Time is Money?
Not just?
"the definition of..."
"Proper management..."
Thanks to my MSN filter and my catching the 1st link under the following title:
Time is Money? ">Artist mends clothes on S.F. streets
My point? Work has more value than money, and may fit more needs as well.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Bush caught in Webb
Avoiding a photo op, Senator-elect Jim Webb, delivers sound bite. As noted on Countdown, Bush tracked Webb down to inquire on his son, serving in Iraq. Taking the opportunity to make a point took precedence over making small talk. Link to be added when found.
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.
Monday, November 27, 2006
RE-Insurgency of Legacy
I gave earlier tips for the Bush Legacy, but now the Washington Post comes out with their's for any hopes of resurgency for Bush. There is a lot to read of the former, at least I read the latter.
My point at the top of it, was pointed out here:
One thing not really pointed at was that the Reagan and Clinton presidencies did have some other hurdles to leap: Reagan the Iran-Contra Affair and Clinton an impeachment over an affair, both in their second terms.
[Tack link added today on Bush Legacy]
My point at the top of it, was pointed out here:
Whether Bush could emulate those examples is an open question. He points to his time as Texas governor, when he worked with Democratic legislators. But since winning the White House, he has only sporadically reached out to the other side. And unlike Reagan or Clinton, he presides over an unpopular war with no end in sight.
One thing not really pointed at was that the Reagan and Clinton presidencies did have some other hurdles to leap: Reagan the Iran-Contra Affair and Clinton an impeachment over an affair, both in their second terms.
[Tack link added today on Bush Legacy]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Flip-Flop the Pyramid - \/
Waggin'... The Dog
[ LABELS ADDED: 04-08-08 and these links to krafting (03-09-08) and irony (02-10-08) ]
[ LABELS ADDED: 04-08-08 and these links to krafting (03-09-08) and irony (02-10-08) ]
#1 Discipline - Philosophy
Philosophy should be the top priority for the Democrats!
It is the top priority for the Neo-Cons
and the Republicans are all too disciplined.
Philosophy is just one discipline.
Discipline is not the only philosophy.
Their philosophy is just "offensive".
Our philosophy must be "everything matters".
Not just more discipline, but more disciplines
as in "law" and "politics" "Get No Respect" as Rodney Dangerfield said.
And as I have said, hence the dangerfield we are in.
War is a "last resort", but does the President still have the "war powers" which congress gave him to fight "terrorism"?
His philosophy is that his word is the exception to every rule.
The other two points of THE POWER BROKER MOUNTAIN PROJECT,
may be Physics and Psychology [*].
These should be the next two priorities, which should focus on what goes on in the world and what goes on in peoples minds,
besides the philosophy that "We are No. 1" for each and every one of us. But it must be noted how much science is devalued, at least in getting it together. Of course we know what physics has brought us in terms of the nuclear age, but the matter of which came first is still a head game.
Where does this fit into the current affairs? Some might say, it is the "Power of Intention" but it starts with trying to determine what other's intentions are while devaluing what our own intentions are or should be.
[any links will be added in due course]
[italics are additions, and bolds are for emphasis, and minor editing within 10 minutes of original post]
The above is not based on a reading of the following... yet!
The Next Act By Seymour M. Hersh Iran? Syria? [update here ]
Kristol: ‘We Could Be In A Military Confrontation With Iran Much Sooner Than People Expect’
These are just two links,
that are yet to be read by me.
HAVE YOU? - - NO MATTER,
if you can process and address the rest of the above.
For deeper matters see these two organizations;Center for American Progress
and
just foreign policy
[* UPDATE 04-08-08: pinnacle or tetrahedron to be added phoney or funny to political points ] as in
[1. Physical
2. Psychological
3. Philosophical
4. Political
(power loop of phony and funny or what will happen)
Hence the battle over not just temper but meant and there4 humor's another battle field, not counting Dangerfield.]
It is the top priority for the Neo-Cons
and the Republicans are all too disciplined.
Philosophy is just one discipline.
Discipline is not the only philosophy.
Their philosophy is just "offensive".
Our philosophy must be "everything matters".
Not just more discipline, but more disciplines
as in "law" and "politics" "Get No Respect" as Rodney Dangerfield said.
And as I have said, hence the dangerfield we are in.
War is a "last resort", but does the President still have the "war powers" which congress gave him to fight "terrorism"?
His philosophy is that his word is the exception to every rule.
The other two points of THE POWER BROKER MOUNTAIN PROJECT,
may be Physics and Psychology [*].
These should be the next two priorities, which should focus on what goes on in the world and what goes on in peoples minds,
besides the philosophy that "We are No. 1" for each and every one of us. But it must be noted how much science is devalued, at least in getting it together. Of course we know what physics has brought us in terms of the nuclear age, but the matter of which came first is still a head game.
Where does this fit into the current affairs? Some might say, it is the "Power of Intention" but it starts with trying to determine what other's intentions are while devaluing what our own intentions are or should be.
[any links will be added in due course]
[italics are additions, and bolds are for emphasis, and minor editing within 10 minutes of original post]
The above is not based on a reading of the following... yet!
The Next Act By Seymour M. Hersh Iran? Syria? [update here ]
Kristol: ‘We Could Be In A Military Confrontation With Iran Much Sooner Than People Expect’
These are just two links,
that are yet to be read by me.
HAVE YOU? - - NO MATTER,
if you can process and address the rest of the above.
For deeper matters see these two organizations;Center for American Progress
and
just foreign policy
[* UPDATE 04-08-08: pinnacle or tetrahedron to be added phoney or funny to political points ] as in
[1. Physical
2. Psychological
3. Philosophical
4. Political
(power loop of phony and funny or what will happen)
Hence the battle over not just temper but meant and there4 humor's another battle field, not counting Dangerfield.]
Monday, November 20, 2006
Rachell Maddow Wants You! [talking points]
[typo-alert-confession: Sorry Rachel: (She may be Liberal but with only one "L".)-
- I do not want to mess with the links I have distributed.]
First:
[Who needs to investigate if abstinence works? How much money do you want to waste finding out that pregnancies can't happen without sex?]
That was my submission to the new Fox Funny channel. But they wouldn't get it. It was probably on Fox News already.
Speaking of talking points: I have a whole FRAME to put things through.
POWER BROKER MOUNTAIN PROJECT: Imagine a 3-sided pyramid, with the constitution as it's base, and the goal? The pinnacle. The base being the 3 branches of government, the aim being "of, by and for the people."
The spiritual being that it must be balanced or it is just a burden on the people.
RACHEL: I think your skills, have honed my point, at least in that I arrived at it finally with fewer words.
What started me this time was the talking points which you called for from our side.
WE ARE THE POINTS!
Another point is that The Earth is Not Flat and but this is one "aspect" of our model.
- I do not want to mess with the links I have distributed.]
First:
[Who needs to investigate if abstinence works? How much money do you want to waste finding out that pregnancies can't happen without sex?]
That was my submission to the new Fox Funny channel. But they wouldn't get it. It was probably on Fox News already.
Speaking of talking points: I have a whole FRAME to put things through.
POWER BROKER MOUNTAIN PROJECT: Imagine a 3-sided pyramid, with the constitution as it's base, and the goal? The pinnacle. The base being the 3 branches of government, the aim being "of, by and for the people."
The spiritual being that it must be balanced or it is just a burden on the people.
RACHEL: I think your skills, have honed my point, at least in that I arrived at it finally with fewer words.
What started me this time was the talking points which you called for from our side.
WE ARE THE POINTS!
Another point is that The Earth is Not Flat and but this is one "aspect" of our model.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Parallel Efforts
I had only inklings of the efforts of the U.N. but their culmination seem to be parallel to my beliefs that can best be represented by an Escher world. First there is the impression that there is a reality that is represented in mainstream media, not just a perspective. Then there is the perspective that the writer takes, on Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations I don't know if his interpretation or my own of Huntington is wrong, but I prefer to have a different perspective than his take from it. I don't believe Huntington is saying only what Heitner sees him as saying, or I am choosing to pick only what I believe of it, and tweaking the rest.
No matter, maybe. Setting aside the reaction that some perspectives will have to Al Jazeera International having a perspective that is not theirs, the efforts and results that we have experienced deserve the approach that Spain, Italy and France are taking. It will have it's own reaction, which should not be part of the equation, if some persist in their own reality which does not recognize perspectives at all.
If some think this is just philosophical falderal, then they should be reminded what maybe they know, that the be all and end all has been, the Bush philosophy.
No matter, maybe. Setting aside the reaction that some perspectives will have to Al Jazeera International having a perspective that is not theirs, the efforts and results that we have experienced deserve the approach that Spain, Italy and France are taking. It will have it's own reaction, which should not be part of the equation, if some persist in their own reality which does not recognize perspectives at all.
If some think this is just philosophical falderal, then they should be reminded what maybe they know, that the be all and end all has been, the Bush philosophy.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Buy Uniting, Sow Divides!
Speaker Pelosi does not get her pick.
The selection of Representative Steny Hoyer should not be seen as a loss for Democrats. She may have seen Rep. Murtha as a proper balance and perspective to unite the Democrats and as a partner in management. But the popular selection of another may reflect a different balance that is just as needed. To have a better perspective, we have a stronger divide, that may bring better dialogue than simply management.
The selection of Representative Steny Hoyer should not be seen as a loss for Democrats. She may have seen Rep. Murtha as a proper balance and perspective to unite the Democrats and as a partner in management. But the popular selection of another may reflect a different balance that is just as needed. To have a better perspective, we have a stronger divide, that may bring better dialogue than simply management.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Michael and Me!
A Liberal's Pledge:
to Conservatives and Republicans
and if you were sensative to the humor of Michael Moore, fear not!
For I swear:
I could not have made one with less edge.
Upon reading the fine print or in this case italics,
it may not mean much, but if anyone is still hesitant
at the chance of being offended,
then they can't handle being American.
Let alone, better not see Borat!
Not that I have seen it, or endorse it,
but I don't endorse Bill O'Reilly, but have to occasionally see him.
Hint: all cultural references are not footnoted, but I hope to be a "cultural civilizer not warrior"
to Conservatives and Republicans
and if you were sensative to the humor of Michael Moore, fear not!
For I swear:
I could not have made one with less edge.
Upon reading the fine print or in this case italics,
it may not mean much, but if anyone is still hesitant
at the chance of being offended,
then they can't handle being American.
Let alone, better not see Borat!
Not that I have seen it, or endorse it,
but I don't endorse Bill O'Reilly, but have to occasionally see him.
Hint: all cultural references are not footnoted, but I hope to be a "cultural civilizer not warrior"
Monday, November 13, 2006
About the Parade
As Thom Hartmann just said:
It is not about the leaders,
it is about the parade.
That is what I was reflecting in the pervious post.
He also says: Tag, you're it!
It is not about the leaders,
it is about the parade.
That is what I was reflecting in the pervious post.
He also says: Tag, you're it!
Moving forward and looking back.
It is a two way street.
Crimes are always committed in the past.
We must address the first 100 minutes,
the first 100 days,
and we must use the "I" word and the "S" word.
"I" is for investigations.
"S" is for swearing under oath.
These two must lead to wherever they lead,
be it impeachment or supoenas,
or we will never make it forward.
In case I have not put it here,
I will repeat it from elsewhere.
The Democrats are a big tent party,
there is plenty of room for tables,now we can pull up the Chairs.
People must be pushing for the principle of law.
If the Democrats don't push for it,
the people won't push for them,
and Republicans certainly won't change.
Crimes are always committed in the past.
We must address the first 100 minutes,
the first 100 days,
and we must use the "I" word and the "S" word.
"I" is for investigations.
"S" is for swearing under oath.
These two must lead to wherever they lead,
be it impeachment or supoenas,
or we will never make it forward.
In case I have not put it here,
I will repeat it from elsewhere.
The Democrats are a big tent party,
there is plenty of room for tables,now we can pull up the Chairs.
People must be pushing for the principle of law.
If the Democrats don't push for it,
the people won't push for them,
and Republicans certainly won't change.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Outgoing but divided
The irony that the most liberal Republican would lose to a Democrat with the name Whitehouse, Senator Lincoln Chafee anounced:
"The people have spoken all across America. They want the Democrats and Republicans to work together," he said. "I think the president now is going to have to talk to the Democrats. I think that’s going to be good for America."
Or possible good omen for Democrats as Vilsack anounces bid for White House.
I must note a distinction a caller brought out of Ed Shultz on the issue of "divided government". Although we understand that Democrats are needed in the House and Senate to balance the Republican in the White House, Ed meant that divided government to him means simply a Legislative, Judicial and Executive branch that "do their job"(I believe my words). In fact this is my paraphrase and extension, but I also add that my opinion for divided government is that Democrats represent the people and may still have more than one perspective.
When the first 100 hours and 100 days have passed there will still be hard work, because other perspectives can never be "wiped off the political landscape" as Jack Abramoff is believed to have said.
I believe Bush called the ideological war the calling of our time, it is only a snooze alarm. Perspectives must be listened to.
As Abraham Maslow is reported to have said: "Authoritarians must be converted or they must be excluded." While that may seem to apply to other categories, that would be Authoritarian. Where I was going is "War is(only) a last resort". That is my (D)evolution.
"The people have spoken all across America. They want the Democrats and Republicans to work together," he said. "I think the president now is going to have to talk to the Democrats. I think that’s going to be good for America."
Or possible good omen for Democrats as Vilsack anounces bid for White House.
I must note a distinction a caller brought out of Ed Shultz on the issue of "divided government". Although we understand that Democrats are needed in the House and Senate to balance the Republican in the White House, Ed meant that divided government to him means simply a Legislative, Judicial and Executive branch that "do their job"(I believe my words). In fact this is my paraphrase and extension, but I also add that my opinion for divided government is that Democrats represent the people and may still have more than one perspective.
When the first 100 hours and 100 days have passed there will still be hard work, because other perspectives can never be "wiped off the political landscape" as Jack Abramoff is believed to have said.
I believe Bush called the ideological war the calling of our time, it is only a snooze alarm. Perspectives must be listened to.
As Abraham Maslow is reported to have said: "Authoritarians must be converted or they must be excluded." While that may seem to apply to other categories, that would be Authoritarian. Where I was going is "War is(only) a last resort". That is my (D)evolution.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Looking Back
...over the last few days, I will check to see if it matches The Center for American Progress's Progress Report. I post this for my own convenience to look back to, myself.
The same for a few of the blogs they note,
I note here using my references:
I see one uses my style, but my words are the bucket: atrios
Actually the style may be just the nature of like minds or environment.
Their tangents: Pharma and Hewitt
Another uses what might be "olive branches" or meaning of?
Again, not my words necessarily or read.
As I noted a pledge regarding timing, I will refrain from editing, except for immediate housekeeping or noting thereof any additions. Other than this plan, I hope that I have not missed any credit to where ever my threads have come from.
The same for a few of the blogs they note,
I note here using my references:
I see one uses my style, but my words are the bucket: atrios
Actually the style may be just the nature of like minds or environment.
Their tangents: Pharma and Hewitt
Another uses what might be "olive branches" or meaning of?
Again, not my words necessarily or read.
As I noted a pledge regarding timing, I will refrain from editing, except for immediate housekeeping or noting thereof any additions. Other than this plan, I hope that I have not missed any credit to where ever my threads have come from.
DEAN SCREAM!
Before I forget...
Congratulations!
on a big tent to put all the tables in.
Go Pelosi and Reid!Now pull up the Chairs.
No dancing in the end zone,
the "hard work" has just begun.
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
For their own good they will appreciate the new divided government.
Meaning separate branches, oversight and checks and balances.
Even if the Democrats cannot unite,
together or separate they can still do their jobs.
Congratulations!
on a big tent to put all the tables in.
Go Pelosi and Reid!Now pull up the Chairs.
No dancing in the end zone,
the "hard work" has just begun.
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
For their own good they will appreciate the new divided government.
Meaning separate branches, oversight and checks and balances.
Even if the Democrats cannot unite,
together or separate they can still do their jobs.
Allen Concedes
to reality or the public good?
Nuf(f)[*] said? Need splainin?
Sorry for the tongue in cheek linguistics.
THE POINT:
Allen concedes to reality or his next project.
OR in my frame of vocabulary or discipline:
"Political Calculus"
Not that either political or calculus are necessarily wrong, they just don't tell you(or us) where to go.
Neither should a third category or duality: power or will.They are needs. They are natural. They are the reality of nuance, but not what should or could be, but sometimes flip-flop or freedom are not enough.
[*] 9-1-10 spellcheck(f), link under "Nuf(f) said", bottom link and label added
Nuf(f)[*] said? Need splainin?
Sorry for the tongue in cheek linguistics.
THE POINT:
Allen concedes to reality or his next project.
OR in my frame of vocabulary or discipline:
"Political Calculus"
Not that either political or calculus are necessarily wrong, they just don't tell you(or us) where to go.
Neither should a third category or duality: power or will.They are needs. They are natural. They are the reality of nuance, but not what should or could be, but sometimes flip-flop or freedom are not enough.
[*] 9-1-10 spellcheck(f), link under "Nuf(f) said", bottom link and label added
Republicans
The History: a metaphor
Republicans / Railroads
Democrats / Buses
/ corporation
/ articulation
"I think I can..."
"The wheels of the bus go round and round..."
Model Train Tracks: Vicious Cycle
Reality: what comes around, goes...
Republicans / Railroads
Democrats / Buses
/ corporation
/ articulation
"I think I can..."
"The wheels of the bus go round and round..."
Model Train Tracks: Vicious Cycle
Reality: what comes around, goes...
Negative ads and apologies
Please do not mistake my humor for gloating, but it is a tool of communications. The difference between Republican and Democratic ads or communications is that Democrats have so much more material. Candidates can talk about themselves and their opponents, but there is so much more negative when Democrats do this in a balanced way, but Republicans have to start with their opponents to take it off the talk about themselves. Nuance is not necessarily any more beneficial in humor than politics, but at least it minimizes my apologies.
Here I will only apologize for my haste and nuance in the last few posts, after the few prior being more well developed. The connection is that I pledge will not change them, but add to them a bit and note when I do so.
* * *
Here I will only apologize for my haste and nuance in the last few posts, after the few prior being more well developed. The connection is that I pledge will not change them, but add to them a bit and note when I do so.
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
From Trickle Down
To Mandate. Just a brief note on the begining of the end of the Reagan Revolution.
Well that is not exactly what I predict, but there is some irony in the freedom that those "carrying the water" for the Bush administration feel since the hole in their bucket has washed away the middle class. Just a note that I spent most of the day with CNN and then the evening with MSNBC, just to get a taste of THE BLUE WAVE from the "trickle down machine".
Haah. More late, maybe much later as I develop other projects.
(an hour or so later) I bracket this day noting the AP as calling it 51 Democratss and 49 Republicans. Don't independents count? Sanders and Lieberman that is. But so as not to forget the partof the balance that got us here.
Well that is not exactly what I predict, but there is some irony in the freedom that those "carrying the water" for the Bush administration feel since the hole in their bucket has washed away the middle class. Just a note that I spent most of the day with CNN and then the evening with MSNBC, just to get a taste of THE BLUE WAVE from the "trickle down machine".
Haah. More late, maybe much later as I develop other projects.
(an hour or so later) I bracket this day noting the AP as calling it 51 Democratss and 49 Republicans. Don't independents count? Sanders and Lieberman that is. But so as not to forget the partof the balance that got us here.
Is the (2nd) "honeymoon" over?
Why should we expect Bush to select anyone but someone with this experience.
The "Honeymoon" being the fine line between campaign rhetoric and "governin" rhetoric. Or the time between the two press conferences today.
The first being his last attempt at reaching across the aisle.
The "Honeymoon" being the fine line between campaign rhetoric and "governin" rhetoric. Or the time between the two press conferences today.
The first being his last attempt at reaching across the aisle.
Bush Legacy?
A NEW TACK WITH TACT
Now President Bush has at least a chance at a decent legacy. He has a chance to go down as a President that could work with congress in a bi-partisan way. That is more than facetious, that is his history(as Governor), that and a "measure of justice" that may hang over his head.
Last week sometime, a caller to the Ed Shultz show asked; if the Democrats fail to win either house of congress, whould there be a lot of whining?
The first thing in reply is:
Would there be a lot of whining when they pursue every legal avenue to make sure the votes count. The "they" I meant was Democrats, but now the "they" may be the Republicans. We must not whine when they pursue every "legal" avenue, and the quotation marks must be removed. We must be able to flip-flop our partisanship when we uphold our principles.
Just a humorous or scientific aside:
Where would we be without flip-flop? We would be without televisions or computers. But that does not mean that nuance is not needed, or as I quipped and it may have lost something in my irony as they edited it a bit, I harken back to an earlier letter published in the Seattle P.I. in reply to a Horsey piece "Red and Blue America ". [Updated link 5-16-11]
It should read unedited as: "green" being a factor not "color".
This segues into a clip I just heard from Lieberman: Harkening back to previous analysis of past elections by others, when choosing between two perspectives(or rather campaigns), the stronger may be chosen whether it is wrong or not, it also may show that even a moderate can be wrong and win, but maybe "green" was not a factor. Not that that is what he said.
We are called upon for a new tack, which calls for a new tact.
ONE POINT BLANK:
Enough with the nuance and tangents? We need "divided government" or as some would say "perspective" which by definition has more than one dimension, and if Republicans cannot cooperate in a spirit of competition, Democrats may have enough perspective for both, but in reality there are more than two dimensions and we have more than one point to balance on here.
[Nov. 27th: Tack link added}
Now President Bush has at least a chance at a decent legacy. He has a chance to go down as a President that could work with congress in a bi-partisan way. That is more than facetious, that is his history(as Governor), that and a "measure of justice" that may hang over his head.
Last week sometime, a caller to the Ed Shultz show asked; if the Democrats fail to win either house of congress, whould there be a lot of whining?
The first thing in reply is:
Would there be a lot of whining when they pursue every legal avenue to make sure the votes count. The "they" I meant was Democrats, but now the "they" may be the Republicans. We must not whine when they pursue every "legal" avenue, and the quotation marks must be removed. We must be able to flip-flop our partisanship when we uphold our principles.
Just a humorous or scientific aside:
Where would we be without flip-flop? We would be without televisions or computers. But that does not mean that nuance is not needed, or as I quipped and it may have lost something in my irony as they edited it a bit, I harken back to an earlier letter published in the Seattle P.I. in reply to a Horsey piece "Red and Blue America ". [Updated link 5-16-11]
It should read unedited as: "green" being a factor not "color".
This segues into a clip I just heard from Lieberman: Harkening back to previous analysis of past elections by others, when choosing between two perspectives(or rather campaigns), the stronger may be chosen whether it is wrong or not, it also may show that even a moderate can be wrong and win, but maybe "green" was not a factor. Not that that is what he said.
We are called upon for a new tack, which calls for a new tact.
ONE POINT BLANK:
Enough with the nuance and tangents? We need "divided government" or as some would say "perspective" which by definition has more than one dimension, and if Republicans cannot cooperate in a spirit of competition, Democrats may have enough perspective for both, but in reality there are more than two dimensions and we have more than one point to balance on here.
[Nov. 27th: Tack link added}
The Mess Age is the Message!
[A POWER BROKER MOUNTAIN PROJECT]
Do you want to get on the same page?
Not in the Republican
way.
Do you want to grow the pie?
Not in the way the pieces for Bush and his buddies
have.
Between "the choir" and the maddening crowd...
see www.TheLiaisonReport.com [this site]
Between rhetoric and reality,
the media and the mess age,
and the politics and the pols...
Bush has said,
"War is hard work".
After November 7th,
we have just begun to work hard.
To go to the likes of progressive talk,
click HERE!
And when asked if the troops get it?
Check this out, and ask if they are serious too.
[the bulk of this was sent November 6th,
to leading voices in "the choir"]
[related links]
The Council of Nice
The Dangerfield
The Golden Rule
Do you want to get on the same page?
Not in the Republican
way.
Do you want to grow the pie?
Not in the way the pieces for Bush and his buddies
have.
Between "the choir" and the maddening crowd...
see www.TheLiaisonReport.com [this site]
Between rhetoric and reality,
the media and the mess age,
and the politics and the pols...
Bush has said,
"War is hard work".
After November 7th,
we have just begun to work hard.
To go to the likes of progressive talk,
click HERE!
And when asked if the troops get it?
Check this out, and ask if they are serious too.
[the bulk of this was sent November 6th,
to leading voices in "the choir"]
[related links]
The Council of Nice
The Dangerfield
The Golden Rule
Heavy Turn Out! 8th Congressional WA.
The ballot depot for the City of Bellevue had bulging bags, that include undoubtedly record numbers of absentee ballots returned to the polling places as well as higher than normal voter turnout. We will see who won in the GOTV race, that is in the last minute Get Out The Vote efforts that produced such a likely backlog of possibly unexpected votes.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
CNN Reports: Vermont Socialist wins.
Bernard (Bernie) Sanders for Senate: a self-described Socialist?
Jeff Greenfield: Actually an Independent that will caucus with the Democrats.
Jeff Greenfield: Actually an Independent that will caucus with the Democrats.
109 Reasons to vote and 7 Deadly...
A history of the 109th Congress from Center for American Progress.
And more generally categorized sins.
For Religion based progress.
And more generally categorized sins.
For Religion based progress.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Cut to the Quick! Sorting B.S.
Caught between reading more and writing less, I remark on the last two posts.
WP: Rice bucks election tradition Secretary of state is expected to stay above the partisan fray The headline is flat out Right! This time as correct if only read (and written) correctly.
It is hard to stay "fair and balanced" when facts and reality are overwhelmingly NOT!
Hence it is difficult for media to retain an appearance of doing it's job, when it is so easy to just conclude. The paper did not flat out face Condoleeza Rice with the contraditions between her words or her actions, but it is at least there.
So I may need to fess up to contributing to the confusion in trying to sort it out. But then I would have to reread what I had not read before the first but before the last post.
To put it simply, Rice is not staying above the partisan fray, she is bucking that tradition. She is not above being Bush's biggest supporter, while representing Bush's own little reality and misrepresenting her own.
Finally, at no time was the "so called" liberal(or is it so-called "liberal") perspective that would have said it plainly represented.
WP: Rice bucks election tradition Secretary of state is expected to stay above the partisan fray The headline is flat out Right! This time as correct if only read (and written) correctly.
It is hard to stay "fair and balanced" when facts and reality are overwhelmingly NOT!
Hence it is difficult for media to retain an appearance of doing it's job, when it is so easy to just conclude. The paper did not flat out face Condoleeza Rice with the contraditions between her words or her actions, but it is at least there.
So I may need to fess up to contributing to the confusion in trying to sort it out. But then I would have to reread what I had not read before the first but before the last post.
To put it simply, Rice is not staying above the partisan fray, she is bucking that tradition. She is not above being Bush's biggest supporter, while representing Bush's own little reality and misrepresenting her own.
Finally, at no time was the "so called" liberal(or is it so-called "liberal") perspective that would have said it plainly represented.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
No Apologies: but a few points.
ABOVE THE FRAY ?????
"partisan instinct surgically removed..." ? [paragraph 16]
"frankly haven't heard..." [par. 9]
"just out doing what I always do..." [par. 10]
"differs sharply..." [par. 2]
from reality
"most of them conservative..." ? [par. 3]
Yeah Right!
I should have leaped or led with "just out doing what I always do..."
or is it looped the reality.
But then again, at least Halloween and "dress-up" were in the first paragraph.
[ed. note: late addition title... Sorting the Bush or Up the Filter, or is it just "trickle" up?]
"partisan instinct surgically removed..." ? [paragraph 16]
"frankly haven't heard..." [par. 9]
"just out doing what I always do..." [par. 10]
"differs sharply..." [par. 2]
from reality
"most of them conservative..." ? [par. 3]
Yeah Right!
I should have leaped or led with "just out doing what I always do..."
or is it looped the reality.
But then again, at least Halloween and "dress-up" were in the first paragraph.
[ed. note: late addition title... Sorting the Bush or Up the Filter, or is it just "trickle" up?]
Biggest BU SH !
Much as Condi and Bush fail to read memo’s accurately or even their headings, I am jumping to conclusions as to what this means. It is all in my headline, if you read between the letters. Meaning also that I have yet to read much of it.
But hear is what the headline reads that makes me jump.
WP: Rice bucks election traditionSecretary of state is expected to be above the partisan fray
Well that is just it, the contradiction and the connection to what is Left out or may not be Right!
I will actually read the rest later and hopefully the break may do us all good. At least if I have set up wrong, I am prepared to jump back and apologize, or take another tact or tangent. For now I foresee the need for an apology just in my own title, but I am trying to point to a jump of sorts.
Note: in my transcribing the above I almost lost a point when an error crept in which made another point as well as pointed to the dilemma. Suffice it so say, the haggle be, whether to it is nobler to be or stay.
But hear is what the headline reads that makes me jump.
WP: Rice bucks election traditionSecretary of state is expected to be above the partisan fray
Well that is just it, the contradiction and the connection to what is Left out or may not be Right!
I will actually read the rest later and hopefully the break may do us all good. At least if I have set up wrong, I am prepared to jump back and apologize, or take another tact or tangent. For now I foresee the need for an apology just in my own title, but I am trying to point to a jump of sorts.
Note: in my transcribing the above I almost lost a point when an error crept in which made another point as well as pointed to the dilemma. Suffice it so say, the haggle be, whether to it is nobler to be or stay.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Did I see it coming?
Humor and Reality are not "Fair and Balanced".
Most Trusted Anchors: Stewart and Colbert
I did not see this coming. Or did I? After the last post, I turned to something that had caught my eye earlier on some screen.
Second Hand Wisecracks
Even Letterman.
Thank You Scarborough Country and MSNBC.
And the Today Show.
Or Leno-Just Funny?
I hope to return to actually view the above links again or for the first time, as well as find where I suggested that Comedy Central and Fox News should switch categories or names: maybe News Central and Fox Comedy.
[HERE]
March 24th, 2005 Quick Concept.
August 22nd, 2006 Reality Comedy vs. Faux News
Most Trusted Anchors: Stewart and Colbert
I did not see this coming. Or did I? After the last post, I turned to something that had caught my eye earlier on some screen.
Second Hand Wisecracks
Even Letterman.
Thank You Scarborough Country and MSNBC.
And the Today Show.
Or Leno-Just Funny?
I hope to return to actually view the above links again or for the first time, as well as find where I suggested that Comedy Central and Fox News should switch categories or names: maybe News Central and Fox Comedy.
[HERE]
March 24th, 2005 Quick Concept.
August 22nd, 2006 Reality Comedy vs. Faux News
ReCon Revisited
Enough on that tangent.
That is what the Dems are saying.
But the Olbermann "take" and Kerry the "able veteran" are great examples of what the media and leadership should be and do.
My take is that for Democrats it takes mistakes to get a message out, for Republicans there are so many more mistakes for the media to cover, they cannot fit them all in.
Here are just two that Media Matters for America present:
Bush pledge on Rumsfeld and Cheney
Republican House Majority Leader blames military
That is what the Dems are saying.
But the Olbermann "take" and Kerry the "able veteran" are great examples of what the media and leadership should be and do.
My take is that for Democrats it takes mistakes to get a message out, for Republicans there are so many more mistakes for the media to cover, they cannot fit them all in.
Here are just two that Media Matters for America present:
Bush pledge on Rumsfeld and Cheney
Republican House Majority Leader blames military
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Re-Con-Texting Cain and Able
To start out with, I am behind the times a bit here and had gotten my earliest news through the filter of Air American Radio, [KPTK-1090-Seattle] and the likes of Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and Al Franken. Randi Rhodes fits in there somewhere but I just may have missed her in the last few days.
So let me start at the end, as far as most recent sources first.
"Cain" a reference in a Keith Olbermann take.
Then back to Able(not a Bible reference) but as Kerry the able veteran.
Last email cut-and-paste first: This topic "...is one of the fronts that the current battle is being waged, we are taking them from the flank. I don't know the military terms, is that right? Maybe we are just giving them the shovel to keep digging."
Previous post script, as readers and friends may "...well know, I have quite a bit of experience reacting to or trying to make sense out of humor. There is a fine line between truth and the humor and it often hurts. But the reaction to this humor seems to be hiding the truth behind the troops, which is routine for this administration. 'Most people' have enough trouble making sense out of Bush, let alone the truth. When they are one and the same, 'Bush' and 'let alone the truth' it is a greater danger. All this focus on Kerry's choice of words, if the media and the Democrats had had such a machine against the Republicans, we would all be in less danger."
See link: end of this post, to be continued.
So let me start at the end, as far as most recent sources first.
"Cain" a reference in a Keith Olbermann take.
Then back to Able(not a Bible reference) but as Kerry the able veteran.
Last email cut-and-paste first: This topic "...is one of the fronts that the current battle is being waged, we are taking them from the flank. I don't know the military terms, is that right? Maybe we are just giving them the shovel to keep digging."
Previous post script, as readers and friends may "...well know, I have quite a bit of experience reacting to or trying to make sense out of humor. There is a fine line between truth and the humor and it often hurts. But the reaction to this humor seems to be hiding the truth behind the troops, which is routine for this administration. 'Most people' have enough trouble making sense out of Bush, let alone the truth. When they are one and the same, 'Bush' and 'let alone the truth' it is a greater danger. All this focus on Kerry's choice of words, if the media and the Democrats had had such a machine against the Republicans, we would all be in less danger."
See link: end of this post, to be continued.
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