Ferfucksake, why is this a reason for *cancelling* this documentary? He has just given reason after reason why it should be finished. Or is the understood if unstated reasoning based on his reports of those who refused to speak to him, out of fear? As in, "I'm not about to risk getting targeted by these people, either"?
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > In June, I attended a dinner for Bill Clinton, which was educational. > Clinton spoke passionately about his foundation, about African wildlife, > inequality, childhood obesity, and much else with enormous factual > command, emotion, and rhetorical power. But he and I also spoke > privately. I asked him about the financial crisis. He paused and then > became even more soulful, thoughtful, passionate, and articulate. And > then he proceeded to tell me the most amazing lies I've heard in quite a > while. > > For example, Mr. Clinton sorrowfully lamented his inability to stop the > Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which banned all regulation of > private (OTC) derivatives trading, and thereby greatly worsened the > crisis. Mr. Clinton said that he and Larry Summers had argued with Alan > Greenspan, but couldn't budge him, and then Congress passed the law by a > veto-proof supermajority, tying his hands. Well, actually, the reason > that the law passed by that overwhelming margin was because of the > Clinton Administration's strong advocacy, including Congressional > testimony by Larry Summers and harsh public and private attacks on > advocates of regulation by Summers and Robert Rubin. > > Wow, I thought, this guy is a really good actor. And I also saw one > reason why Hillary Clinton might not be thrilled about my movie. I > discovered others. In Arkansas, she joined the boards of Walmart and > Tyson Foods. One of the largest donors to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea > Clinton Foundation is the government of Saudi Arabia. The Clintons' > personal net worth now probably exceeds $200 million, and while earned > legally, both the money's sources and the Clintons' public statements > indicate a strong aversion to rocking boats or making powerful enemies. > > full: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-ferguson/hillary-clinton-documentary_b_4014792.html > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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