The first rule of Skull and Bones: Mention Skull and Bones.
Right now I see the quite justifiable posting and reposting of Jon Stewart’s Inverview / Evisceration of Jim Cramer. Probably more apt than his 2004 Crossfire appearance where he memorably said that “This show is hurting America” — because despite the basic firing line and stick to the Partisan approach to politics not being the greatest prod to reasoned and nuanced analysis of current events, I’m not entirely sure Crossfire was hurting America. The encouragement of speculation that runs rampant on a network like CNBC, taking the place of sound investment advice and putting mortgaging long term investment, and Jim Cramer’s double-talk and dual role is more problematic.
Anyway, here. In 3 parts from Jon Stewart’s site. Part 1, 5 minutes and 47 seconds. Part 2, 8 minutes and 24 seconds. Part 3, a few seconds longer than Part 2. It is that Howard Beele Moment that Rick Santelli’s Rant wasn’t.
In other news of more narrow interest, I direct you to this week’s Doonsebury storyline. The matter of Geronimo’s skull popped into the news a few weeks back, somewhere in the middle of Page 11 of the dead newspaper, for about 30 minutes on the Yahoo front page for the mildly wacky news. A bit keyed to these events, the name Ramsey Clark figures into these proceedings — he is Geronimo’s Lawyer — not a good pick on the part of the late, great Apache Chief. Anyway, the significance comes in that these strips offer more proof that Gary Trudeau must be required by the rules of Skull and Bones to run a series of strips whenever Skull and Bones pokes its way into the national news conciousness. It’s one of the ways Skull and Bones wield power.