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Is Feinstein just plain ignorant, or willfully ignorant?

by kiba 11y ago

Aelinsaar 11y ago
I can't believe that it isn't a blend of both.
- linux_girl 11y ago
  The Left thinks she's extremely intelligent and well-connected. In fact, people like the "Occupy Wall Street" folks believe she's behind "9/11". It's insane how respected/feared she is by the Left.
puppetmaster3 11y ago
She is for sale, and apparently worth the money.
- afarrell 11y ago
  For sale to whom? The software industry is among the richest industries in the US. Who could possibly out-bid them? Apple has $38 Billion in liquid assets [1]. Facebook has $18 Billion [2]. Amazon has $20 Billion [3]. Alphabet (fka Google) has $73 Billion [4]. Microsoft has $102 Billion [5]. In the last quarter of 2015, the largest companies by market capitalization were Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft [6]. [1] https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand [2] https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand [3] https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand [4] https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand [5] https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
  - Spooky23 11y ago
    Her husband runs one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, if not the world. Whatever money tech companies throw into the kitty, it pales in comparison to the wealth, patronage and influence that real estate has on politics. Real estate fuels political machinery -- generates lots of fees for lawyers and accountants, lots of bullshit jobs for dumb brothers in law, etc. It's also a lucrative business -- her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract.
    - smartbit 11y ago
      > her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract. Details?
      - snomad 11y ago
        I don't have a link specifically to his real estate deals, but here is an article from a very liberal newspaper in 2010 discussing her husband and corruption https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/content?oid=1443744 https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/co...
    - WildUtah 11y ago
      Feinstein promoted a scam artist and put her in charge of her campaign treasury. That lady did the same to Feinstein as Feinstein does to the federal budget and all the money disappeared. Feinstein just refilled tens of millions of dollars with her husband's personal check. No sweat. Even Google money means nothing to her. She's like Donald Trump, ignorant and totally exempt from consequences, except instead of blundering she's deliberately evil. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign-fraud-20110913 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign...
ctdonath 11y ago
Willfully ignorant. She has been a staunch opponent of "gun rights" (where you & I stand on it matters little for this post), with a very long train of making staggeringly ignorant comments about the subject - long enough, with enough intense involvement by both sides, to show she can't possibly be "plain ignorant" as at some point you have to absorb some objective facts about the matter and show some competent basis for your stance (say, when debating a subject you should know enough about the opposing view to be able to present a competent argument on their behalf). With that kind of precedent in place, it's safe to conclude she knows little - and literally wants to know little - about the objective facts of the encryption issue.
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Is Feinstein just plain ignorant, or willfully ignorant?

by kiba 11y ago

Is Feinstein just plain ignorant, or willfully ignorant?

Aelinsaar 11y ago

I can't believe that it isn't a blend of both.

linux_girl 11y ago
The Left thinks she's extremely intelligent and well-connected. In fact, people like the "Occupy Wall Street" folks believe she's behind "9/11". It's insane how respected/feared she is by the Left.

puppetmaster3 11y ago

She is for sale, and apparently worth the money.

afarrell 11y ago
For sale to whom? The software industry is among the richest industries in the US. Who could possibly out-bid them? Apple has $38 Billion in liquid assets [1]. Facebook has $18 Billion [2]. Amazon has $20 Billion [3]. Alphabet (fka Google) has $73 Billion [4]. Microsoft has $102 Billion [5]. In the last quarter of 2015, the largest companies by market capitalization were Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft [6]. [1] https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand [2] https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand [3] https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand [4] https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand [5] https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
- Spooky23 11y ago
  Her husband runs one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, if not the world. Whatever money tech companies throw into the kitty, it pales in comparison to the wealth, patronage and influence that real estate has on politics. Real estate fuels political machinery -- generates lots of fees for lawyers and accountants, lots of bullshit jobs for dumb brothers in law, etc. It's also a lucrative business -- her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract.
  - smartbit 11y ago
    > her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract. Details?
    - snomad 11y ago
      I don't have a link specifically to his real estate deals, but here is an article from a very liberal newspaper in 2010 discussing her husband and corruption https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/content?oid=1443744 https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/billion-dollar-baby/co...
  - WildUtah 11y ago
    Feinstein promoted a scam artist and put her in charge of her campaign treasury. That lady did the same to Feinstein as Feinstein does to the federal budget and all the money disappeared. Feinstein just refilled tens of millions of dollars with her husband's personal check. No sweat. Even Google money means nothing to her. She's like Donald Trump, ignorant and totally exempt from consequences, except instead of blundering she's deliberately evil. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign-fraud-20110913 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign...

ctdonath 11y ago

Willfully ignorant. She has been a staunch opponent of "gun rights" (where you & I stand on it matters little for this post), with a very long train of making staggeringly ignorant comments about the subject - long enough, with enough intense involvement by both sides, to show she can't possibly be "plain ignorant" as at some point you have to absorb some objective facts about the matter and show some competent basis for your stance (say, when debating a subject you should know enough about the opposing view to be able to present a competent argument on their behalf). With that kind of precedent in place, it's safe to conclude she knows little - and literally wants to know little - about the objective facts of the encryption issue.

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