They never aired the episode with Obama. He basically ruined it by monopolizing the conversation. With two other participants, he had about 75% of the air time. I know this because it was recently aired as a novelty by WTTW.

He seemed to be under the impression that every word out of his month was fascinating and compelling. He was truly in love with the sound of his own voice. He spent a great deal of time repeating himself in a very profound and professorial manor – but in truth he came off as rather boorish – the sort of person you struggle to get away from at a party.

as an ivy league grad (brown, which may be the worst of the worst in this respect) i can confirm your theory that it’s easy to come out of an ivy dumber than when you arrived.

the ivory tower groupthink ring-led by a group of arrogant “intellectuals” who have little real world grounding (especially among the liberal arts faculty) actively discourage dissent and debate and push a party line to the exclusion of all other ideas. it was bad when i graduated in 94. from what i have seen, it has gotten much worse since.

nothing is more dangerous than an ideologue who has mistaken himself for a free thinker and confuses dogma with intellectualism. it produces arrogant thinkers insusceptible to argument and triggers a deep cognitive dissonance which drives extraordinary elitism and extremism. they become identified with their ideas to the point where disagreement with them is taken as a personal attack. it’s a bit surreal, and really crosses the line between scholarship and religion.

a friend of s friend made a movie about this entitled “indoctrinate u”.

it’s as interesting as it is chilling. i recommend checking it out.

http://indoctrinate-u.com/pages/news.html

as an ivy league grad (brown, which may be the worst of the worst in this respect) i can confirm your theory that it’s easy to come out of an ivy dumber than when you arrived.

the ivory tower groupthink ring-led by a group of arrogant “intellectuals” who have little real world grounding (especially among the liberal arts faculty) actively discourage dissent and debate and push a party line to the exclusion of all other ideas. it was bad when i graduated in 94. from what i have seen, it has gotten much worse since.

nothing is more dangerous than an ideologue who has mistaken himself for a free thinker and confuses dogma with intellectualism. it produces arrogant thinkers insusceptible to argument and triggers a deep cognitive dissonance which drives extraordinary elitism and extremism. they become identified with their ideas to the point where disagreement with them is taken as a personal attack. it’s a bit surreal, and really crosses the line between scholarship and religion.

a friend of s friend made a movie about this entitled “indoctrinate u”.

it’s as interesting as it is chilling. i recommend checking it out.

http://indoctrinate-u.com/pages/news.html

Obama Wants to Control the Banks

If they begin forcing bankruptcy for solvent institutions, wiping out shareholders, and installing their stooges in management (who will then direct lending practices), get ready for war. First shareholder class-action legal wars, then open armed conflict.

She’s only one official … and I can’t tell if the Post is exaggerating what she’ll say in this upcoming report … but I’d be surprised if she’s taking this position without approval from Obama & Co. Once again, they’re intent on creating fear and uncertainty and then exploiting it. This may feed into concerns with upcoming stress tests at the big banks.

So are toxic assets still undervalued? I thought Timmy’s plan, recent market deals done by the banks themselves, and easing mark-to-market were all about validating that toxic assets had probably been written down too much.

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Separately, I’ve been questioning for months whether Obama is a sh*thead or a diabolic agent of Alinksy … or a bit of both. I fear that you can’t underestimate how bad this guy is.

RIGHT NOW, THE US GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING A SOLVENT MAJOR MONEY CENTER BANK HOSTAGE.

This is not a drill, this is happening NOW.

THEY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR RETIREMENT ASSETS NEXT. The government will seize most of what you own, directly or indirectly. Wait until they come after your house, your car, etc. These people will stop at nothing.