Making Light :: God Be Praised, The System Works :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:35:22 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en God Be Praised, The System Works Billmon: WASHINGTON (Reuters)--Two key U.S. senators said on Friday they will launch a bipartisan coverup of what they described as... Billmon: WASHINGTON (Reuters)--Two key U.S. senators said on Friday they will launch a bipartisan coverup of what they described as... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #1 from Randall P. comment from Randall P. on 4.Sep.05 Wait, what's so funny? I read the article over and over again and I don't see what's so funny. Am I missing something? Is there some sort of ironic twist to this? I read it and read it and I don't see any ironic twist. It's all so...real.

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 8:35 AM by Randall P.</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93310 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93310 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:35:22 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #2 from Mac comment from Mac on 4.Sep.05 "In other news, President Bush announced his plan to stop taxing the wealthy, altogether.

'Why should the people who've worked so hard to hang on to their trust funds be expected to bear the burden of the hurricane clean-up? That's just wrong, and we're not gonna do it. It's gonna be hard work,' Bush said, 'But that's what making the tough decisions is all about: hard work. I'm workin' hard to make this country safer for everyone worth more than a million dollars.'

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 8:52 AM by Mac</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93314 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93314 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:52:34 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #3 from Henry Mitty comment from Henry Mitty on 4.Sep.05 Is this from theonion? This has to be. To be so obvious about it jeez. How vulgar.

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 8:52 AM by Henry Mitty</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93315 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93315 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:52:44 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #4 from Eric comment from Eric on 4.Sep.05 Henry: The article Patrick quoted is satire, written by the inimitable Billmon. You can find the original article by clicking on the "bipartisan coverup" link.

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 10:41 AM by Eric</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93339 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93339 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:41:24 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #5 from Linkmeister comment from Linkmeister on 4.Sep.05 If Billmon isn't in the "required reading" section of the blog syllabus, he should be (even sans comments).

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 2:25 PM by Linkmeister</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93407 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93407 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:25:03 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #6 from Lisajulie comment from Lisajulie on 4.Sep.05 The Washington Post had a headline (now not visible at their web site) something like:

"Thousands Wait for Relief, while White House Shifts Blame".

Kinda says it all, no?

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 5:26 PM by Lisajulie</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93448 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93448 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:26:05 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #7 from Melanie comment from Melanie on 4.Sep.05 Patrick,

You two have absolutely been on fire this week. Way to go.

]]> <p>Posted September 4, 2005 9:40 PM by Melanie</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93508 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93508 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 21:40:19 -0500 God Be Praised, The System Works -- comment #8 from Andrew Gray comment from Andrew Gray on 6.Sep.05 You were making that up, right?

BBC, just now: US President George W Bush says he will lead an investigation into how the Hurricane Katrina disaster was handled.

]]> <p>Posted September 6, 2005 11:56 AM by Andrew Gray</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93949 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006723.html#93949 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:56:39 -0500