tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post3396420505267708860..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Down: The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is On Firedriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-89517526993654125662016-02-16T00:06:51.126-06:002016-02-16T00:06:51.126-06:00Since no one else has said it yet, I will: you win...Since no one else has said it yet, I will: you win the internetz this week for not only the comment bowtiejack mentioned re: "The Bush Regime Dead-Enders...." but then combining that with Rock Master Scott...?! That's some pull-it-out-of-the-old-vacuum-tubes genius right there. Well done, DG. Spot on analysis, and entertaining as hell. I'm an old punk rock guy but I loved then and still do love old 1st gen beatbox hiphop. This post hits all the right notes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128460666564857113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81139094921847461372016-02-15T15:45:03.932-06:002016-02-15T15:45:03.932-06:00I can't put into words my satisfaction that my...I can't put into words my satisfaction that my nickname Ron "Severe Dementia" Fournier has gained such a prestigious fan. Cheers!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368238520998130967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-68490972883223965212016-02-15T12:34:28.822-06:002016-02-15T12:34:28.822-06:00"The Republican Party is dead, dead, dead.&qu..."The Republican Party is dead, dead, dead." <br /><br />Brand names have value. When New Coke bombed, the corporate parent didn't die, it just rebooted the old product. The Republican coalition may be broken, but the brand has considerable punch. It owns tons of gerrymandered Congressional districts and whole state governments, as Jumbo points out. It has the unquestioned loyalty of millions of voters. <br /><br />Sure it may be having a schism now between the paymasters and the unwashed, but those paymasters still hold the patents, the machinery, and most of the infrastructure. A return to old Coke is already on the drawing boards. The story of the decade for the 2020's will be what they are building in their garages right this minute. Brad in Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823123535800923865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-12574787248661941792016-02-15T11:42:00.113-06:002016-02-15T11:42:00.113-06:00If a President Sanders could actually get a large ...If a President Sanders could actually get a large portion of his proposals enacted by an intransigent GOP Congress--an even harder task than getting elected--I expect that it would actually help capitalism, just like the New Deal.<br /><br />However, just as in the 1930s, a majority of our modern McDucks are too dense to see that social democracy would actually be good for <i>them</i>, so they'll command their political minions to block it, or even the more centrist version that a President Clinton would offer.<br /><br />I'm using the USA's definition of centrist, of course; Sanders is hard-leftist only on the USA's right-skewed political grid.Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-42962915364909863002016-02-15T11:24:14.158-06:002016-02-15T11:24:14.158-06:00Jimbo, if the non-elite conservatives were capable...Jimbo, if the non-elite conservatives were capable of recognizing that they were (and are) being manipulated, could they have been manipulated to begin with?Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1365498157581513602016-02-15T10:29:43.503-06:002016-02-15T10:29:43.503-06:00Beautifully written piece, sir. I found myself sa...Beautifully written piece, sir. I found myself saying "Why the fuck didn't I write that? I've been thinking it (although in much less eloquent prose) for seven years!"<br /><br />Well done.squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-66397230341226902122016-02-15T10:26:56.562-06:002016-02-15T10:26:56.562-06:00Whether or not Bernie or Hilz is elected President...Whether or not Bernie or Hilz is elected President and even if the Senate flips back to Democratic hands, which is a distinct possibility, not much will change legislatively. This is because the state-level Democratic parties in the red states are generally in very poor shape. Bu, even if they weren't, gerrymandering by state legislatures ensures a GOP HOR for decades to come. So, we will see a gradual but steady disintegration of the Federal Government, like Alice's Cheshire Cat. OTOH, this will only lead to an increased use of executive orders for vital programs and services. None of this is sustainable, of course. But, the Conservative base has shown a remarkable ability to not give a damn about what happens to this country. If they ever do realize they've been manipulated for the benefit of the .001%, the backlash may be brutal. But I fear we are a long way from that point.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91180635046467461412016-02-15T09:51:11.905-06:002016-02-15T09:51:11.905-06:00I don't loathe Sanders the way Uppity Woman do...I don't loathe Sanders the way Uppity Woman does, but I agree with her that he is a GOP opposition researcher's <a href="https://uppitywoman08.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/bernie-we-hardly-know-ye-but-what-we-know-is-horrible/" rel="nofollow">dream opponent.</a><br /><br />Also, before I take the possibility of a Sanders nomination seriously, I need to see him win some states which are not low-population Paleface Bantustans.<br /><br />Ladies and germs, the Establishment has not survived this long by not being able either to deflect the winds of change, or else to catch them in its sails, to go where it wishes to go. An example of the latter would be the New Deal, which actually saved capitalism in the USA, despite the indignant quacking of some of the less intelligent McDucks of that period.<br /><br /><i>"Rome wasn't built in a day"</i>. Neither did it fall in one day. I doubt our "Rome" will fall in this year, and probably not in my lifetime. (I complete my 53rd solar orbit in May, barring the unlikely event of my meeting Miss Ankh first.)Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-74506056743194585222016-02-15T08:00:19.963-06:002016-02-15T08:00:19.963-06:00Absolutely!!!!! Bernie is the next POTUS.Absolutely!!!!! Bernie is the next POTUS.Autumn Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212824195513425986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3612215704826254242016-02-15T05:58:30.007-06:002016-02-15T05:58:30.007-06:00The Republican Party is dead, dead, dead and it...<i>The Republican Party is dead, dead, dead and it's various factions have Balkanized into a clutch of squabbling tribes each with its own code of conduct, elaborate rituals and taboos, each laying claim to be the One True Conservative and ransacking the rubble of the Party of Lincoln for the Reagan Arkenstone, and each denying any knowledge of or responsibility for That Which Came Before.</i><br /><br />Certainly this is correct but, while they are incapable of governing, they still are capable of preventing the Democrats from doing so while, Zombie-like, they chew away at the bones of government itself. And, we cannot dismiss the possibility that the GOP "working stiffs" you describe could usher in a Trump victory. In such a case we would have genuine attempt to create a regime of Know-Nothing fascism under the guise of "making America great again." I honestly don't know how well our federal institutions could survive another Republican regime dedicated to attacking the structure of national government itself, "unitary executive" style. Consider the impact of the "Freedom Caucus," and the right wing Supreme Court, even without Scalia.<br /><br />We may mock these people as yahoos and cretins, which many certainly are, but we dismiss their capacity to do evil (there, I said it) at our considerable peril.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08880308031096340258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19049634689694879072016-02-15T02:07:57.916-06:002016-02-15T02:07:57.916-06:00Are you aware that there is profanity in the music...Are you aware that there is profanity in the music you posted? I am reporting you to <i>Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice</i> STATRemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06203215890997736214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29039572521882263542016-02-15T01:53:20.838-06:002016-02-15T01:53:20.838-06:00Awesomeness acknowledged also too...
...they now ...Awesomeness acknowledged also too...<br /><br /><i>...they now have the perfect excuse for dumping the Bush family, bag and baggage, once and for all.</i><br /><br />...and guess who's waiting to dwy their wittle tears and give them back some self-esteem with a job, health care and education....<br /><br /><b>http://feelthebern.org/</b>waldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395953495678994254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17253760349907302712016-02-14T23:28:17.643-06:002016-02-14T23:28:17.643-06:00"Here's actual evidence of Republicans be..."Here's actual evidence of Republicans behaving badly."<br />"Well, theoretically, the Democrats would be just as bad."<br /><br />I'm really sick of all "both-sides" bullshit, but this particular brand is more annoying because it's so weak. <br />Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-53008424480540608292016-02-14T18:35:32.843-06:002016-02-14T18:35:32.843-06:00"The Bush Regime Dead-Enders like Kristol are..."The Bush Regime Dead-Enders like Kristol are the puffed-up Romanovs-in-Exile of the Beltway. "<br /><br />Just perfect writing. Just perfect. I bow again before your awesomeness.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.com