More about this Mark Levin character

Forgive me, I'm still a little shaken from my exposure yesterday to the raw fascism and utter insanity of "the great one" Mark Levin. I don't often subject myself to the garbage political culture of the right-wing, and it makes me sick inside to think of how decent, progressive individuals in the USA have to wake up every morning knowing that this putrid nonsense is a dominant aspect of the media thanks to the wonders of capitalist ownership.

That a man with such a pimply voice is a "successful" radio personality is truly bizarre, aside from his mental instability and weakness with facts and argument. That he compensates for his insanity and stupidity by ranting about "the troops' [who his beloved hero bush II either sends to die in foreign wars, or leaves them to fester in their filth at under-funded veterans' hospitals, or simply abandons them to PTSD and the streets] to anyone who disagrees with him, makes him sound entirely like the fascist mouth-breather that he is. Suffice to say, this is an ugly, ugly example of the human species and I shudder to imagine what he's compensating for with all his cowardly bullying and shrieking.

But a couple more things about the content of Levin's shrieking: First of all, he sputtered about how "liberals" derailed earlier bush II regime efforts to tighten regulations on the quasi-public bodies "Fannie Mae" and "Fannie Mac" which have since filed for bankruptcy due to the weight of bad loans. He quotes Chris Dodd and also names other liberal Democrats for thwarting bush II's noble and far-sighted legislation. Apparently Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac chiefs did lobby these Democrats to block efforts to regulate them and, to their shame, these Democrats did speak out against needed regulatory reform. (If Mark Levin and the rest of the US right-wing ever pull their heads out of their filthy asses they'd find out that actual "leftists" don't see the Democratic Party as anything but another collection of corporate shills, so none of what he said came as any great shock.)

But here's the thing; this regulatory reform was proposed in 2003 when the Repugnicans had majority control of both houses of Congress. How the hell were the Democrats (who have caved to every bush II regime demand even when they have a majority in both houses) supposed to block legislation when they were in the minority? That question is also asked by Kathy Gill in very clear terms. Reading the comments section of her post you'll notice that some Repug cretins show up and babble and stammer but fail to answer her very clear question, and fail utterly to provide the evidence of Democratic power that blocked the noble bush II proposal. That's because for all their blustering, they couldn't. Turns out it (surprise, surpise) Fannie's Mae and Mac also bought-off Repugnican senators who also conspired to block the proposals and bush II, probably unaware of the significance of the legislation (as he is with life in general) didn't force the issue.

Okay, so that's the first matter from Levin's tirade. The second howler came in the second half of his show. While he was busy linking Democratic policies from 1977, and CRA mortgages from 1977 to the housing bubble of 2000-2008 [did I mention that he was insane and stupid?], basically saying that this problem was building up and building up due to Democratic malfeasance spanning THREE DECADES, malfeasance that FIVE Republican administrations and lengthy periods of Repugnican legislative control could apparently do nothing to stop, ... while Chris Dodd and Barack Obama were crookedly conspiring to allow housing-market giants Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac to slide into bankruptcy despite the perspicacity of the bush II regime, Levin also took time to shriek that the Democrats have been wrong about EVERYTHING, including "Social Security Reform."

The privatization of the US social security program was a totally unpopular attempt by the bush II regime to give Wall Street a gift, ... control over Americans' pensions. Forgetting the gigantic pink elephant that the scare-mongering about US social security's bankruptcy is complete bullshit, just consider this: Levin spent twenty minutes babbling about how the current Wall Street meltdown is the inevitable result of thiry years of rot caused by the Democrats and which the Repugs were unable to stop. Okay? The roots of the crisis are deep, pervasive, and clear for years for anyone with the eyes to see it. Wall Street has been teetering on the brink of collapse since the 1990s because of the evil Democrats. Got that? Because, as I just said, Levin is an advocate for turning over Americans' pensions to this grievously imperiled system. Levin has known that Wall Street was going to die because of the Democrats but he still thought it was a good idea to put his countrymen's retirement plans into it.

That's because Levin is a stammering, babbling idiot. He can't put two and two together, even when they come out of his own spit-spraying, nasily tirades.

I had some armchair psychoanalysis to offer about this turd's shortcomings but I've got a job to do and a life to lead. I think this'll be the last time I subject myself to this fool and his rantings.

Smart, decent US-Americans, you have my deepest sympathies.