[lbo-talk] Subprime Pritzker pure gold for Obama

[Max B. Sawicky]

> I don't personally recall when we made Max umpire. And eyes 
> which can see hope in Barack Obama don't seem to me to 
> constitute a very good qualification for the job. However, 
> such is my zeal for the enlightenment of humankind that 
> I will try again, in spite of the old proverb about horses 
> and water.
> 
> We need to figure out what's the null hypothesis. Max's way 

It was said that BHO worships money, period.
I asked if anybody could cite one fact about BHO attesting to this.
So far, bupkis.


> The null hypothesis -- which needs to be refuted by positive 
> evidence -- is that Obama is just like any other Democrat 
> until demonstrated to be different. Max asks us to assume Obama 
> is different until proven similar. 

I asked nothing of the sort, though I happen to think it might be true.


> Perhaps an analogy will help. Max and I go to the zoo, and visit 
> the sea-lion pool. Among the graceful glossy pinnipeds one in 
> particular stands out: a lean, vigorous handsome creature 
> with a rich teak-brown coat and a remarkably melodious 
> and prepossessing bark. 
> 
> Max: Wow! What a great seal! 
> 
> Me: Sea lion, actually. But yeah, he's a champ. 
> 
> Max: What do you think he eats? 
> 
> Me: Why... uh... herring, I guess, like the other 
> sea lions. 
> 
> Max: I don't think so. I think he's a vegan seal. 
> 
> Me: Sea lion. And I never heard of one who was a 
> vegan. Doesn't seem likely. 
> 
> Max [excitedly]: Prove it! 

DP affiliation is not quite like a zoological species classification.
Not at all, actually.  For one thing, we don't expect sea lions to respond
to historical conjunctures.

It was said that BHO worships money, period.
I asked if anybody could cite one fact about BHO attesting to this.
So far, bupkis.