Socially Fit?

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.

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.

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:

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]

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) ]

#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.]

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.

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.

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.

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"

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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.
* * *

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.

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.