OH, THE IRONY!!!

Is it just me
or is it just ice.

It certainly seems ironic that terrorists are confessing while politicians are pleading their case on the tortured field of justice. Irony may be in the eye of the beholder, yet the competition for finding the logic in both cases is staggering, and maybe stronger in the case of martyrdom. Maybe after mentioning the irony, I have ironed this out, for was not Nixon a martyr of sorts? To what I don't know. But justice is the irony, in that both cases short circuit it. One from the top, the other from the bottom, the irony may be cut by the idea that they are getting their orders top down, while justice it seems is bottoms up and down the drain.
[Speaking of hot air and bubbles: OK it was hydrogen.]

ACTION ITEM !!! [
There is enough irony in the pardon situation, the confession situation may be more clear, as making martyrs will continue the war on terror. The irony is not in the terrorists, it is in the war, where justice would at least take away one recruitment tool. Not to mention if you are not with us, you are against us. If terrorists are for the death penalty, where are we? It is not irony that terrorist don't want justice, because in this case the process has been violated, which gets in the way of their martyrdom. By forgoing any change in the process, they risk progress being made, and one more recruitment tool lost. That may be the exception that proves the irony, in that the administration used exceptional logic.

Meanwhile: It might be wise to keep or promote Patrick Fitzgerald. Speaking of Nixon, there is irony in the Nixon to China concept. And hope in the Obama from Chicago process. And justice may be around the corner, but economics is the bigger picture.

Out Foxed?

Obtuseness Redux.
Why does Social Security Need 174,000 bullets?
Dems open convention playing defense of Obama.
Get the lede out?

Not to bury any ironies or unintended puns...
The first two links are referenced in the next two lines.
The third line and two links are in regard to the heading, and to the sources.
The "Obtuseness Redux" were from Comcast/AP. 
But I first went local then tan gent or BaneOr BainOr... 
the punchline has to do with they nature of Infowars(the site), a bit more journalistic and fair and balanced than FOX, not that they do not require very careful reads.   The four links seem to represent a sort of unsorting and GPS un-crossroads dynamic. And for my part, the first aspect has to do with the irony of any whining about Social Security having an Inspector General division that hunts down fraud, in this age of second amendment fruit salad or T-parties. And for the sake of any intelligence briefs or geeks, "lede" is a journalistic term not a bullet point.  The last two links are a good un-cross Rhodes* of the left.  Not quite Tin-Foil Hats, not quite Coffee Party, but maybe close enough. (4 hard work?)

* not exactly
** ibid?
(See Labels, but I note here the original four:
DNC Convention, Infowars, Seattle PI, Social Security
(I know, [...] there is a local irony...)

[and global...]***

*** Re-verse asterisk of sorts. Emphasis on not read yet and irony. Heavy on the latter.
[For Rob Sake!]
[M-bed-ed?  Actually...]

EH?

Esoteric Humor?

Homage to oops ?

This is a bit of self-reflection.  Not that I have fully read(vetted) or digested to my satisfaction the links above, but I am concerned with the hazzards(mind field) of irony and satire.

1. Twitter killed Stephen Colbert's joke
2. Critical Spontaneity
3. Word Herstory
4. Change Logos: 
5. Creative Avatar [/?] #CancelColbert
^. Our Story
7. Economics 2011 (s.c. )
8. a. "Truthiness" of Ranked Words.  b. Moos Room,  c. Not your Liaison Report
9. 10. Joan Walsh on irony and irony .
11. Economics... (s.c.)

^5.(or%)  a. NO JOKE, b. i. Mess Age Monger, ii., iii.->, Ctrl F "bottom line" [/?]
iii.-> [ i., ii., iii., iv., vi., ...%(e.g. # / d. c.)]

[Not to mention ...EH ?]
[Let alone ...]  Seriously, now that I have 3 schools of EH, I must remind the reader of my "vetted" reference in regard to economistic heterodocksea.  # * Labels.

Previous post may take unwinding.

Things may change, but the real story in the previous post, had a link where Bush was claiming that "They hate our freedoms". Ironically in a separate search of those words, the link at the top of the search was for the current administration's briefing room. Conspiracy or prank? Not likely, but just the way the Internet and maybe change works.
[No previous posts or links updated here -
- only the mental links or lack thereof.]

[This could be an overuse of irony or irony of my own embedding as in(also from previous post): "I guess it is the way the tube* crumbles." While the rest of the article apparently expired at www.CapitolHillBlue.com, in re-searching that I just unembed this one, on The Jon Stewart Solution. No Kidding! But here is another unembedded irony. That someone would still pit Jeffersonian Democracy against Hamiltonian Finance.]
* tube again is a reference to Stevensownian technology or government.

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]

WHY DID WE INVADE AGAIN?

More disturbing than Iraq being under martial law is that they think that Saddam Hussein will have a fair trial. Even an MSNBC poll showed that 46% believe he does not deserve a fair trial. But Robert Sheers’s “Born Under a Cloud of Irony” spells out the problems for the Bush administration if he were to get a fair trial.

The irony is that we invaded Iraq for regime change, because he was unjust, undemocratic and immensely cruel, not to mention violating international laws. Oh, the last item was not really played up or the irony that we don’t recognize it would come into play.

A fair trial might question the relationship with the past U.S. administrations, namely Reagan and Bush 41. So we install a CIA sponsored car bomber to give him justice under Iraqi law rather than international law. SEE Link.

Warnings On Al-Qaeda

Over There? and
Over Here?
Gut-coded.

I hope to review these later, but it does not seem to be a good sign for the "so-called" war on terror. If it is political hype it contributes to the fear, if it is a reliable fear, then...

After struggling for ways to express the concern in a proper non-partisan manner, it then struck me. Maybe there will be the terrorist attack that is all we need *for nay sayer to come around on Bush.

* see facetious, more important see irony of Link "all we need". More than the non-partisan attempt I was making was the untwisting of the irony in the coming around.

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.]

"It's my turn"[!]

...is what came to mind as I saw Romney frame the race as a decision between the three winners of the last three contests. That's what Ron Paul(8:45) should say. Or maybe Herman Cain or Stephen Colbert should say it**. I am in the process of watching last night's debate on CNN and Rick Santorum (9:10)kicked off the debate with a thread that crosses another thought I had during the introductions, "We are a country of laws".* Actually Ron Paul had already started a few threads in his introduction, we are not nation builders. Romney(15:58) stands up to a Gingrich charge or rather a question on rhetoric and deals with it in legal terms. My original thought had to do with the irony of the conservative nature, but Gingrich is almost a false flag of rhetoric.

* quoting Santorum, not my thought or thread which I may have lost, but laws are the thread of building our nation

BTW- Not necessarily the missing thought: but in regards to Romney's financial reporting, does it bode well for his credit as a business leader, let alone maker of laws? I mean the mis-reporting, and his math regarding taxes and charitable contributions adding up at times to 40 to 45%?

[related irony (slash) update: what I thought was a churned media book event, may turn out to be good for the debate. What can we learn from Arizona? Will we take her up on it? Will the NAACP take Newt up on his charge? Just how do we demand paychecks*** over food stamps? Is it as easy as rhetoric?]

[1-28-12 In defense of PolitiFact... c4*]

[** 1-28-12 link added, Keep Paul Alive! (Courtesy of Buddy Roemer via Bill Maher.)

*** link added]

[c4* I have used as many asterisks as I intend but I would like to connect two pieces(or 3) which relate to the PolitiFact wordplay. Facts are facts and economics and politics everything else. (i.e. context and con text.) But more specifically The Economist has a perspective.]

Litmus Test?

Supreme Court Pick: Sotomayor The best reason I heard so far, to oppose Obama's nominee, is that he nominated her. The reasoning was a litmus test for irony, in reference to judicial philosophy.[**]
[With this MSNBC Breaking News cracked a smile with the Right guest's premise.]

ThinkProgress earlier.
USAToday today.
AllSpinZone humor.
ThinkProgress pre-IQ.
TheHill pre-record.
Fair[*] and Balanced.
[These all need sorting and careful attention.]

[*] Several hours later: Great Clip!
Emphasis on the clip. ZERO CONTEXT.(See irony)
[**] CNN link inserted even later
[Hint for debate: is the law living or enshrined?]
Footnote: Shame on Chris Matthews on misquoting or unparsing *** the difference between law and policy. His mouth does not keep up with his material.
[5-27-09: HuffingtonPost assortment.]
*** @ 5:10 thruugh 7:47 of clip

LINKS ONLY[to read]

Under Construction:

or Osmosis[!]**

TO READ:
Our Future- Score Card Budget Talks***
10-30-13, aca-dust-up
10-31-13 entitlement tables v. lock box

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HAVE READ:
10-30-13


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THIRD CAT. [!]
:-|  ? *
to file?
10-31-13 to share https://www.facebook.com/#!/talkingpointsmemo/posts/10151947346580399
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-confronts-if-you-like-your-health-plan-you-can-keep-it-backlash
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* [OK, the third might be moot.  But on the off hand chance that I not leave it in draft... ] (FP1)
[The devil 'n the detail?  Must move post read. ]
** may revert to PAGE or see *10-28-13
*** Aware of Irony of Asterisks.
[10-31-13 More than irony. A new age? Sea Knot. ]

Throwing this out.

Cut tax breaks for advertising. That would probably make them more efficient, but it would certainly not help Palin's crusade.

As long as I am tossing out nuggets, how about:
One stockholder: One vote!
If you want more than your share? Buy it. *
Now that is tergiversation.(Changing one's opinion.)
Actually a ludicrous leap, but which demonstrated tendencies to let the market fix it. But maybe a tax break for investors up to a limit, per company, to distribute the vote. If you want more than one vote, buy shares in more than one company. Maybe corporations need a new hierarchy **. They are not in the constitution, but the word "welfare" is.(Pre-amble) There are three branches of the government, and the separation of press and business is as important as church and state, though not directly a corollary or balanced. (First Amendment) The point is (well) there is a lot of water under the bridge or rubric of precedence, which may be undermining our fundamentals, AKA "the people".

* update: The irony or unsatire slipped in here. I was going to clarify the Buy It crack, but I had already explained the ludicrous leap: Tax incentives or regulations which would revalue the voice of people and money.
** corporations are not in the constitution, they are and have been constituted by government and people. With all the irony of the moral hypocrisy over the death penaly and cloning, just how have we allowed the creation of such Leviathans.

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"]

Loose Lips and Sinking Metaphors

Footnotes PAGE Under Construction:

1-25-12

From loose lips to sinking ships. The Last Word hits the nail on the arc. Actually that is not the nail, but lip schtick, was on the horizon. It regards the history of the Republican Taxpolicy visa-vi debt policy. Not to mention Paw-lenty of Pie and Metaphor On.

1-26-12 [spin off of above...]

On the horizon, from G.H.W. Bush's "read my lips" to Bruce Bartlett's point: "1990 is the last time you had a leading Republican figure or President who cared about the deficit..." It is ironic he points out that the US is under the lowest tax burden in history compared to GDP.

More on Pit Bullies, in con text. Not that the gap in context is part of the con text, but the in con text(links) provide tripartite context**. In less embedded prose, bully for the Clemons piece, the Austrian pitting of Obama/Brewer, in relation to the Bush years, Iran con, and economics texting. While the final con text is the Standard and Pours[!] of the Neo-perspectivism on flip-flop and nuance. One try angle, another try angle. Not to call an odd man out, nor 4wo***man, but under the con I(above)ran a Just Foreign Policy sample, that takes a look at the dynamics of diplomacy. *

* not to be fair and balanced, nor brush off or in women,

the last three links reference; Hillary Clinton, Joan Walsh and Susan Rice.

** there by allowing 3 links to follow the pit bullies dynamics (2+3=5)

*** not to con grew an arc

(I plead the 5th in regard to irony[!])

[1-27-12: Related irony or booked signing?]

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Braking Emale[!]

Consult* a  Congress ...person?


[!]= (sic) sarcasm / irony
[earlier two read]
Ribble:  What a Lefty Rush might have said about congressional testimony on the subject?
[Talk about a fluke: sorry to mix a ribble with real news.]
* actual most current email

[8-1-12:  Belated ** Fluke or Not ?  My original intent centered on one of two organizations, which I hoped to touch upon.  With irony I let the ribble rest in immodest irreverence.  The answer to my riddle is something I would not have put it past Gore Vidal to answer, but I will go no further than my hint in comment.]

** Nexus of tortured rhetoric : Not to be a Lefty Rush.

WTF!

What the fork!
Or why the fractal?
Buy chiminy[!]*
*




The Domino is the ...irony? analog?^
Or Bane or?















[Route of the dilemma? Parsin'or conjugation[!] ]
or reassemble that remark.




[...  ever wonder about a word like pre-emption? (Hyphenated's or not?)
... And then wonder how post-emption might work? ]
  
Root, route, rout?


Seg-way to... the google of post~emption. 


(FP!) (1)buy, (2) A, B, C(c), D(d). (3)A, B, C, D~/~G'Ribble, E /The Irony of the Message, F F'n P[!], G, H(h). (4)Ctrl F Cricket? (5) or Forensics Matter.
6^ : ana-logue? Knot the point[!].

King County Executive

Vote Dow Constantine
Give a wink* to Susan Hutchison.
King County Democrats Endorsements
41st Legislative District Democrats Endorsements
Local Voters Guide

*[Queen of Irony] Philanthropic experience = executive for change? The irony is in the Times endorsement to operate the county as a business with a candidate that has worked for philanthropies.]
[update: This is not exactly the update but I am uncertain this* will fly. *(The pdf does read,Ok.)]

It's the Economy Stupid!

It's Stupid's Economy!
And stupid is as stupid does.
And in most cases it is stall.
Life is like a box of cherries.
And Bush is the pit picker.

OK! Now that that rant has rambled.
Democratic Leaders Delay Contempt Again
By Matt Renner t r u t h o u t | Report

So as long as there is room for failure there is room for delay, as a bargaining chip for unaccountability. Democrats and the people will have a long haul. I hope that it works out for us. The administration and its supporters, meaning those that will not be bipartisan to help the economy without giving Bush a free pass have the constitution and the economy over a barrel. And the people are taking it in the shorts which is a barrel and keep getting kicked and rolled.

No wonder they can't see the spin.

Speaking of spin, here is an interesting turn:
Bush budget won't fully fund Iraq war

Looking back, the great irony of this administration will be that the only time Bush asked for a full year’s funding for Iraq was in his 2008 request -- in the first months of a new Democratic Congress. He succeeded in getting what he needed but also used the war expenditures as a hammer of sorts to squelch other spending demands. Yet again Wednesday, the House failed to override Bush’s veto of a bill adding $35 billion over five years to expand health insurance for children of low-income families.

Speaking of interesting and speaking of irony.

Brook No Truck ?[!]

Another May Day !

[!]= punctuated 'twain* sarcasm and satire if not irony

Just to be clear, my previous post is to indicate my disagreement with disruptive elements that don't intent to face the music.  I heartily agree with the capture of Bin Laden, but that does not mean justice should** not keep on truckin'. *** 

* current(fp1) (b.s.) A - Q
** later inserts( Ctrl F Irony ! ?)
*** read double negative carefully(fp2) = positive

Comparing an Error

And/or Era?

Baby Killer vs. the Great Society
The Texas Republican who shouted "baby killer" apologized as he was not speaking of Representative Stupak, just the bill. While the New York Times corrects Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, for saying Newt Gingrich was speaking about President Johnson and the Civil Rights Act, when he was speaking of the Great Society.

Minor corrections in both cases, but both seem to compound the point. As the blanks were needed filling, the former is still is for shame and the latter still for irony of whose Waterloo. On the darker side of irony there was the gauntlett congress bravely faced[*]to do their job, while the previous administration protected their leader from the signs of the times.

Moments before the historic signing moments I hear: Maybe the Republicans peaked too soon?

[Thank You - Keith Olbermann for Making History and Moving Forward ]