If the last post got nowhere...*
The last bastion of the rational.
The suggestion that the reason to vote for McCain as a "check" or "balance" to Obama does not meet the sheets. OK, more obtuse and mixed metophor of I don't know what field, but certainly not logic. OK, I don't want to do the math, but the words are more important. It would seem to take well more than the available seats at risk to even get close to a "liberal Democrat" majority, let alone 60 Democrats. It is that plain and simple, without the math involved.
[*] 10-30-08 It maybe be condescending or demeaning to assume that it didn't, not to mention contradictory... But campaign ads for Reichert indicate he has sold his soul to... Karl Rove and if evidence matters, his reputation down the drain.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Forensics Matter
In the case of the Reichert/Burner matter of degrees, forensics matter. They are a matter of evidence and debate. It may not be a coincidence that it took 20 years to catch a killer. In fact, it could probably be stated. In fact, it is not.
One point that should be evident, is that it is not really clear what I have said here. Nonetheless, it does not mean that nothing can be taken from it.[Let that sink in.*]
[10-28-08: It is not a coincidence**... Now it's been stated. The point is that catching a killer and real debate take proper forensics, apparently not Reichert's bailiwick. And for those that need a clue, forensics refers to either legal evidence or the skill of debating, in his case they are nearly criminal.]
* as a joker might say: "I resemble that remark". But rhetorically I have not made a charge but an inference might be taken ...then call Joe the Plumber.
**Both forensics problems and advances were key in the Green River Killer case.
One point that should be evident, is that it is not really clear what I have said here. Nonetheless, it does not mean that nothing can be taken from it.[Let that sink in.*]
[10-28-08: It is not a coincidence**... Now it's been stated. The point is that catching a killer and real debate take proper forensics, apparently not Reichert's bailiwick. And for those that need a clue, forensics refers to either legal evidence or the skill of debating, in his case they are nearly criminal.]
* as a joker might say: "I resemble that remark". But rhetorically I have not made a charge but an inference might be taken ...then call Joe the Plumber.
**Both forensics problems and advances were key in the Green River Killer case.
Major Deal of Minor Gotchas
A matter of direction and degree.[a matter of reading and trust]
Not to mention media. My QCON (Quick Comment On the News) relates to the matter of how campaigns can spin and while it seems tit-for-tat or pass the buck to staff, sometimes there are reasons that matter. It is clear that while Burner does not have the degree in Economics, it is not clear*that she did not say anything other than a "degree in it". (Note my QCON has no Capital T for "the", and she may never have used a capital E in Econ.) Now this may just seem like a funny aside but recall I have noted a bearing on the difference in humor for them and us**.
But just the facts ma'am, Reichert's bio has now been corrected to reflect the AA rather than the BA which nonetheless would have been acquired in two years from '68 to '70, while it has been clarified that Darcy Burner does have a four year degree (meaning a BA) described as "a computer science degree from Harvard with a "special field," or emphasis, in economics."
Now is this much ado about nothing? Well it is ironic that the Sheriff was exaggerating what would seemingly have distanced himself from Joe the Plumber, while Darcy Burner was trying not to emphasize the degree of complication in her background. In reality she is the one with the business experience while he the life in government.
A Democrat of similar mind to whomever comes up with this mud, could wonder if there is not some exaggeration of the Sheriff's honorable record. I however will be honest and say that I have not verified a lot of it. Like his 20 year quest for the Green River Killer, while only being sheriff 8 of his over 30 years in law enforcement. I won't cast doubt on that record, but really is it something to brag about, that it took 20 years that is? It is at least stick-to-it-iveness, but nevertheless, still not the mud that matters.
[Bottom line: like punchline? NOT! But to serve the people. They both have records that can be admired but is there any irony in this matter of degree? It is a matter for forensics that it has taken so long for one and the other so little to go so far. It would seem that it is not debatable that the devil is in the details and how they are handled matters. While these seem minor details, they should be a clue to success.***]
*a frequent refrain from the likes of McCain/Palin when their reading material is lagging or their sources are unfound(ed).
** not necessarily in those exact words
*** Instead of apologies forthcoming, the Republicans still lie, see bottom link.
Not to mention media. My QCON (Quick Comment On the News) relates to the matter of how campaigns can spin and while it seems tit-for-tat or pass the buck to staff, sometimes there are reasons that matter. It is clear that while Burner does not have the degree in Economics, it is not clear*that she did not say anything other than a "degree in it". (Note my QCON has no Capital T for "the", and she may never have used a capital E in Econ.) Now this may just seem like a funny aside but recall I have noted a bearing on the difference in humor for them and us**.
But just the facts ma'am, Reichert's bio has now been corrected to reflect the AA rather than the BA which nonetheless would have been acquired in two years from '68 to '70, while it has been clarified that Darcy Burner does have a four year degree (meaning a BA) described as "a computer science degree from Harvard with a "special field," or emphasis, in economics."
Now is this much ado about nothing? Well it is ironic that the Sheriff was exaggerating what would seemingly have distanced himself from Joe the Plumber, while Darcy Burner was trying not to emphasize the degree of complication in her background. In reality she is the one with the business experience while he the life in government.
A Democrat of similar mind to whomever comes up with this mud, could wonder if there is not some exaggeration of the Sheriff's honorable record. I however will be honest and say that I have not verified a lot of it. Like his 20 year quest for the Green River Killer, while only being sheriff 8 of his over 30 years in law enforcement. I won't cast doubt on that record, but really is it something to brag about, that it took 20 years that is? It is at least stick-to-it-iveness, but nevertheless, still not the mud that matters.
[Bottom line: like punchline? NOT! But to serve the people. They both have records that can be admired but is there any irony in this matter of degree? It is a matter for forensics that it has taken so long for one and the other so little to go so far. It would seem that it is not debatable that the devil is in the details and how they are handled matters. While these seem minor details, they should be a clue to success.***]
*a frequent refrain from the likes of McCain/Palin when their reading material is lagging or their sources are unfound(ed).
** not necessarily in those exact words
*** Instead of apologies forthcoming, the Republicans still lie, see bottom link.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Reaganomics and Joe the Plumber
What is the differences between Reaganomics and Joe the Plumber?
The former is about the affluent, and the latter the effluent.
I think Joe called himself a flash in the pan, well it may be in the kitchen where trickledown has sizzled away.
These are the worst mixed metaphors that really should make us steam.
I won't even plug the links to this @rap, but snake them in here,
and this is no $#!+
Greenspan: "Shocked Disbelief" Robert Borosage
Alan Shrugged? 3 point Oh.*
Bill Moyer's Journal: JK Galbraith and Playing for Change
Aren't we all.**
* bottoms up ecomomists
** a double entendre with a lighter note
The former is about the affluent, and the latter the effluent.
I think Joe called himself a flash in the pan, well it may be in the kitchen where trickledown has sizzled away.
These are the worst mixed metaphors that really should make us steam.
I won't even plug the links to this @rap, but snake them in here,
and this is no $#!+
Greenspan: "Shocked Disbelief" Robert Borosage
Alan Shrugged? 3 point Oh.*
Bill Moyer's Journal: JK Galbraith and Playing for Change
Aren't we all.**
* bottoms up ecomomists
** a double entendre with a lighter note
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Pieces of History
"The only thing to fear, is fear itself." FDR
This quote came to mind in reference to an email exchange with a "friend". The air quotes could be removed, but I want to imply that he has a different perspective, not of the word "friend" but politics. Having just dug up the quote, it continues:
"--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." I guess that is why labels are so in vogue on the right, but the thought that came to mind as follow-up, was whether FDR could have forseen that fear would be a not only a party, but a platform.
Speaking of tennuous links,(see below link) it is about the labels that imply there is something to fear, in one word. Nonetheless there is something to fight, and it is not ambivalence, but certainty, with courage and faith.
This quote came to mind in reference to an email exchange with a "friend". The air quotes could be removed, but I want to imply that he has a different perspective, not of the word "friend" but politics. Having just dug up the quote, it continues:
"--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." I guess that is why labels are so in vogue on the right, but the thought that came to mind as follow-up, was whether FDR could have forseen that fear would be a not only a party, but a platform.
Speaking of tennuous links,(see below link) it is about the labels that imply there is something to fear, in one word. Nonetheless there is something to fight, and it is not ambivalence, but certainty, with courage and faith.
ACORN: Seeds of Destruction
A squirrely claim is just nuts!
McCain perpetrator of collusion?
Voter Fraud Myth covers wholesale theft of voter rights.
On the lighter side:
The Powell Endorsement is more than cage* liner. No disrespect for the sources only some of the content**. Rush Limbaugh claimed that it was purely an issue of race. The connection to Ted is tennuous, but Ed?
* no slight but reference to both squirrel and voter caging***
** CNN is not really "fair and balanced" on some issues but the CSM referred to Rush's claim of race being the issue.
*** a new wrinkle: voter Re-registration fraud?
McCain perpetrator of collusion?
Voter Fraud Myth covers wholesale theft of voter rights.
On the lighter side:
The Powell Endorsement is more than cage* liner. No disrespect for the sources only some of the content**. Rush Limbaugh claimed that it was purely an issue of race. The connection to Ted is tennuous, but Ed?
* no slight but reference to both squirrel and voter caging***
** CNN is not really "fair and balanced" on some issues but the CSM referred to Rush's claim of race being the issue.
*** a new wrinkle: voter Re-registration fraud?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Debates Over?
Well it is 3 for 3 for Obama, unless you count the Warren Forum and the upcoming Al Smith dinner.
Domestic Policy:
McCain did not exactly attack using the same language that his campaign uses, and Obama did not exactly reply the way I suggested to the campaign. But McCain did come out on the losing end of the "tit-for-tat" as Obama simply had to repeat what was already out there and apparently missed by the McCain camp. My suggestion would have involved a reference to the media filters or reading material that McCain has access to in regards to his charge that Obama has not addressed the Ayers issue. Obama avoided getting dragged into the mud of the playground that McCain seemed to revel in. If you check all the bright eyed "gotcha" moments where McCain seemed to feel he was landing something, you might find that he overshot the runway. And it was generous that Obama did not more than smile at the childishness or point out McCain's confusion at some points.
New label: Debate.
Domestic Policy:
McCain did not exactly attack using the same language that his campaign uses, and Obama did not exactly reply the way I suggested to the campaign. But McCain did come out on the losing end of the "tit-for-tat" as Obama simply had to repeat what was already out there and apparently missed by the McCain camp. My suggestion would have involved a reference to the media filters or reading material that McCain has access to in regards to his charge that Obama has not addressed the Ayers issue. Obama avoided getting dragged into the mud of the playground that McCain seemed to revel in. If you check all the bright eyed "gotcha" moments where McCain seemed to feel he was landing something, you might find that he overshot the runway. And it was generous that Obama did not more than smile at the childishness or point out McCain's confusion at some points.
New label: Debate.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Tetrahedron Ramble*
What the heck** is the point? I revisit my Power Broker Mountain Project, or actually move on. What I call the prime disciplines as in fields of study, Physics, Psychology, and Philosophy form the base with Progress or their result as the point of their projection or application forming a reality or culture, as we know it, or think we know it, or feel we apply it, regardless.
The perspective that caused me to reconsider this model, or concept (as it also may be the perspective) is a proposition that Science, Religion, Politics, and Economics,(structures) have at least three things in common: Values, Ideology, and Power.(VIP) Now I don't want to be restricted to the math or geometry or insistence that there is meaning in them for some sake other than they are structures. But conceptually they are at the point of the tetrahedron and not the point of the tetrahedron any more than culture. Now to some this may have gotten nowhere, but we will get somewhere, with or without consideration of VIP and the Very Important Point of who and what we are or will become.
Is it no coincidence that there are three branches of the government, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary based on the constitution and the preamble, or that the first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights? Freedom and Justice are not forces to reckon*** with, but create.
*somewhat impromptu
** search fuzzy math and English; not to mention viscious cycle or golden rule
*** "bottom line"
The perspective that caused me to reconsider this model, or concept (as it also may be the perspective) is a proposition that Science, Religion, Politics, and Economics,(structures) have at least three things in common: Values, Ideology, and Power.(VIP) Now I don't want to be restricted to the math or geometry or insistence that there is meaning in them for some sake other than they are structures. But conceptually they are at the point of the tetrahedron and not the point of the tetrahedron any more than culture. Now to some this may have gotten nowhere, but we will get somewhere, with or without consideration of VIP and the Very Important Point of who and what we are or will become.
Is it no coincidence that there are three branches of the government, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary based on the constitution and the preamble, or that the first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights? Freedom and Justice are not forces to reckon*** with, but create.
*somewhat impromptu
** search fuzzy math and English; not to mention viscious cycle or golden rule
*** "bottom line"
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
"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 ]
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 ]
Friday, October 10, 2008
Alaskan Republicans for Obama?
TROOPERGATE
Alaska panel finds Palin abused power in firing.
Composed of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats: Unanimous
McCain aide claims they are Obama supporters.
[10-11-08: This is tongue in cheek, in its irony, of being a partisan-led investigation without a conclusion. This link is the most comprehensive. It is now in the hands of a Republican led legislature, with the decision to move ahead or delay. The irony is the claim that it is partisan in either its initiation or its timing and whether to rush it or delay.]
Alaska panel finds Palin abused power in firing.
Composed of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats: Unanimous
McCain aide claims they are Obama supporters.
[10-11-08: This is tongue in cheek, in its irony, of being a partisan-led investigation without a conclusion. This link is the most comprehensive. It is now in the hands of a Republican led legislature, with the decision to move ahead or delay. The irony is the claim that it is partisan in either its initiation or its timing and whether to rush it or delay.]
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Rope a dope.
With all the fighting metaphors,
McCain stepped right into his own words,
swung from "that one".[*]
I came in sometime in the late rounds,
but I thought that the "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" jab was on target.
Precious notes: no Palin or Governor referenced in the debate.
Demeaner question: Senator Obama should not worry about being condescending, Senator McCain is a Descending Con.
And Senator McCain should resist using the term telegraph or blows ,
especially since he is the inventor of the Rasberry.
Now those are quips you can depend on.
[Interactive Debate Video/Transcripts]
[*] link added showing him getting tickled again "Oh Please"
McCain stepped right into his own words,
swung from "that one".[*]
I came in sometime in the late rounds,
but I thought that the "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" jab was on target.
Precious notes: no Palin or Governor referenced in the debate.
Demeaner question: Senator Obama should not worry about being condescending, Senator McCain is a Descending Con.
And Senator McCain should resist using the term telegraph or blows ,
especially since he is the inventor of the Rasberry.
Now those are quips you can depend on.
[Interactive Debate Video/Transcripts]
[*] link added showing him getting tickled again "Oh Please"
May I call you Sarah?
Say it ain't so, Sarah.
Speaking of bars...
Palin-Biden Transcript
Obama-McCain Transcript (First debate)
Say it ain't so, Jack.
AKA: McCain Debates (or Tickles) Self.
Speaking of Straight Talk Express... or links
Or not?
Speaking of bars...
Palin-Biden Transcript
Obama-McCain Transcript (First debate)
Say it ain't so, Jack.
MCCAIN: So let me get this right. We sit down with Ahmadinejad, and he says, "We're going to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth," and we say, "No, you're not"? Oh, please.An imagined zinger embedded in the reality of diplomacy and nuance.
AKA: McCain Debates (or Tickles) Self.
Speaking of Straight Talk Express... or links
Or not?
Monday, October 06, 2008
Palin Not Albright
Now that is really the point.
In this area, Palin is right. The media did turn it into something. Palin played the media card, right on top of the gender card. Thanks to ThomHartmann.com and this getting me through Huffington Post, to Keating Economics.
[What Palin read! Coffee Cups!]
In this area, Palin is right. The media did turn it into something. Palin played the media card, right on top of the gender card. Thanks to ThomHartmann.com and this getting me through Huffington Post, to Keating Economics.
[What Palin read! Coffee Cups!]
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Pre-Palin-Biden-Debate
Governor Palin should not be allowed to be condescending.
She has already given condescending a new meaning. Well...maybe it is the old meaning.
Maybe it is the full meaning of irony, she gives out.
Lowering the bar, to be above it all.
[POST DEBATE COMMENT:
Governor Palin clearly hit the hockey puck out of the park*.
Senator Biden clearly kept it on ice and scored the goals.
Debate winner: Biden
Of course my expectations were met.** Palin clearly could not be as uninformed and goofy as she portrays herself. She is still wrong and uninformed but had a wonderful performance. She performed well above the bar she had so casually stomped on. Biden held to his promise and avoided being condescending, while Palin raised condescension to almost a snottiness mixed with the matronly scolding of an errant child.]
[Early Polls: Independents
Biden won, little game change.
Secondary winner? The media. They survived her bashing. Meaning that the debate did not change the composite picture the people have.] Belittle. The word used in post debate comment on MSNBC, that is the word for the condescension.
The debate may have halted Palin's drag on the ticket, it just won't drag it in the right direction.
** I am relieved that Palin was not worse than she has been shown to be, and that Biden was not cowed by her tactics.
* this asterisk inserted much later to include a just found reference to park and
She has already given condescending a new meaning. Well...maybe it is the old meaning.
Maybe it is the full meaning of irony, she gives out.
Lowering the bar, to be above it all.
[POST DEBATE COMMENT:
Governor Palin clearly hit the hockey puck out of the park*.
Senator Biden clearly kept it on ice and scored the goals.
Debate winner: Biden
Of course my expectations were met.** Palin clearly could not be as uninformed and goofy as she portrays herself. She is still wrong and uninformed but had a wonderful performance. She performed well above the bar she had so casually stomped on. Biden held to his promise and avoided being condescending, while Palin raised condescension to almost a snottiness mixed with the matronly scolding of an errant child.]
[Early Polls: Independents
Biden won, little game change.
Secondary winner? The media. They survived her bashing. Meaning that the debate did not change the composite picture the people have.] Belittle. The word used in post debate comment on MSNBC, that is the word for the condescension.
The debate may have halted Palin's drag on the ticket, it just won't drag it in the right direction.
** I am relieved that Palin was not worse than she has been shown to be, and that Biden was not cowed by her tactics.
* this asterisk inserted much later to include a just found reference to park and
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