Yup. It's real. Via TPM:
Showing posts with label Morality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morality. Show all posts
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Mitt Romney's Version Of Capitalism
Jan 13th, 2012
by F. Grey Parker
The GOP 's internal war over Mitt Romney's years at Bain Capital has gotten very interesting during the last few weeks. It is not merely because of the vendetta against the frontrunner being waged by, as David Corn put it, "Newt The Destroyer." The discussion has now gone much deeper than whether or not Romney ran the company properly. For the first time in recent memory, an intra-Republican Party debate has broken out over the moral responsibilities of the management and ownership class within the capitalist system.
The Newt Gingrich-allied SuperPAC, Winning The Future, is basically using the common sense language at the core of both the Occupy Movement and their Tea Party opposites to attack the Romney mythology of what constitutes good business.
The complete video is available HERE
by F. Grey Parker
The GOP 's internal war over Mitt Romney's years at Bain Capital has gotten very interesting during the last few weeks. It is not merely because of the vendetta against the frontrunner being waged by, as David Corn put it, "Newt The Destroyer." The discussion has now gone much deeper than whether or not Romney ran the company properly. For the first time in recent memory, an intra-Republican Party debate has broken out over the moral responsibilities of the management and ownership class within the capitalist system.
The Newt Gingrich-allied SuperPAC, Winning The Future, is basically using the common sense language at the core of both the Occupy Movement and their Tea Party opposites to attack the Romney mythology of what constitutes good business.
The complete video is available HERE
Friday, June 10, 2011
Quote Of The Day
June 10th, 2011
"I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us."
-- Thomas Jefferson
-- Thomas Jefferson
Friday, April 1, 2011
Time To Make A Buck Off Fukushima?
April 1st, 2011
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The crisis in Japan is already making some speculators very rich. The third paragraph in a Bloomberg article this morning detailing the ongoing irradiation of the area surrounding the Fukushima Dai-Ichi meltdown reads as follows:
"Cattle futures surged to a record in Chicago yesterday on speculation demand for U.S. beef would increase in Japan after radiation from the stricken nuclear plant contaminated food supplies. Tyson Foods Inc., the top U.S. meat processor, said the country may increase imports."
When most of us see tragedy unfolding, we think of the impact on the lives of those involved. But there are always those savvy players who see opportunity. Look at Larry Kudlow's shockingly honest off-the-cuff remarks about the human versus economic toll immediately following the tsunami:
"The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that."
For all the heat he took over this, what went largely unsaid is how widely held his world-view has become. Listen closely to his whole statement. It never occurred to him that what he had just said was in any way wrong. Frankly, I found his apology more offensive. Oh, he was sorry he said it, alright, but it is "normal" for many in the West to view markets in a moral vacuum. We should be discussing this. But we aren't. We move along after every outbreak of war, disaster or carnage to the next exploitive media frenzy. We rarely take time to shine a light upon those who stick around to make a killing after the killing.
I have complained before about the especially predatory potential of commodities trading. The fiscal right and Libertarians in particular bristle at the suggestion that this might be prevented via some form of regulation. They live in a bubble where there is an inherently benevolent outcome of allowing the "market" to run free. Those who dare to even suggest that there are moral imperatives that demand we limit some financial activity are met with accusations of dabbling with "socialism" or even outright "Communism." I am willing to take the heat from the "free market" zealots this time.
Exploiting Fukushima for financial gain is not just flat out wrong. It's pathological.
Please donate to Japanese relief by clicking HERE
The crisis in Japan is already making some speculators very rich. The third paragraph in a Bloomberg article this morning detailing the ongoing irradiation of the area surrounding the Fukushima Dai-Ichi meltdown reads as follows:
"Cattle futures surged to a record in Chicago yesterday on speculation demand for U.S. beef would increase in Japan after radiation from the stricken nuclear plant contaminated food supplies. Tyson Foods Inc., the top U.S. meat processor, said the country may increase imports."
When most of us see tragedy unfolding, we think of the impact on the lives of those involved. But there are always those savvy players who see opportunity. Look at Larry Kudlow's shockingly honest off-the-cuff remarks about the human versus economic toll immediately following the tsunami:
"The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that."
For all the heat he took over this, what went largely unsaid is how widely held his world-view has become. Listen closely to his whole statement. It never occurred to him that what he had just said was in any way wrong. Frankly, I found his apology more offensive. Oh, he was sorry he said it, alright, but it is "normal" for many in the West to view markets in a moral vacuum. We should be discussing this. But we aren't. We move along after every outbreak of war, disaster or carnage to the next exploitive media frenzy. We rarely take time to shine a light upon those who stick around to make a killing after the killing.
I have complained before about the especially predatory potential of commodities trading. The fiscal right and Libertarians in particular bristle at the suggestion that this might be prevented via some form of regulation. They live in a bubble where there is an inherently benevolent outcome of allowing the "market" to run free. Those who dare to even suggest that there are moral imperatives that demand we limit some financial activity are met with accusations of dabbling with "socialism" or even outright "Communism." I am willing to take the heat from the "free market" zealots this time.
Exploiting Fukushima for financial gain is not just flat out wrong. It's pathological.
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Continuing War On Women's Privacy
Jan 14th, 2011
There's some incredibly disheartening news over at Little Green Footballs via Jezebel:
"A Walgreen's pharmacist in Nampa, Idaho refused to fill a prescription for a drug to stop uterine bleeding unless the nurse practitioner revealed whether the patient had had an abortion. Clearly, if she had, she deserved to bleed to death!
Here's what happened:
Planned Parenthood officials said the complaint states that the pharmacist inquired if the patient needed the drug for post-abortion care. The nurse refused to answer the question based on confidentiality of health information. According to Planned Parenthood, the pharmacist then stated that if the nurse practitioner did not disclose that information, she would not fill the prescription. The nurse alleged that the pharmacist hung up when asked for a referral to another pharmacy that would fill the prescription."
It is strongly recommended that you read the entire article.
There is another point that deserves attention. Elective abortion is not the top cause of abnormal uterine bleeding. It's not even in the top several. (Sources here, here and here.) The assumption made by this "health professional" is not merely invasive and repulsive, it is also without scientific basis. Enjoy the hate, Idaho.
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