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'Inside the Meltdown' (upcoming discussion on Frontline __ submit questions)
Washington Post ^ | February 18, 2009; 11:00 AM | Michael Kirk

Posted on 02/14/2009 7:24:52 PM PST by Lorianne

PBS Frontline producer Michael Kirk will be online Wednesday, February 18 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his film "Inside the Meltdown," which investigates the causes of the ongoing economic crisis and examines what government officials didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix.

"Inside the Meltdown" airs Tuesday, February 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).

Submit your questions and comments before or during the live discussion.

Michael Kirk is Frontline's senior producer for special projects. His most recent Frontline productions include: The Choice 2008, the two-part special Bush's War, the Peabody Award-winning Cheney's Law and the Emmy-winning The Lost Year in Iraq.

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1 posted on 02/14/2009 7:24:52 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Do you actually think they will choose the hard hitting questions they receive? That said, I did send them one, just because.


2 posted on 02/14/2009 7:39:39 PM PST by BigFinn (cHANgE! wE HaZ It!)
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To: Lorianne

As far as PBS goes, frontline is not too bad. I saw a great Iraq war documentary where a US commander was able to persuade an Iraqi community leader to name possible terrorist suspects.

I’ll wait and see.


3 posted on 02/14/2009 7:41:55 PM PST by DiogenesLaertius
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To: Lorianne
His most recent Frontline productions include: The Choice 2008, the two-part special Bush's War, the Peabody Award-winning Cheney's Law and the Emmy-winning The Lost Year in Iraq.

Sounds fair and balanced.

My question: Why does the government continue to meddle in the economic affairs of the nation when their meddling caused all the trouble in the first place?

4 posted on 02/14/2009 7:46:15 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Lorianne
It's all Bush's fault.

The last 8 years of economic policy made by the Republicans caused this.

Republicans never wanted to regulate business and look what "they did".

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F##k them. I can only hope that ground zero for the next jihad attack is in a deep blue district. It will still be blamed on Bush, but at least the "chickens will come home to roost".

We have a man in charge of the IRS that didn't pay taxes, an affirmative action campaigner that has never had a meaningful executive position where results mattered.

The clowns have been let loose and now they run the joint. I'm spending zero. I have no debt, own my home and when the super inflation hits I'm borrowing as much as possible.... should make for some fun and games if I get in on the scam early enough.

5 posted on 02/14/2009 7:48:18 PM PST by erman (Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
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To: DiogenesLaertius
As far as PBS goes, frontline is not too bad

Frontline is to the left of Pravda.

6 posted on 02/14/2009 7:49:40 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Drango

Pravda is Russian for Frontline.


7 posted on 02/14/2009 7:56:11 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

That’s my question too.

Plus:

Why are all the people who caused this mess still players in the supposed fix?


8 posted on 02/14/2009 8:08:01 PM PST by Lorianne (Without the Republicans helping pass TARP in 2008, we would not have this monstrosity in 2009.)
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To: BigFinn

Yeah, well its’a long shot, but one can hope.


9 posted on 02/14/2009 8:08:34 PM PST by Lorianne (Without the Republicans helping pass TARP in 2008, we would not have this monstrosity in 2009.)
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To: erman

>> I can only hope that ground zero for the next jihad attack is in a deep blue district. It will still be blamed on Bush, but at least the “chickens will come home to roost”.

Here’s hoping for LA or Chicago. Not that I want such a thing to happen, but if it must...

>> I have no debt, own my home and when the super inflation hits I’m borrowing as much as possible

Ditto, but we need to borrow as much as possible immediately BEFORE the super inflation.


10 posted on 02/14/2009 8:12:04 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: Lorianne
They saw it but didn't want to stop it for the reasons in the following article.

Cloward-Piven Strategy
11 posted on 02/14/2009 8:29:41 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: Lorianne

Right. The public would never let the rapist care for the victim, but in this case the public doesn’t know. Thanks to the MSM.


12 posted on 02/14/2009 8:36:33 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Lorianne

Question? How much do Gwen Ifill and Bill Moyers get payed by PBS, and what percentage is taxpayer money?


13 posted on 02/14/2009 8:47:09 PM PST by OCC
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To: Lorianne
Submit your questions here...why bother? It's PBS - their recent "Ascent of Money" with the supposedly learned professor Niall Ferguson was a complete character assassination of the Republicans and whitewash of the Democrats - blamed Bush 43 and Greenspan for the sub-prime mess, and Bush 41 for the Enron debacle - then rubbed salt in the wounds by providing a lengthy interview with George Soros to explain to us all what went wrong with the economy - pure leftwing propaganda as usual from PBS......
14 posted on 02/14/2009 9:32:40 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Man50D

Thanks, that was a real eye opener!


15 posted on 02/15/2009 9:07:20 AM PST by Lorianne (Without the Republicans helping pass TARP in 2008, we would not have this monstrosity in 2009.)
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To: Lorianne; Liz; writer33; AT7Saluki
In the PBS Frontline interviews Barney Frank (RAT-Mass) and Chris Dodd (RAT-Conn) are both HEROES and get a total pass!

Apparently Franklin Raines, James Johnson, Lawrence Small, Jamie Gorelick, J. Timothy Howard and Robert Levin were not available to answer questions.

16 posted on 02/17/2009 6:56:54 PM PST by Libloather (February is Liberal, Leftist, Marxist Awareness Month.)
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