Lives

(or jobs) in the balance.
[Amy Goodman found earlier]

Meanwhile on the jobs front(or tax cuts/stimulus) Republicans claim no data[**] on millionaire target. Close enough for government* work.
(hardball breaking: fight or switch)
*context for chart
[further breaking: and pesky fact (not included) Bush appointee]
[Matt Laur?]
** on the other hand

THANKS...

Taking!

Who is the Heir...

to Robert K. Merton?

I don't know...
but one never knows.
Have a good Turkey weekend!
[11-25-10 The stuffing of Finance and Mandelbrot? HAPPY THANKS GIVING!]

De Tour

Three Pillars? Really?
People, Planet, Profits... what is it holding up? A missing dimension?
[Under Construction: Subtitled(above saved in draft)]
The Mess Age: I think I told you so.
Still in draft-update to preface (raw notes here)
Oops, Paradigm Still in Draft [Stop.]

Raw Notes

[above posted 11-22-10 The following are the Raw Notes on Codevilla.]

[p3 re class(parapraph) or summer break(diversity) who needs Republicans when Democrats have class and diversity?]
[p4 :change]
[p5 blatant error non-gov Kissinger Fed IMF]
[p6 wait two classes?]

[Divide to whine - ? - before the political divide I think, is a thought "divided against itself" {statistiacal? r*}]
[greater of two evils]
[Royal palinisms]
[The Uniter]

[Us and them]
[Schlock]
[Wealth Associations? Enclaves?]
[Market - Educations? Shiboleths? ... Adam Smith "specialization"? language]
[Tribe Kagan court]
[Certifiable] italics reread.]

Dependence Economics

...

The Country Class? "non-orientation to government"
p3 small v. large
p6 country class American ways
p7 Snobsian
"Congruent Angendas?"
p1 Resistannce
p2 Moral Revolutianary
Suppose...

republic chain
(constitutional monstrosity)
Anti-Climatic)

Economics...

is no more the vehicle of our values than religion or politics. But politics is the more fair and balanced of the three as long as none of the three dominate the message, four they will. The s'um is great than the duoh!

[Subtext or Con Text?]
A thought divided against itself.
[Field theory or spare the Rodney? ...speaking of Homer]
[Vector valuing dynamics]

Still in draft?

Here is the preface to something I am torn between chewing and eschewing on.

Rally in Progress?
The following is submitted As Is.

(titled)PARADIGM?
Or Ribble? Hint? Or shifts?
The origins:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

One thought...
[in con text: or (sum)some...regarding the Lord Acton quote about power corrupts the key is in the word "absolute" and regardless if it is the people, some of the people or the sum* of the people]
*an erroneous yet prophetic insert of the link (as in a word divided and short for some thing else)

Italics added:

to Eschew
Paradigm? still in draft...
a thought divided:
Theory of Peace?
Reality of Politics.
The preceding two lines are a pun on the paradigm in draft or rather on the references to uniting or dividing. It is obtuse because I have not included the Facebook comment for technical sake, but have summed it as noted. And of course reality is a concern for all of us, but politics? (Ouch, did not mean to transcend or actually hit the point of intersect.) And rather than embed a point in the bracketed hint, I will simply say may Chalmers Johnson RIP! If only it meant Rally in Progress!
BTW: The a4mentioned "still in draft" is in the 4M of raw notes, but I will by way of segue post the preface.[last link added 11-24-10]

Paradigm?

Or Ribble? Hint? Or shifts?
The origins:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

One thought...
[above posted 11-22-10 The following are the Raw Notes on Codevilla.]

[p3 re class(parapraph) or summer break(diversity) who needs Republicans when Democrats have class and diversity?]
[p4 :change]
[p5 blatant error non-gov Kissinger Fed IMF]
[p6 wait two classes?]

[Divide to whine - ? - before the political divide I think, is a thought "divided against itself" {statistiacal? r*}]
[greater of two evils]
[Royal palinisms]
[The Uniter]

[Us and them]
[Schlock]
[Wealth Associations? Enclaves?]
[Market - Educations? Shiboleths? ... Adam Smith "specialization"? language]
[Tribe Kagan court]
[Certifiable] italics reread.]

Dependence Economics

...

The Country Class? "non-orientation to government"
p3 small v. large
p6 country class American ways
p7 Snobsian
"Congruent Angendas?"
p1 Resistannce
p2 Moral Revolutianary
Suppose...

republic chain
(constitutional monstrosity)
Anti-Climatic)

Chew On...

Or Eschew [*]... on This.
One might bite.
(Speaking of class or was it paradigms?)
[Ribble in a Tea Pot?]
[BTW: I am crafting a reply to the ribble or paradigm. It bites...a thought "divided against itself"?]

[*] update 11-22-10 bold italics update bold indicates I have finally read fully but italics not a recommend [P.S. asterisk is post everthing above]

Really?

Fair and Balanced?
Or
Objectivity v. Subjectivity?

Fact v. Truth

Amazing Precedence

Not really, I occasionally agree with a Republican. Senator Richard Lugar(Republican) challenges Democrats to hold the vote on the "Trust but Verify". And I would say to all Democrats "call their bluff". But there is a bit of false equivalence*, in staying the course.[**]
[Breaking Related]
[Speaking of Breaking.]
* news and democracy

[Not[***] to mention, or include irony and fair and balanced.]

[The Wave In Balance: Act]
[Belated Ribble: actually the ribble is not late, but the importance of a new START? Without a treaty and the respect for law, it only leaves disrespect for politics, the tyranny of anarchy, and the terrorism of preemption.]
[** Ripple in the pond or splash?]
[*** it is not about replacing Obama, nor about finding a Karl Rove for the Left, it is about politicians and media doing their jobs, and both fighting for the people and changing the process.]

Starting from Scratch

Well, not exactly...the Lame Swan.*
[New Label,(Navigation II] may be redundant or too all inclusive as it is all about course change. and vector dynamics of tact and tack. Original Navigation label was a pun on getting around this site as well as an overarching purpose. But I will further aid navigation, noting the bold links here, as well as pulling out an embedded link from the last one, and hope I remember to include enough labels below.]
* lameduck

[Just in Dream Act, yes, but Nightmare Act: not using Lameduck Congress and Reconciliation to pass as much as possible*. Priority: Disclose Act and Net Neutrality and anything that effects the Citizens United irony. I would add that there be something that prevents House investigations from being a rerun of the previous congress.]
* November Surge to be updated.

Bloomberg/Scarborough

Scary!
I hope I can find a recent Michael Bloomberg interview where he whined about the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Whine may not be an accurate description of it, but an accurate description of the expiration of the tax cuts for the rich was not in the interview either. For now I will have to whine that I can't find it. His whine did not demonstrate a basic understanding of the tax code, where each bracket of income is taxed the same for everyone. The next dollar one earns does not make the poor rich person a second class citizen.

"One Can...

Reasonably Hope".
(Henceforth, bold links will be fully read.)
[update Point Counter-Point:

The White House vehemently denies that there is any change in policy. "The president has been crystal clear that we will begin drawing down troops in July of 2011. There is absolutely no change to that policy," said Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman.(This quote appears in both McClatchy sources

Parsing Focus or Focus Combat:
My point is that the two articles, before I read them, seemed to indicate a proper balance. Unbeknownst to me the McClatchy was even updated but I have now read the original McClatchy (Point-above) it was based on, as well as the other two (Counter-Point) and find my original embedded feeling that it was a good transition balance from military to political focus. This is a multidimensional* refocus, which even Rand Paul has played a reasonable part in. The focus is not so much on July 2011, but ultimate success**, and the aim to bring the discussion from military to political focus. Must we be reminded that while Congress does have the powers of the purse and war, the President is commander-in-chief and there is no real constitutional branch of diplomacy or foreign policy or Department of Peace.
* balance of powers within our nation and within other nations (from military to diplomacy)
** July 2011, Transition begins.
[Related Micro-Mess Aging. "the medium is the message" the Mess age is the medium?]

Point

Counter-point.(saved in draft: posted 11-15-10)
[And updated]

What Obama can't say.

Chris Matthews says Obama must do something to show he gets it. But what really needs to happen is that the people need to get it. Get it?[***]
[As the show(Hardball) progressed.]

[11-12-10 We aren't even sure the Debt Panel gets it. Often we aren't even sure what (or who) it is to get, but a recent comment by Thom Hartmann spurred me to comment as he closed his show with: "we need to start making things." While that is partially correct, is it not a bit too into the "consumption racket"*? Why not say we need to start valuing things? Would that not shine the irony on our market system? Maybe I am being too subtle. Maybe I am being too idealistic. But both these shine the light on the complexity of reality. My point ends and begins in The Republic, and (regards the irony of)** Platonic Justice.
* "air quotes" added (not that anyone calls it that)
** (comment added): maybe (dynamics of) would be better.]
[*** change: too much(Obama) or not enough?(jobs)]
[Bingo? see * here not there]
[Breaking yet to read. But I will preemptively summarize what I feel is the Obama approach, broad brush change, that started with his domestic agenda, through diplomacy and security issues, ending in global support for change. Wow, when I start a broad brush, I really swath. But in particular I mean global monetary policy, and I forgot to note the issue of trade policy, in this step up the paint ladder.]

[Note: 4-26-11 Bold and Link added to The Republic: "Yeah, That's the Ticket"]

Speaking of Timing

All posts are posted at the time indicated unless otherwise noted*, not always clearly, as updated or inserted**.

* saved-in-draft maintain original time with date posted indicated
** sometimes indicated by links

Sometimes bracketed material is a preface, and
now to the matters that triggered this tangent.
It was a surprise to me and others that the Debt Panel released its(or rather the co-chair's) plan, an interesting update to my comments in the update regarding the chart and debt. It is probable that the chart, may not include social security, and regarding medicare, off the chart going forward. But given the shotgun approach, not really a good metaphor(as aim is not the point), but as a matter of breadth and coverage, it is all over the map and "harpooned every whale"***. While the origin of the Debt Panel(link hopefully to be inserted)is in question, (was it Obama's or a Republican idea) it does seem to fit my theory of Obama. The solutions to our economy are very broad, and inter-related, and hinge on the balance of what government does, more particularly does it create jobs or the environment for the economy. The answer is usally, if not always, both to some degree. In this regard, any wholesale dismissal of the plan is in as much error as even calling it a plan. It seems a well crafted way to put everything on the table, not that it will all be called for or passed.

*** Simpson quote from Bloomberg link.
[Speaking of timing and updates and tangents, Fair Game is a movie noted in C-word post, but Decision Points(book) is the center of the Circumference. Somewhere there is a link that closes the circle.]
[Speaking of Spokes: Axel Rod?]

Veterans Day

Service and Sacrifice.
[Timing is not everything. My intent was to have this automatically post at midnite. However I was uncertain it had not posted prematurely, so I saved it in draft. Speaking of prematurely, the sacrifice noted in the Youtube makes those left behind the veterans, while the departed have their day of honor on memorial day. While some have taken the route that pursuing the end of(a) war does injustice to veterans, it is more complicated or awkward to accept the contrary.]

Maslow Search

Speaking of 'nOdd needs, I have posting issues.
But in regards to Maslow blog search, I also need a Need list.
As Maslow stands.
Need as found 12-16-11
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI

Now I should note that "pop" quiz has never been graded, in terms of testing my G'Ribble, that there are changes to the search al gore rhythms. i.e. at a later date will the same search find the same sources. I know I have referenced Maslow but then maybe it was too embedded.  Here is a google find.

Back Log

[Update 11-10-10]
The Punchline
StandUp: This is a wisecrack. .
Bottom Line: Timing is everything, and sometimes accounting, but space matters.
Yet sometimes only a chart will do.
My point is that debt is not the primary problem, although maybe growth is. Debt to GDP is not really a problem either...yet, note the peak in the 1940's proceeded by the growth in the middle class(cni)* and continued growth in GDP(cni). What also occured in the subsequent years, increase in wages, increase in consumption, and increases in taxes.(cni) Correlary: taxes are not the primary or secondary problem either, they are a fraction of the solution.

*(cni)chart not included
[Speaking of timing, just as I post the above. Who knew?]
[ABOVE: Updated 11-10-10.]

The C Word
Olbermann to Return Flash Back*
Focus Parsing

Parsing Combat - Obama Plan
* editing in progress

[Just in:Let me Finish,Chris Matthews Just getting started, Ed Schultz. Ribble: Childish Patronizing, Clumsy Parsing]

The C Word.

Clever?
[Saved in draft for unknown reason, unedited*
i.e. written date above, posted 11-9-10 AM]
Toure's Turn? Do me a Favre and remember, government and politics are not football.
Except maybe for the commercialization with make me think of the Gecko and Aff Quack. But explain to me how the House, the Senate and the President, not to mention the two parties not being teams play into it.
Fair Game? Well that may be a separate rant. "Life is not fair..." that is why society evolved and gave us our founding documents. Freedom is not a force. But I'll give you something to cry about.[Mixed aphorisms or patronizing jingles.] There's no crying in baseball, is there in football?
* due to possible construction distraction and grapes of whine or patronizing refs.

Olbermann to Return

After two day exile, MSNBC will return him to the air. While not blogging on it myself,(I did not panic) between friends I noted, that good would come from it. Not so much the book as the difference between FOX and MSNBC. (Con text)
(Parsing Disgust and the Mama(middle) Bear! Not that the middle is the right, or the left or right wrong, but maybe Mother nature does have a hand in who knows best. Not to call MSNBC the baby bear, but is does seem childish to devolve into who started* it.

* not me but I should revisit for update under-construction.

Focus Parsing

Hocus-Pocus-Focus: but another good Krugman.
[Click the bold.]

Rachel Maddow Effect

Well, not really.
The Scott Brown effect should really be called the Tea Party Vaccine Effect.
[Actually to be fair and balanced(not to pun on FAUX news) but this really hinges simply on the Scott Brown/Tea Party(ish) claim that what happened in Massachusetts could happen across the country. That is really an uphill job in that state, and the connection to what happened in the rest of the country really had to do more with the targeting of money and conservative/tea party on Republican and swing districts. I have not really looked at that piece of data, but it seems to be a natural dynamic as well. Moderates are knocked off because they have to be moderate in swing districts. I don't think that Massachusetts was ignored by the influences of money and party powers but the people may have learned from the Scott Brown rhetoric. And naturally liberals and progressives are so, because their people may agree with them. So this really balances the dilemma whether the nation or even a state, needs to be more moderate or progressive[**].
[Maddow 11-3-10*]
**[The Last Word]
*date of show not update

Capitalism Owes Obama an Apology.

How Obama Saved Capitalism
and Lost the Midterms Timothy Egan The New York Times
Subset of misunderstanding: Bush was good for Wall Street. The bailouts were passed under Obama. "Government Motors" was socialism.
It is not very energizing to whine that people don't get it. But it is also the fault of the media and the Democrats for not getting the message out. However analysis is still coming in. Reportedly: Tea Party success was 60%**. Progressive Democratic successes was 99%***, which I am not so* sure how it was calculated.

* this was not the source, in fact not even followed by me(which I don't know what that may be telling)
** except for this
*** I heard this but can't really believe it. I can believe how hard it is to google an answer. (more on file)
[Saved in Draft, to be updated.]
[My headline is a bit unfair, it is not really about Obama****, it is about the middle class and moderates.(See *)]
****[Update: I have used my limit of asterisks- oh heck, cross thread. New thread: too much or not enough? Cause and Effect and the Weaver.]

Obama wins three way race.

A. Who is to blame for the economy?
B. Exit polls show, 1. Wallstreet 2. George Bush and distant 3rd Obama.
C. If Obama owns the economy, which he may have said(but I quibble) it is not because he has gotten everything he wants. Nobody really owns the economy. In fact, nobody even owns the solutions, let alone get it* their way.

* get it? first link only a spellcheck for no body.
i.e. not yet read Krugman, a somebody.
[Actually I am not sure if Chris Matthews gets it, or if I even have* the right link.
* (This is it at 6:10 -see separate transcript)

Psst... Ed...Ed Schultz

[Saved in Draft: Posting 11-4-10]
Just before Rapid-Fire you ripped Obama on Boehner. First, Boehner has mentioned "no compromise". So to be confrontational, Obama must lead with that. Second, since Republicans are the party of "know"(of course we know-no) the Senate must be the party of yes and say yes to reconciliation and the filibuster. Of course it is not black and white, but I mean being the party of "yes we can." Pass it on.

StandUp

This is a wisecrack.
[Actually I did not have the link in mind when I started this post, but unlike many I insert, I have read it completely. I had also previously been wondering why Paul Krugman does not have more influence. I think it is because he does not talk down to his readers, and if he does, the rest of his message is not understood. Not to continue some word play on the letter T, but timing is sometimes everything. Well, nothing is ever everything, but it is always a part of change and existence. So in this case, I suggest that another Key is Obama. Just like the Laugher Curve and one could say that it is more about location, (No Real Estate Pun), please read the above Paul Krugman column with timing, and location in mind. So...sides aside(Keynesian** is not Kenyan) keep in mind that change depends on both timing and location, not to mention that* in other areas***.

* time, location and changes(and our global relationships)
** not to vouch for wisegeek(or ads by google: i.e. Mises, or the Austrian School) let alone wikipedia [And not to emphasize government involvement, but more than just monetary and fiscal involvement.]
*** Field Theory
[Not to be a non-profit prophet, but what about the lameduck congress? And not just to pun, but what is the political calculus of the many bills pending from the House and chance for reconciliation.]
[And speaking of timing, Ed Schultz is not live, but he began his show saying you cannot build a party from the middle. Now by dropping his name I hope you have not tuned out, but I don't mean to agree with everything he says. He was saying this to both parties, or at least to me he was. Maybe he was saying it more to the Democrats, but it should be clear that whatever the Tea Party is, I doubt it is the middle, but it does depend on if you(we) are governing or running, and we should do the former.]

But for Obama.

The "One"? No Moss.(Rolling Stone)
Yes Bill Clinton should be listened to.
I am not sure he is not.
I am also not sure I should apologize for a pun. (No Mas?) But not only can one word make a difference, but who uses it, and how? Maybe even the "T" Party might have meaning.
(Tetrahedron of Will.)[The Car or Ditch metaphor: We could have used a TOW truck rather than the gear shift, and we are not off the hook. But I better drop the transmission.]
[Speaking of links or one.]
[The key to my thread is the one, and what next?]

But for Angle

It looks like Senator Harry Reid has pulled it out.
But for Angle we might have a different story.
But(t)* for the people?

"Do not hold the delusion that your advancements are accomplished by crushing others." Cicero

But for the T*, who knows?
*T 4 three?(Really?)...Really? (Not a Tangent)

Let them eat cake!

And have it too. OK, I am mixing metaphors or idioms. But apparently the Republicans deserve congratulations for taking the House and the Democrats have just escaped losing the Senate. A question was asked; why did this happen? The above was a bit of a spin on my first thought. My later thought was that people had not had enough. The(y)[*] had not gotten enough change, and hopefully they will not get more of the same. I would say this falls under the category of two previous comments. The Economy Stupid and Foreign Legions.

[* speaking of timing, typo corrections are not always noted, but in this case the (y) seemmed appropriate to note, as I am crafting a post at the moment.]
[update under construction here: dot-dot-dot]

Looking Back

[Saved in Draft: Posting 11-4-10]
As CNN looks at the polls for 2012, I might as well look back. A few weeks ago, George Bush noted his biggest failure as not privatizing social security. Now he has recalled the worst moment of his presidency was being called a racist by Kanye West. Hmmm. At the time of the first comment, I said: Imagine a Democrat saying that, after having September 11th on their watch. Then imagine the reaction by the right and FOX. Then tell me there is a liberal media.

Get Out!

THE VOTE!

Re:Sabbatical(A Compendium)
[Inserted now.] [Updated/edited 11-2-10]
[But for Comedy Central (RSN)]
[Not Fully Red? ]
[Meanwhile a real page turner.]
[Added 11-2-10 Obama(No Moss)! See Rolling Stone(RSN)above(page turner)
also Gawker Controversy]

[Final comment: TwoRead. But for TARP; world recession. But for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; 8-1/2 million jobs. But for Reid and Obama! Oh, and Republicans.
To wit: TARP(bailout) and ARRA(stimulus) are not the same or even the same administration.
Neither is the recession end, job recovery.]

The Tea Party of Media

[Post Date 11-2-10 9 AM]
Gawker, the "Liberal Media" or Tea Party of "the Media".
In Con Text?

Not Me! Not Us!
[Marketing Consultant, Media Consultant, Three time candidate for Senate and religious activist types are a rather small demographic but being underwater, maybe that works.(are we still talking just financially?
(see C there, more than just correction in asterisk there)]

[Speaking of ASALT talks, I will explain the pun. It is more than a matter of spelling. Palin's "Corrupt Bastards Club" is not spelled CBS, it is CBC, but Christine's SALT is an ASALT, Amoral Saviors Alliance for Lifting the Truth. Are we sunk yet? And I will lay off any Sea jokes or Read puns*? Well, not exactly.]
* Hey! Let's leave Cool Aid out of this mix.