48.415-07:00Ah, non-anonymous "Andy,"
Sorry to infor...Ah, non-anonymous "Andy,"<br />Sorry to inform you again, but both Jeffrey and I are Jewish and we don't consider events which took place several thousands years ago as something which happened "a long time ago," we both value history, and yes, history is one of the areas of my interest/expertise and all the others areas are also "historical" in some way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-71503850807011224272013-05-02T09:07:31.444-07:002013-05-02T09:07:31.444-07:00Dear not anonymous "Andy,"
Sorry to info...Dear not anonymous "Andy,"<br />Sorry to inform you, but your luck is bad.<br />This "OMG" anonymous happens to be a former professor (to prevent some idiotic jokes - yes, at one of the oldest universities in the world) a Ph.D., with several masters extra - multilingual, multicultural and obviously multi-degreed, who despises any provincialism and pomposity, yours including.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-7385200443951322942013-05-02T09:01:10.491-07:002013-05-02T09:01:10.491-07:00Dear Andy,
You obviously did not read the opening...Dear Andy,<br /><br />You obviously did not read the opening paragraph of my April 27, 2013 blog: "Make no mistake about it: George W. Bush was a disaster for the United States. The Second Gulf War destroyed the equilibrium that existed between Iraq and Iran in the Middle East, setting the stage for Iran's fanatic pursuit of dominion over the region. His introduction of ground forces into Afghanistan was a tragedy in the making, as he should have known from Russia's prior entry into this quagmire. His administration allowed Wall Street and the big banks to rape the US economy with the introduction of worthless, real estate-based derivatives, and the elimination of the Uptick Rule during his second term in office (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/paul-krugman-jobless-trap-castigating.html) continues to plague American productivity."<br /><br />Was this, in your opinion, also wrong, or did you not read it before submitting your comment?<br /><br />Frankly, I don't know anything about my Google ranking, nor do I care. Yes, I have tens of thousands of pageviews every month, and perhaps this has something to do with it, but I honestly don't know how this factors into my Google ranking. Again, it is of no interest to me.<br /><br />If you are curious about my Google ranking, I suggest you start a blog and insert the names of NYT columnists and see if your opinions attract interest. Moreover, you will thenbe able to write freely and opine about "all of which you find to be just . . . . right."<br /><br />My audience? If you are more intelligent than those who read my blog, who include PhDs, professors, members of congress and newspaper editors, I again urge you to start your own blog. Maybe it will be an overnight Internet hit!<br /><br />Good luck to you.<br /><br />JeffreyJeffrey Grossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-60777452790146416472013-05-02T06:56:58.228-07:002013-05-02T06:56:58.228-07:00I can't figure out how your little rants keep ...I can't figure out how your little rants keep getting such excellent Google rankings. Your consulting firm must REALLY be boutique because other than your blog both it and you are a black hole as far as Google and Google UK is concerned. It must be that you have "New York Times" and the columnist's name included in them. I do find it interesting that you didn't start this blog until Obama was elected. You're outraged by Benghazi but felt no need to vent regarding all the BS Bush/Cheney pulled? Some serious blinders you're wearing there. But then, FOUR AMERICANS died in Benghazi, and there's the MASSIVE coverup. Makes Iraq and the cherry picked intelligence that got us there look like a church social.<br /><br />I applaud the fact that you read a real newspaper rather than spend all your time glued to Fox News but given your numerous blog posts it looks as if you only read it as a source of tsuris. Given the Times liberal bent and your disdain for their opinions I fail to see why you read it other than a source of material for which you can write scathing rebuttals, almost all of which I find to be just..... wrong.<br /><br />I'm not really anonymous. My name is Andy and if for any reason you'd care to reply you can reach me at llfarm@yahoo.com. I'd be fascinated to know why a guy who's "appeared on television throughout Europe, supplying real time, on-the-scene commentary during crises and wartime" and his boutique firm have absolutely no Google footprint. I'd enjoy hearing from you.<br /><br />One last thing. If the previous comment is indicative of your audience ("OMG, OMG, OMG !!!") you are either wasting your time or have a low threshold for self validation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-63154386504097619422013-05-02T03:48:54.389-07:002013-05-02T03:48:54.389-07:00OMG, OMG, OMG ...
Yes, I actually listened and yes...OMG, OMG, OMG ...<br />Yes, I actually listened and yes, he said it: "Benghazi happened a long time ago."<br />OMG, OMG, OMG ...<br />History is really dead in this land. I live in the nation where people don't know what the Cuban crisis was, who our allies were during WWII (or "know" that the Germans) etc. More tragically most have no concept of history and the past is as flat as our Earth in some eyes - "slavery thousands years BCE and the 19th century - what the difference? <br />Not surprisingly, I often see the historical "soups" which I really hate: "Napoleon was a Chinese sheik who lived in the 12th century in Communist Brazil and fought green roaches."<br />Yes, this "Benghazi was..." is unacceptable - so dishonest, so manipulative, so condescending, so dangerous and so repulsive (notice a smirk - what do you people talk about?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com