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not on page 2 of that story...it's the same quote.
You made me go and look again, you are right, it's there if much less prominently.
I guess I have so much of a dislike for him that I only pay the most superficial attention to what he says.
He can claim whatever he wants, but he was the one that put the Titanic on a collision course with the iceberg.
"He can claim whatever he wants, but he was the one that put the Titanic on a collision course with the iceberg."
I could not agree more.
I think Greenspan should be sentenced to Death by Stoning - with the stone throwers made up of all the "little people" he used for financial cannon fodder to prop up his serial bubbles.
Greenspan is the ultimate Confidence Man, which made him a perfect candidate for fed chief, obtuse Oz-speak and all.
But what really amazes me, is that even now his fairy tale version of the Greatest Monetary Fraud in history sells and the PTB and MSM continue to treat this monetary golum as some sort of hero.
Yes, Iraq was about Oil -DUH!. And Greenspan aided and abetted the crime. Unfortunately, the sick phuck turned "whistleblower" years too late. And in keeping with is tradition, he turned whistleblower for the sole purpose of trying to salvage his reputation.
My hope is that others come forward and tell the REAL story of the Greenspan Fed - hopefully in a court of law where his Greenspeak will not save him or impress a jury (assuming the jury is not made up of congressional airhead politicians).
Greenspan didn't speak out against Bush and Co, he speaks for them.
He is the "look at the hand" guy who can at this point credibly say things that need to be made public, but can't be through Bush's or Cheney's mouth. He is then the puppet's puppet.
Ali Samsam Bakhtiari looks to be a similar figure. Seemingly turning against a regime, but in reality simple delivering their message. Look for people of high standing, who have recently retired, and you'll see this puppet function everywhere.
ilargi -interesting speculations...
However it's been edited out of the Newsweek version:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20803168/site/newsweek/
They couldn't have him blathering on for a whole boring 2 pages, so they cut it. Neither of the words "oil" nor "war" appears in that story.
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