dagblog - Comments for "STAGECOACH (1939)"

Anonymous, you got to tell me

Richard Day — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:52:05 +0000

In reply to That movie reviewer you refer

Anonymous, you got to tell me who you are for christ's sake. ahhahaahah

I had two too many and hit three links, your two and another one that was linked in the links so to speak. hahahaha

I am so boring but I tell ya if a conversation can turn from the present to Chaucer and then a Frenchman and then a....

I love that!

Anyway I hit your links past, and simply published this link. hahahahahah

Nobody will respond of course!

Although i was only the 22nd commenter on Krugman's link, but Krugman is my hero next to Reich. hahahahah

That movie reviewer you refer

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:22:14 +0000

In reply to Damn straight I got it first!

That movie reviewer you refer to published his post almost a year before yours:

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2010/08/the-real-villain-of-john-fords-stagecoach-1939.html

Boule de Suif was also the inspiration for "Mademoiselle Fifi" directed by Robert Wise.

Damn straight I got it first!

Richard Day — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:47:41 +0000

In reply to Hey Dick. Looks like a buncha

Damn straight I got it first! ha

Thanks. Makes my day!

Hey Dick. Looks like a buncha

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:31:34 +0000

In reply to STAGECOACH (1939)

Hey Dick. Looks like a buncha people had the same Stagecoach idea as you - Krugman, who got it from Digby, who got it from some movie reviewer.

Still. I think you got it first. Intelleckshuall thieves, I tells ya, theyr evrywhars.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/stagecoach-economics/

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/popinjays-and-shaketails.html

Arthur!!!! You're in

stillidealistic — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:55:08 +0000

In reply to STAGECOACH (1939)

Arthur!!!! You're in Minnesota aren't you? No beer?????? No cigs?????? Are you going to be okay????????

I wish I had a pencil thin

Red Planet — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:39:10 +0000

In reply to David they--the critics who

I wish I had a pencil thin mustache 
The "Boston Blackie" kind 
A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket 
And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

hahahahahah Reminds me of the

Richard Day — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:17:28 +0000

In reply to Or in the case of many good

hahahahahah

Reminds me of the time I wrote about doppelgangers and somebody talked about Ted Koppelganger. hahahah

"Maybe some folks on the left

smithers_T — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:09:44 +0000

In reply to Well.... People being people

"Maybe some folks on the left are dreamers caught up in the myth of Eliot Ness.

But this country needs more people dedicated to real public service.

We need more Untouchables! ha"

Agreed.

But since the executive branch and its financial regulatory elite are owned by the "banksters", the dedicated public service will have to come from somewhere else.

Where?

By the way, Ron Paul has some Eliot Ness-esque ideas in him regarding this. He may oppose raising the debt, but he's unafraid to come at the banks from other directions.

I have worked in public service all my life and I started out loving it and dedicated to it. But I can tell you there is no room for that attitude. It's driven out like the plague.

It seems to me the tax structure is the biggest obstacle of all. It shelters criminals who don't report income. The Fair tax would do those guys in in one fell swoop.

So you have other ideas? I don't believe there's room for pessimism in something like this. But it also must (somehow, how I don't know) be bipartisan, or it won't work.

Curiously,

T. Smithers

Or in the case of many good

MrSmith1 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:49:30 +0000

In reply to Well.... People being people

Or in the case of many good Progressive candidates for public service, The Un-nominate-ables!

Well.... People being people

Richard Day — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:18:07 +0000

In reply to I took your article to be an

Well....

People being people and not always the luckiest people tend to err.

First of all, if there is some regulatory agency with laws protecting the public already in place the first problem revolves around the revolving door. If you are not a member of the elite and if you are 'just starting out', why would you want to piss off some big institution?

So we have a situation where an accountant or accountant/attorney specializing in mortgage banking is supposed to be monitoring BOA and its activities. MAGICALLY, that individual puts in five years in government service and finds a job with BOA.

Second, Bush and Obama nominate 'winners' to head their departments. The reasoning is that the best of the best should be in charge of regulating the biggest corporations. But if you once ran Goldman/Sachs, are you really going to be able to monitor the activities of your old friends?

I do not care what industry you are talking about. Cheney ran a company that survived on government contracts--from several different countries. And after he was made Vice President, that company ended up with a record number of defense contracts. Hundreds of billions of dollars in defense contracts--many of those contracts were had without competition.

Third, certain regulatory agencies do not have enough staff to hand their duties as prescribed by law. The SEC could be making our government a lot more money if it had enough folks working on each project. Madoff would never have gotten away with what he had been doing if the laws already put in place had been adequately enforced.

Fourth, we set up an FDIC so that the 'average Joe' does not have to worry about losing his small stash because insurance was put in place. If the bank fails, you can get all your monies back assuming you have less than $250 gs stored in that bank.

Greed and conflicts of interests and nepotism and....so many variables screw up governmental functions.

What banking institutions wish to do is to make as much money as fast as possible and take absolutely no personal risks as far as results. If they win a lot of money for their corporations, they expect to receive a percentage of the winnings. If they lose a lot of money for their corporations--if the bets go bad, they still feel out of a sense of class elitism that they are entitled to a lot of money.

Maybe some folks on the left are dreamers caught up in the myth of Eliot Ness.

But this country needs more people dedicated to real public service.

We need more Untouchables! ha