After 9/11, I found my way to Juan Cole’s site, Informed Comment. He is one of our foremost experts on the Middle East. An Arabic speaker, he’s spent half his life in that part of the world. So while wars were blooming around us in the early naughts, Cole became an important source – for me anyway – in trying to figure out whatever was going on.
And just now, planning to link to him, looking around his site, I find there is no bio. He’s a very geeky academic type (if you’ve ever seen him on TV, you know this already), so that’s surprising. His numerous awards and affiliations however are mostly there. You can go look and marvel.
Today, he muses about Haiti and contemplates the Wall Street bonuses, and suggests these dudes tithe their bonuses to the relief effort. Heh. This particular line struck me:
” . . . the bonuses of the six biggest banks are now estimated to come in at $150 billion. Ten percent of that would be two years worth of Haiti’s gdp.”
He’s written an entire column on the subject at NPR.
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
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your post is always packed with wit..
what a delight to read you and what you read…
Enjoy A bight Day, friend.
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Thanks jingle! I love it when you visit.
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I always enjoyed your visit in my place.
I am not an expert in politics, that’s the main reason I don’t comment much…
Happy Sunday!
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And it was a fine Sunday – so happy Monday back at you. And I’m sure you’ve noticed Jingle, it not ALL politics here although I will admit I am very drawn to the subject.
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If we had a real media, these CEO’s would have been run up the lanyard twice by now. The naked greed and avarice on display is truly shocking.
Good article, great post Moe. :>
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If we had a media that wasn’t owned by a small group of the largest corporation in the country. With the usual interlocking directorates. Pretty soon, one company will own them all.
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