tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6854911923605541175..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: She's an Expert On Corruption in Foreign Lands. Now She Sees It Taking Hold In Her American HomelandThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56722609251668085332016-12-07T21:56:55.644-08:002016-12-07T21:56:55.644-08:00It does seem more corrupt, Toby. I hope it's n...It does seem more corrupt, Toby. I hope it's not just that it's more transparent today although I don't think that's the case.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5044719734049402372016-12-07T19:25:43.441-08:002016-12-07T19:25:43.441-08:00Thanks for this, Mound. Sarah Chayes has a powerf...Thanks for this, Mound. Sarah Chayes has a powerful argument. Yes, The Western world, including Canada, is full of corruption. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88223811507303417012016-12-07T12:45:24.175-08:002016-12-07T12:45:24.175-08:00Anyong.....Oh My! Government Corruption is only j...Anyong.....Oh My! Government Corruption is only just beginning now with the advent of Trump in the US? Somehow it doesn't ring true. In Canada Joey Smallwood comes to mind without hesitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22107000651691157312016-12-07T10:48:09.218-08:002016-12-07T10:48:09.218-08:00There are several videos on Youtube with Sarah Cha...There are several videos on Youtube with Sarah Chayes. Here she talks about her book, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8acsDFyX4" rel="nofollow">Thieves of State</a>. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25859168495289282472016-12-07T10:13:05.233-08:002016-12-07T10:13:05.233-08:00I became aware of Chayes many years ago when she w...I became aware of Chayes many years ago when she wrote a report warning that, with the Taliban run out of town, the "old ways" of Afghani men molesting young boys had returned. I emailed McClatchey's Jonathan Landay to find out what he could tell me about her. Landay has been running the Afghan hills since the Mujis were battling Soviet forces way back when. He told me that she knew as much about Afghanistan as just about any journalist and her reporting was rock solid. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54568830216549440902016-12-07T09:47:20.256-08:002016-12-07T09:47:20.256-08:00It's interesting when someone maps out for you...It's interesting when someone maps out for you a step by step manual about how state government corruption is achieved. It makes it very real.<br /><br />One of the most powerful lines in the article for me was "That's part of the brilliance of corruption in Egypt, they make it legal." "The United States is going down the same road" Canada too. I'm definitely sending away for her book. Thx. for posting.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30527907423721789262016-12-07T07:17:48.241-08:002016-12-07T07:17:48.241-08:00A chilling analysis, Mound.A chilling analysis, Mound.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-39421466349158878592016-12-06T19:28:30.028-08:002016-12-06T19:28:30.028-08:00Yep. We like to think that our federal government ...Yep. We like to think that our federal government isn't corrupt but that's not true. Modern corruption in the west is a two-stage process. It begins with legislative capture in which special interests insinuate themselves between the public and the representatives they elect to high office. One hallmark of legislative capture is inequality, the "trickle up" economy that Stiglitz and others have shown is largely legislated and has little to do with either market or merit forces. Another telltale of corruption once legislative capture is entrenched is the next phase, regulatory capture. This occurs when regulatory boards, supposedly entrusted with protecting the public interest, are taken over by appointees from the regulated industries. Legislative capture precedes regulatory capture. It is corrupted elected officials who see to it that regulatory boards are dominated by industry shills. In Canada we have the glaring example of the National Energy Board that Trudeau once vowed to clean out but that still remains. He knew it was corrupt before. He's done nothing to clean house. Ask yourself what happened?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20417570101228600062016-12-06T17:27:13.732-08:002016-12-06T17:27:13.732-08:00She should spend a week or two in BC.
It could be ...She should spend a week or two in BC.<br />It could be a lifetime job.<br />BC Mary, RIP.<br /><br />TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com