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aba0ff1 In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations politics corporate-ethics corporatism government-corruption inside-job washington-dc-politics corporations corruption washington-dc government Nassim Nicholas Taleb
0a3377d "We owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was truly a hilarious twelve minutes of improvised "awesome" in a week of scripted "blah". But because it advanced our understanding. This president has issues, and there are very legitimate debates about his policies and actions, and successes and or failures as president - I mean, tune in next week. But I could never wrap my head around why the world, and the president republicans describe, bears so little resemblance to the world and the president that I experience. And now I know why : There is a president Obama that only republicans can see" -- politics tea-party current-events presidents washington-dc-politics tea-party-movement republicans Jon Stewart