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mmetry that results from size and influence suppliers customers and the public at large are overwhelmed by the sheer might of these institutions leading to even greater concentrations of power and wealth the end game is some version of economic collapse it happened in the 1930 s and due largely to chicago style economic thinking we ve spent the last 40 years unlearning the lessons of that time it happened again in 2008 most of the time evil doesn t manifest as some cackling cartoon villain or mad man on a murderous rampage it results in a far more banal but far reaching way from the highly refined ideas of men like robert bork who value abstract concepts like efficiency over the effects the programs they institute over the lives of real human beings posted by jazzbumpa at 12 20 pm 2 comments labels conservatism criticism current events economics rants really sad we are so screwed the borking of bork after the nomination of robert bork to the supreme court was defeated by a 58 42 vote his name was verberized into a neologism that was and occasionally still is used almost exclusively in the passive voice to be borked as his supporters would have it is to be subjected to unfair criticisms based on distortions of your words actions and beliefs in reality the borking of bork consisted of subjecting him to valid criticism based on the precise meanings of his words actions and beliefs jeffrey toobin explains bork was borked simply by being confronted with his own views which would have undone many of the great constitutional landmarks in recent american history as senator edward kennedy put it in a famous speech on the senate floor robert bork s america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters rogue police could break down citizens doors in midnight raids schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution and writers and artists would be censored at the whim of government was kennedy too harsh he was not as bork himself demonstrated in the series of intemperate books he wrote after losing the supreme court fight and quitting the bench in 1987 the titles alone were revealing the tempting of america slouching towards gomorrah modern liberalism and american decline and coercing virtue the worldwide rule of judges one of his last books may have summed up his views best thanks in part to decisions of the supreme court decisions that for the most part bork abhorred the united states became a more tolerant and inclusive place with greater freedom of expression and freedom from discrimination than any society in history bork called the book accurately a country i do not recognize read more http www newyorker com online blogs newsdesk 2012 12 postscript robert bork 1927 2012 html ixzz2fnplfnfd posted by jazzbumpa at 10 48 am 1 comment labels conservative shark jumping criticism current events politics thursday december 20 2012 rabid ferrets the bloody tattered remains of what was once known as a progressive agenda continue to straggle on in a state of diminished capacity ironically only surviving at all due to the irrational actions of a rag tag gang of rabid ferrets what a weird time we live in i m starting to understand chinese curses update 12 21 during the shrub administration i noted that the rethugs were terrible at government and a big part of the reason why was that they had such contempt for governance the rise of the vaccuous know nothing tea party movement with their agenda of amorphous anger and unfocused hate has made it worse by several orders of magnitude at least the bush rove cadre understood what the hell politics is though they co opted it to nefarious ends like pointless unjustifiable war and an attempt to privatize social security the new rethugs can t even comprehend what the hell politics is but their party has gerymandered their way into a likely permanent majority in the house charlie pierce brilliant as always elaborates though he did miss rabid ferrets there is no possible definition by which the republicans can be considered an actual political party any more they can be defined as a loose universe of inchoate hatreds or a sprawling confederation of collected resentments or an unwieldy conglomeration of self negating orthodoxies or an atonal choir of rabid complaint or a cargo cult of quasi religious politics and quasi political religion or simply the deafening abandoned yawp of our bitter national id but they are not a political party because they have rendered themselves incapable of politics read more wherein democracy mocks itself esquire http www esquire com blogs politics over_the_cliff_already ixzz2fheosd9y posted by jazzbumpa at 8 00 pm no comments labels current events non meshing gears politics we are so screwed wednesday december 19 2012 sensible gun legisation petition i just signed the petition that can be found here it was sent to my congresspersons and the white house there is an opportunity to add some supporting text this is what i said i support common sense legislation to end gun violence because human life is more important than ideology business considerations or the power of lobbyists the sandy hook tragedy is terrifying but 34 other people get murdered by gun users every day in the sweep of a month or a year sandy hook is just a blip but awareness is now high and emotions are charged hopefully in a positive way somehow it s never been the right time to talk about gun control let that time be now it s not much but i m doing what i can posted by jazzbumpa at 10 54 pm no comments labels current events politics letter to the president of the university of rhode island president dooley i am increasingly concerned with right wing influence in academia you can see this perhaps most plainly in koch funded ventures such as the economics dept of george mason university but it manifests itself in many other large and small ways the current witch hunt involving professor loomis is a signal event in this phenomenon for this reason i was deeply disturbed and disappointed to see this response come out from uri over your name the university of rhode island does not condone acts or threats of violence these remarks do not reflect the views of the institution and erik loomis does not speak on behalf of the university the university is committed to fostering a safe inclusive and equitable culture that aspires to promote positive change sir you should be ashamed of your cowardice professor loomis rhetoric might have been ill advised but no reasonable person could ever construe his words to be a threat of violence clearly i consider those who have called for professor loomis head to not be reasonable people on the other hand i m hopeful that you are one a good way to convince the world of your reasonability and integrity would be to retract your equally ill advised statement and even better issue a new one promising professor loomis your clear and unconditional support thank you for your consideration to this important matter i signed my real name along with address and phone no here is the context and here is what prompted this letter posted by jazzbumpa at 9 27 pm 2 comments labels can you believe this shit civil discourse conservative shark jumping politics no guns in mi schools in an uncharacteristic moment of sane concern for the actual well being of his constituents michigan s increasingly unpopular governor rick snyder vetoed the conceal carry law that would have allowed guns into schools day care centers churches and stadiums that was passed last thursday in a marathon session of egregious over reach by our lame duck rethug controlled legislature per the report in today s freep snyder acknowledged tuesday that the newtown killings factored into his decision let me translate that for you following the right to work legislation passed that same day by these same lame scoundrels no good rotten democracy hating sons of bitches snyder s popularity took a nose dive from 47 to 38 with his disapproval rating now at 56 in the wake of sandy hook one can reasonably presume that signing this atrocity into law would have dropped his approval number into the low 20 s realistically there is no way in hell he would have vetoed this if sandy hook had not happened in between this does not raise my opinion of this craven crass elitist oligarch by the slightest increment this is merely an exercise in political opportunism by a rat whose ship is rapidly sinking don t worry about his sorry ass though when he gets bounced in the next election he ll have a cushy high paying job at some koch funded reich wing think tank talking point generator the elites do have a way of taking care of their own in other news the wicked witch robert bork is dead boo fricken hoo in some tiny way the world is now a slightly better more humane and loving place in the committee s report bork is portrayed as an opponent of civil rights legislation a critic of decisions banning racially restrictive covenants and of bans on segregation a critic of one person one vote a critic of decisions upholding bans on poll taxes and literacy tests and as a judge who took a limited view of the equal protection clause posted by jazzbumpa at 7 04 pm no comments labels can you believe this shit civil discourse conservative shark jumping criticism current events politics friday december 14 2012 tragedy in a school yard today a psychopath attacked school children at their school with murderous intent he wounded 22 but there were no fatalities this happened in china where due to the lack of readily available guns he had to use a knife it s still a huge tragedy but the parents of these children will be seeing them in recovery rooms not morgues i am not making this up google it also note you almost never read about drive by knifings or innocents getting caught in the cross stabbing yes people kill people guns simply make it a whole lot quicker easier more efficient and indiscriminate it s why we don t go to war wielding swords posted by jazzbumpa at 9 33 pm 9 comments labels kids life really sad thursday december 13 2012 conversation with a conservative a couple of weeks ago reader cooljazz no relation left a long and detailed comment at the post where i asked romney supporters to explain their preference i ve hoisted his comment from the archive and will give it a detailed response cooljazz said the democratic party has the perception of pandering to liberal social issues i e immigration woman s rights same sex marriage etc i consider this to vote buying where democratic candidates gain support from special interests groups organized on specific social issues in exchange for promises to pursue those interests in general i consider this to be a weakening of national moral fiber which is a precursor to mob rule i am bothered by the ability of special interests groups via undisciplined media to distort political issues such that rational discussion cannot take place the susan komen foundation and family planning debate or uaw support of matty maroun s opposition to the international trade crossing are excellent examples of where special interests were able to distract and confuse the public it is difficult for me to support the democratic party because i do cannot find common ground and even my willingness to compromise on issues is polarized by special interests groups essentially by voting for the democratic party i feel compelled to give up on my principals for instance if i vote down proposals to change the michigan constitution to add additional protections for unions then i must be a right wing conservative pushing right to work legislation this is not the case but i will be darned if i can have a rational conversation on this issue in my neighborhood coney which is mostly populated by retired uaw automotive employees i am not necessarily against universal health care but i think it would have been more appropriate to identify means to bring down the cost of rising health care than to push legislation that might exacerbate the situation i believe in the institution of marriage but might compromise on civil unions depending on whether i perceived this to further weaken the family structure in short voting for the democratic party would push me further into hypocrisy than i can tolerate alternatively the republican party resonates better with my christian views and beliefs by virtue of having a position conviction or religious perspective i can then debate the merits of proposals that support or detract from this foundation this foundation base is not something i find in the democratic party other than a sense of fairness which i believe is a primary objective of the democratic party this platform is why i don t think that the democratic party will accomplish much in the next four years which i may expand upon later assuming that this discussion is of any interest before i even start it should be plainly obvious that i am in near total disagreement with almost all of this i ll also reiterate that what i am looking for is a way to comprehend the conservative position i m seriously astounded that intelligent educated thoughtful people of integrity and i know cooljazz to be just such a person can support what the republican party has degenerated into and specifically an arrogant squirmy ethical chameleon like willard romney i will state my opposition to cooljazz s arguments as forcefully as i am able but i am not foolish enough to think i can change anybody s mind my response you first paragraph describes a perception of democratic pandering let s first agree on what pandering is from wikipedia we get this pandering is the act of expressing one s views in accordance with the likes of a group to which one is attempting to appeal the term is most notably associated with politics in pandering the views one is verbally expressing are merely for the purpose of drawing support up to and including votes and do not necessarily reflect one s personal values so i have to say you are badly mistaken in this accusation do you really believe that dems in general are less than serious about the issues you mentioned in fact a fundamental difference between progressives not that all dems are and regressives which unfortunately all modern rethugs seem to be revolves around issues of human rights if you can see questions of immigration women s rights and gay marriage being decided on the basis of granting life liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all as opposed to repressing the rights of certain targeted groups then we can come closer to an agreement further i can think of no greater panderer in recent history than mitt romney who first has never taken a principled position on any issue this is also true of previous candidate john mccain and second in the debates reversed himself on almost every issue that was addressed while espousing positions on several of them that were in 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