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antigop

(12,778 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 05:50 PM Jun 2015

Will Pitt gets mentioned in article co-authored by Bill Moyers!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/hillary-clintons-wall-str_1_b_7622148.html

Yet, you could also wonder if they had been unaware of another possible reading of the metaphor presented by the sight of Roosevelt Island against the skyline of Wall Street -- something her handlers didn't intend: A mockery of the words she was speaking at that very minute.

She is, after all, a favorite of the giant banks, the CEOs and hedge funds she now was castigating. Between 2009 and 2014, Clinton's list of top twenty donors starts out with Citigroup and includes JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, whose chief Lloyd Blankfein has invested in Clinton's son-in-law's boutique hedge fund. These donors are, as the website Truthout's William Rivers Pitt notes, "The ones who gamed the system by buying politicians like her and then proceeded to burn the economy down to dust and ash while making a financial killing in the process."
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Will Pitt gets mentioned in article co-authored by Bill Moyers!! (Original Post) antigop Jun 2015 OP
Huzzah! KamaAina Jun 2015 #1
The coming election in 2016 looks like it could be life or death for American rhett o rick Jun 2015 #2
Actually, it might be life or death.... daleanime Jun 2015 #8
Read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything." hifiguy Jun 2015 #13
Read it, loved it.... daleanime Jun 2015 #15
She's one of the rare ones. hifiguy Jun 2015 #16
Oh, hell yes..... daleanime Jun 2015 #17
It is enough to scare the hair off a gorilla. hifiguy Jun 2015 #18
History is written by the victors. F4lconF16 Jun 2015 #23
I have a hard time reading her books. They are too scary. nm rhett o rick Jun 2015 #25
I need to read that...just haven't had time. nt antigop Jun 2015 #24
Very cool! RiverLover Jun 2015 #3
Thanks for telling us. In_The_Wind Jun 2015 #4
K&R! Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #5
Well, that's pretty damned cool. WilliamPitt Jun 2015 #6
Yep, pretty cool! nt antigop Jun 2015 #10
It's not the first time you've gotten noticed. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #19
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #7
Congratulations, Will -- well deserved props Jack Rabbit Jun 2015 #9
Well, that's pretty fucking cool! cyberswede Jun 2015 #11
Congratulations, Will! hifiguy Jun 2015 #12
That's so awesome. Congrats on the quote. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #14
That should take care of that. lonestarnot Jun 2015 #20
Attaboy Will! Owl Jun 2015 #21
WELL DONE WILL!! LiberalElite Jun 2015 #22
"The ones who gamed the system by buying politicians like her and then proceeded to burn the rhett o rick Jun 2015 #26
That William Rivers Pitt sure does have a way with words Autumn Jun 2015 #27
Love it. 840high Jun 2015 #28
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #29
Bill Moyers, one of the few remaining great American journalists Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #30
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
2. The coming election in 2016 looks like it could be life or death for American
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 06:04 PM
Jun 2015

families. It's the 1% vs. the 99%.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
8. Actually, it might be life or death....
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:34 PM
Jun 2015

for all of us. Climate change is on the high end of the curve and we desperately need to do some thing besides shove bad 'trade' deals down peoples throats.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
16. She's one of the rare ones.
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:43 PM
Jun 2015

Her intelligence and the depth of her insight is matched only by her powerful, vivid and lucid writing. She is a gem.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
17. Oh, hell yes.....
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:52 PM
Jun 2015

feel a little guilty, the shock doctrine is on my reading list waiting for me to get to it.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
18. It is enough to scare the hair off a gorilla.
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:55 PM
Jun 2015

When some future historian writes the story of the 20th Century, he or she will doubtless mention Milton Friedman in the same sentence with Stalin, Hitler and Mao when the topic is "people who did the most damage to the world."

 

WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
6. Well, that's pretty damned cool.
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:31 PM
Jun 2015

Thanks, antigop! I would have missed this entirely. Friday foghead and all.

Cheers!

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
12. Congratulations, Will!
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 07:38 PM
Jun 2015

Moyers speaks truth and so do you.

The Vampire Squid's BFF. It is what it is.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
26. "The ones who gamed the system by buying politicians like her and then proceeded to burn the
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 11:37 PM
Jun 2015

economy down to dust and ash while making a financial killing in the process." Well said Will.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
27. That William Rivers Pitt sure does have a way with words
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 11:40 PM
Jun 2015

"The ones who gamed the system by buying politicians like her and then proceeded to burn the economy down to dust and ash while making a financial killing in the process."

Pooka Fey

(3,496 posts)
30. Bill Moyers, one of the few remaining great American journalists
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:14 AM
Jun 2015

Bravo, Will Pitt, for the honor of being quoted!

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