On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> It's more pitiful than that. It assumes we should go through a dumb
> show
> in a corner imitating the way in which those who don't even know we
> exist should act to make this the best capitalism paossible. What are
> the probabilities that the impassioned posts of Doug, Michael P, and
> Jim
> T a couple months ago in support of the bailout had even an
> infini8tesimal effect on events. It remains a great puzzle to me what
> they though they were accomplishing by supporting so passionately in a
> dark corner what those in D.C. were going to do anyhow.
>
> Sad.
Much better to sit in a corner and masturbate gloomily, right?