tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8607506348882693878..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Roger Ailes' Non-Apology Apologydriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47335354137896932482014-04-29T14:59:20.430-05:002014-04-29T14:59:20.430-05:00I once sent Digby an email gently suggesting that ...I once sent Digby an email gently suggesting that she might benefit from getting away from the keyboard and finding out what real people in her community are doing to improve their lives and lives of others to get a different perspective. I was not snarky or condescending or nasty at all in intent or message. But I've got to say, as cynical and despairing as I can be, she makes me look like Tony Robbins on speed. And I think she could use a broader perspective in her analysis. I admit, however, that I've not been to her blog in years so in fairness she may have lightened up a tad.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-77799181036142892782014-04-29T04:54:04.708-05:002014-04-29T04:54:04.708-05:00Digby over at Hullabaloo makes a great big both si...Digby over at Hullabaloo makes a great big both sides shit sandwich. According to Digby Both Sides "...undermine [Social Security by] making it inefficient and making the people who need it come to hate it. ... I'm not just talking about Republicans. The GOP doesn't do this on their own." <br /><br />Go ahead and read the short piece. Be warned! Eventually you will begin to feel something running down both sides of your leg:<br />http://digbysblog.blogspot.com./2014/04/social-security-is-very-efficient.html<br /><br />Something, something Mistah Kurtz<br />Something, something Clive Bundy<br />Something, Something, Marge Shottthe cheese eaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-2984359485962179662014-04-28T19:14:22.500-05:002014-04-28T19:14:22.500-05:00And if Bundy is a symptom and not a cause why isn&...<i>And if Bundy is a symptom and not a cause why isn't anybody talking about the disease[?]</i><br /><br />Short answer: because we decided long ago that acknowledging the existence of alternatives to the disease, in any way more specific than cries of "Marxism" (used not to refer to a specific political or economic philosophy, but as a synonym for "crimethink"), would make the Baby Jeezus cry.<br /><br />"Now you are asking me whether I want to perpetuate a narcotics problem and I say, 'Protect the disease. Must be made criminal protecting society from the disease.'" ("Fighting Drug Addiction" by Malcolm Monroe, former prosecutor, in <i>Western World</i>, October 1959, cut up by William S. Burroughs in <i>Nova Express</i>, c. 1964)Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21883566024862534962014-04-28T16:50:54.962-05:002014-04-28T16:50:54.962-05:00Wow, it was Obama's fault? Confused poor Clive...Wow, it was Obama's fault? Confused poor Cliven by failing to have his head blown off and then having the NSA whisper words of racism into his ears presumably through the microchip implanted in his dental work? How sneaky can you get?Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90897291298060281982014-04-28T16:29:25.220-05:002014-04-28T16:29:25.220-05:00At the end of the day, what is going to have more ...At the end of the day, what is going to have more of an impact on your daily life? A crazed right wing, militia, racist bigot who refuses to pay his millions in taxes and fees or the passage of the TPP.<br /><br />To be clear, by daily life I mean things like what will you earn each year, how will your retirement be funded, when will your Social Security kick in, how many weeks of vacation will you get, how much (if anything) will you be paid to take a vacation.<br /><br />We know these white, racist, militia nuts come out of the woodwork when they feel threatened. We also know these low education wing-nuts feel threatened when they can't find work and put food on their families. In other words, TPP will put the few employed militiamen outside the Bundy compound out of work. This, in turn, will create more gun toting wing-nuts..<br /><br />TPP also puts downward pressure on the living conditions of more educated and creative workers. These highly educayed workers will have less stable jobs, incomes, houses and families. Many will be forced to sell their homes into unfavourable market conditions. They will have a hard time finding jobs that allow them to use a skill set developed over decades. If they can find work at all, it might be at a big box retailer "greeting" customers in a blue vest.<br /><br />So what is the bigger threat to America, Cliven Bundy or TPP?<br /><br />And if Bundy is a symptom and not a cause why isn't anybody talking about the disease.<br /><br /><br />http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11781<br />the cheese eaternoreply@blogger.com