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HughBeaumont
HughBeaumont's Journal
HughBeaumont's Journal
May 19, 2017
And there was that unwavering support for Dubya's wars of folly.
Oh, and he's the main reason we don't have multi-payer health care.
And just a bunch of other things . . .
Why Democrats Don't like Joe Lieberman
Well, hey, could be that he's partially responsible for W.And there was that unwavering support for Dubya's wars of folly.
Oh, and he's the main reason we don't have multi-payer health care.
And just a bunch of other things . . .
It was during the post-9/11 years that Lieberman linked arms with Republicans Graham and McCain, two other hawks who, like their Democratic friend, were known to thwart their party. The trio traveled the world together and became known as the "Three Amigos." So high was their mutual regard that McCain reportedly wanted Lieberman to be his 2008 running mate, though he eventually succumbed to pressure to pick conservative Sarah Palin instead.
Still, Lieberman stood by his friend.
"In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done," he said at the 2008 Republican convention.
Democrats viewed that speech as blasphemy.
"He could have given a speech defending John McCain, but instead he went on the offense and blistered Obama over his lack of foreign policy skills, which were a major Republican talking point," said Manley, a long-time senior aide to Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate leader. "It caused a lot of ill will."
Still, Lieberman stood by his friend.
"In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done," he said at the 2008 Republican convention.
Democrats viewed that speech as blasphemy.
"He could have given a speech defending John McCain, but instead he went on the offense and blistered Obama over his lack of foreign policy skills, which were a major Republican talking point," said Manley, a long-time senior aide to Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate leader. "It caused a lot of ill will."
May 18, 2017
These days he travels the world making big bucks as a lecturer, spilling the secrets of a great salesman.
Guerrero recently caught up with Belfort at an event in London. Inside, we found every seat taken as 3,600 men and women were hanging on his every world.
But Guerrero was there for a different reason. She wanted to ask him about all those forgotten victims.
As Belfort opened his presentation up to questions, she stepped up to the mic.
“In 2014, you promised you would pay back all of your victims that year, it's three years later and you still owe your victims $100 million,” she said as a chorus of boos rained down on her. “When are you going to pay your victims back?”
“The Wolf” was in no mood to answer and asked for the next question.
Security took Guerrero’s mic away and escorted her out. A few moments later, Belfort abruptly left the stage.
Here's the thing about wealth: Unless you really, REALLY fuck up, it pretty much stays where it is.
'Wolf of Wall Street' Living the High Life Again Despite Owing $100 Million to Scam Victims
You know, just in case you doubted the power of Capitalism being able to police the "bad apples".
These days he travels the world making big bucks as a lecturer, spilling the secrets of a great salesman.
Guerrero recently caught up with Belfort at an event in London. Inside, we found every seat taken as 3,600 men and women were hanging on his every world.
But Guerrero was there for a different reason. She wanted to ask him about all those forgotten victims.
As Belfort opened his presentation up to questions, she stepped up to the mic.
“In 2014, you promised you would pay back all of your victims that year, it's three years later and you still owe your victims $100 million,” she said as a chorus of boos rained down on her. “When are you going to pay your victims back?”
“The Wolf” was in no mood to answer and asked for the next question.
Security took Guerrero’s mic away and escorted her out. A few moments later, Belfort abruptly left the stage.
Here's the thing about wealth: Unless you really, REALLY fuck up, it pretty much stays where it is.
May 14, 2017
Yeah, just like America, RIGHT??
Tone-deaf Tommy Friedman: Be a lifelong learner or find yourself fired.
Easy peasy stuff for a guy who married into a real estate fortune and has a cushy job writing victim-blaming books and unintentionally hilarious columns by the dozen.The notion that we can go to college for four years and then spend that knowledge for the next 30 is over. If you want to be a lifelong employee anywhere today, you have to be a lifelong learner.
And that means: More is now on you. And that means self-motivation to learn and keep learning becomes the most important life skill.
That’s why education-to-work expert Heather E. McGowan likes to say: “Stop asking a young person WHAT you want to be when you grow up. It freezes their identity into a job that may not be there. Ask them HOW you want to be when you grow up. Having an agile learning mind-set will be the new skill set of the 21st century.”
(snip)
So the tough news is that more will be on you. The good news is that systems — like Khan-College Board — are emerging everywhere to enable anyone to accelerate learning for the age of acceleration.
Step back from all of this and it’s clear that thriving countries today won’t elect a strongman. They’ll elect leaders who inspire and equip their citizens to be strong people who can own their own futures.
And that means: More is now on you. And that means self-motivation to learn and keep learning becomes the most important life skill.
That’s why education-to-work expert Heather E. McGowan likes to say: “Stop asking a young person WHAT you want to be when you grow up. It freezes their identity into a job that may not be there. Ask them HOW you want to be when you grow up. Having an agile learning mind-set will be the new skill set of the 21st century.”
(snip)
So the tough news is that more will be on you. The good news is that systems — like Khan-College Board — are emerging everywhere to enable anyone to accelerate learning for the age of acceleration.
Step back from all of this and it’s clear that thriving countries today won’t elect a strongman. They’ll elect leaders who inspire and equip their citizens to be strong people who can own their own futures.
Yeah, just like America, RIGHT??
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