Fortunately for me, I don’t have cable so watching last night’s Republican debate was not even an option, despite the fact that the clownish spectacle was held right in my backyard of Boulder, Colorado. All indications are that I missed absolutely nothing of significance, which is far from surprising.
However, one thing that I found interesting based on the post debate commentary of those who had the painful experience of watching it, was the fact that more time was spent discussing fantasy sports regulation, than Wall Street reform.
As the New York Times notes:
It’s easy to miss things when watching long, crowded presidential debates like the CNBC event on Wednesday night. So it can be good to go back to the transcript the next morning to verify one’s recollections.
I looked for the discussion of how to regulate the financial sector that I must have somehow missed. I searched for “Too big to fail” and turned up one fleeting reference by Ben Carson. There were zero references to “Glass-Steagall,” the Depression-era banking law discussed extensively in the Democratic debate earlier in the month, or “Dodd-Frank,” the 2010 law meant to rein in risks in the financial sector.
The transcript also revealed that I was not hallucinating when I saw a reasonably detailed discussion of whether the government should regulate “daily fantasy sports” sites — and learned that Jeb Bush’s fantasy football team is undefeated and is anchored by the Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
And you wonder why the country is circling the toilet bowl.
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So what’s new. They’ve always ignored the law. If one gets in the way they write an exception to it. They are simply crooks.
Nobody, either in the US mainstream or alternative media is talking about the upcoming and unavoidable currency crisis in America: the ascendance of China’s Yuan as the new reserve currency, announcement to be made by the IMF next month…gold, silver, guns or ammo won’t do any good to those who will place their hopes (and security) in those assets…ordinary Americans do not have a single clue of what an economic collapse is all about and they will be forced to learn the hard way.
Congressman Paul Ryan, today in your acceptance speech for
Speaker of the House you stated that “When the American People see the House of Representatives we see chaos”.
Congressman Ryan you are Wrong! “We the People”
see the House of Representatives as well-oiled machine that is effectively
stealing every last penny of the American Taxpayer’s money on behalf of their K Street/NWO/Bankster masters. It is a Total Lie that this congress is
dysfunctional. The metrics show you have served (functioned perfectly) your
masters well. You have created a $18 trillion national debt to force the
America taxpayer to pay interest payment to the Banksters, you have exploded trade deficits that benefit international crony capitalist corporations and kill US manufacturing jobs, presided over massive expansion of food stamps that lines the pockets of Walmart at taxpayers’ expense, completely out of control spending on the DOD, which has benefited the Carlyle Group that has become the largest multinational private equity firm in the world. Your RINOs friends, DEMs, Supreme Court and Executive branches function quite well as a criminal cartel siphoning off America’s wealth to the dictates of the FED, ECB, BIS and Bank of England. Every RINO should be primaried to ensure “We the People” have elected officials that uphold the Constitution, Bill of Rights and stop the Banksters from stealing OUR money!