Bob Lord

They say you can tell a lot about a person by the company he keeps. I’ve noticed this in  my legal practice.  Scumbag clients tend to hire scumbag lawyers to represent them. It’s uncanny to me how many times I’ve encountered a total sleaze on the other side of a matter, represented by an attorney who is ethically challenged.

And so it is with our friend Thucky.

We’ve had him explain to us how 1070 was a good thing and that Joe Arpaio and his actions have been a blessing to the Latino community. Okay, so he’s down with racist thugs. Is Thucky himself racist? Seems to be. I’ve covered that here.

And we know about Thucky’s undying love for John Huppenthal, who has used the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to destroy Arizona’s public school system from within. Reading Thucky’s comments, you get the feeling he knows Huppenthal, almost in the biblical sense. His sick affection for Huppenthal practically  jumps off the page when you read his comments to Huppenthal related posts, and not just at this site. Seems that there’s pretty much no act ole Thuck wouldn’t perform for Huppenthal, if only it were physically possible.

So, what about Thucky and Horne?

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Much has been written about the American empire and its inevitable decline. The best books I read on the subject were American Theocracy, by Kevin Phillips, and Day of Reckoning, by Pat Buchanan (except the last third or so of the book, which is a bit of a racist screed). But there are countless other writers who’ve covered the subject, each adding his or her own insight.

John Feffer’s piece at Truth-out, The Three War Doctrine, takes the narrative to the next level. Feffer takes it as a given that the American century is over and that the days of America’s imperial army (and navy, etc.) are over. Feffer then muses on how it will all go down. 

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For those of you sane ones who don’t follow the comment tracks, Ole Thuckenstein has been at it big time in response to a BlueMeanie post, (Update) Arizona’s lost decade due to GOP magical thinking and fiscal mismanagement of the state. He’s making the argument that the Great Recession, which started in late 2007, was caused by Obama. Here’s the essence of ole Thuck’s argument:

The crash of October, 2008 happened as Intrade markets placed the odds of Obama winning at over 70%. Crash. The market instantly knew that a $500,000 home would only be worth $250,000 in an Obama economy growing at 1.5%.

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When would the stock market rationally have been able first expect the reality we now live in? That date was October of 2008 when he gained the political upper hand. That is precisely the moment the stock market collapsed.

I questioned Thucky on the logic in the comment thread and the BlueMeanie suggested he was an imbecile, but he stuck to his guns. Ultimately, by the power vested in me as a BfAZ staff writer, I declared Thucky officially insane.

Still, I have a decent memory of the sequence of events, because this all was happening in the very late stages of my congressional campaign, and, sane or insane, Thucky’s presentation of the facts didn’t jibe with my memory of how things unraveled.

So I wondered: Is the Thuckmeister even being honest with the facts he’s using to support his crazy argument? The answer? Absolutely not. It’s actually remarkable how dishonest Thucky has been with us.

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