Saturday, February 09, 2013
Et tu, asshole
Listening to various media, from CBS to BBC, trying to get New England folks to panic about Superstorm Nemo. Over and over again the journalist will talk to someone in Mass or Conn or NH, pulling hard on the emergency cord. Over and over again the actual human responds: "Well, it's winter. We know what to do."
Bravo to the New Englanders. Obviously the old Yankee virtues are still around.
Worst journalist was the BBC dude: "Doesn't it bother you that an advanced country like America can't manage its infrastructure well enough to keep things running?" Hey, commie asshole! You're sitting in a country that can't even handle two inches of snow!
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The BBC asshole does have a point, though, if you expand it to cover both countries. BOTH have been slacking badly on infrastructure, and the reason is exactly the same. Both US and UK have allowed the fucking banksters to replace normal property ownership with securitization. Both privatized the infrastructure functions that governments had formerly done well. Both destroyed their manufacturing skills. Both celebrated tax evasion.
Result: No investment in necessary utilities. No thought for the future. Confused ownership. No tax revenue. Nothing happens unless it brings a trillion to Goldman.
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