Follow up: AstroTurf group 'Stop Too Big to Fail' gets noticed

Others are noting and commenting on the fraud that is ,‘Stop Too Big to Fail’ including Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman who writes for The New York Times.

Here’s what Krugman has to say, in his blog, about this latest sham front group:

Stop Stop Too Big To Fail

Talking Points Memo:

“In the last few weeks, a new player entered the financial reform fray with a $1.6 million ad buy, a respected economist on board, a blitz of opinion columns on left-leaning websites, and a message, cooked right into the group’s name — Stop Too Big To Fail — that liberals could love.

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Friday Fish Wrap: October 9, 2009

I held my breath at o’dark hundred this morning as I read the news flash that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since I knew it would be only a matter of minutes before the Republican spitting outrage machine would get spooled up to a froth over the honor.

John Bolton, Master of Highest Rightwing Umbrage, is not exactly Obama’s number 1 fan.

Personally, I think the award premature. But, who knows what goes through the mind of the Nobel Committee? They stiffed Ghandi of all people. If this award does two things, it will have been a smart move: 1- Set forth the momentum that Obama needs to be the leader he can be, and say ‘ta-ta’ to the big money of special interests that have infiltrated his circle. 2- Confuse and piss off the Republicans.

Regarding the health insurance debate: Max Baucus’ bill got a slightly more positive nod from the Congressional Budget Office now that the bill has, essentially, been gutted. Well, there you go … it’s cheaper because there’s no engine under the hood. Who would have thought?

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Baseline: The Financial Crisis for Beginners

Local blogger, AnnOnn, tipped me off to this one today. She’s a good, solid blogger, but needs to quit putting me in the same paragraph as Bill O’Reilly. This also goes for you, Arden. Quit putting me in the same paragraph -or planet - as Ann Coulter. Bwa!

Anyhow, AnnOnn managed to watch Bill Moyers’ Journal last night (where the heck was I? Oh, yeah - sick in bed):

Last night Bill Moyers interviewed Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. Simon has a very informative website, The Baseline Scenario, and Moyers referred to Simon’s blog entry “High Noon: Tim Geithner v. the American Oligarchs.”  from AnnOnn Everything

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