tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post1871615777637713284..comments2024-02-15T15:25:04.287-08:00Comments on Losing the War on Humor: The French Are Revolting and So Are Americans, If They Won't Be, Too!2Truthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-19818664290558090112009-03-25T19:29:00.000-07:002009-03-25T19:29:00.000-07:00Global Guerillas::..viral violence targeting the b...<A HREF="http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/" REL="nofollow">Global Guerillas</A>:<BR/><I>:..viral violence targeting the barons of global finance was likely incoming (but that it wasn't here yet). Here's a small addition to that trend line (that builds on the thousands of death threats that have been received). In the UK, vandals hit the home of the former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 'Sir' Fred Goodwin (he and his family have already fled the country). Windows on the ground floor of the home and his Mercedes S600 were smashed. E-mails from a group claiming the attacks said,<BR/>"We are angry that rich people, like him, are paying themselves a huge amount of money, and living in luxury, while ordinary people are made unemployed, destitute and homeless. This is a crime. Bank bosses should be jailed. This is just the beginning."</I>Peter of Lone Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693627544964907275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-5880423322026534432009-03-25T17:55:00.000-07:002009-03-25T17:55:00.000-07:00I know. And if Thibodeau can report on this war on...I know. And if Thibodeau can report on this war on America's white collar middle class, why can't the rest of them?<BR/><BR/>You ask a good question, which makes me wonder how the French are different in this regard and don't seem to have the same problem with "identification with the aggressor" as American workers appear to have. Is it our anti-individual, GroupThinky media? Is it the drugs in the water and the fish we eat? At what point do Americans stop allowing their tax dollars for our sick politicians to give U.S. jobs away to some country zillions of miles away?2Truthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-52063074493416923912009-03-25T17:38:00.000-07:002009-03-25T17:38:00.000-07:00Thanks for linking to Thibodeau's article. I've be...Thanks for linking to Thibodeau's article. I've been on the verge of checking out the IBM story for the last few hours but always got sidetracked.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Thibodeau, what would we do without him? Whenever I try to find the "best" article to link to about a particular news story, I always stop hunting when I find a Thibodeau post. I automatically link to him just about every time.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the IBM layoffs will be the turning point as far as American workers sharpening up their pitchforks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com