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[tonyt53]

1. Nice comeback!

[Octafish]

2. Andrea Mitchell's husband is an economic fascist.

Guy is a real work of art.

Milton Friedman and the Rise of Monetary Fascism

The Dark Age of Money

by JAMES C. KENNEDY
CounterPunch Oct. 24, 2012

EXCERPT...

Monetary Fascism was created and propagated through the Chicago School of Economics. Milton Friedman’s collective works constitute the foundation of Monetary Fascism. Knowing that the term ’Fascism’ was universally unpopular; Friedman and the Chicago School of Economics masquerade these works as ‘Capitalism’ and ’Free Market’ economics.

SNIP...

The fundamental difference between Adam Smith’s free market capitalism and Friedman’s ‘free market capitalism’ is that Friedman’s is a hyper extractive model, the kind that creates and maintains Third-World-Countries and Banana-Republics, without geo-political borders.

If you say that this is nothing new, you miss the point. Friedman does not differentiate between some third world country and his own. The ultimate difference is that Friedman has created a model that sanctions and promotes the exploitation of his own country, in fact every country, for the benefit of the investor, money the uber-wealthy. He dressed up this noxious ideology as ‘free market capitalism’ and then convinced most of the world to embrace it as their economic salvation.

SNIP...

[font color="green"]Monetary Fascism, as conceived by Friedman, uses the powers of the state to put the interest of money and the financial class above and beyond all other forms of industry (and other stake holders) and the state itself.[/font color]

SNIP...

Money has become the state and the traditional state is forced to serve money’s interests. Everywhere the Financial Class is openly lording over sovereign nations. Ireland, Greece and Spain are subject to ultimatums and remember Hank Paulson’s $700 billion extortion from the U.S. Congress. The $700 billion was just the wedge. Thanks to unlimited access to the Discount Window, Quantitative Easing and other taxpayer funded debt-swap bailouts the total transfers to the financial industry exceeded $16 trillion as of July 2010 according to a Federal Reserve Audit. All of this was dumped on the taxpayer and it is still growing.

CONTINUED...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/24/the-dark-age-of-money/

Specializes in making sure the planet's rich get richer.

[Agschmid]

4. And we always base our judgement of women on their husbands.

Seems legit.

[still_one]

5. A fair number of threads here are doing that very thing with Hillary

incidentally I agree with your premise that it is sexist to make such judgements, instead of analyzing some one on their own

[Octafish]

15. Getting about $750k per, Andrea seems to slant coverage toward the millionaire perspective.

I could be wrong. A content analysis would help determine the answer. Until then, an overview of the phenomenon:

Media Millionaires

Journalism by and for the 0.01 Percent

By Peter Hart
FAIR, July 1, 2013

Mainstream journalism is, we’re often told, in a state of severe crisis. Newsroom employment began to decline as a result of corporate takeovers in the 1990s. Then the digital revolution destroyed the advertising market, plunging the industry into serious doubt about its very business model.

But times aren’t rough all around. There are many pundits and TV anchors who are doing very well in the media world, racking up millions of dollars from their media contracts, book deals and lucrative speaking fees. Though they don’t generally approach the compensation packages awarded to network morning show hosts like Matt Lauer or evening anchors like Diane Sawyer, they’re not exactly hurting.

Of course, being the boss means the biggest payday—and media company CEOs have been posting unbelievable incomes. In 2012, CBS head Les Moonves made $62 million, Disney’s Robert Iger made $37 million and Rupert Murdoch of Fox took home a comparatively modest $22 million (New York Times, 5/5/13). Don’t feel sorry for Murdoch, though; as No. 91 on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people, with an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion, he’s unlikely to go to bed hungry.

The media business outstrips other industries in generously compensating its top executives (New York Times, 5/5/13), and those resources could of course be put to better use by hiring reporters. But that’s not the way the system works. And it’s not just the bosses getting rich. Indeed, many high-profile members of the media elite live a rather charmed life. The journalism business looks to be in a disastrous state—but the view from the top is just fine.

Thomas Friedman

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman has written a number of bestsellers, and regularly holds forth on outlets like public TV’s Charlie Rose show. All of the globe-trotting and yearning for a “radical centrism” in American politics—where sensible climate policies could be paired with cuts to social spending—have paid off handsomely.

CONTINUED...

http://fair.org/slider/cover-story-media-millionaires/

Not much against the rich, other than their oversized influence in Washington DC.

[still_one]

18. My only point was that a person should be judged on their own, not on their spouse

[malaise]

34. +1,000 n/t

[Jack Bone]

3. Trailblazer to Hell...nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

26. LOL...

[melman]

6. WTF?

Andrea Mitchell?


A pro-Andrea Mitchell thread on DU. Never thought I'd see such a thing.

[TeamPooka]

17. 426 views so far, 0 recs. Proud of you DU! nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I didn't even know she played in the NBA.

[virtualobserver]

8. she spends all of her time on the bench

[HuckleB]

13. The current Blazers team is known for cooperation, teamwork, and friendship.

Not exactly Andrea Mitchell's strongest traits.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. Best

copy cat thread of the month.

[valerief]

10. You mean trollblazer. nt

[Agschmid]

11. No I meant trailblazer.

[HuckleB]

12. Damian Lillard is a TrailBlazer. Andrea Mitchell, not so much.

[demmiblue]

14. In what way?

Sarah Palin was a trailblazer, as well.

I am assuming you mean it in a positive way. Why do you find her to be a positive trailblazer?

[Agschmid]

20. I did mean it in a positive way, and yes Sarah Palin was also somewhat of a trailblazer.

Even if you don't like someone, or find what they do offensive they can be a trailblazer. Sarah Palin was the first female Vice President nominee for the Republican Party... That's trailblazing even if it's her.

http://www.elle.com/culture/a33964/meet-the-women-of-nbc-news/

[demmiblue]

21. So, in other words, you can't or won't answer my question as to why you, personally, ..

find Andrea Mitchell to be a positive trail blazer. Figures.

Trashing thread.

[Agschmid]

23. I 100% answered your question.

You apparently ignored it.

[LanternWaste]

30. I think you're confusing 'answer' with 'response.' They are two wholly separate words

I think you're confusing 'answer' with 'response.' They are two wholly separate words with different meanings. Yours was merely a response.

[LiberalArkie]

31. See if I got it, first female political correspondent?

[Agschmid]

36. She is/was not the first by any means, but you don't have to be first to be a trailblazer.

[melman]

38. "but you don't have to be first to be a trailblazer"

Yes you do. That's what it means.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/trailblazer

[Agschmid]

39. No you don't.

Bernie isn't the first progressive to run for office but her certainly is a trailblazer.

[melman]

24. Okay

So Palin was the first female Republican VP nominee.

Andrea Mitchell was the first...what?

[FSogol]

28. She's trailblazer in furthering word salad studies in this country.

I see a "Sarah Palin - Word Salad" US postage stamp in her future.

[TeamPooka]

16. Mitchell is a trailblazer for the mainstreaming of lies, propaganda and bullshit. nt

[Scientific]

22. + 1 - yes, she led the way for right-wingers to begin posing as journalists

Pioneering Corporate Toady Propaganda Script Readers.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

19. I remember her trailblazing reporting on the Clintons trashing the WH when they left.

Who cares if it wasn't true.

[Dont call me Shirley]

25. No, she is an embarrassment to all women and a corporate liar.

[leftofcool]

27. Trouble maker!

[chillfactor]

29. she is a nut case! n/t

[Eleanors38]

32. More like Saddle Blazer.

[spanone]

33. she hates all things Clinton, that's for sure.

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[Mike Nelson]

35. I don't care for her...

...but, if you do, that's fine. I've noticed that Andrea has a hesitating speech pattern. She does not seem to "lose it" though - just needs time to collect her thoughts, I guess. While she's not my favorite newsreader, I hope she lives long and enjoys many years of retirement.

[Agschmid]

37. She's not my favorite nor is she a "hero" of mine.

But she certainly isn't some of the names/things being tossed around DU at this moment.

[Agschmid]

40. This thread just isn't worth my time, or yours.