Archive for September, 2009
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Portrait of the “Recovery”
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
The Daily Delivery/Betrayal
Obama lied his ass off to us rubes who voted for him. But he sure keeps his promises to the overclass owners of “politics,” doesn’t he?
Today’s delivery, with its typical confirmation of the “bipartisan” [translated from the Doublepseak: non-partisan, one-party] nature of the system, requires no further comment. Even The New York Times can’t disguise this one:
White House Pares Its Financial Reform Plan
The Obama administration on Wednesday abandoned a…significant provision [of its alleged reform plan] in the face of widespread political and industry opposition.
At a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner announced that the administration had dropped one provision in its plan for a consumer financial protection agency — a requirement for banks and other financial services companies to offer “plain vanilla” products, like 30-year fixed mortgages and low-interest, low-fee credit cards.
Mr. Geithner’s decision followed a wave of criticism by Democrats and Republicans, some with close ties to the industry, that the plan was the first step toward a new regulatory regime in which the administration would be handing new powers to government bureaucrats approving and disapproving a wide array of financial products.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Advertising Against Reality
Some smart Germans have launched this website, which heartily deserves imitation here in the epicenter of market totalitarianism and cartooned reality. [Auf Deutsch hier.]
Anybody got any starter photos? We could do some of this right here at TCT…
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
The Voice of “Change”
Here is what Obama just said to George Stephanopoulos about his proposal to compel all citizens to purchase corporate medical insurance:
Anymore?
Somewhere, a used car lot is missing its top bait-and-switcher…
Or maybe not…
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Why No Uprising?
Answer:
Viewing of video on television, Internet and mobile devices — the Three Screens — continues to increase and has hit record levels. Nielsen’s fourth quarter A2/M2 Three Screen Report reports that the average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, an all-time high. They are also watching several hours of video on other devices: those who watch it on the Internet consume another 3 hours of online video per month, and those who use mobile video watch nearly 4 hours per month on mobile phones and other devices.
This un-discussed deepening addiction, a cardinal aim, requirement, and symptom of core-country corporate capitalism/market totalitarianism, also explains why most Obama voters haven’t begun to realize how massively and completely baited-and-switched they’ve been.
Friday, September 18th, 2009
“Corporate Social Responsibility”: Another Hoax
In case you ever wondered what the real, insider definition is:
Corporate social responsibility is a hybrid PR/branding program that attempts to convert compliance into goodwill.
CSR attempts to align corporate needs (profits, revenue, growth) with social needs (people, community, planet). In the end, CSR is a compulsory exercise designed to limit liability, boost morale and add to the branding story of the company.
From the obnoxious corporate cheerleader Tim Sanders, Advertising Age, September 17, 2009.
