tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4273556632833026689..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Breaking! Both Sides Don't: Special David Brooks Editiondriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58608578041249727452014-07-30T00:14:52.380-05:002014-07-30T00:14:52.380-05:00I cannot remember the title of the Brooks article,...I cannot remember the title of the Brooks article, but he was contending that Democracy is not working. That,<br /> "other countries like Taiwan had a strong elite ruling class with little Government benefits and it's education system performed better than the U.S.A."<br /> Then went on to say,<br />" that America needs to get a group of the elite and let them sit down and come up with a changes with Bi-Partisanship agreements. Which Americans will have to live to OBEY."<br /><br />Not sure if Brooks has ran this by his conservative open carry shoot anything that moves if it scares you crowd.<br />I can say, Brooks reminds me of some of the old Sci-Fi stories where some backyard backwoods man comes to believe he is a professor of something and will figure what it is later. But has some wild plot where it will give him control over everyone and only then, will Eden be resurrected.<br /><br />One of those, <br />Like GW Bush said, (para phrase)<br />It would be a lot easier if this were a dictatorship, as long as I am the dictator.Robtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19498146772737568132014-07-29T20:43:21.584-05:002014-07-29T20:43:21.584-05:00Dave M sez
Both Sides Don't
Both Sides Don...Dave M sez<br /><br />Both Sides Don't<br />Both Sides Don't<br />Both Sides Do-on't <br />But I do<br /><br />(But I do)<br /><br />:-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58991240240080748582014-07-29T07:53:24.423-05:002014-07-29T07:53:24.423-05:00Bobo butthole Brooks doesn't concern himself w...Bobo butthole Brooks doesn't concern himself with rigid details.<br />Why should he trouble himself with fanatical religious nuttballs that demand this or that land is THEIRS!<br />No they can't share goddamnit!<br />Not that we shared with native Americans but nothing religious about that other than all of it.<br />But why should Buttholio Brooks trouble himself? Maybe if they stopped killing each other and smoked pot.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58060870436227428922014-07-29T01:04:04.381-05:002014-07-29T01:04:04.381-05:00"Both sides do it? Let me see?
On President ..."Both sides do it? Let me see?<br />On President Obama's inauguration <br />---Senate Minority Leader (R)Mitch McConnell said, " His / the republican party;s number one goal was to make Obama a one term President".<br />---Republican Governors and GOP controlled state houses passing legislation to suppress the vote in these states.<br />---5 conservative SCOTUS justices vote to gut part of the Civil Rights Act. Just like the other $ SCOTUS Justices that voted tin opposition?<br /><br />---Using tax payer dollars to funnel money to lobbyist/lawyers to sue the President over his extreme dictatorial over abuse of Executive orders. <br />Obama used less than GW (and GW had a ideological party House and Senate that gave him everything. <br />The other side was going to impeach Nixon.<br />---G<br />W nominated his secretary to the Supreme Court, Clinton nominated Ginsberg.<br />The same--------------!<br />Cheny Water boards prisoners and calls it Enhanced interrogation, while Biden speaks gaffs to his captive audiences.<br />---One side has legitimate rape and the other side says Rape is rape!<br /><br />---One side gives weight to science and the ither side denies science.<br /><br />But wait, wait ,,<br />There is a revolving door from Government to lobbyist--Both sides do this,<br />Both sides have had poor character-ed people who became corrupt.<br />Bit that is not at all that I see Brooks comparing.<br />Brooks is trying to provide camoflage for his party out of ideology.<br />This is supposed to be an honorable thing. You know, like when Southerners did the honorable thing (in their minds) to secede and fight a civil war. You know, the honorable thing that assures your elitism and control and powerful comfort.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-57954353252526715022014-07-28T17:01:07.684-05:002014-07-28T17:01:07.684-05:00I think there's now another way to write a Bro...I think there's now another way to write a Brooks column.<br /><br />Pick a positive, inoffensive, and utterly obvious assertion, like Bunnies Are Soft.<br /><br />Expand on it a bit.<br /><br />Pretend that conservatism has something to do with it.<br /><br />Have your assistant forward positive comments to you, since this time there'll be some: "What you write is correct and true, o learned opinionator sir."steevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620735494191381865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81293976853328187732014-07-28T15:22:06.929-05:002014-07-28T15:22:06.929-05:00Brooks et al are evidently taking advantage of wid...Brooks et al are evidently taking advantage of widespread ignorance among the US public about the geography of the situation. The Gaza Strip is about as big as Wayne County Michigan. It contains some 1.8 million people. There's really no place for anyone to go whether their intentions are peaceful or warlike. For the Israelis it's like shooting fish in a barrel. They know this. The Palestinians certainly know this. In fact, just about everyone outside the US is aware of the basic geographical realities. The majority of the American people<br />don't know squat,mainly because they aren't intended to know.Jon Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952064205808340381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6807329702102029542014-07-28T15:10:22.175-05:002014-07-28T15:10:22.175-05:00I see you've already covered it. Well that'...I see you've already covered it. Well that'll teach me to read your posts in reverse-chrono order! RockDotsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90047186220450704102014-07-28T15:07:50.945-05:002014-07-28T15:07:50.945-05:00Then on Meet the Gregory (But Not For Long), there...Then on Meet the Gregory (But Not For Long), there was this exchange, wherein our hero for the life of him can't seem to name WHY America is so polarized:<br />----<br /><br />DAVID GREGORY:<br /><br />One of the things, David, that I see, and I talk to people around the country, is that until the incentives are changed, a desire for some compromise or even meeting challenges that Americans want dealt with, will not get done. Because nobody will give the other side even a small win in this climate.<br /><br />DAVID BROOKS:<br /><br />I used to think the problem was Washington, I now think the problem is the country. The country is polarized. The people actually in the states have become more polarized. <br />RockDotsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-86899245129488402862014-07-28T13:25:36.137-05:002014-07-28T13:25:36.137-05:00Actually, I would contend that this IS a DB equiva...Actually, I would contend that this IS a DB equivalency trick.<br /><br />First, he says Israel has killed more. But then says Hamas is also to blame because they don't have military bases and are launching military strikes from residential areas.<br /><br />The only difference is he doesn't say "Both sides share some of the blame," he says "the moral calculus is uneven" - Meaning Hamas is MORE to blame.<br /><br />Why? Because Hamas doesn't have the supplies to create multi-million dollar military facilities in a blockaded and heavily impoverished area - FORCING Israel to kill civilians by bombing residential areas.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806653037074692140noreply@blogger.com