Posted by Bob Grant

[Entry posted at 19th October 2009 03:48 PM GMT]

Rafaela,

And, thank you for your civil response - that I may not have deserved.

Dear anonymous,

Thanks for your answer and the links.

Yes, you are right. I was not questioning you because of "an allegation without evidence". I, simply, feel very frequently lost with generalizations without references. That is why I asked you. Now I know a little bit better from where you?re speaking, understand better your posting and share also your concerns.

Thanks again for responding.

Rafaela

Hello Rafweta,

"What kind of change should one expect to propositions based on statements without providing evidence ?. "

To be clear: I was alluding to the present president's campaign promise to change government in a way (unspecified) that we could believe in. Bluntly, he hasn't and all indications, save his spoken words, indicate that he won't.

And... "Looks like just another wrinkle in the ongoing corruption of our government" refers to co-opting opponents and staffing regulatory agencies with industry insiders.

I take your question (possibly erroneously) to suggest that I was making an allegation without evidence.

In that vein, my statement presumed a minimum awareness, on the part of readers, of what most other people on the street are all too well aware. Perhaps you might start by googling "fda corruption". Better, I'll give you the first four listings...

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Or perhaps, I should recite the litany of the revolving-door "experts" between, the U.S. Treasury, JP Morgan, and the Fed, who destroyed the world's financial system in the largest and longest (and still ongoing under this president) looting spree in the history of the known universe. But space does not allow such a litany here.

IOW, I presume (apparently erroneously) general knowledge on the part of readers of The Scientist that extends beyond the bubble containing Wall Steet, D.C. and the main stream media.

Hello anonymous,

What kind of change should one expect to propositions based on statements without providing evidence ?.

You said: **Looks like just another wrinkle in the ongoing corruption of our government**.

Thank you

Co-opting the hand that slapped you and hiring an insider from the industry, that you supposedly regulate, to tell you what you legally can and cannot do in a crisis, is not a change I can believe in. Looks like just another wrinkle in the ongoing corruption of our government.