Prize and Prejudice Countdown with Steve Clemons [#4 The Nobel Savage]
The Myth of "America" truthout.com
Hope and Change
A New Climate
Training for Choice
Update: 8 Most Outrageous Attacks on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Borax Prize ***
[Embedded in my nomination* (Prize; which was a shot in the dark) was an "either or" diatribe by Charles Krauthammer. Decline is a Choice appropriately concluding with the words of Demosthenes:
...when asked what was to be done about the decline of Athens. His reply? "I will give what I believe is the fairest and truest answer: Don't do what you are doing now."
Given the hegemony or decline choice there must be no denial that Obama is not doing what we have been doing. But that is not the choice.]
* I have rendered in bold, read links. And nominated the Borax Prize as the Un-Nobel Prize {comment pending review, or hit a snag}
[Update: Put in con text. Obama lambasts major faiths.**
And surmize. Our Reagan. ]
** a pun on con_text
*** 10-14-09 Renamed: Borax Award
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
The Curve or Nuance Thing
In this I am referring first to the Laffer Curve, which is propably not exactly a Bell Curve..
Now to un-nuance something or other.** The Laffer Curve has generally been used to argue that reducing taxes will increase government revenue. That is also called Supply Side economics. Reduced taxes(for the rich and corporations) will create jobs that will produce things and the economy will grow. Supply money, or not take it away, and it will supply jobs that will supply products and people will buy more. A better economy means better revenue. If people cannot see a few leaks in this theory, it is not just what I may have left out.
Not just the Demand Side, but also the debt side, the outsourcing, and the Wall Street or commodities side are left out. If money is being left in businesses and jobs, it is not being taxed as income. If it has a lower tax rate it will come out as income that will be spent, but there are fewer people in the top tax brackets to benefit the economy than there are in the lower tax brackets who would benefit the economy by having enough money to pay for their needs let alone their demands. Their decrease in taxes, or other income benefits,* would increase demand for products which would produce demand for jobs, which would increase their ability to benefit the economy. Now of course there are dangers to an either/or supply or demand(or any general) approach to the analysis. Then there are the debt, outsourcing, and Wall Street factors. Taxes are aslo a part of how these issues(debt, trade, and investment) effect the economy as generally explained here,(as well as in a more complex equation of the economy) as well as how changes in tax code may help the economy.
This has generally been more about how reduced taxes can help the economy. But there is the correction to the myth that all reducing of taxes increase the revenue. When that is more properly on the curve or in the equation, increased revenue will come from a general rise in the economy, as well as the proper taxation rate which will benefit the debt picture, which will be good for the economy. Now, too much emphasis on the burden of debt, trade and investment risks, must also find itself on the curve or dynamic equation of the big picture as well.
* two charts
** two curves in first paragraph: Ezra Klein and Eugene Robinson
*** yet to fully read, but a note on foreign aid as something to cut with only 1% of the budget. It just might fit into the above understanding of proper balance and investment not that it all is, but a cut in foreign aid may mean an increase or leak in another part of the picture above.
[I hope the above is easy to understand, but then there is the crack pot calling the kettle "stupid". i.e. Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg disagreeing with what Alan Simpson and Charles Krauthammer think.]
[Also Straw Man D'baits Red Herring. Thomas Sowell is right, there is no trickle down. That is because the money needs to be spent at the bottom, but where does the money come from? From the demand and the production of the worker.]
[3-11-11: two links (an update) from State of Thought blog]
Now to un-nuance something or other.** The Laffer Curve has generally been used to argue that reducing taxes will increase government revenue. That is also called Supply Side economics. Reduced taxes(for the rich and corporations) will create jobs that will produce things and the economy will grow. Supply money, or not take it away, and it will supply jobs that will supply products and people will buy more. A better economy means better revenue. If people cannot see a few leaks in this theory, it is not just what I may have left out.
Not just the Demand Side, but also the debt side, the outsourcing, and the Wall Street or commodities side are left out. If money is being left in businesses and jobs, it is not being taxed as income. If it has a lower tax rate it will come out as income that will be spent, but there are fewer people in the top tax brackets to benefit the economy than there are in the lower tax brackets who would benefit the economy by having enough money to pay for their needs let alone their demands. Their decrease in taxes, or other income benefits,* would increase demand for products which would produce demand for jobs, which would increase their ability to benefit the economy. Now of course there are dangers to an either/or supply or demand(or any general) approach to the analysis. Then there are the debt, outsourcing, and Wall Street factors. Taxes are aslo a part of how these issues(debt, trade, and investment) effect the economy as generally explained here,(as well as in a more complex equation of the economy) as well as how changes in tax code may help the economy.
This has generally been more about how reduced taxes can help the economy. But there is the correction to the myth that all reducing of taxes increase the revenue. When that is more properly on the curve or in the equation, increased revenue will come from a general rise in the economy, as well as the proper taxation rate which will benefit the debt picture, which will be good for the economy. Now, too much emphasis on the burden of debt, trade and investment risks, must also find itself on the curve or dynamic equation of the big picture as well.
* two charts
** two curves in first paragraph: Ezra Klein and Eugene Robinson
*** yet to fully read, but a note on foreign aid as something to cut with only 1% of the budget. It just might fit into the above understanding of proper balance and investment not that it all is, but a cut in foreign aid may mean an increase or leak in another part of the picture above.
[I hope the above is easy to understand, but then there is the crack pot calling the kettle "stupid". i.e. Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg disagreeing with what Alan Simpson and Charles Krauthammer think.]
[Also Straw Man D'baits Red Herring. Thomas Sowell is right, there is no trickle down. That is because the money needs to be spent at the bottom, but where does the money come from? From the demand and the production of the worker.]
[3-11-11: two links (an update) from State of Thought blog]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Keep America Safe
"Cheney 2.0" (yesterday) The Ed Show **
Keep America Safe
[Above links to be arranged*.]
[In the meantime:
Ideology & Evolution]
*including Kristol/Krauthammer: Borax Award***
[Progress Today: Passes panel
Afghanistan Health Reform]
** all links have been added
[To cut through the irony:Think Fear Monger 2.0]
*** lone category: Fear Soapbox
[Originally the Borax Prize, changed but not for this reason]
Keep America Safe
[Above links to be arranged*.]
[In the meantime:
Ideology & Evolution]
*including Kristol/Krauthammer: Borax Award***
[Progress Today: Passes panel
Afghanistan Health Reform]
** all links have been added
[To cut through the irony:Think Fear Monger 2.0]
*** lone category: Fear Soapbox
[Originally the Borax Prize, changed but not for this reason]
Friday, February 01, 2013
FOOTNOTES FEBRUARY 2013
2-1-13 Trilemmas
and Cultural Calculus :
Fishkin's http://www.philosophy-of-education.org/uploads/papers2011/Bamfield.pdf, Trilemma http://www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/410-pol/pojman-outline.htm, 4M Try Lemmings,
in tent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma, Mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma#Trilemmas_in_economics,
... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/economy/11view.html?_r=0,
? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma#Trilemmas_in_economics, ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_paradox,
easy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralemma, at http://www.thelogician.net/3b_buddhist_illogic/3b_chapter_01.htm,
least http://forum.wolframscience.com/showthread.php?s=16f6647f676b31bf8e738901daabc68a&threadid=1927,
loosely http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=tetrahedron+of+will,
drafting http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=math+is+next+,
un- http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=math+is+next,
M http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1,
bedding http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=godliness,
tan http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1#!/JohnHenryLG/posts/484801448229006?comment_id=5254201&offset=0&total_comments=13,
gent http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1#!/suzette.sommer.9/posts/4281975535675?comment_id=57783597&offset=0&total_comments=29 *,
shall http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/07/david-and-goliath.html,
2-4-13 *source or 4moolah 4 the platonic 4M.
2-4-13 Quoth the...
Brackets and the Debt Clock under the "birds"(sc)
not : (b.s pen+dull+em) a Pluto, Plato, and the Pen Dull'em (sc), b Failure is always (sc), c Go Left Young Man! , d Slippery Slope (sc).
else: (b.s. poe) Fair and Balanced... (sc)
2-5-13 Flack...Oh
and blame : War on Tea Party?
gaming. (b.s. share+n+angle) Mitt's BO*Son, BlogSpot Has A New "Blogger", Try Lemmings, Bring It On!, Cautious Black Friday!!!!, Jeb Bush is full of Cow Pie!, "FACT: References To Al Qaeda Were Removed To Protect National Security ...", War of the Skirts, The Hope'd4 Campaign, Who Let the Dogs Out?, Clinton(Bill) is full of B.S. .
2-11-13 Owe(b.s)= Post-Pyth, Post-Pyth, Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? (d'oh=sc),Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? / OW=?(under al gore rhythm of pyth)4 later search or earlier brackets ! (Ctrl F "hood")
2-12-13 update, *FP4*, *FP3*, LEGEND PAGE, Format Change , Updates
2-12-13 Carpe Diem! Seize the Day? Latin 4...
2-13-13 D-Day *seams* = pun on *sowing* seems to thread in Lincoln and Darwin's birthday. Further, I should let you work it "into the grand picture of how things work".(FP2)
2-14-13 SOTU label/[**] & subheading edit after Tea Kettle Sports[!]
TKS[!]: Fry/Pan{L} pun on gaming politics.(OW) you(sc) Hint: NCAA/Olypics/CAPitalization[!]
(b.s.)"PBMP" A., B.What the Beck? (sc), C. Follow-up and Flip-Flop (sc) D. Follow-up and Flip-Flop E. Proof of Process? F. Looking Back, and Moving On. (sc) G. Geometry of Purpose (sc) N F L [!] (F P too?)
2-15-13 HAPPY V-DAY! Note the anachronism of con sciousness & science.
2-18-13 Technical Difficulties! "Where": A. Follow-up (sc) , B. What Obama can't say. (sc), C. What the Beck? (sc) / "inter": Score Won... / "tubes": A. As the Inner Tubes (sc) , B. Table of Contents (Senator)
** "Rush"(pun) / "ah!": A. WTF?, B. The Hope, C. Why OWS is bigger than Left vs. Right. (sc)
"foundations": A. Science Fiction Writers, B. Four More Years!, C. Slash Segue (sc), D. Notes from Al-Qaeda .
2-19-13 Splitting Rails... to
"Share": Technical Difficulties!
"'n": HAPPY V-DAY!
"Angles.": Garry Wills "(c)atholicism" The Cycle
"Not ": (b.s.)"yogurt" C. Pop Yogurt[!]
"just": Harvard class on Tarantino.
"President's": ladders of opportunity
"pastime": Three Shed Monte
2-23-13: OW? Unspinning Charlotte! 6., 5.(Wills), 4.Future Bubble?, 3.(b.s.), 2., 1. Gnaught ? [FP2]
2-26-13 under(stands?) or PEG legs?
Preface to FOOTNOTES OCTOBER 2012, Simon says... , The History of B.S.,
What the Beck? BS-Table?
2-28-12 ...SCrolls: Lap Top? No Tab Let's. Krauthammer / Walsh (Breaking Bread?)(FP3)
Fishkin's http://www.philosophy-of-education.org/uploads/papers2011/Bamfield.pdf, Trilemma http://www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser/class/410-pol/pojman-outline.htm, 4M Try Lemmings,
in tent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma, Mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma#Trilemmas_in_economics,
... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/economy/11view.html?_r=0,
? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma#Trilemmas_in_economics, ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_paradox,
easy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralemma, at http://www.thelogician.net/3b_buddhist_illogic/3b_chapter_01.htm,
least http://forum.wolframscience.com/showthread.php?s=16f6647f676b31bf8e738901daabc68a&threadid=1927,
loosely http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=tetrahedron+of+will,
drafting http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=math+is+next+,
un- http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=math+is+next,
M http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1,
bedding http://political_progress_for_people.blogspot.com/search?q=godliness,
tan http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1#!/JohnHenryLG/posts/484801448229006?comment_id=5254201&offset=0&total_comments=13,
gent http://www.facebook.com/roger.larson.58/timeline/2013/1#!/suzette.sommer.9/posts/4281975535675?comment_id=57783597&offset=0&total_comments=29 *,
shall http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/07/david-and-goliath.html,
2-4-13 *source or 4moolah 4 the platonic 4M.
2-4-13 Quoth the...
Brackets and the Debt Clock under the "birds"(sc)
not : (b.s pen+dull+em) a Pluto, Plato, and the Pen Dull'em (sc), b Failure is always (sc), c Go Left Young Man! , d Slippery Slope (sc).
else: (b.s. poe) Fair and Balanced... (sc)
2-5-13 Flack...Oh
and blame : War on Tea Party?
gaming. (b.s. share+n+angle) Mitt's BO*Son, BlogSpot Has A New "Blogger", Try Lemmings, Bring It On!, Cautious Black Friday!!!!, Jeb Bush is full of Cow Pie!, "FACT: References To Al Qaeda Were Removed To Protect National Security ...", War of the Skirts, The Hope'd4 Campaign, Who Let the Dogs Out?, Clinton(Bill) is full of B.S. .
2-11-13 Owe(b.s)= Post-Pyth, Post-Pyth, Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? (d'oh=sc),Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? / OW=?(under al gore rhythm of pyth)4 later search or earlier brackets ! (Ctrl F "hood")
2-12-13 update, *FP4*, *FP3*, LEGEND PAGE, Format Change , Updates
2-12-13 Carpe Diem! Seize the Day? Latin 4...
2-13-13 D-Day *seams* = pun on *sowing* seems to thread in Lincoln and Darwin's birthday. Further, I should let you work it "into the grand picture of how things work".(FP2)
2-14-13 SOTU label/[**] & subheading edit after Tea Kettle Sports[!]
TKS[!]: Fry/Pan{L} pun on gaming politics.(OW) you(sc) Hint: NCAA/Olypics/CAPitalization[!]
(b.s.)"PBMP" A., B.What the Beck? (sc), C. Follow-up and Flip-Flop (sc) D. Follow-up and Flip-Flop E. Proof of Process? F. Looking Back, and Moving On. (sc) G. Geometry of Purpose (sc) N F L [!] (F P too?)
2-15-13 HAPPY V-DAY! Note the anachronism of con sciousness & science.
2-18-13 Technical Difficulties! "Where": A. Follow-up (sc) , B. What Obama can't say. (sc), C. What the Beck? (sc) / "inter": Score Won... / "tubes": A. As the Inner Tubes (sc) , B. Table of Contents (Senator)
** "Rush"(pun) / "ah!": A. WTF?, B. The Hope, C. Why OWS is bigger than Left vs. Right. (sc)
"foundations": A. Science Fiction Writers, B. Four More Years!, C. Slash Segue (sc), D. Notes from Al-Qaeda .
2-19-13 Splitting Rails... to
"Share": Technical Difficulties!
"'n": HAPPY V-DAY!
"Angles.": Garry Wills "(c)atholicism" The Cycle
"Not ": (b.s.)"yogurt" C. Pop Yogurt[!]
"just": Harvard class on Tarantino.
"President's": ladders of opportunity
"pastime": Three Shed Monte
2-23-13: OW? Unspinning Charlotte! 6., 5.(Wills), 4.Future Bubble?, 3.(b.s.), 2., 1. Gnaught ? [FP2]
2-26-13 under(stands?) or PEG legs?
Preface to FOOTNOTES OCTOBER 2012, Simon says... , The History of B.S.,
What the Beck? BS-Table?
2-28-12 ...SCrolls: Lap Top? No Tab Let's. Krauthammer / Walsh (Breaking Bread?)(FP3)
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Leaking Diplomacy
Hadley memo leaks disappointment, Iraqis share blame, and meeting sunk?
Charles Krauthammer[on FOXNEWS] on suggestions that the leak of the memo was intentional to sink Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki, claims conventional wisdom on the choice between something being intentional genius or bumbling, the latter is more likely. Sounds like plausible deniability under cover of plausible incompetence. The latter is more believable, but no less diabolical.
While politicians in America are lining up the Iraqis to be their excuse for failure, the irony is that al-Maliki is not seen as being strong enough, but standing up to Bush is certainly showing them up.
Charles Krauthammer[on FOXNEWS] on suggestions that the leak of the memo was intentional to sink Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki, claims conventional wisdom on the choice between something being intentional genius or bumbling, the latter is more likely. Sounds like plausible deniability under cover of plausible incompetence. The latter is more believable, but no less diabolical.
While politicians in America are lining up the Iraqis to be their excuse for failure, the irony is that al-Maliki is not seen as being strong enough, but standing up to Bush is certainly showing them up.
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