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Video here: http://www.cnbc.com/...53868724&play=1
I'm just really confused by the video. As near as I can tell Orszag has been my favorite of all of Obama's appointees (I like Gates a lot too, but he was a Bush appointee before I don't think he quite counts). I haven't heard much by way of criticism and this seems er over the top.
On the other hand the guy singing did have a decent voice.
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Peter Orszag Heckled
I'm really just confused by this
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 02:15 PM
I'm Nobody. Nobody is perfect and Nobody gets out alive.
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 12:16 AM
Another Larouche weirdo. Since when do they need rationality to do and say the things they do?
But, I always liked Funiculi, Funicula.
But, I always liked Funiculi, Funicula.
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:27 AM
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
I'm Nobody. Nobody is perfect and Nobody gets out alive.
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 05:03 PM
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
Generally speaking, its safe to assume that if the heckler is singing, its a Larouchite. They started doing the singing thing during the 2008 primary- the primary that lasted for almost 2 years in NH - and seemed even longer, thanks to singing Larouchites.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:05 PM
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 09:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
The same as it would if he claimed he was a Teabagger or Paulian, or Conservative. Only a hair-width's difference now-a-days.
maxanne, on 30 July 2010 - 05:03 PM, said:
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
Generally speaking, its safe to assume that if the heckler is singing, its a Larouchite.
Naw. Sorry. Disagree. To equate singing in that manner would equate it to some sort of habitual talent. Sorry, whether it's the Teabaggers or Lauruchites, .... very little talent in that form. Not unheard of. But rare.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:09 PM
BlueBugBear, on 31 July 2010 - 10:05 PM, said:
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 09:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
The same as it would if he claimed he was a Teabagger or Paulian, or Conservative. Only a hair-width's difference now-a-days.
maxanne, on 30 July 2010 - 05:03 PM, said:
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
Generally speaking, its safe to assume that if the heckler is singing, its a Larouchite.
Naw. Sorry. Disagree. To equate singing in that manner would equate it to some sort of habitual talent. Sorry, whether it's the Teabaggers or Lauruchites, .... very little talent in that form. Not unheard of. But rare.
I dunno I have met tea partiers and met larouchites and the difference in craziness usa clear.
I'm Nobody. Nobody is perfect and Nobody gets out alive.
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
"It's not that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are playing checkers, it's the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurses office because they clued their balls to their thighs."-John Stewart
"And many writers have imagined for themselves republics and principalities that have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for there is such a gap between how one lives and how one ought to live that anyone who abandons what is done for what ought to be done learns his ruin rather than his preservation: for a man who wishes to profess goodness at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:09 PM
BlueBugBear, on 31 July 2010 - 10:05 PM, said:
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 09:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
The same as it would if he claimed he was a Teabagger or Paulian, or Conservative. Only a hair-width's difference now-a-days.
maxanne, on 30 July 2010 - 05:03 PM, said:
Theravenseldon, on 30 July 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:
Ohhhh that dude's a larouchite? Explains everything.
Generally speaking, its safe to assume that if the heckler is singing, its a Larouchite.
Naw. Sorry. Disagree. To equate singing in that manner would equate it to some sort of habitual talent. Sorry, whether it's the Teabaggers or Lauruchites, .... very little talent in that form. Not unheard of. But rare.
I beg to disagree. I worked for a presidential candidate in 2007, in NH, the home of the first in the nation primary. I went to a zillion political events of all kinds - and for a while, every event was interrupted by singing Larouchites. There was a Larouchite 4 part harmony group around for about a month. They sang well enough that people at first assumed it was a group that was somehow part of the program - until it happened enough times that anyone bursting into song got quickly shown the door.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:29 PM
maxanne, on 31 July 2010 - 09:09 PM, said:
I beg to disagree. I worked for a presidential candidate in 2007, in NH, the home of the first in the nation primary. I went to a zillion political events of all kinds - and for a while, every event was interrupted by singing Larouchites. There was a Larouchite 4 part harmony group around for about a month. They sang well enough that people at first assumed it was a group that was somehow part of the program - until it happened enough times that anyone bursting into song got quickly shown the door.
Oh, yes. I'm aware of Larouchite barbershop quartets. I just never knew that anyone actually considered them talented in any way, shape or form.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 10:12 PM
BlueBugBear, on 31 July 2010 - 10:29 PM, said:
maxanne, on 31 July 2010 - 09:09 PM, said:
I beg to disagree. I worked for a presidential candidate in 2007, in NH, the home of the first in the nation primary. I went to a zillion political events of all kinds - and for a while, every event was interrupted by singing Larouchites. There was a Larouchite 4 part harmony group around for about a month. They sang well enough that people at first assumed it was a group that was somehow part of the program - until it happened enough times that anyone bursting into song got quickly shown the door.
Oh, yes. I'm aware of Larouchite barbershop quartets. I just never knew that anyone actually considered them talented in any way, shape or form.
Compared to say....ME...they're hugely talented singers. I'm not sure how "sang well enough" equates to talented, but you do seem determined to shoehorn that adjective in somehow.
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