The Irony of the Message

The Politics of Fear[*] was not on the cover.
One has to open the magazine and I presume read.
They even might like you to buy the New Yorker.
There is one irony. The reader who already gets it, probably gets it and will read the articles. The reader who doesn't get it, might not get to the articles, let alone get them. Maybe that is the satire.

Here are some I might not get to:
Politics of Fear (2005)
The Mythical End to the Politics of Fear (2006)
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (2004)

Speaking of "caricatures and satire:

witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

Not exactly Swift or Swift Boating, but can we count on certain believers in McCain to know the difference or do they believe in Lilliputians? (and pardon me I am a bit dingy today, not that you'd notice)

Lost in the message?

[7-16-08 And Characters "my friends", By George...
Uncuruious & ...George of the Jungle.]
[No Teddy: No Pragmatist: Is talking to Iran a ploy? Advice should be Speak clearly and stop waving the stick.]

[*] 4-13-09: link substituted Hint: It was the title of the art work.
[Bonus search: stuck on stupid]

Recent Letters.

To Local Papers Not Printed Yet:

What Democracy Looks Like? [9-10-08]

The Joel Connelly piece "Obama takes the 'low drama' approach" certainly contrasts his campaign with McCain's. It shows the value of community organizing while McCain/Palin seem to knock heads together and too few roll, unless you don‘t "contribute" to their cause. But I quibble with his claim, Obama has "left the right wing smear machine so bereft of material that Swift Boaters of 2008 have been forced to concoct stories." That is "not exactly"-"change you can believe in".

Real change would be if the Swift Boaters could be remembered for the courageous vets their name high-jacked and if they could ever tell the truth. My concocted label for the difference is "Flip-Flopper Crafters"- us and them. One might call this campaign, "Burger Wars": Wendy’s vs. Burger King or "Where’s the beef?" vs. "Home of the Whopper." No con-notation intended, but it has leaked that the Republican Convention was not about issues, but a "composite view". Irony of ironies, the Big Mac lacks the "special sauce" of nuance and straight forwardness, let alone any ingredients of the Bull-Moose Party or Teddy Roosevelt.


Who Gets It? Oh, Right. [9-13-08]

Let’s get this straight. Palin jokes in her acceptance speech: What is the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom? Answer: lipstick Who got up in arms about that remark? I guess it is not a sexist joke if a woman (and hockey mom) says it. Am I applying too much meaning here, like lipstick. Oops, did that cross a line? I don’t worry about pit bulls, or at least their feelings. I wonder if hockey moms are proud of the comparison? Taking offense at Obama‘s use of "like putting lipstick on a pig" seems to be far fetched in comparison. Especially, when McCain has used it so many times, and seems to have a leash on it. You know? The phrase that is. I don’t know about pigs or pit bulls, but issues and attack dogs? (a leash that is) Do we really need a vet? Apparently the media needs one. A closer look that is.

Oh and what is the difference between Sarah Palin and a Neo Con? I don’t think it is lipstick. Apologies to Neo Cons, but they are proud of her. I wonder what the lipstick feels. Oh, and just what did the Palin nomination, do for the ticket? A new leash on life, or at least meanings. And let me vet myself here; McCain's excuse for all this? "...this is a tough campaign." I think he has smeared his own makeup, let alone "change". And speaking of taking offense, no use of the term "vet" here, disrespects anyone's service, I am sure both the military and the medical are tougher than that, while the media needs to get a grip.

December FOOTNOTES 2.0

SCROLL DOWN FOR CHRONOLOGY.

BEGUN 12-3-12  Fiddle Sticks^
...(under review)
(under construction) 12-3-12 (Kant.)
(b.s.) "Lede+or+Ship"^
Swift craft
Swift satire
M-bed ***

* by Jenga (enough! )
** un-M-bed
*** not to charm but what the?



[Anacronism of asterisks is a real problem between ** & ***,
but it was through Slate*** under Osmosis** that I found the Doonesbury.]
 ^ ( Context/LEDE: Lede or Ship Politcal** Gaming*.)
^Not to pronounce can'tOr continue.
...

12-4-12  Pre-Pan FRY. 
^ post comment/(fn)/links added under Claus,
Post Wits / 4. For words! Theory.

12-5-12 Joke of the Year!
ALSO Re:"time" will expire. Scroll over latter two.

12-18-12  Camel in Tent

12-21-12 Oh so Too Point* SO!
* under (b.s. anachronism)
! (b.s. "subjective"+"objective") =
Obama Leaks
The Other Debates
REFRAIN is a Heckuva Paradocs[!]
CAD (To be or not 3d)
State of Politics
Ideology
Running Thoughts
(toll keen over trolls)


2-22-12 Thousand Points of Light or Triple Damages

FOOTNOTES PAGE THREE ARPIL 2013

4-1-13 C-shells! T-shalls? Oar tangent shall = blog(sc) search. 

4-2-13 Re: cull pas knaught? [?]   (b.s.)Swift: The Irony of the Message (sc),Fiddle Sticks^ , c, Recent Letters., Red Labeling!, Swift Reading! (sc), g, H, I, J, K, l, M, Moos Room, O, P, Q, R, A PEAS meant... , T(sc).  /  (b.s.) anacronism: Fiddle Sticks^, b, Primary Boogeyman, D(sc), E(sc),

4-3-13 to too two dimen(t)sionalism [!] ?

4-4-13  to boldly borg by G ?

4-16-13 follow up: not to link meaning nor emphasize leadership, history, dedication, debtedness. (but Ctrl F)

4-22-13 : Speaking of 4 mats ! (GW)
Or the Q T? "math later"
Q = arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy
T= grammar, logic, and rhetoric
Alternate Q = No Borg [!]

4-23-13 Ctrl F ? Faith, Filter and Fervor ? Frack 'n Fudge ?[!]?
4-24-13 third line : "pun on"  P.C. (b.s.)Rhythm /  Con Fluence..., Iron Knee of Inflation  (see fore)
4-25-13 Capitalizing on fonts(1) or elements(2) of #$ines (3). (R/R) (1) Clause Wits (sc), Give us a brake?, WTF?, (g), Charlotte 2012! , Why OWS is bigger than Left vs. Right.(sc), GPS , K, L, M, N?   (2) The %th EleFont  (3) (A) Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ?  Bby Stiob?!?   (4) (a)Punderous Ponderings, B, C(c), (D)Un-Exceptionalism,(e)  
4-30-13 My intent was 'twain footnote and liveblog. Note the list of labels and missing reference to Checks and Balances to bring it to six.  Ctrl F [!]

Fiddle Sticks^

by George ...

Lede or Ship Politcal** Gaming*.

(fn)
 Boehner tells Geithner, ‘You can’t be serious 
White House to GOP: It’s your move
“The Hobbit” is not a hipster!

(b.s.) "Lede+or+Ship"
Swift craft
Swift satire
M-bed ***

* by Jenga (enough! )
** un-M-bed
*** not to charm but what the?



[Anacronism of asterisks is a real problem between ** & ***, 
but it was through Slate*** under Osmosis** that I found the Doonesbury.]

[[That's the ticket! But this is a preemptive read. Support for raising taxes on the rich even runs over the barrier Republicans have constructed with their new minority of obstruction(4f), except for their "arithmetic" and Twain. Actually the link at TED did not cover the error that is made when comparing percentiles with shares, or per capita with any tiles and individuals with dollars.  Where4, there is more money in the top 1% therefore the top 1% are going to be paying a greater share of the taxes. Not to be competing with TED, but that means a progressive tax will look more unfair the more unfair income distribution is, unless you have a regressive tax.]]

(4f)= a, b, c, d ?   Crtl F and (b.s). for more moderate yet political approach.

^ last insert ? (See "^" there)  It is called leverage and political capital !
[Follow-up].

Swift Reading!

"Is Growth the Be-All and End-All?

Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.

The economy is neither.
(Grammatically I am uncertain if a comma is needed or where, or if none is more to the points.)
Meaning it depends on perspective, not to mention choice of words, and sometimes two are not enough and one too many.

Where am I going? Exactly. Well not to be redundant, but...

Where have we been? Ourstory.
THAT IS TOO THE POINT.
Exactly and NOT.

* * *
Tangent or more to the point later and backing up to the present, I used to label such work QCON (Quick Comment On the News) , the N could stand in for nuts, or where it leads or where they come from, but I segue now, to the point. Good Piece! Despite my preemptive take on it, meaning, I have not finished or even read too much of it, but am sticking my preemptive neck out. But here is the catch or rather another perspective that I have applied the same methodology as well as possibly the subjects. That is somehow seeing between the leaps that others make or seeing that they have leaped to or fro a starting point, as well as what got us here.(Ourstory) [grammatical note: yes "fro" as in... well suffice to say I did edit check the sentence a time or too, and let it stand.]
But one point, whether the chicken or egg:
Hmmm? (dot, dot, dot) or rather

Well... based on a mistaken impression found in search of "be all and end all" the following came up. In furtherance of my methodology it could be labeled "Course Filter".
Course as in navigable and holey. Or wholly and holy.

But again I tangent to a possibly better place, whether by intention or error this may be the point. Given that I was not sure of this path but the point I used to get here was in my mind presumptive or nonetheless a found by a search.

This may take a reread and result in no recourse but at least it is not swift boating or hit and run. ID the future or id the future or the exception proves my rule. The search is ours.

Red Labeling!

Maybe I need to point out the irony in A Wonderful Conversation.
Baiting Obama [*]demonstrates the tactic of fear mongering.
The Republicans who label themselves the Grand Old Party really are the Red Labelers by relying on Good Old Phobias of labels.

They utilize guilt by association, but run guilty of no association. It is really fear of any meaning. FDR in his first inaugural said:

...first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

I will point out that this was in the depth of the depression, and he points out:

In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things.

Now it is said about FDR, that little was know of his plans. So do not take that as any swap at or comparison to the current candidates, Democratic at least. And of course Republican plans have been shown to mean little anyway. Bush in this blog, and McCain in his Flip-Flopper-Krafting, it is plain as the red on their faces. And the only thing green is the buck which is past and the envy behind their angry red labels.

[There is nothing humorous about the situation, except that humor does present an approach which should be investigated as a cover for anger. I presented a perspective that Swift Boaters have sunk the good name of a branch of the military-- Swift Boat Veterans-- (not so directly), in The New Wave, but Andy Borowitz (thanks to Thom Hartmann) takes it to the delta.]
[*] Henceforth the bold links will be the featured article I will be sure to read fully.

A Cold Culture War!

In a major shift of my swiftsuring*, or diploma sea,

I second guess my tact in regards to the Ukraine.  

4CrimeanY**outloud, we are all John Galt, but when are we John Donne?


1. A. Two issues:, B. PC / Hypocrisy Round Table
2.  A. Recent Letters., B. Red Labeling!, C. Swift Reading!, D. No Drama, E.
3. A. National Tea Party , B. Obama, a liberal cause?
4. Obama to Russia: 'There Will Be Costs' for Ukraine Intervention
5. A. Where in the world is Carmen...
6. No man is an island.

Related Wa Po
Note: italics reflect an edit. (How many are not a poem?)

3-2-14
* a particular hull
** 4CrimeanKnee Out Loud?

3-3-14
Rough
analogy .  (update:First Thoughts /NBC)
The Guardian / CNN : Tanking them for their word (!)  Check Todd(Or the last two speakers.)
On the other hand.  I don't want to characterize actions as more than just security*** in the face of diplomacy.
*** rhetorical transitions ? !  (?)

Not Running With It?

On two recent events, I did not bite, but I was going to take the bits in my mouth and run with them. The Iranian Swift Boat attack in the strait’s of Hormuz
and [Bush in the Middle East]

On the former I would have commented on the several statements of wonder from administration sort of "What the heck are they thinking or saying or meaning?" But in reality Defense Secretary Gates: "I can't imagine what was on their minds." There were other comments of wonder, but now we should wonder on whose minds the wonder lies.

On the latter it was hopes of success, but you know . . .

[Post-dated: 1-17-08 www.back-to-iraq.com 1-7-08
The Confrontation That Wasn't. 1-8-08]

MAY 2013 Footnote Page Four

5-1-13:  More (b.s.)*= Nail Meet F--C---[!], More Breaking Filters, Regime Rhetoric Reply, Flash Back(s.c. ?), Fast Forward(s.c.)   / / Continued from FP3: (guilt by & swift craft, done) Line+to+cross: A(a), B, C, D, E(e), F, G, H, I, J(j), K(k), LOL, M.  Line+top+walk: A, B, C(c), D(d), E(e), F(f)  
Rise+Tide: A(a), B(b), C, D,  E (e), F(f)**, G(g)**, H(h) . (it is not so much to keep up with the message but to record the change

* not exactly(WTO) but blog search hit the fulcrum
** expired must refresh also

5-10-13 Knot? A. Poetic Justice,  B. Justice?,  c,  D. Technical Difficulties!, E. Pass the Trillion.

5-15-13 TFR : Not to pan.[ A., (fn)FOR D..., Budget Bandits?, D., E., F.The Read C?, G., H.Jabber Walkie?, I.Pun it?, J.Game+Lock, K.Connecting the Dots, L.Filibuster Bluster*, M.Knot Even, N.Re:Figure,  O.All Politics is Local!, P.Me a , Q, R. ] ( Mind your P's and Q's.) Speaking of brackets!

5-17-13 Not to jump in the Lacuna [!]

5-30-13: RE Tan Gent shall ism ?

A Penchant for Leaning

Meaning squared*, or cubed**.

* words with frenemies
(not original in tent (off the cliff and ledership/following/tides)

Not to mention a day that will live in infamy. A day of REnown.
[What is the antonym of penchant? The slippery slope of indifference.]

** (x,y,z)
}*{ (C or Sea "words") not exactly Baldwin
Note: sequence of asterisks and references }within{ asterisks

Post comment: Speaking of Triggers(Reich/Boehner & The Place for Politics) Ad Hominem is kind, Lyin'ization is the reality.



[Speaking of Daddy(papa]
[Care2-Raw Story-Move to Amend/ 12-6 Thom Hartmann]
[Lewis Black on Trump.

12-8-11
[Don't Think of an Elephant/DawnKeyOT As for the conventions of the GOP 2012: it may go down the un-Gingrich, un-Romney, un-Koch Brothers or Rove. "Make or break moment for the middle-class." President Obama]
[Jansing and Wassermann-Schultz, Wagner and Steele***(Counter attack, count down, Trump panel.)]
[Capitol Punishment?, Founding Resources ]

*** Is Steele on the edge of the pit e full? Speaking of ledership and X-mass lists & F=ma.

[Sunrise, sunset? Ctrl F tides... and gyro scopes? Note the irony that Germany and France are involved in saving Italy and Greece. Note the balance of the un-bubble-up of the GOP. And the "Reich", "Place" are not the Right Link, but here is the Coffee Party. Which Teddy?]

Notes on anachronism, labelism, seg way, Com Pro Mises[!] (dot, dot, dot...Dylan ? )
[Churned Media]
[Rough Reader/Swift Rider)<-Links Retro-actively inserted. But here is the deal. Also inserting sunrise, sunset, or so not found yet.]
[Speaking of apPEASmeant, see Ed Schultz and Senator B.S.(It seems that both Romney and Perry really want to, but something Trumps them debating on Newsmax.)]
[Last Word / First Word or not, at Rest.]

Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ?

Re: The Cycle*** 
In your(1) Facebook**, or post something^^ or other.*

*Lede or Ship(saved in draft) 
**anacronyism/acronomiters(ditto) and tangents /[(Re:(fn)]
i.e. Heading lost in the process.
*** Bazinga!(c-aster risks)
[Pred-Haidt?]
[Post whatism is the key to the lost heading above.]

[Sea-#PO aka C-uncap-3PO: Ouch! That's the ticket!  Speaking of rise/run: War is a last resort, and some people don't know a resort from a hole in the ground.]
The Cycle^ File ? *or*not*

[^ post "don't ask don't tell"(not to mention?[!])
^^ scroll over ]

Note Labels: Saved in Draft, Under Construction...ostensibly complete.
[Pregame Gut Check]
[Post Game Re-Cap: Tide Rolls.]

1-8-13  See what the gut gives us? (Tuesday Morning quarter-backing?) Our Lady of little faith, see "mistakes" crack, under Rolls.  While the Crimson Tide rolled, it was certainly arising, with an un-named tune floating in my head.
(1) links inserted 1-8-13  Our Story / Morning Joe?(2) / Post "don't ask, don't tell"^ ? 
(speaking of Up Swift Creak:  Bane Or for Haggle?)

FP5-August-13

Page V i.e. 8-5-13: (b.s.) A.Recent Letters., B.Red Labeling!, C.Swift Reading!, D.No Drama & E. Live From New York: Saturday Night Live 

A* for August need to ReVamp Heading
*or % for 5 / 8 for August {see brackets next}

8- 9 -13 : { ! )  a.(Image of Original In Tent), b.(We need Ed!), c.(Economics...), d.(Monkey Business) (OW somewhere in the FP below, and not necessarily to the point or red yet[!])

8-22-13: hope and changey thing.

No Drama

Obama...

better than all Bama OdeRama[!]
or the Rumsfeld School of Infotainment(2) or Mad Ave.
That sure spins the tale(1) on the dawn key (3) !

(1) (b.s.) "English+only"
(2)  Flap a Chino Rino?   Or Up Swift Creak?
(3) not to be facetious but it seemed a battle of the "Fair and Balanced"('n aside of Cheney) with Scarborough burnishing his Rx and not liking his own medicine.
(verse us?)  Re:Creaking?

SPEAKing of Re: I have a missing link to dig up. But MEANwhile... more on spare the Rod ne Danger Fields and Share N Angles..Or Fries with that.  

MAY 2013 FP THREE

5-1-13:  guilt by buy (b.s.)= blog search or not S.C. Gnot!{1} Pre-knot:(b.s.) guilt+by/Running Joke(s.c.) , Now Dat's...(s.c.), Post Inserted(s.c.), Red Labeling!.  line+to+walk/ line+to+cross/  rising+tide  / swift+craft (b,c)

{1}Currently no links @G and only 1 link @ot
Late Knot.

5-10-13 Rhythm: Pre-Pan FRY. Clinton(Bill) is full of B.S.

5-15-13 (b.s.): * French not Cheney: (a.) FRANKNESS: SERVING US ALL? Right., (b.)They started it., (c.)au contraire, Clearwater muddy., Hitting Snooze Button.

5-17-13 I need boots !  But seriously folks!

5-30-13:  Between Iraq and a Hard Work!  Tan Gent shall ism ?

What's so funny...

about journalism?
Comedy Central? The Take Down.

[5-18-09: about Flip-flop, and intelligence.]
[I believe it was Hillary Clinton that said that leading the Democrats was like herding cats. Well then what is herding Republicans? That is a good ship riddle.]
[I think I will take this time to harbor my Swift boating. There is still a riddle to be caught but...]

Bailout or Bail Out

Flyer than Swift Boating.
Sub Title: Bail Out* in Con Text.

* Robert Reich

Conservative Foray (4A)

The right wing rhetoric suffers
from four faults or defaults:
Anecdotal
Apocryphal
Anachronistic
Academic[*]

In particular:
Lew Rockwell
Anne Wortham
Betsy McGaughey
Floy Lilley **

I did not select these, they were being spread by a victim of the victim hoods.

[* This 4A was held in draft, and pondered till I arrived at the right Initialism. Speaking of design and initialism the origin was:
often A$$ Backward Oops!! - Pardon my Cheney , I meant acronym-ism.]

**[Hopefully I have these in descending order.]
[(CTTC)Cutting through the Cr@p:
I would love for economists to cut through some of this.]
[Academic is a word like politician and lawyer that have developed a poor reputation, not to mention rhetoric and Swift Boaters. Or Bottom Line? ]

[(CTTC2.0)I have two bold links above that I would like economists to examine, in particular in light of the bad rap Keynesian economics keeps taking. In that regard, on a lighter and less silly or harsh note; Greenspan seems to be learning, or has he, and in regards to the Floy piece and the bottom line;
is there not some synergy that needs to be worked out? Meaning current efforts cannot be compared to past efforts directly, while problems that are missed will be the devil in the detail. The Carbon Market may be a solution, but not if the Market period is the problem. In other words, I have not looked too deeply into the hot air side (climate matters) of the equation, but feel that the thin air problem (financial matters)is deeper. To re-embed in aphorism, there is bang for your buck and there is the value of your bang. And there is likely more that matters.