tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post2293178179238108623..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: OlioJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-70897680758665630402010-05-19T22:32:36.289-04:002010-05-19T22:32:36.289-04:00If I squeeze my mind really hard, I can get some m...If I squeeze my mind really hard, I can get some minuscule inkling of the mindset required to get to the top levels of executivedom in a Byzantium like BP or Halliburton. It's like H.L. Mencken's explanation of why politicians are the way they tend to be - it's almost inevitable, given the requirements for success, that the amoral and the shameless blame-shifting and the utterly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-497568452677062702010-05-19T09:49:24.206-04:002010-05-19T09:49:24.206-04:00Money rules all, including politics. Everything/o...Money rules all, including politics. Everything/one else just scuttles along like sand crabs trying to get by and not get squished.StringonaSticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-6205763014358371972010-05-18T19:24:00.442-04:002010-05-18T19:24:00.442-04:00But president Hope and change cravenly serves his ...But president Hope and change cravenly serves his masters with disdain, Kathy. he really wants to bring CHANGE, so policy after awful policy is just fine, thank you!<br /><br />Great column, of course, Riley.Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-33302433789716734832010-05-18T14:29:25.981-04:002010-05-18T14:29:25.981-04:00I think there's more than one major party dedi...I think there's more than one major party dedicated to that idea. <br /><br />And since there are only two major parties, you probably know which other one I mean.Kathy Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980621565856010779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-3421614217399495382010-05-18T00:52:59.317-04:002010-05-18T00:52:59.317-04:00enjoyed this one... and you were way too kind to t...enjoyed this one... and you were way too kind to the oil barons...squatlohttp://squatlo-rant.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com