tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post3245651906781219204..comments2023-10-10T03:08:54.038-07:00Comments on The Bruce Web & Social Security Defender: Social Security Runs AmokBruce Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-53144630352547295942009-10-03T08:27:17.615-07:002009-10-03T08:27:17.615-07:00darn
it turns out that hayo mackamak is Chinook, ...darn<br /><br />it turns out that hayo mackamak is Chinook, not Malay<br /><br />so when the high muckety mucks run amuk they are celebrating cultural diversity.coberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975038783813831953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-27116179886156290922009-10-03T08:20:39.962-07:002009-10-03T08:20:39.962-07:00well heck, Anna
i find it hard to believe conscio...well heck, Anna<br /><br />i find it hard to believe conscious agents of one conspiracy or another were left behind for the purpose of sabotaging the new administration.<br /><br />more likely the old administration hired the people it liked, people like them, and those people keep their jobs by inertia or civil service rules, and they act like what they are because that's what they are.<br /><br />as far as Social Security is concerned, there is plenty of evidence that people at the very top of the Obama adminstration think just like the people at the top of the Bush administration.<br /><br />I ran (whiplash alert) into an article the other day that explained the significance of the current cash flow problems at SS in terms of the government's public borrowing. this is not the way i look at Social Security at all, but if it is the way Congress and other high enders look at the world, it would be very hard to change their minds (they see Social Security as a problem in public finance. i see it as more like an insurance contract between workers... that public finance has nothing to do with it. but you can see why they don't even hear me when i try to explain it to them.)coberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975038783813831953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-34376512931381020212009-10-03T03:23:21.884-07:002009-10-03T03:23:21.884-07:00Biggs,
Somehow I find it strange for you to try t...Biggs,<br /><br />Somehow I find it strange for you to try to argue that moles were not inserted into SSA when you are living proof that this was the case. Perhaps, in your case, your reputation preceded you so that no one was duped by the appointment, however, just because your non-confirmed appointment didn't dupe anyone doesn't mean that moles with lesser visibility weren't successfully embedded in SSA and other agencies that provide analysis and reports on SSA. And yes, it doesn't mean that they were but tigers leave tracks in the mud. If and when they petrify, affecting the programs or operations, the tracks will be uncovered but the putrefied petrification will remain.<br /><br />I think Obama showed his inexperience with the federal government when he didn't take a look at the placement of moles early on. I don't know if Bush did or not because Clinton probably left some too.Anna Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-18022727064128913002009-10-02T19:45:05.542-07:002009-10-02T19:45:05.542-07:00Bruce
in any case you can see why some people don...Bruce<br /><br />in any case you can see why some people don't trust the government.<br /><br />as to the Bush seeds... maybe. when i worked for Foodstamps it was under the Reagan administration and we certainly had a policy to treat the clients as badly as possible, even to violating our own written rules.<br /><br />I didn't blame it on Reagan at the time, but it did nothing to help my view of human nature, and does give me a slight resistance to the liberal urge toward government solutions, even when i agree that a solution is necessary and only the government can manage it.coberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975038783813831953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-55983667021273031472009-09-30T07:50:32.073-07:002009-09-30T07:50:32.073-07:00Hey, I didn't have a picture of Dubya in my of...Hey, I didn't have a picture of Dubya in my office (but don't tell anyone...).Andrew G. Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617460431856611873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-35871090575121736912009-09-29T13:17:34.320-07:002009-09-29T13:17:34.320-07:00Based on her resume I'll take that chance. All...Based on her resume I'll take that chance. All I'll say that it is someone who was close to Bob Ball.<br /><br />It is also backed up by the impressions of a 30 year veteran of Social Security who ended up in mid-management.<br /><br />There are stories that several senior people at SSA resisted putting up Obama's official portrait in their offices for some time after the inauguration. Stories I have no reason to doubt.Bruce Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036266.post-75327724205302204812009-09-29T09:52:47.906-07:002009-09-29T09:52:47.906-07:00Bruce, Unless things have changed radically since ...Bruce, Unless things have changed radically since my departure, I really doubt your source regarding Bushie seeding is all that reliable.Andrew G. Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617460431856611873noreply@blogger.com