tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1397876640719565910..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47235937719733350592013-02-25T11:21:04.608-05:002013-02-25T11:21:04.608-05:00"Many of the Americans dropping out of the wo..."Many of the Americans dropping out of the work force are not destitute: they're receiving disability payments and food stamps, living with relatives, cobbling together work here and there, and often doing as well as they might with a low-wage job."<br /><br />I don't think the word "destitute" means what Douthat thinks it means.<br /><br />For example, having to live with relatives, as opposed to being on one's own, is kinda destitute. It certainly would be in my case. <br /><br />I'm a bit surprised Douthat left out the homeless. They aren't destitute either I guess. For cryin out loud, some of these homeless peoples have shelters they can go to. What could be better than that?Bulworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506195561153519897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-18736576101572871462013-02-25T06:22:44.700-05:002013-02-25T06:22:44.700-05:00I too, Victor, have observed that under our circum...I too, Victor, have observed that under our circumstance life in the joint looks like a pretty good retirement option, but to be honest, and maybe it's the v-vet in me, but if it comes to that I think I'll just go postal and let the cops gun me down.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86410428915367612732013-02-24T22:10:04.538-05:002013-02-24T22:10:04.538-05:00Douthat is describing the loss of a way of life in...Douthat is describing the loss of a way of life in America. In the richest country on the planet this shouldn't signal destitution for those who can no longer sustain themselves with work. The food stamps and assistance for those in need is the price we have to pay for our failed capitalist system. I'm sure those who are underemployed would jump at the chance of meaningful employment.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986833434755638518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-83165301903351642572013-02-24T20:44:52.525-05:002013-02-24T20:44:52.525-05:00Mark: From Wikipedia:
... is a conservative Ameri...Mark: From Wikipedia:<br /><br /><i>... is a conservative American author, blogger and New York Times columnist. He was a senior editor at The Atlantic and wrote Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics (Free Press, 2012), Grand New Party (Doubleday, 2008) with Reihan Salam, and Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class (Hyperion, 2005).... Douthat is a film critic for National Review and has also contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, the Claremont Review of Books, GQ, Slate, and other publications. In addition, he frequently appears on the video debate site Bloggingheads.tv. In April 2009, he became an online and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, replacing Bill Kristol as a conservative voice on the Times editorial page.</i> <br /><br />The man has several gigs, the NY Times is only one of them. I'd like to see him survive on ONLY one of those gigs and at a reduced salary. Let him try to survive on a mid-five figure amount. PurpleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348832238854356317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76413251351783443822013-02-24T17:25:34.961-05:002013-02-24T17:25:34.961-05:00Every time I read about Douthat (can't do it u...Every time I read about Douthat (can't do it unfiltered) he seems even more pompous and clueless.<br /><br />And I understand he's young. Are we to be subjected to this for decades to come?WereBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746779803342657146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-41084302799973767542013-02-24T16:59:43.187-05:002013-02-24T16:59:43.187-05:00The standard "to hell w/ any financial realit...The standard "to hell w/ any financial reality, it's a <i>moral</i> issue" screed justifying wage-slavery from another easy-living pundit. <br /><br />Does it ever stop?M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76958777173001936192013-02-24T16:55:39.326-05:002013-02-24T16:55:39.326-05:00I won't read the whole thing, because it'l...I won't read the whole thing, because it'll make me want to make an example of this fat, puffy, pundiTWIT, and beat him with my fists until his skull fragments are smaller than grains of sand, and I can pour what's left of what passes for his brains through a strainer, with no visible lumps.<br /><br />I'm not a mean or violent man by nature, but his lack of concern for people like me, who are in our mid-50's, unemployed, and with NO prospects of ever doing ANY, let alone meaningful, work, makes me madder than anything I've ever read by any of the fucking usual band of sociopaths who represent the Conservative side of the Op-ed page.<br /><br />Please don't let me get anywhere near this fucking moron, or I'll be facing life in prison for beating him to death - which may, actually, now that I think about it, be the best way for me to handle my future.<br /><br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-36860011861016874572013-02-24T16:29:34.027-05:002013-02-24T16:29:34.027-05:00"If underemployment is so great, when is Dout..."If underemployment is so great, when is Douthat joining its ranks?"<br /><br />He doesn't have to "join". Guy has got a great gig. Getting well-paid for randomly-published columns in the NYT is well-paid "underemployment" for anyone else.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340759141334792771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-92037108098640701082013-02-24T14:17:59.379-05:002013-02-24T14:17:59.379-05:00Portlandia is pretty cool, and most of us get a ch...Portlandia is pretty cool, and most of us get a chuckle ore it. But all would be well advised that like all of television it is fiction and doesn't represent the real Oregon.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35910371144115043482013-02-24T14:00:34.335-05:002013-02-24T14:00:34.335-05:00If underemployment is so great, when is Douthat jo...If underemployment is so great, when is Douthat joining its ranks? PurpleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348832238854356317noreply@blogger.com