tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post6072250837809459106..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-39672581802491027692012-06-12T14:34:02.092-04:002012-06-12T14:34:02.092-04:00That's how I read it too, flip. Moreover, I fu...That's how I read it too, flip. Moreover, I fully agree with his thesis.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-40726407024646322232012-06-12T13:33:28.332-04:002012-06-12T13:33:28.332-04:00As far as I can tell, Booman's point wasn'...As far as I can tell, Booman's point wasn't to say no one should talk about the likelihood of gridlock and dysfunction, but rather that no one should expect Team Obama to say that themselves, in public statements, much less castigate them when they don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73626401875631869942012-06-12T12:26:17.556-04:002012-06-12T12:26:17.556-04:00"I think Obama's second term will be grid..."I think Obama's second term will be gridlocked. I also think that's a hell of a lot better outcome than a Romney term, which will result in the continued (in fact, accelerated) dismantling of the twentieth century, a nationalization of what's been done by governors such as Scott Walker and Rick Scott. And don't get me started on the Supreme Court."<br /><br />Just so.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531570822624750279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-52278218690282131702012-06-12T10:47:57.315-04:002012-06-12T10:47:57.315-04:00Mr. Glennon,
Buying Coke or Pepsi is a "choic...Mr. Glennon,<br />Buying Coke or Pepsi is a "choice in consumer goods." <br /><br />What if one of those two fine soda's (I don't drink soda, myself) was tasty and refreshing, and left you feeling, if nothing else, like your thirst was quenched - while the other wanted you to die if you didn't drink it to the exclusion of anything else, wanted to know what you do in your bedroom, and with whom, forced your family to have children regardless of whether you wanted to have them or not, and wanted to lower yours and everyone elses standards of living so that their executives, their families, and their shareholders and their families, could enjoy comfortable and carefree lives for generation after generation after generation.<br /><br />There's a bit of a difference in those two cola's, no?<br /><br />Politics ain't beanbag, politics ain't soda, and politics also ain't a "choice in consumer goods."<br /><br />And one of the problems in this country is feckin' knuckleheads who think politics is some "choice in consumer goods."Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-29706589429030802942012-06-12T10:40:56.175-04:002012-06-12T10:40:56.175-04:00I've been reading the Booman for six, seven ye...I've been reading the Booman for six, seven years now, but of late I'm left with the impression he has dipped into the Kool-Aid. His take is generally the left side of the right's argument. He's good (as are you, Steve) and I still regularly read him, but these days with a rather large grain of salt.<br /><br />Kilgore is an interesting find - I followed Steve Benen to the Monthly when he moved on from I don't remember where. When he moved on to Maddow and Ed took over I was a bit concerned about his acclaimed religiousness, but as time has passed he's proven himself to be not of the Kool-Aid drinkers. Quite frankly, regardless our differences on religion, I put a lot more confidence in what he has to say than Ryan Lizza, who is just another reich-wing shill.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68449794599747870582012-06-12T09:56:19.287-04:002012-06-12T09:56:19.287-04:00It's not "just politics." Real live...It's not "just politics." Real lives are affected by it, and not just yours.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55264631713503222792012-06-12T09:18:51.455-04:002012-06-12T09:18:51.455-04:00So what? If that's the price I, a true progres...So what? If that's the price I, a <i>true</i> progressive, and <i>real</i> Democrat, have to pay to stop getting ignored, so be it. At least finally someone's going to pay attention to <i>me</i>.<br /><br />At the end of the day it's just politics. In other words, it's just an alternative means of self-expression, another way to let people know how I feel about things by my choice in consumer goods, in this case, candidates for office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-45005795822345065392012-06-12T08:48:39.296-04:002012-06-12T08:48:39.296-04:00Yes, a Romney win will be disastrous for this coun...Yes, a Romney win will be disastrous for this country. And especially if he has R's in control of both houses of Congress.<br /><br />They've lost 6 years, since the D's took back Congress, in their plans to demolish any and all progress made since the end of The Gilded Age.<br /><br />As I've said before, we're not far from being a Theocratic Kleptocracy - we're well on our way to the Kleptocracy part, but so far, church and state are pretty separate.<br /><br />Not if Romney and the R's get control.<br />The Domionists will be given free reign, and the Conservative Congress will pass a whole bunch of "Why Shouldn't Jesus Help Us Govern This Great Exceptional Nation" laws, which the Supreme Court will ok in a series of 5-4 votes, until Mitt can replace one of the more Liberal Justices, when these laws will be passed 6-3, 7-2, 8-1, and finally - 9-0.<br /><br />And voting will be privilege, not a right, so any hopes of changing back from a Theocratic Kleptocracy to a Representative Democracy, will be dashed at the altar of government.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-29414872102040400302012-06-12T08:47:53.805-04:002012-06-12T08:47:53.805-04:00Bit of a spam uptick lately -- I'm not sure wh...Bit of a spam uptick lately -- I'm not sure why.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-54829160166541814372012-06-12T08:27:59.767-04:002012-06-12T08:27:59.767-04:00Thank you, Alice.
And now, back to our regularly s...Thank you, Alice.<br />And now, back to our regularly scheduled kvetching...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com