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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo Does that mean the experiment is a GOP one? Does that mean any of this has ever been successful?

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    2. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel EFM->EM scope expansion was/is a GOP idea. There has never been a non-crappy gen. soln. to muni financial crisis, anywhere.

      4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo "Don't make the region or state pay the price of segregation," both parties have said. "Make the black people pay."

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel All true, but present reality includes malfeasant/incompetent/deluded local pols giving validation to the state.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo And do you really think any EM is going to be better than Bing, who at least has some legitimacy?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel No, damn 140-char. I think Bing should *BE* the EM.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo The EM will not work. It never has, never will. Latching onto as solution just absolves larger community of responsibility.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel EM model has a valid premise: in fin. crisis, capacity to make decisions & execute them is critical.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo Moreover, this is not a "financial crisis." It is long-term decline, & EMs are powerless to do anything to reverse decline.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel Fin. crisis is a result of long-term decline all levels of govt. have failed to deal with but it’s real. EM can do some fixes.

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
      Replying to @grumpybozo

      @grumpybozo Well, you seem to have a very odd understanding of what has happened to our state and what can fix it. But I guess that's easy.

      1:09 PM - 2 Mar 2013
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        2. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel The closest thing to a fix is to deal with the immediate mess & prevent recurrence: removing bad actors, not begging them.(2/2)

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
          Replying to @grumpybozo

          @grumpybozo You can't prevent a recurrence unless you fix underlying issues. EMs have NEVER succeeded in doing so bc they don't have power.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Bill Cole‏ @grumpybozo 2 Mar 2013
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel I don’t believe it’s realistic to seek compensation for the sins of the still-powerful, so it’s not useful as a fix. (1/2)

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 2 Mar 2013
          Replying to @grumpybozo

          @grumpybozo Anyway, that's why EMs are so obviously stupid. Not only can they NOT fix the problem, they exacerbate it.

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