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The folks in power in Washington and on Wall Street want to pretend that the current global financial crisis -- "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8316913089214763777\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=8316913089214763777","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/8316913089214763777"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/8316913089214763777"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/credit-crisis-was-heist.html","title":"Credit Crisis was a Heist"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4372973676994580935"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-17T16:20:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T23:40:54.973-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Grassley: AIG Execs Should Quit or Commit Suicide"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The Associated Press    17 Mar 2009  |  10:51 AM  ET       Iowa Sen. 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This new, one-hour Discovery show, also called Earth: the Sequel, will air for the first time on March 11 at 10pm Eastern.This exciting new show could not have come at a better or more important time."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5283342356456084200\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5283342356456084200","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5283342356456084200"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5283342356456084200"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/meet-new-energy-entrepreneurs.html","title":"Meet The New Energy Entrepreneurs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4840430601396172719"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-09T04:53:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T23:59:00.688-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Historical Moment: 2008--- The Year the Great Disruption Began"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"As humans come to their senses, the attendant shrinking in material output \u0026 trade will be a permanently downsized \u0026 right-sized global economy.  No need to proliferate junk no one consumes----the reduction in manufacturing results in: those jobs are never coming back. Industrialization will be re-set back to more modest needs, to before humans justified doing things merely because they can.  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AIG , whose $61.66 billion fourth-quarter loss was the largest ever for a US company, received $30 billion more in government funds Monday. 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Martin Wolf tells the truth whether U.S. government functionaries like it or not. The $40 trillion that has been lost in world equity proves to have been chimerical wealth after all, quite "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4487819297218021731\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4487819297218021731","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4487819297218021731"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4487819297218021731"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/deflating-assets-shrinking-global.html","title":"Deflating Assets, Shrinking Global Economies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-6383406495391788550"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-24T02:35:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:00:14.159-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Radical In The White House"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"January 21, 2009   Op-Ed ColumnistNY Times   Radical in the White House    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN                For one day, for one hour, let us take a bow as a country. Nearly 233 years after our founding, 144 years after the close of our Civil War and 46 years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, this crazy quilt of immigrants called Americans finally elected a black man, Barack"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6383406495391788550\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=6383406495391788550","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6383406495391788550"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6383406495391788550"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/radical-in-white-house.html","title":"Radical In The White House"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-8461872682176627839"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-24T02:14:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:04:00.234-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The World Won't Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"JANUARY 23, 2009, 11:32 A.M. ETThe Wall Street Journal          The World Won't Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt We're asking others to sacrifice for our 'stimulus.'          By PETER SCHIFF Barack Obama has spoken often of sacrifice. And as recently as a week ago, he said that to stave off the deepening recession Americans should be prepared to face \"trillion dollar deficits for years to come.\"     But "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8461872682176627839\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=8461872682176627839","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/8461872682176627839"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/8461872682176627839"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/world-wont-buy-unlimited-us-debt.html","title":"The World Won't Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7253261746607540622"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-17T02:29:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T02:01:10.983-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Great Unraveling"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"December 17, 2008   Op-Ed Columnist   The Great Unraveling    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN               Hong Kong     The stranger, a Western businessman, slipped into the chair next to me at an Asia Society lunch here in Hong Kong and asked me a question that I can honestly say I’ve never been asked before: “So, just how corrupt is America?”     His question was occasioned by the arrest of the Wall "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7253261746607540622\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7253261746607540622","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7253261746607540622"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7253261746607540622"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/great-unraveling.html","title":"The Great Unraveling"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-2895238054905423054"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-16T03:08:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:05:17.622-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"The Thing Itself\""},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"December 14, 2008   Op-Ed Columnist   Cars, Kabul and Banks    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN                If there is anything I’ve learned as a reporter, it’s that when you get away from “the thing itself” — the core truth about a situation — you get into trouble. Barack Obama will have to make three mammoth decisions after he takes the oath of office — on cars, Kabul and banks — and we have to hope "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2895238054905423054\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=2895238054905423054","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/2895238054905423054"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/2895238054905423054"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/thing-itself.html","title":"\"The Thing Itself\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-6289838780986850784"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-16T02:51:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:07:49.061-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Only China Can Save The Sharks"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"When the buying stops, the killing can too.Commentary: Only China can save our sharksBy Peter KnightsSpecial to CNN    Editor's Note: Peter Knights is Director of WildAid, an international conservation organization focused on ending the demand for illegal and unsustainable wildlife products. He has researched the trade in shark fin for 10 years and has worked on conservation programs in 45 "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6289838780986850784\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=6289838780986850784","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6289838780986850784"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6289838780986850784"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/only-china-can-save-sharks.html","title":"Only China Can Save The Sharks"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7642010522931559986"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-11T05:16:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:10:29.938-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mass Murder for Soup"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This segment on one of your herd's more noble adventures around the globe was part of CNN's (excellent) Special Report, \"Planet in Peril: Battle Lines\" that aired several times tonight \u0026 will be repeated so hope you get to see it. You can see the video and photos on the website at this link:http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/12\/10\/pip.shark.finning\/index.html?iref=newssearchHere is part of the"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7642010522931559986\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7642010522931559986","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7642010522931559986"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7642010522931559986"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/mass-murder-for-soup.html","title":"Mass Murder for Soup"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4770504157941949687"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-11T03:31:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:12:57.515-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Secretary of Food"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"If ever a system were in need of overhaul, it is our process (theory \u0026 practice) of  unhealthful food production.  Yet we seem incapable of making the most obvious changes in  the structure of factory farming that everyone agrees and bemoans  is harmful to all-----detrimental to humans, especially children, to animals, and to the land.  Kristoff has written a thoughtful piece to move us in the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4770504157941949687\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4770504157941949687","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4770504157941949687"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4770504157941949687"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/secretary-of-food.html","title":"Secretary of Food"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-1373753817995588183"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-11T02:28:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:14:15.935-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"While Detroit Slept"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"  Great NY Times column today by Tom Friedman:December 10, 2008   Op-Ed Columnist   While Detroit Slept    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN                As I think about our bailing out Detroit, I can’t help but reflect on what, in my view, is the most important rule of business in today’s integrated and digitized global market, where knowledge and innovation tools are so widely distributed. It’s this: "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1373753817995588183\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=1373753817995588183","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1373753817995588183"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1373753817995588183"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/while-detroit-slept.html","title":"While Detroit Slept"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7289573447934915381"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-10T04:50:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:15:53.164-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Goodbye To All That"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"DOOR BUSTER SALEOn November 28, 2008, a worker  was trampled to death  as customers stormed a Walmart store in Mineola, New York, for cheap goods on the day after Thanksgiving (symbolic irony not lost here). Jdmytai Damour, 6'5\" tall and 270 pounds, was killed when a crowd 2000 strong broke down the electronic doors in a frantic pursuit of bargains on big-screen TVs, clothing, and other stuff.  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7289573447934915381\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7289573447934915381","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7289573447934915381"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7289573447934915381"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/goodbye-to-all-that.html","title":"Goodbye To All That"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7922389687851699364"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-07T21:52:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:58:25.084-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Real Generation X"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"December 7, 2008   Op-Ed Columnist   The Real Generation X    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN                I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Tom Brokaw’s book “The Greatest Generation,” that classic about our parents and their incredible sacrifices during World War II. What I’ve been thinking about actually is this: What book will our kids write about us? “The Greediest Generation?” “The Complacent "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7922389687851699364\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7922389687851699364","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7922389687851699364"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7922389687851699364"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/real-generation-x.html","title":"The Real Generation X"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4487490853692384303"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-05T02:42:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:16:57.306-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CPI (Consumer Price Index) Based Upon Statistical Flimflam"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"This is how the government cooks the economic statistics:Jubak's Journal12\/5\/2008Fake inflation numbers masked crisis  Distortions in the way inflation is calculated contributed to today's financial mess and the 2000-02 tech crash. Unless the problem is fixed, you can count on another crisis ahead.                   By Jim Jubak  How do we make sure we don't replay the current financial crisis "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4487490853692384303\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4487490853692384303","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4487490853692384303"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4487490853692384303"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/cpi-consumer-price-index-based-upon.html","title":"CPI (Consumer Price Index) Based Upon Statistical Flimflam"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-752460066230041900"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-03T19:46:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:20:27.933-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Calling All Pakistanis"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Tom Friedman's column today, so clear, \u0026 his words so powerful:December 3, 2008   Op-Ed Columnist   Calling All Pakistanis    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN                 On Feb. 6, 2006, three Pakistanis died in Peshawar and Lahore during violent street protests against Danish cartoons that had satirized the Prophet Muhammad. More such mass protests followed weeks later. When Pakistanis and other "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/752460066230041900\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=752460066230041900","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/752460066230041900"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/752460066230041900"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/calling-all-pakistanis.html","title":"Calling All Pakistanis"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5613877165198171217"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-03T05:24:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T03:07:21.215-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"There are so many international crises looming as President-elect Obama takes office, and they all present him with an opportunity to formulate a transformative vision of the United States’s role in the new global order.In one crisis, the terrorism problems are converging in Pakis tan, Afghanistan and India.  If the three governments must recognize that they have a common interest in dealing with"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5613877165198171217\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5613877165198171217","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5613877165198171217"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5613877165198171217"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/never-let-crisis-go-to-waste.html","title":"Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7426080862843201406"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-03T02:32:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:25:44.636-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Clean Up the Securities \u0026 Exchange Commission"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"   By: Tom Brennan  |  Web Editor       cnbc.com |  02 Dec 2008  | The SEC is charged with keeping the Wall Street game on the level, and with protecting the public from fraudulent \u0026 corrupt rip-off schemes.  Wall Street is supposed to be regulated at least as much as Vegas is.There are certainly more reforms needed, but Cramer has proposed a start with some urgently required  changes to bring "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7426080862843201406\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7426080862843201406","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7426080862843201406"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7426080862843201406"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/clean-up-securities-exchange-commission.html","title":"Clean Up the Securities \u0026 Exchange Commission"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-6235518144110890581"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-02T04:59:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:26:16.866-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"WANTED: A New Grand Strategy"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"  In a conversation about national security on Charlie Rose, December 1, 2008, Fareed Zakaria (a very thoughtful commentator) talked about how the United States cannot afford to let the current crisis go to waste, that we need to use the economic downturn that is now gripping the world to transform global institutions.  Indeed, none of the major global threats, such as terrorism, climate change, "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6235518144110890581\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=6235518144110890581","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6235518144110890581"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6235518144110890581"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/wanted-new-grand-strategy.html","title":"WANTED: A New Grand Strategy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5022534327425228973"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-02T03:44:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:28:50.752-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Four Solutions to the Economic Train Wreck"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":" Here is a good piece by Meredith Whitney, Managing Director of Oppenheimer \u0026 Company,  that appeared in the Financial Times today.  (Joe, her first proposal below about re-instating regional banks as the source of mortgages is just what you were thinking :) )    By Meredith Whitney    Published: November 30 2008 18:42 | Last updated: November 30 2008 18:42      As an analyst, it is my job to do "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5022534327425228973\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5022534327425228973","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5022534327425228973"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5022534327425228973"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/four-solutions-to-economic-train-wreck.html","title":"Four Solutions to the Economic Train Wreck"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7129227738348242257"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-01T04:40:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:30:16.228-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dying of Consumption"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here is a very good piece on a serious subject by Dr. Stephen Roach, Head of Morgan Stanley Asia. From the apex of the 40-to-1 leveraged credit binge, consumer spending is falling like a rock.  We haven't seen two back-to-back quarterly 3.5% declines in real consumer demand ever in our post WW II history.  As a bridge to a more subdued rate of consumer demand growth, the forthcoming stimulus "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7129227738348242257\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7129227738348242257","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7129227738348242257"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7129227738348242257"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/dying-of-consumption.html","title":"Dying of Consumption"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-2765393450805724795"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-29T02:14:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T00:33:21.689-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Total Breakdown of Responsibility"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":" All Fall Down    By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN              I spent Sunday afternoon brooding over a great piece of Times reporting by Eric Dash and Julie Creswell about Citigroup. Maybe brooding isn’t the right word. The front-page article, entitled “Citigroup Pays for a Rush to Risk,” actually left me totally disgusted.      Why? Because in searing detail it exposed — using Citigroup as Exhibit A — "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2765393450805724795\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=2765393450805724795","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/2765393450805724795"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/2765393450805724795"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/total-breakdown-of-responsibility.html","title":"Total Breakdown of Responsibility"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5197981347643600075"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-26T15:25:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:29:16.379-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"China is America's Only Banker"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":" In order to finance our stimulus deficits, China MUST buy U.S. debt.  Insecurity for us. Read this good Newsweek piece:     November 22, 2008      A Path Out of the Woods          We need China to see that its interests are aligned with America's. If not, things could get very, very ugly.          By Fareed Zakaria  For weeks the world has eagerly awaited word from the Obama transition team "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5197981347643600075\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5197981347643600075","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5197981347643600075"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5197981347643600075"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/china-is-americas-only-banker.html","title":"China is America's Only Banker"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5177441370307457761"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-26T01:30:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T02:40:07.524-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Debtor Nation"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Almost two years ago, Peter Schiff, author of The Little Book of Bull Moves in a Bear Market, predicted that the financial markets were heading for crisis.  At the time, he said, \"We're on the verge of a major, major recession that's probably going to start by the end of this year, maybe early next year. The housing market is just beginning to unravel. We're seeing the tip of the iceberg here.”In"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5177441370307457761\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5177441370307457761","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5177441370307457761"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5177441370307457761"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/almost-two-years-ago-peter-schiff.html","title":"Debtor Nation"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-6074121742644149679"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-24T00:40:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:30:18.655-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"To the New Administration: Have Past Crises Taught us Anything?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":" A scholar who has studied the relationship between political and financial fortunes suggests that we take a good, hard look at the aftermath of the Great Depression -- and learn.                   By Jon Markman   American banking titans Citigroup (C, news, msgs), Goldman Sachs (GS, news, msgs) and Morgan Stanley (MS, news, msgs) are each down 30%-plus this month despite emergency rescue efforts"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6074121742644149679\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=6074121742644149679","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6074121742644149679"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/6074121742644149679"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/to-new-administration-have-past-crises.html","title":"To the New Administration: Have Past Crises Taught us Anything?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-116122416049208353"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-23T21:56:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:54:04.464-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cannot help but wonder....Had Al Gore Been President these last 8 years..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"May be of Interest,  this Interview with Al GoreNovember 23, 2008Fareed Zakaria GPSZAKARIA: We've all talked endlessly about the historic nature of Barack Obama's election. But there was another historic election not so long ago -- the year 2000, the election in which Vice President Al Gore was declared the president-elect, at least for a while.There are many who wish that Al Gore's temporary "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/116122416049208353\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=116122416049208353","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/116122416049208353"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/116122416049208353"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/cannot-help-but-wonderhad-al-gore-been_23.html","title":"Cannot help but wonder....Had Al Gore Been President these last 8 years..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-3623734315923185316"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-20T22:40:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:34:37.018-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Next Steps for the Auto Bailout"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Today, Congress told the Detroit CEOs to return in the first week of December with business plans that show how the bailout money would be spent and how their businesses would return to profitable viability.  Hopefully, the bailout would be conditioned on demonstrating such viability.  Most likely, the $25 billion honey pot at the Department of Transportation that was previously approved to help "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3623734315923185316\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=3623734315923185316","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/3623734315923185316"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/3623734315923185316"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/today-congress-told-detroit-ceos-to.html","title":"Next Steps for the Auto Bailout"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-1303388352223805109"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-20T05:34:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T02:21:10.138-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Auto Bailout Hearings A Public Relations Car Wreck"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\"Flying in on my private jet plane to get my Auto Bailout\"The House cancelled a planned vote on the auto bailout today, and the Senate is putting off tomorrow’s vote as well.  It was revealed during the bailout hearings before The House Financial Services Committee (chaired by Barney Frank) that the three CEOs from GM, Ford, and Chrysler turned up on private jets!  This might have been the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1303388352223805109\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=1303388352223805109","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1303388352223805109"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1303388352223805109"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/auto-bailout-hearings-public-relations.html","title":"Auto Bailout Hearings A Public Relations Car Wreck"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4114992809475417725"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-19T04:51:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T02:07:51.962-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bail Out Auto Companies?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"U.S. auto executives warned Congress on Tuesday that their industry was teetering on the brink of disaster as they pleaded for a $25 billion aid package despite political opposition to another multibillion-dollar government bailout in the absence of giving any evidence or assurance that they have a viable business plan for the future; and without requiring a game plan that shows that they are not"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4114992809475417725\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4114992809475417725","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4114992809475417725"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4114992809475417725"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/bail-out-auto-companies.html","title":"Bail Out Auto Companies?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-1967558027032794980"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-19T04:18:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:35:51.763-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Interview with Tom Friedman"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Recommended Reading:Hot, Flat and Crowded by Tom Friedman, who was interviewed tonight on Larry King:KING: We stay now with Thomas Friedman, the \"New York Times\" columnist, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, author of the new bestseller ,\"Hot, Flat and Crowded, Why we Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America.\" Specifically, Tom, what is a green revolution?FRIEDMAN: Well, the basic "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1967558027032794980\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=1967558027032794980","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1967558027032794980"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1967558027032794980"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/interview-with-tom-friedman.html","title":"Interview with Tom Friedman"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-254870563547224271"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-18T04:12:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:43:42.346-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cramer Against the SEC"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission ( Chairman Christopher Cox) filed a civil suit accusing Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks owner who made billions selling an internet streaming company, Mamma.com, to Yahoo) of insider trading in Mamma.com back in June of 2004.  Cramer gave a great (and amusing) rant against the SEC tonight, lambasting its outrageous indifference to its duty to regulate:"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/254870563547224271\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=254870563547224271","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/254870563547224271"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/254870563547224271"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/cramer-against-sec.html","title":"Cramer Against the SEC"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-419736950045313402"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-14T01:48:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:37:11.284-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The $700 billion Bailout Morphs to $5 Trillion \u0026 No Transparancy or Oversight"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The $700 billion bailout plan has so far failed to get credit flowing freely again. And tonight, new evidence there's a complete lack of oversight of this massive Wall Street bailout. One estimate now, saying the bailout will eventually cost as much as $5 trillion, almost twice the entire federal budget. The incompetence and stupidity expodes the brain.It just looks like for decades the United "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/419736950045313402\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=419736950045313402","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/419736950045313402"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/419736950045313402"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/700-billion-bailout-morphs-to-5.html","title":"The $700 billion Bailout Morphs to $5 Trillion \u0026 No Transparancy or Oversight"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-1395781888893337210"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T22:34:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:38:08.286-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bailing Out the Auto Industry"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Although failure of the U.S. auto industry hardly poses the same systemic threat of global financial meltdown that the financial system does, nevertheless it seems that Barney Frank \u0026 Congress are pushing ahead for another bailout.  Here is another  excerpt from LOU DOBBS TONIGHT, on CNN November 12, 2008:DOBBS: Rising tensions on Capitol Hill tonight over whether to bail out the automobile "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1395781888893337210\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=1395781888893337210","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1395781888893337210"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/1395781888893337210"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/bailing-out-auto-industry.html","title":"Bailing Out the Auto Industry"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-78968302556235753"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T22:31:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T01:38:53.871-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy for Remaining TARP Funds \u0026 No Accountability"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Do you get the impression that nobody in the government knows what to do, that they are just trying one thing after another to see what fix might work to stem this economic collapse?  This improvisational drama is really scary.  And billions of taxpayer dollars are being dropped out of helicopters still with no oversight, transparency or accountability.  And now there is a feeding frenzy as "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/78968302556235753\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=78968302556235753","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/78968302556235753"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/78968302556235753"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/lobbyist-feeding-frenzy-for-remaining.html","title":"Lobbyist Feeding Frenzy for Remaining TARP Funds \u0026 No Accountability"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-3937852859753730136"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T01:55:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-11T06:22:13.684-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Credit Crash \u0026 The Market Crash"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here are NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman insightful comments on the end of our 17-year shopping spree that helped to bring prosperity worldwide. He always helps to explain complicated arrangements in an understandable way, that is his gift.(BTW, If you have not already read David Smick's book \"The World is Curved,\" referenced in Tom's piece, it is recommended reading.)New York Times: The "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3937852859753730136\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=3937852859753730136","title":"0 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Crash"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5258827483792825580"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T01:14:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-11T06:19:44.329-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bailout for the Auto Companies?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Here is an excellent op-ed by the always clarifying NY Times columnist Tom Friedman,  on the subject of bailing out the auto companies.(BTW, if you have not already read his latest book, \"Hot, Flat and Crowded,\" I strongly recommend it.)New York Times: How To Fix A Flat"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5258827483792825580\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5258827483792825580","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5258827483792825580"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5258827483792825580"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/bailout-for-auto-companies.html","title":"Bailout for the Auto 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the payment "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/511460420778515782\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=511460420778515782","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/511460420778515782"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/511460420778515782"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/bailout-and-bonuses-part-3.html","title":"The Bailout and the Bonuses, Part 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Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, State Street, and Wells Fargo), $108 billion of it is being held for employee compensation and bonuses by those same banks.  That is why banks are not lending the money as intended by the TARP plan, "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9032928904667431670\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=9032928904667431670","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/9032928904667431670"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/9032928904667431670"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/bailout-and-bonuses-part-2.html","title":"The Bailout and the Bonuses, Part 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-5109385130550394598"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-28T23:51:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-11T06:09:05.683-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Bailout and the Bonuses, Part 1"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"If you thought that the bailout bill prohibited taxpayer money from being used to pay huge 2008 executive salaries and bonuses at the rescued investment banks, you had best read this post from cnbc.com.  Or perhaps you had assumed that proper decorum, sense of fairness or gratitude, or moral compass would guide these human beings to forbear their 2008 bonuses at taxpayer expense, since they "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5109385130550394598\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=5109385130550394598","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5109385130550394598"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/5109385130550394598"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/bailout-and-bonuses-part-1.html","title":"The Bailout and the Bonuses, Part 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-7803897595772895874"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-23T11:05:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-30T12:49:06.148-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Christopher Cox"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"congress"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"credit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Henry Paulson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SEC"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Credit Rating Agencies Scandal"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"    October 21,  2008        The business practice in credit ratings is not new, but it is now getting the attention it deserves.  The ratings agencies are the individuals who allowed the distribution of the subprime mortgage bonds around the world that would not have been purchased, certainly not at the price they were purchased and with the limited collateral, without the triple-A rating that "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7803897595772895874\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=7803897595772895874","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7803897595772895874"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/7803897595772895874"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/credit-rating-agencies-scandal.html","title":"The Credit Rating Agencies Scandal"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4693578315922961193"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-14T12:23:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-18T21:45:12.107-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"credit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crisis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"default"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"geoeconomics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"lehman"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"over-consumption"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"recession"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Ravages and True Costs of Over-consumption"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"     2008 Global Crisis of Credit:  Collapse of ConfidenceThe seismic rupture and transformative collapse of the financial system appears to be global, but there is no overarching, multi-national, global architecture of governance to deal with it, so we see various attempts to coordinate actions among nations.  Financial globalization has lurched way ahead of any effective global regulatory "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4693578315922961193\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4693578315922961193","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4693578315922961193"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4693578315922961193"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/ravages-and-true-costs-of-over.html","title":"The Ravages and True Costs of Over-consumption"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2346547106670340044.post-4203858536271493340"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-13T18:30:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-11T05:56:05.461-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2008 Global Crisis of Credit:  Collapse of Confidence"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The seismic rupture and transformative collapse of the financial system appears to be global, but there is no overarching, multi-national, global architecture of governance to deal with it, so we see various attemp ts to coordinate actions among nations.  Financial globalization has lurched way ahead of any effective global regulatory structure.  Crashed markets and confidence has spread around "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4203858536271493340\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=2346547106670340044\u0026postID=4203858536271493340","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4203858536271493340"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2346547106670340044\/posts\/default\/4203858536271493340"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/civilizationslastcall.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/2008-global-crisis-of-credit-collapse.html","title":"2008 Global Crisis of Credit:  Collapse of Confidence"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Aleta"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06275750761782938265"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});