KUDLOW Re Japan: "The HUMAN toll MUCH worse than the ECONOMIC toll and we can be GRATEFUL for that"

[kpete]

KUDLOW:
The human toll worse than the econ toll and we can be GREATFUL for that
CNBC
This Is GOOD NEWS For US ECONOMY

Larry Kudlow Devalues Human Life With Japan Earthquake Freudian Slip
by Jaime Lalinde
March 11, 2011, 6:00 PM

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(just listen - UNF__KING BELIEVABLE But True)

VIDEO:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/larry-kudlow-devalues-human-life-with-japan-earthquake-freudian-slip.html

In these tough economic times, isn’t it nice to know that calamitous natural disasters needn't have an adverse affect on your investment portfolio? After the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan failed to induce a market nosedive, CNBC’s Larry Kudlow expressed his relief in terms that seemed to appall even his fellow cheerleaders for capitalism: “The human toll here,” he declared, “looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.” (Skip ahead to 0:38 on the video after the jump.)

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/larry-kudlow-devalues-human-life-with-japan-earthquake-freudian-slip.html#entry-more


stocks, commodities, oil, gold / Humanity

[Solly Mack]

1. Damn. Double Damn. Dayum.

[kpete]

6. did you listen to it Solly Mack?

truth slapping us in the face,
peace, kpete

[Solly Mack]

10. I did. Exactly...a slap across the face.

and I guess the dead are really just a case of job openings.

[roguevalley]

57. I wish that the radiation plume coming finds only his house.

[whosinpower]

2. fuck you you empty bag of shit. nt

[MNBrewer]

3. Wouldn't it have been TERRIBLE if it had been the other way around?

:sarcasm:

[eShirl]

4. I just knew he considered human life to be cheap. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

5. why do these lizards have jobs when human beings don't?

[jacquelope]

49. What in God's name do you have against lizards

that you'd compare one of them to this absolute demonic horror of a creature?

[underpants]

7. The fact that this is not only publish but reference and on TV is all you need to know about our sad

sad state of affairs in this country

[City Lights]

8. Go FUCK yourself, Larry!

I'm absolutely stunned at the level of assholery he displayed. I bet he's "pro-life" to boot.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. It makes me sick to know that the taxpayers bailed him and his ilk during the financial crisis

I remember watching CNBC during that time. He would rail about government intervention and taxes, until it came time to bail out his bankster pals and he was all for it.

[sabrina 1]

11. Is there a Hall of Shame somewhere that these weasels

could be relegated to?

Sick, they are sick and they are the ones running this country.

Capitalism, it is as evil or more so, than all the other 'isms' before it and we willingly live under such a system.

I bet he loves Ayn Rand.

[Snoutport]

12. horrible thing to say!

these people need classes in manners!

[malaise]

13. He's a pice of scum

A useful asshole.

[spanone]

14. heartless fuck. i wouldn't watch him if he was the last turd on teevee

[BrklynLiberal]

15. idiot. plain and simple.

[FormerDittoHead]

16. What? He's just saying what "values" the right really has... n/t

[kpete]

19. ditto

back at you FormerDittoHead
glad you are on OUR side now,
peace, kpete

[Graybeard]

17. This piece of garbage is still on the air?

I never watch CNBC and thought the cocaine scandal had ended his TV career. I certainly hope that this ugly comment finally gets him fired.

[hankthecrank]

18. kudlow can you look at all pictures of this and still say something stupid

[virgogal]

20. I never even heard of him.

[kpete]

21. cover your eyes

[Graybeard]

27. This must have been at one of his cocaine parties..

What a filthy, ugly, smirking piece of shit.

[virgogal]

40. Gee,thanks a lot. (I peeked)

[chill_wind]

55. What is that on his head??

[Jamastiene]

74. His shit for brains?

He's such a smirking asshole. I figured that was just what passes for his brain on his head.

[HughBeaumont]

22. Kocaine Kudlow Strikes Again. SNNNNNORRRT.

CNBC - Conservaturds, Not a Bit of Class.

And this station is LOADED with them. A veritable rogue propaganda outfit voiced by the dumb-assed spawn and HMBs of Wall Street and the well-to-do.

[Lifelong Protester]

23. another coke/Koch sniffing POS

what a waste of space he is

[somone]

24. Same neocon who said Iraq was the biggest problem for the stock market

[Control-Z]

25. Unbelievable.

They don't even pretend anymore.

[sasha031]

26. the scum over at CNBC are all sociopaths

[Raksha]

28. WHAAAAT??? Are you serious?

[al_liberal]

29. Already sent a complaint.

Not that it will matter, but I went to the CNBC site and sent them "feedback" saying how fucking stupid Larry is to say this.

[niyad]

30. welcome to DU

just sent my comments as well (well, the cleaned up version, anyway)

[al_liberal]

35. Thanks!

Glad to be here.

[niyad]

38. this is a great place to be--has kept many of us sane these last years.

[AC_Mem]

75. Welcome to DU al_liberal

We are happy to have you here!

Annette

[AngryOldDem]

92. Good for you!

(Not, as you say, CNBC will care.)

[Sherman A1]

31. Something from Dante

comes to mind for "people" of this type.


Pardon Me, I must once again.....:banghead:

[Hannah Bell]

32. kudlow: prep-school boy, former SDS, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,

former staff economist at the Fed, Dem turned Pub in the "Reagan Revolution"

i.e. resume of an opportunist.

far right now.

[liberalhistorian]

33. I noticed CNN and MSNBC

being not to subtle about that this morning; hyping reports of the market nosedive and all possible associated economic affects, and barely talking at all about the human cost of the disaster except in terms of how it'd affect HA and Americans on the West Coast. I was really disgusted, but, unfortunately, not all that surprised.

[Robbie88]

34. This son of a bitch needs to be fired.

[niyad]

37. he needs to be more than fired. pity we don't have the stocks and pillory (and that is mild

compared to what he really deserves)

[howaboutme]

36. CNBC and their pundits represent what is wrong with the USA

They represent NYC greed and not America. I'd like the opportunity to tell them exactly what I think about them and their partners and shills.

[senseandsensibility]

39. huh?

He actually said that out loud? We always knew that's how they THOUGHT, but there's not even a pretense anymore of being human, is there?

[kpete]

41. and we are told

to keep quiet about humanity or community...

sad

[WinkyDink]

45. On video. Yes.

[fittosurvive]

42. Actually, when I consider the magnitude of this quake.

The human toll is not nearly as bad as I would have expected.

I am grateful for that.

[gatorboy]

43. They OWN $644 billion of our national debt.

What are these douchebags going to say if Japan decides we need to pay up?

[TheWebHead]

44. He tweeted an apology after learning of his misstatement off air

http://twitter.com/#!/larry_kudlow

I did not mean to say human toll in Japan less important than economic toll.Talking about markets.I flubbed the line. Sincere apology.

[WinkyDink]

47. There was no flub.

[kpete]

82. hahahahahahah

[steve2470]

46. I hope he loses his job for that remark.

Absolutely appalling.

[Zax2me]

48. Was he trying to be humorous?

And he is just bad at it?
Hard to believe he really feels this way. I'd like to hear an explaination.
Maybe he was under the influence of prescription drugs?
This just doesn't seem plausible even if he is a bad person.
Even bad people know how to cover up so they can operate in society.

[niyad]

50. there is nothing humourous in this tragedy, so if he was trying to make jokes, he is still one sick

creep

[AngryOldDem]

93. Oh hell no.

All that matters to CNBC is the health of stock portfolios.

He meant every single word of it. And what's more, those at the desk with him apparently agree.

[WCGreen]

51. he is a piece of fucking stinking shit...

[themadstork]

52. Was it a slip? Or did he mean it?

I cant get the video to work

[Shandris]

53. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

I'll bet it was a slip...but he really meant it, too.

[noamnety]

66. It's clearly NOT a freudian slip.

"The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that. And the human toll is a tragedy, we know that.(that last part was said dismissively - like "yeah yeah, we know" then brushed aside.) But these markets are -- ALL these markets, stocks, commodities, oil, gold, there is no major breakout or breakdown. I have to look at that positively."

[themadstork]

95. wow. Thank you. nt

[upi402]

54. $>all... They need to pull this guy -he will ruin them! n/t

[Rex]

56. So someone finally said how it really is and everyone gets all shocked.

We all knew the uber-rich look at the rest of us as hamburger meat and little more, not a secret. Disposable people, that is all we are to some.

[Jamastiene]

77. That is true to some degree.

I don't think is it shock so much as anger. Sure, most of us know that is how the rich feel about the rest of us, but when they come right on out and say it, yeah, it pisses us off.

[loudsue]

58. Oh. My. God.

Now THERE is one sick bastard.

[MaeScott]

59. Well. Now you know what they reallly care about & it ain't people. nt

[ProfessionalLeftist]

60. You know, I listened to THREE broadcasts about the disaster yesterday

and NONE of them even mentioned deaths or the human toll at all. The ONLY thing they discussed was not being able to get car parts for Japanese models, effect on the int'l economy and Wall St. That's IT.

So, this psychopathic pre-occupation with the FINANCIAL aspects of this disaster, whilst completely ignoring the HUMAN (loss of life) aspects is widespread and frankly, disgusting.

[blindpig]

61. This is a Capitalist society,

that is a Capitalist analysis, the only analysis that Capital is capable of.

[Jakes Progress]

62. One of those rare times when a neocon says what they mean.

Kudlow is one of the soulless husks walking the planet wasting air and water. I doubt that his decaying dead body would even nourish weeds.

[drokhole]

63. In the words of the late, great Bill Hicks...

"Quit putting a godamm dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo (around 1:49 mark)

[SpiralHawk]

64. Repuke Family Pharisee Values

Repukes get their values from the ethical cesspool...

[theothersnippywshrub]

65. How very Republican. n/t

[moondust]

67. Money is God in Repugville.

:smoke:

[CrispyQ]

68. This is worthy of a letter of complaint.

What a fucking asshole. I've never liked Kudlow.

https://register.cnbc.com/email/EmailSupport.jsp

[WillyT]

69. Go Drown Yourself. Larry !!! - K & R !!!

:mad:

:puke:

:kick:

[neverforget]

70. Larry. Dead people can't spend money and you can't take it with you

when you die you soulless piece of fucking shit

[Jamastiene]

71. Disgusting.

Rec'ced for exposure. It looks like people could think more of human life for a day or two, then worry about their damn money later. Sick. Disgusting.

[Generic Other]

72. I have many relatives unaccounted for

FUCK him. Crap. The first time I have logged onto DU since the initial quake, and this is what I find!

[fascisthunter]

73. I've been saying this for a while now... people like Kudlow are sociopaths

they are damaged goods who belong in a rubberized room.

[femrap]

81. with nothing to eat but

$ bills. And I'd prefer if there were some nails pounded thru the rubber....bounce off those, Kudlow.

[AsahinaKimi]

76. Shinji rarenai! unbelievable.

黙ればかやろ!

しにいけっっ!

[BeyondGeography]

78. Legendary

[femrap]

79. Shut him the f*ck up...

Can we get this asshole fired????

[coalition_unwilling]

80. This is how capitalists think! On a slightly more positive note, as Lenin noted, a

capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.

Imagine instead a globe and economy organized to meet people's needs rather than to line the pockets of the oligarchy.

[blindpig]

83. The soul of Capitalist society revealed.

It's just bidness, ya know?

[W_HAMILTON]

84. How can what he said be construed as misspeaking?

From what he said following the comment (which jives with what he said), to even replacing the two terms -- the comment wouldn't make sense.

[Mybrokenchains]

85. humanity>gold

Kudlow: this is a shiny shiny metal..

Me: but this is a human being....capable of learning, compassion, and love? they are naturally inquisitive and inventive, and they can make beautiful artworks with nothing but the world around them?

Kudlow: but this is a shiny shiny metal..

true story

-A

[bullwinkle428]

86. Thom Hartmann is right - this is why so many CEO-types are sociopaths.

[_ed_]

87. CNBC=Fox=CNN=MSNBC

All the same: corporate propaganda.

[Left coast liberal]

88. That comment is sociopathic - no empathy - damaged, damaged person.

[Zoeisright]

89. That fucking piece of shit Krudlow (sic) isn't worth the oxygen he's wasting.

Why assholes like that survive into old age, while precious innocents die every day is proof that there is NO god.

[butterfly77]

90. Another greedy..

sorry POS as I heard about the tsunami/earthquake I went from channel to channel and their main concern was how would it effect the stock market and wall street and their portfolios. Next,where could they run from the nuclear spill if it reaches America..

[AngryOldDem]

91. And neither woman on the panel dared to call him out on that statement.

That speaks volumes, too. Utterly, truly amoral and reprehensible. And don't tell me he didn't know what he was saying or how it would come out. He meant every single fucking word, because that is what he and his ilk truly believe. All hail and worship the almighty markets.

Fuck him.


:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[maryf]

94. Silence is complicity...

might even be worse...