[quote=investor]The problem I have with those responces to this blog is that they havn’t even taken the time to read 6 pages from a book in order to discuss that entry intelligently. Nor have you. If griffin is wrong, fine but lets have you at least read the entry so we can discuss it based on what he says. you distort my positions constantly as well as misquote me. (you did apologize for misquoting me so you get a pass on that). (“refuse to countenance, for a second, that Griffin can be remotely incorrect regarding those six pages.”)I do not think that griffin is the end all and of course he may be wrong. You are inventing all of these ideas from me in your head for lord knows what reason. No one is right all of the time. But how can you put your nose in the air over what grifin has written without even reading the passages? That is what I refuse to let go of. Is not that the height of arrogance and ignorance, to say someone/griffin/ is wrong without even reading what they have writte? You imply I am wrong. (“along with the recognition that, if you’re wrong, you need to admit it.”)
Over what? That I want to discuss what griffin has written? Are you that blinded by your desire to argue instead of discuss? And what could you have possibly have differences with with the last part of my last entry above?(“We may not be able to change who is president but sharing opinions and ideas is the basic building block of a free society”). Your arguing style takes away from the pleasure of reading this blog, frankly. Please don not reply to this blog until you have broken down and read the entry from griffin. Anything you write is a waste of my time until you do. Again, I apologize to the readers of this blog for my bluntness. In this guys case, like davelj, you need a hammer to make your point. Subtlety is wasted on them.[/quote]
Investor: Let’s start off with a simple assertion from my side: I HAVE READ GRIFFIN’S BOOK. I have read those six pages. Griffin is a crank and he lacks a fundamental understanding of his subject, a fact that numerous authors have taken him to task for.
I made the point from the outset that I had read Griffin’s book. I also made the point that I disagreed with him and why, as well as my feelings about his background, which is entirely germane, especially given some of his political meanderings in the book, which were alarming, to say the least.
You come across here as though you’re on the side of the angels, but you frankly are loathe to admit that you suffer from confirmation bias, nor are you willing to answer questions or queries from intelligent posters, like SK, who have a strong background in Accounting and Finance. While I’m not a CPA, I did hold a corporate CFO position for a large insurance brokerage, and know my way around how banks function.
However, if it doesn’t correspond to what you hold as Revealed Truth, you don’t want to talk about. Yeah, I like a good argument, but this isn’t an argument, nor is it a debate. Its you simply refusing to acknowledge that the Fed isn’t some grand conspiracy as cooked up by a noted crackpot. I READ THE SIX PAGES. Griffin IS WRONG.
