Even so, I agree with Carl it does say a lot about Treasury Dept. thinking. Not that I'm perfect either.
Junior G-man,
TL
JKSCHW at aol.com wrote:
> You know, in court we get people trying to explain away embarassing remarks as jokes all the time. Oh, that statement that we don't hire any colored around here; I was just joking. My threat that X firm has to pay $50,000 to to get me to vote for the variance at City Council? just a joke, haha. --jks
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> << >Didn't Summers claim that he had meant it as a joke? He admitted
> >authorship, I think.
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> We went around the track concerning this story on the list before, last year
> I believe. I don't see how Summers' saying he intended his "Africa is
> underpolluted" remarks as a joke changes anything at all. If Summers
> believes comments like that are funny, that says all you really need to know
> about the man's sensibilities.
>
> Carl
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