This is some high-quality stoopid right here:
Not even Juan (The Twin Token) Williams can go along with Bolling's malarkey.
Jun 8, 2012
Jun 7, 2012
Jun 6, 2012
It's A Wonderment
Thinking about some things that recently popped into my silly little head.
Here's one: Welfare Cheats.
And another'n: Voter Fraud
How long have we heard about this?
"Young bucks eatin' steak and lobster on Food Stamps".
"Dead people voting numerous times".
Here's my basic premise: There's an element of truth to it - the notion that some people are gaming the system has to be assumed. I'd hafta be stupid to believe it never happens. But what I think I know now is that this is "truth with a lower case t", which means it's a Political Truth, which in turn means it's a Political Lie.
And here's my take-away: The Political Truth is always much smaller than they want you to believe it is, and the Political Lie is always a lot bigger.
Here's one: Welfare Cheats.
And another'n: Voter Fraud
How long have we heard about this?
"Young bucks eatin' steak and lobster on Food Stamps".
"Dead people voting numerous times".
Here's my basic premise: There's an element of truth to it - the notion that some people are gaming the system has to be assumed. I'd hafta be stupid to believe it never happens. But what I think I know now is that this is "truth with a lower case t", which means it's a Political Truth, which in turn means it's a Political Lie.
And here's my take-away: The Political Truth is always much smaller than they want you to believe it is, and the Political Lie is always a lot bigger.
On Wisconsin
Sometimes you win by losing and sometimes you lose by winning. It all depends on how you react to whatever just happened.
via Balloon Juice:
1) Resentment works. Voters aren't trying to raise everybody to the level of Unionized Workers, they're convinced that "those damned union bastards are gettin' some kinda free ride at the expense of everybody else". This is what the race to the bottom looks like.
-because-
2) Advertising works. The prevailing message was that Gov Walker was just doing what he told you he'd do when he ran for the office. You voted for him; now stop whining and take your medicine.
3) The double Standard is alive and well. It's OK to attack Obama for being successful at what he's done, but going after Romney means you're engaging in class warfare. Also, it isn't fair to criticize Romney for his success, but those successful unions; well they're just evil.
Hopefully, having outspent the Dems 10-1, the Koch Suckers have a pyrrhic victory on their hands and there might be a somewhat diminished enthusiasm for making the same effort on the next fight. I'll admit to being a bit dubious on that one - we'll have to see what goodies Mr Walker offers up to reward his benefactors.
Also too - remember that the Dems won another seat in the State Senate, which takes the Repub majority away.
via Balloon Juice:
Exit polling showed tepid majority support for public unions (51%), with equally tepid support for Walker’s handling of collective bargaining (52%). This reflects the resentment towards public unions based on the perception that they’re getting a better deal than the rest of us :Some random stuff:
1) Resentment works. Voters aren't trying to raise everybody to the level of Unionized Workers, they're convinced that "those damned union bastards are gettin' some kinda free ride at the expense of everybody else". This is what the race to the bottom looks like.
-because-
2) Advertising works. The prevailing message was that Gov Walker was just doing what he told you he'd do when he ran for the office. You voted for him; now stop whining and take your medicine.
3) The double Standard is alive and well. It's OK to attack Obama for being successful at what he's done, but going after Romney means you're engaging in class warfare. Also, it isn't fair to criticize Romney for his success, but those successful unions; well they're just evil.
Hopefully, having outspent the Dems 10-1, the Koch Suckers have a pyrrhic victory on their hands and there might be a somewhat diminished enthusiasm for making the same effort on the next fight. I'll admit to being a bit dubious on that one - we'll have to see what goodies Mr Walker offers up to reward his benefactors.
Also too - remember that the Dems won another seat in the State Senate, which takes the Repub majority away.
Jun 5, 2012
Dr Krugman
Austerity is bad policy because it's not Economics at all - it's an Ideological Religion. A true faith. The big problem is that Demand has dried up, and the Supply-Siders just can't stand thinking their pet theory might not work all that well this time.
Jun 4, 2012
Conform And Be Dull
This is nothing new. The marketeers (commercial and political) know about all this, and they use it to manipulate us at every turn.
The Asch Experiments:
Of particular interest to me (in the context of the current political climate) is the bit regarding united opposition at about 3:00.
Now, try not to think about DumFux News, and the simple fact that there's an awful lot of "low-information voters" (aka the independents) out there who pay no attention to what's happening until it's time to decide; and who then simply try to get a feel for which way the wind is blowing so they can vote according to what they perceive as the "majority sentiment".
The Asch Experiments:
Of particular interest to me (in the context of the current political climate) is the bit regarding united opposition at about 3:00.
Now, try not to think about DumFux News, and the simple fact that there's an awful lot of "low-information voters" (aka the independents) out there who pay no attention to what's happening until it's time to decide; and who then simply try to get a feel for which way the wind is blowing so they can vote according to what they perceive as the "majority sentiment".
Jun 3, 2012
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