Alan Greenspan - It's Not Always “Better Late Than Never"
Alan Greenspan is warning us now about the dangers of the growing deficit, when three years ago he supported the Bush giveaway of trillions to the rich. Uh huh, way to go Alan. Similarly, but in a different arena, Colin Powell caved in as the one remaining voice of reason in the Bush cabinet when he went along with the assessments of Iraq as a threat to our safety.
Both men knew they were shitting in the wind, yet both went right ahead and sold their integrity down the river. Now Powell will no doubt write a book about how hard he fought against the forces of evil within the administration and it will be a best-seller. Greenspan will console himself about the coming financial meltdown that he “warned the congress," even though his warning came three years late and after an astonishing loss of courage over the tax cut issue.
“What could I do?" they will whine, “it's all so complicated and no one but me knows what I'm up against."
For starters (although it's time now only for enders) they …