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There hasn't been any talk of any of that in all the weekend excitement in Europe. And of course it's bad form to ask whether governments across the continent have learned any lessons from their appalling mismanagement of banks in the past. Far easier just to bash those ugly Americans, who caused all the problems in the first place...
...clear. First, invoke the specter of black crime, as Lee Atwater did in 1988 when he vowed to turn murderer Willie Horton into Michael Dukakis' "running mate." Second, attack lazy people in the inner city, as Ronald Reagan did in 1976 when he condemned a Chicago "welfare queen." Third, bash affirmative action, as the late North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms did in 1990 when he ran an ad showing white hands crumpling a job rejection notice...
...small block party,” Berklee publicist Nick Balkin said. “Now it’s grown into a large block party.” Indeed, the large crowds and abundance of food and entertainment does make the event seem like a street bash in Southie, and originally, it was just that. In 2000, local entrepreneur Darryl Settles decided to organize what was then called the BeanTown Jazz festival in appreciation of loyal customers of Bob’s Southern Bistro. As the festival grew, Berklee College of Music took over its production. The change in management...
...become a Hemingway fanatic overnight. I haven’t: I still hate Hemingway as a person; I still find him despicable; I still take issue with his cynical worldview. But yes, I now can admit that he is a powerful writer. I’ll no longer bash him utterly and completely—just mostly. —Sanders I. Bernstein
...efforts to paint McCain as another George W. Bush aren't working, that Sarah Palin flat-out stole his mojo. They're even second-guessing his tactical decisions: Why did he send staff to the state of Georgia? Why isn't he using the Wall Street meltdown to bash McCain's support for privatizing Social Security? And why did he go to Beverly Hills for a swanky fund raiser with Barbra Streisand...