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January 29, 2005

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Is A BRAND NEW FORM Of Talk Show!

Perhaps you saw the story today about Bill Gates betting the value of the dollar will continue to fall. Fair enough. But I'm not so sure about some of his other insights:

Gates described China as a potential "change agent'' for the next two decades. "It's phenomenal,'' Gates said. "It's a brand new form of capitalism.''

Uh, right. Because as Billmon points out, the world has never before seen capitalism that involves slavery, corruption, union-breaking and workers locked into factories that burn down.

Posted at January 29, 2005 09:52 PM | TrackBack
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"the world has never before seen capitalism that involves slavery, corruption, union-breaking and workers locked into factories that burn down."

America's history is a secret from the rest of the world? Shit, no one told me! I hope I haven't committed a national security situation by accidently mentioning American slavery or union-busting to any non-Americans (non-humans)!

Posted by: Terrible at January 30, 2005 11:53 AM

Terrible,

You and your mentioning of American history to non-Americans are the reason why everyone on earth hates us. I hope you're satisfied.

Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at January 30, 2005 02:05 PM

America has a history? Dude.

Posted by: Ajax Bucky at January 30, 2005 10:50 PM

It is amazing that people can't see the trees instead the forest. It is amazing what you can do in a capitalist society when there is no democracy.

Posted by: B.S. Fairman at January 30, 2005 11:46 PM