Softball

Chris Matthews on Hardball makes a nuanced if iffy nexus from one matter to another.  Maybe it was from Pakistan to torture or Taliban to (~) whatchamacallit?  No, really it escapes me and was somewhat obtuse.  Somewhere mid-program he notes the polling on torture and segues to The Torture Debate.  OW [!]  Fundamental Partisan-ship?

(fp1) (b.s.) dimentions, Putin, Webb
12-17-14
Above Hardball inserts: CM Jeb Bush 2016, n. torture tactics, w. Russian tailspin, (~) pure evil.
Still rereading between the lines.  The attack on a school in Pakistan is a terrible tragedy.  It was a terrorist attack.  Americans support torture apparently. The Taliban is upset with the attack of civilians in their controlled regions.  They feel justified.  Putin feels under attack by the nuances of democracy. (sanctions)  Recalling how Bush(43) looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul, it brings us around to the recent insurgence of support for the likes of Putin from the right.  While a third Bush(Jeb) wrangles the middle, Webb rides(or teeters) in from the left. The fulcrum of democracy and American Exceptionalism.  Obama Webb on arc of history?      

Footnotes Page September 2013

9-10-13 In lieu of... [FP]  At this stage:(posts so far)
Leveling the World Stage? (9-1)-
Sept. (*)/? (9-3)-
 ...and Russia, and China, the U.N....eeeeeyeahhhh!(9-4)-
Pinnacle of our Perdicament(9-6)-
SerioUS Syria or ...(9-9)-
Wise Crack(today)
(Bracketed dates are of original post.)

9-12-13 Twist on Jansing & Co.: 1. Total eclipse of the , 2. Dancing &Co, Jansing&Co,, comments, d. Not to make light..., e. Second?, f. Attention Fine Print Readers! ,  Hitting Snooze Button , DEAN SCREAM! , i.  ROGER THAT! [?] OW!

9-13-13 Post gets label and typo corrected, no, not heading.

9-18-13 Not so Plymouth [!] (FP2)
[* A. Who started it?, b. Pre-empting Crimes , c. Interesting Dig , d. Smirking Gun[!] ]
[(b.s.) FP "blog search" A. , b., c., d., e. In "F"n able?, f.,]

9-25-13 Thank(sic) Google for Ctrl H.
9-27-13 [!] = Spoiler alert for 9-26-13: Mawryuh? (s i c) Leveling the World Stage?, Clear Eyes, and back(to AM) Bane or Speaker.

9-30-13 or knot 2B a farce on forces.

(fn)FOR D...

JAN 2012 FOOTNOTE PAGE FOUR

1-3-13 The time and comment escapes me, not to mention* clogs**.
*Ironically(and indubitably) Perry is Right! (Scroll Click)
ROF, WOF
**SC(scroll click)(done)
(part two)
not4knot ornaught...
Budget Bandits?
DECEMBER 2012 FOOTNOTES (fn) PAGE (INCOMPLETE)
Clear Eyes,
Ghost of X-mas Passed.
A Triangle
First Sources $what does that mean?$
Frackin', Fudgin', Freakin', In-"F"-able[!] (sc) or that?
Long Story (D-algorithm?)scroll over
Work is a four letter word. (ouch)
Everything on the table? (that's what I'm $alking about?)
Who's counting?
Emergency (Iraq) Supplemental Passes Senate: 51-47 (SC?)
One man, one vote for knot?
i.e. S.E. (vi) edgy
$not to cut it too corny or wonky, in terms of (fn) 5th Sense, but there is something fishy with the headings and scroll overs as I roll out the (b.s.) for "knot".  Was it a my plan or the in-"F"-able that the 4F were anomolies not to mention the Supplemental?

Clear Eyes,

Full Hearts, Can't Use* ?

It is unclear what the Romney ticket is going with, Mo'better Bush or Mo'better Obama, but certainly not No Drama Either or is it ether?  Somewhere the Romney/Ryan/RNC use of the term quarterback escapes me.  Even if it was just me, I think that Monday morning or anyday other day than game day is their style. 

* was going to go with caffeinated but that was too Mormoney. 

(Tagg we are it ?)
Replacement Refs or Not...  (Bu' dump 'ump [!] ... ** )

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10-18-12
RETRO_SEG_WAY?
UNCLE SAM KNOT?
Or Fair and Balanced, not ? !
Or Just US!
=========

** updated, Thom Hartmann(Bu'), Norman Goldman(Dump), Randi Rhodes ('ump) (Bu' dump 'ump)/Re:tale.
Re:R,R,R A - R(not exactly) (j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r )

Not to Dump on Norman Goldman(nor Republicans), he is describing RepubliCONS as smart and fighting like cats and dogs over congress, while compromise is only for the president as candidate.  He makes further cracks about the difficulties of Bozo John Boehner as House Speaker in hurding*** them. (my paraphrasing & rhetorical metamorphing.)

*** circular firing rhetorical metaphors(cats and dogs)
(Obama has a better record given his opposition, Romney had to cooperated with a 78% Democratic legislature which has the power.***) Yeah that asterisk is redundant... who needs Republicans when ...  democracy is all over the map?)

[Bin Go ! Who let  the names out? Con $(c)ent Ration ? (C S c R !) ]

Simon says 2 point or...?

2 the N'th of infinity.




Simulphile:
A: The Hill on Benghazi-gate.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f .
g .*
h .
i .

j .

...

Z:  Stench to the N'th.

* preemptive asterisk speaking of ...
(Work in progress A-G-Z, not to Simonize but to file for later.)

To pre-paraphrase or Simon-eyes.  Will Romney have a debate winning joke? 
Will the Republicans in congress do to foreign policy what they have to the economy? 
Choose partisanship uber politics?**

[Footnotes under construction, meanwhile rolling blog search:  Bully Pour-Mitt, or ...  (7-4 to 6-6 )]

**[10-2-12] Thanks to my Bane or Tan Gents, I almost forgot the punchline. Will an attempt at humor have us laughing with Romney or at Romney?  Of course might be directed at Obama but will it be with us or against us?  I can't rule out self-depricating humor but I don't think that will really help him given his etch-a-sketch leaks.  But Walking like an Egyptian Bush will not really do any of us any good. 

NOW: Exception to the Rule?  Fox / Hedge-hog metaphor? (Nate Silver) Not to parse(hyphenate) a pun on hedgehog, nor out FOX the chicken-hawks.  

[I'm not sure I would suggest to the President pinning the V(for victim) on the Robbin'Hoods, but pinning the C (for compromise) on the Dawn Keys might work with almost anything regarding economics.  So try to nail the tale on the pool cue or magic 8 ball.] 
(fn)  [post footnote: Andrea Mitchell Reports Robert Gibbs on the math.]

Total eclipse of the

gut?
FuN[?]

9-26-12
President Obama mentioned a time warp.
Clinton mentioned arithmatic.
Not to leave it on a try angle, but...
UN Speech,*** 
filed to read*.

The Cycle** was particularly good yesterday.

* more with the apology mitt-flop
** not exactly

 [***There is no violence that justifies mindless speech. The only thing to fear is understanding itself. To Romney they are not bumps in the road, but that is what they are when you aren't kicking a can down the road.]

[ SatIre of a Mockery: Simone Says (?)]

*** 9-27-12  Just to be clear, there are no quotation marks in the 1st  bracketed['s]  while the satire in the 2nd broke later.  I am putting a spin on President Obama's point about free speech verses[!]
"terror".  While Roger Simone puts a spin on "free speech" and the Romney/Ryan campaign.  Not to mention Dansing Bernstein. 

[!]= (sic) or pun on versus or verse us cycle.(OK... it evolved.)

FN(Footnotes) not (fn): from the top
FB: Turn Around Bright Eyes
(YouTube): unembedded from FB
(Bloomberg unembedded)
try: The Fed’s Best Rationale for QE3
angle: Be Smart, Not Just Tough, in the Middle East
but: did Obama stand up?(under construction)

The Vision Thing

Statistics are people too[!]

No, I don't mean that, but they are a communication of something, from the Center for American Progress* If corporations are people, what are the charts saying, in these graphs. Maybe that Obama or the Democratic congress were the savior. Not that unnatural selection(Cherry Pickinghatchet jobs, by George[no Ben]) may be able to tell a different** story.

Some have said the market has some form of intelligence, Adam Smith aside, if that is the case the Obama was the cure for what Ailes the economy. Or it could just be a cycle, NOT!***

* choice of format

** accidental find

(I might suggest closing your eyes for this clip, and a ear of caution on the next.)

*** not to risk being expelled, but is there room for dia-logue?(un-Try-Knitty)

[Speaking of I - D, I / M, there is the V. C. of dominoes.]

[ad hoc chart or In"F"a table?]

Retro-Gate

Iran-Contra, WMD, October No-Surprise.

Not to preemptively prophet[!]
Not to bring back the draft,
but here are some posts held in draft.

Update: Muffin Gate: Miff In Gate


Pulled from draft today!
[Oops, a bit redundant]
Great Ledership
It's Mad[!]

[!] = sarcasm / spelling as intended = [sp!]
Close enough for journal work?

[10-3-11 Just to be clear, I believe in nuance and the law, but as different fields. What I can't say is that I am clearly satire, but the field might be mis-ledership***. But not to coin a new field, here are some other* perspectives, not to say they are the same field. (two video, two scroll overs)

*after the break: Stewart on NRA / teaching** to the test? NOT!]
** speaking of headings*** or retro
*** footnote to clarify later:
moral economics(INET/Robert Reich)& even later
BTW: sub-heading(Just to be clear...) I did not mean to wind-up a G'Ribble, but you can't judge a target by its aim, fear-mongers need a boogie-man. Aims are directions not bulls-eyes.

Definition: G'Ribble- grand ribbing and riddle

[*4] Ratigan and Perugia: processes

Not Nostradamus?

I cannot say I am Nostradamus, but I did say I was nostraBUSHus or some such words. At this time my search evades me.

Here though: I cannot say that I definitely did not hear any reference to Paul Krugman's suggestions,(I am pretty sure I didn't) but I take it a bit further. However, I do know it did not reach my inbox till yesterday*.

* truthout.org link a redundancy of Rollingstone's Paul Krugman's above(Reference being to Truth and Reconciliation. Not to mention cycle

[Update: a different moment and an alternative to forget: not*** (back to frame of reference or satire?) The point is the table. And bring it on the...]
[Translation to update and my way: I strongly suggest reading the Krugman Letter to Obama embedded in the above redundancy and no dis to these last two links, but they do reflect alternative theories to the economy and justice. But rather than "harbor a suspicion" I'll suspect not.]
[Put another way? I rather endorse a Rumsfeld** attitude of healthy debate, but with an open mind and eyes and ears, there is no point in a table if the heat of light is not brought there. Where there is smoke, there is fire, but that does not mean visibility will improve or that some of the information is not going up in smoke.]

** I won't footnote this but just explain it as his heated attitude he thought was healthy, yet predetermined.

*** seemingly the only alternative to Truth and Reconciliation or to Forgive and Forget and a very good bibliography

HINT: for those unfamiliar with my style I wish everyone to read Paul Krugman's Letter to Obama found twice at the first asterisk above , however the bottom "Link" below, takes us back to the epitome of chastened as well as my style of unweaving our Hamlet and sometimes maybe just scrolling over or CUTTING through THIS.

Summary of a Flap.

Bailout or Meltdown? [UPDATE: above expired link with likely replacement.]

Really in actually reading this report[**], I will not cross-check it with all my comments and references. But McCain's panic was a beneficial coherence with Bush's, ironically indicated by looking into their eyes and seeing the same deer in the headlights. I don't know if it was in the reflection or their face as a hole, but the only plus to this Double of Mass Distraction is that "you can fool me once..." or I mean we see the boys "who cried wolf", while others have kept their cool.

LAST WORD: I may have to seriously suspend something as my wrists need their own wresting to other matters. But with that I will reference a guest on Rachel Maddow: author of... Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency The real flap in my view. Now is this a flap that is too out there? Well it has to do with the approach that is being taken and by who for whom, or is it whom for who?
In this flip-flop the people matter and there are only three branches of government and the media and politics are the people's business. In fact the press is mentioned in the Bill of Rights not to mention what is not mentioned in the constitution. How does this connect to any thing close to home? Well, floods and bailouts and who is a fundamental or just under the trickle down. Isn't it appropriate that TARP was the original name for the flap. Speaking of eyes and flaps, why not just face the fact that the people not only want to have the debate, but some think it should be about the economy rather than foreign policy now that would take courage* to face with out blinking.

* not to mention George or Will

[**] 3-19-09 rare editorial touchup throughout, one typo and italics and bold only and the economy link.

Unity Hits Reality

As a person who participated just to be in the loop of the Unity '08 process I received the following news. Unity '08 scales back due to successes and lack of funds. Hmmm? Well the link just attached will presumably not remain, as part of the scale back includes the lack of interactive capabilities on their website due to staff cuts, and any later ramping back up will not necessarily keep that link to the letter from which I pull the following.

Two of our core ideas - the importance of a centrist, bi-partisan approach to the solving of our nation's problems and the possibility of an independent, unity ticket for the presidency have already gone from far-out to mainstream.

Noting Barack and Bloomberg in these references.
In Bipartisan Group Eyes Independent Bid by David S. Broder Washington Post:

At the session, Boren said, participants will try to draft a statement on such issues as the need to "rebuild and reconfigure our military forces," nuclear proliferation and terrorism, and restoring U.S. credibility in the world.

And former presidential candidate and Senator Gary Hart in Huffington Post:

This is a time when America must leave old politics behind. This election is about transition not power. We will either move forward or we will go back.

I will note that while the issues noted are important, more important is the job that is being done now and their not focusing on current accountability, of the administration, the congress, and the media, not to mention corporations and the actual vote. Partisanship may seem the roadblock, but it is just more blame and game. In my view it is not just a linear spectrum of what is left and what is right or we only leave and end up wrong. What is right is not necessarily in either camp, so how would aiming at the middle help. We do have to work together, but ignoring those that are against that is not going to generate progress. I will not say that hope is a fantasy, but their is the word and the spirit... of the law. Too much emphasis on hope and spirited emotional appeal without doing what is needed, draws me back to the lawyer, and in the case of the leading three(each lawyers), the one who has success in convincing a jury (Edwards). If this is called a vested or interest group, it is at least of and for the people, and if the law is the problem, that too has its work to do on the same plane, not just as a balance between poles.

GOLEFT TV

Finally: Real News Featuring video from progressive hosts. (Some from Air America Radio)
The choir grows. (The local affiliate)

[subtitled: STOP THE LOOPINESS! ]
But hold on to your seat, following these links can be challenging to your sense of peace.
Example: and this is a moderate one
Air America (select program)
The Randi Rhodes Show
Senate Democrats introduce Habeus Corpus Restoration Act of 2007
The vicious cycle completed
"as long as..."
NSPD51
But I don't have time for the ride.

An even worse ride:Plan Ready for Iran
On watch list for some time
Science Fiction or...

It might be one thing for Empire to win, but who will be the loser, even if it could? Not China or other powers, no matter what they choose. Failure is too scary to imagine, but progress is even scarier work. And with preemption on the table?
"Help me Obi-Wan///"
There is no secret message there or suggested solution, but it may not be just about "the force", but every player has a part and countries and corporations seem to play for keeps.
"As long as" who is the dictator?

"Failure is not on option..." is the most true oxymoron *. Failure is a result we must live or die with. In the case of the NSPD51, if failure is not preempted, or caused, it is at least incentivised and to some rewarded.

[apologies for a linky piece, all of which I have not read, and for any excessively creative wording *]

[It is funny how I seem to form a rather loopy cycle myself, as I had intended to insert somewhere a Huffington Post link. Not that particular one, but just the site in general. Speaking of Generals: Wesley Clark. Speaking of failures. Putin's eyes, which Bush looked into. (see paragraph before last "other powers") Our only hope.]

THANK YOU: Progressives Everywhere, in particular Huffington Post and Common Dreams
Speaking of forutituous links. The Telegraph and mine
with a search of "telegraph" and search "blows" it. Speaking of dreams. It is about the nightmare.

Democrats are about the American dream, Republicans are about keeping it that. And even the dream is a nightmare for the world.

* there is probably a better word for it, but then look at what we are dealing with.

[11:08 AM - - As I have noted, I have not read or reread all of the above links, and there are even some that I had intended to, but I must add this one,{Illiberal Moderates: The Global Swing Vote} by Amitai Etzioni - - a piece which I did just read and suggest caution in reading and sorting it out, but I do agree with it's approach. I have been familiar with his work prior to 1995, and that may have been important in my seeing the "grand misconception" even before I knew who was promoting it. Re: the misconceptions of Huntington and Fukuyama.]

THE TAO OF DUB-YA

THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF GEORGE DUB-YA BUSH:

“I trust the people not the government”

“I am a uniter not a divider.”

I have been making sense out of what the media has failed to ask since October of 2000.

Now I will address both these statements which are true, yet nobody wonders what he means.

It is very simple.

He trusts the people, so he will make sure the government will not be trusted,

so that it never becomes of, by and for the people.

And everything will be easier when he unites people behind him,

in not trusting government.

Actually this may be the opposite of The Tao, which we could call “foolish” consistency.

If he does get the government of, by and for the people, it will still not be trusted, as it will be anarchy or dictatorship of the majority, rather than a balance envisioned in the constitution and the three branches of government.

He has already made a fourth branch of government in the media, while the actual people may be on the internet.

The evidence is most profound in the lockbox which is only a file cabinet that holds the full trust of the U.S. government, which Bush will only trust for political gain. He recently saw it with his own eyes, only to ridicule the trust we should be putting in it.

A simple message.

Building a New Majority by Scott Galindez, touches on what the Democrats must do to not just win but to lead this country in a direction we can be proud of.

We must stand for social and national security and tax fairness while working for freedom at home and abroad.

But we must not take our eyes off the concerns that there will be more WMD. The proclamation of freedom in his speech must be put in perspective. It is not just that there is “no justice without freedom” but also no freedom without justice.

Which comes first, is an important question, not asked or ignored.