Choice v. Referendum

The choice is between looking back or going back.  Between Obama's turnaround and Raw Money's turnaround.   The economy has turned around and Obama can claim his second term.  The economy may turnaround* either way, but it does depend on actions and even inactions, not just words.  Ravi Batra predicts a double dip before the November election but also a recovery next administration.  So talk may be cheap, but it does depend on who you listen to***, and who we follow.

* Ravi Batra(2:06) on Thom Hartmann (also see 2:00 news of 3 hr show)

6-18-12 Mitt Romney health care comments ?
Not to make it a referendum on(awkward segue/lost line**) Obamacares v. Romneycare.
Choice is Greek to too many.

** only partial rethread, with awkwardness regarding the choice/referendum irony, not related to the eventual links here.

*** 6-19-12  Not FOX! Not Really!
A horse is a horse of course of course unless you're a Plato or Romney of course.

6-20-12 Re: De-funding?
"Sad day" for dribble [!]
What's the dribble? Not to be ironic. It's politics on the table, in regard to contempt of process.

6-21-12  The dribble ?
Politics Nation "Fast and Furious" [N BA: not to ribble]
Awkward Segue: **2
Bread and circuses*2 to a whole new level. Duoh!
Now there's the rub.

*2 Unless you're Mr. Ed!
**2 This line was insert after getting to the rub, not to mention the bread line or leveled links.  

"hair of the dog"

Alan Shrugged
by Marty Kaplan The Huffington Post

Slang for Morning Joe** or not* your cup of tea. OK, I mixed metaphors or drinks, implying a wake-up. Actually I may have something here, as the bailout, or rescue has not yet reached a full intervention, and will it?

*On a lark I looked up Morning Read which you need not, nor dig up Slang Note: bold link is the read for the day.
** I don't catch the show but would recommend Rachel Maddow getting another 2 hours.

[Evening update: the way this comment weaves I might refer to the navigation link. Meanwhile another link: I need to unembed or consider the table.
In particular:
a list of economists I had intended to sort as progressives, Noted in the article - Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, Jared Bernstein. Not noted - Paul Krugman, Ravi Batra: Meanwhile: Kudos to Krugman. Speaking of Laffer and Elixirs ]

Wage-Productivity Gap

Dr. Ravi Batra: New Thinking on the Economy

It is hard to see what is new about this thinking. It seems to be how it works. Without the tinkering of the Federal Reserve, the boom and bust cyle would be busted.

It must also be remembered that now Secretary of Treasurer Geitner is in the Obama administration while his prior position was as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the Bush admininstration. That may not be an excuse for any unwise or erroneous moves, but it does put the cards he was dealing with under the table, as we see know that the government will be holding the cards on the table. This is not just a gratuitous slam or partisanship but the basic difference in the view of government responsibilities. The finacial situation was so serious, that some action was necessary before a complete change in administration could take place.

[11-4-11: Move up link(hold) and update link]

Alter Under Construction

not to* mention** Altar.
It's the change thing.

* NWRoots
** Follow ups
[7-18-11 Bleep 'n Compromise posted and up dates
[7-19-11 America under De-construction: Not exactly Triangulation or is it ?]
[Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? Or the revisit the ditch metaphor?]
[7-20-11 - New Metaphor - Voodoo Or Stock Car: Not exactly new, but the analogy for the complaints from both sides of the political spectrum is that they want the roof on before the walls are built. But then there is the D-Ri've punned or they've punned, which I have Re-vised, where the economy is in the ditch and some have the solution of running it into a ditch again to fix it. Not to get too sunk in metaphors, rising tide or not, there are D-R i've O(a)rs of the economy no matter the vehicle or passengers.]
[From the desktop: Thom Hartmann and Ravi Batra 'n WME]
[On the other hand, in context:

Redistribution has a "from" side (taxation) and a "to" side (spending). On the "from" side, the notion that government should use taxation to increase rather than decrease equality is hardly Marxist. In "The Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith begins his section on taxation with the following maxim: "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities." To ask otherwise, Smith writes, would be obviously unfair.]

[Loose thought- Cut, Cap and Balance- vs. The Badger 14 Re: fleeing their jobs. Pappa mmm Mow Mow, speaking of olds mobile oar 'n balance.]
[Quick Sand of Sorts: Rove, Ailes, Nordquist, Eyman- see Four Horsemen of the Trick-L Down.]
[The Change Thing? - Sanders on Ratigan? Debt Restructuring - Pour Analogy: If the US were a household and the GDP were its income, its overall debt would be close to but still less than one year's income. Note: this is a poor analogy, but fair in the light of the alter. SEGUE: A caller to AM1090 pointed out a better analogy. The debt does not take into account the true assets of our country. Mt. Rushmore / The Grand Canyon / The shiny seas.]

[7-21-11 Fair and Balanced, and Leaning Back: "Cry me a river" Michael Steele leans back at Joan Walsh's Obama/Reagan comparison(Fair link - 3:20) on MSNBC's Hardball, but the reality is that Obama as a Senator and as a President fits the bill of the history. As a Senator his vote against the debt ceiling raise, was an attempt to address the deficit, just as what forced the compromise Reagan made to get his. Meanwhile the people are with President Obama as well as Cenk Uygur.]
[7-22-11 Obama 2012]

Economics 2011

Ravi Batra's Weapons of Mass Exploitation.(Economics For Beginners)
Is the United States broke?
Who broke it?
Economics in One Lesson.*
(Austrian) Economics in One Lesson**

* actually a review of Economics in One Lesson, which includes a caution for those without "a significant amount of economics", they may risk "permanent neurological and ideological damage".***

** Austro-Libertarian Economics (Mises Project Video)

*** seriously [Stick to bold links to be safe: I don't know if it is just me, or my Economics 250 A&B, or my Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 374, but I am not sure I will risk a full read or view of Economics in One Lesson. But I will say, as Nietzche put it there is German thinking and there is Oriental thinking; linear and wholistic (not to put things in black and white). Then (I might say)there is Austrian thinking; not to cast aspersions of intent or geographical origins, but I will follow up with related Economics (and other)links that I feel are helpful.]

Dog Days, Raven Nights?

Books to Read
Labels to Write*
[Under Construction]

Table of Contents
Phase II

Navigation: Chapter One
Sub-Chapter Labels.
Note Bold Link: Not Nature vs Nurture, but verse us.
Meanwhile:
Congratulations Andrew Villeneuve on a very inspriring program last night.
"Featuring Jay Inslee, Timothy Ford, Peter Steinbrueck, Scott Macklin, and Reuven Carlyle, with Bob Ferguson as Master of Ceremonies"

Rough Ramble:
"Try Corner Hat Trick": Note Search Box or you google. Top Left Corner of Blog
The Tetrahedron? Structure, Process, Needs, Purpose

*subtitle: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity."For one thing linguists see valid ways of speaking all over, while lay people tend toward language chauvinism." Not that I am a third way.
Speaking of links and down under*** or frackin'** news.

** aka Churned
*** boomerang (BTW what is Australian for Head in Sand)

[Last link(s) embedded in *** un(bracketed) Hint: Jung Rang]
[Now I feel I need a road map for this post, but I will close with the two authors of two books I picked up last night: Lawrence Lessig and Stephen Colbert(now to find the other link)]
[Thom Hartmann: Economist Dr. Ravi Batra Regular guest?
[Sam Stein (HuffPo) Digital Team Returns to Obama 2012]
[OK, now I am off the charts, but I was search for a graph that would chart economic growth with deficit spending. My theory is that not only the trickle down did not work(for jobs), but it would have been worse if they had not continued to deficit spend, let alone not had wars. Not to mention, in the example(slide 14) charting the economy versus fund manager incomes.]