Reconciliation
Today I looked at the way conservatives keep terms such as "death panel" and "bailout" alive even after the original arguments have been disproved, destroyed my future in electoral politics by defending Goldman, and thought hard about KFC's Double Down sandwich.
Here's what I didn't get to:
1) Apparently Republicans are circulating a FinReg proposal of their own.
2) What lessons does the FDA have for consumer financial protection?
3) I'd watch an Incredibles television show.
4) Climate-change policy isn't all cost.
Recipe of the day: The fancy version of the KFC Double Down.
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Ezra Klein
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April 27, 2010; 6:32 PM ET
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Posted by: bobsteph1234 | April 27, 2010 8:38 PM | Report abuse
Hmm... the Republicans alternative doesn't seem all that different from the Democrats.
This is what the filibuster was for? Ok, these guys really aren't serious...
Posted by: justin84 | April 27, 2010 9:41 PM | Report abuse
TPM is reporting that despite the apparent similarity of the Republican "alternative," the talks for a bipartisan compromise are nearing total failure, and individual Republicans like Voinovich and Shelby are saying that after a couple of more days they will back away from the filibuster even if a deal on the bill has not been struck.
Posted by: Patrick_M | April 27, 2010 10:14 PM | Report abuse
I'd watch an Incredibles TV show. Or see multiple sequels. But it would need to be the same voice cast (Sarah Vowell, Holly Hunter, dude from Coach and Poltergeist). And the same composer.The soundtrack was brilliant in that film.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | April 27, 2010 10:46 PM | Report abuse
Oh, and Brad Bird as Edna Mode. Most brilliant performance of a director in his own movie, like, ever.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | April 27, 2010 10:48 PM | Report abuse
Interested to see if you pick up on any of the Portugal downgrade tomorrow.
"Redundancy allows errors and mistakes to be relatively harmless. Debt allows the effects of mistakes to cascade more widely. Redundancy is insurance against black swans. Debt is anti-insurance." -NNTaleb
Posted by: staticvars | April 28, 2010 12:05 AM | Report abuse
Regarding Greece & Portugal turning to junk status-
Paul Krugman presents some interesting data and analysis, and he suggests what to watch in the days to come ("the spread between Italian and German bonds"), and his bottom line is that "It’s getting a bit scary out there."
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/the-cohesion-crisis/
Posted by: Patrick_M | April 28, 2010 2:21 AM | Report abuse
In other words, yes, deficits do matter.
Posted by: justin84 | April 28, 2010 8:28 AM | Report abuse
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Mr. Klein, I learn a lot by reading your blog. For example, I have known for some time the term "health insurance reform" was an even bigger line of BS than "death panels" or "bailouts." Since you never seemed to have come to this one simple conclusion, does one learn more by reading than writing?