Saturday, October 05, 2013
Strib - a retrospective on the politics of appeasement. "Peace in our time."
This link. What is today's relevance? Syria? Shutdown?
You can understand the government shutdown theater show ...
... if you understand, Boehner is an AIG Republican.
He gets his share, as much and all that any other people will give him, for nothing, and when the fan loads up it's not his fault or responsibility. Expecting to keep getting his. An "entitlement."
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And the good Col. Klink? Silent largely, as if AWOL. Shows up to vote party line. Otherwise a silent fellow traveler. What's there for Boehner not to love?
Cruz. What's there for Boehner not to love? A field dog flushing grouse. Barks on cue. Boehner and party: being responsible is not their responsibility. It's showtime.
He gets his share, as much and all that any other people will give him, for nothing, and when the fan loads up it's not his fault or responsibility. Expecting to keep getting his. An "entitlement."
____________UPDATE____________
And the good Col. Klink? Silent largely, as if AWOL. Shows up to vote party line. Otherwise a silent fellow traveler. What's there for Boehner not to love?
Cruz. What's there for Boehner not to love? A field dog flushing grouse. Barks on cue. Boehner and party: being responsible is not their responsibility. It's showtime.
In antitrust law there is much effort to differentiate between outright collusion to rig a market and conscious parallelism arising from a follow-the-leader parallel action, without ostensible or provable concerted meetings about shared intentions. Then there can always be serindipitous parallelism. Coincidence just happening ...
And after reading the headline, so what?
An earlier post linked to a John Gilmore screed largely against Tom Emmer, but also saying:
[links are from Gilmore's original post]
Again, so what? We need some context to the headline, with none shown so far. Okay.
There is the Taxpayer League Watchdog, barking over this link, see it, here.
Well how about that? I never guessed Roll Call was that universally popular a thing.
And the barking is not from just any old hound. It is from the Taxpayer League's hound, one with a doghouse in district (and a Record).
So, conscious parallelism?
Serindipity?
Actual back room talks, the dads getting together to talk about the children and how to channel their behavior?
It is hard to say beyond noting I was never invited to any table for discussions, to be part of a golfing outing or such, so I am left to speculate as is the case with most readers.
It sure is interesting. Do you suppose it interests Krinkie? That Gilmore link to the Message from Rhonda thing saying, "Washington is full of people who talk and talk and talk. We need to send people there who will actually deliver real results. With the growing debt and the erosion of our freedoms, unfortunately, our kids are not going to have the same bright future that previous generations have had if we don’t act now."
So, the moms and dads, same page, the kids are their concern, and Krinkie, he like Emmer does "talk and talk and talk." Has Krinkie been sidelined by the Chairman? With a caretaker in the Taxpayer League pres/lobbyist seat for now, but Krinkie not destined for DC? What do you suppose Bill Cooper might have to say, between Sivarajah, Emmer, and Krinkie? Who was it Marty Siefert picked as his running mate in seeking the guv nomination and being out done by the Emmer faction?
These higher-in-the-foodchain Republican people do have interesting comings and goings. Soap Opera quality, so watch the show. "Project GROW." Season finale in CD6, Nov. 2014.
Oh, and Gilmore did use the phrase, "the stale old white boy network." But, the Chairman ...
Who exactly are "the stale old white boys" per Gilmore's screed? Cooper, Hubbard, Vin Weber, Gilmore himself? "Project GROW." Gender inclusiveness now? And that pack, they did NOT give us Emmer. Krinkie, perhaps, but Emmer has roots elsewhere. Who exactly are Gilmore's villians, and why did he choose that term? It's like barking over the "old boy" network in Anoka County by the hound, in going to his favorite Erhart tree. Folks, step up, name names. But that will not happen among those who'd in honesty point at each other. Remember you read it here - Soap Opera. Finale, Nov. 2014.
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"Who is John Galt?"
Better yet, who is Joe Perske?
Judging from an image, they build bridges in Sartell.
An earlier post linked to a John Gilmore screed largely against Tom Emmer, but also saying:
Republicans in CD 6 should choose Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah: a true leader, one with solid accomplishments in advancing smaller government and lower taxes. Rhonda is thoughtful, not a blowhard. She knows it takes more than preening and surrounding yourself with yes-men to get real things done. Among other things under Rhonda’s leadership the Board has reduced the county property tax levy by 7.43%—the largest reduction of any county in the state and one of only two counties to reduce their levy; reduced county debt by $30 million; repealed the prevailing wage ordinance for projects that are funded exclusively with local property tax dollars; pulled county support for the Northern Lights Passenger Rail to Duluth and reduced lobbying expenditures by $200,000.
In addition, Sivarajah has been selected by the House GOP caucus for inclusion in Project GROW: growing republican opportunities for women. Learn more about this honor by clicking here.
The stale, old, white boy network has gathered around a genial, easily-manipulated, ego-centric mediocrity. Emmer will do as he's told; he's never been his own man. [...]
[...] Republican primary voters should select Rhonda Sivarajah because she will make them proud. To learn more about the next republican Congresswoman from Minnesota, please click here.
[links are from Gilmore's original post]
Again, so what? We need some context to the headline, with none shown so far. Okay.
There is the Taxpayer League Watchdog, barking over this link, see it, here.
Well how about that? I never guessed Roll Call was that universally popular a thing.
And the barking is not from just any old hound. It is from the Taxpayer League's hound, one with a doghouse in district (and a Record).
So, conscious parallelism?
Serindipity?
Actual back room talks, the dads getting together to talk about the children and how to channel their behavior?
It is hard to say beyond noting I was never invited to any table for discussions, to be part of a golfing outing or such, so I am left to speculate as is the case with most readers.
It sure is interesting. Do you suppose it interests Krinkie? That Gilmore link to the Message from Rhonda thing saying, "Washington is full of people who talk and talk and talk. We need to send people there who will actually deliver real results. With the growing debt and the erosion of our freedoms, unfortunately, our kids are not going to have the same bright future that previous generations have had if we don’t act now."
So, the moms and dads, same page, the kids are their concern, and Krinkie, he like Emmer does "talk and talk and talk." Has Krinkie been sidelined by the Chairman? With a caretaker in the Taxpayer League pres/lobbyist seat for now, but Krinkie not destined for DC? What do you suppose Bill Cooper might have to say, between Sivarajah, Emmer, and Krinkie? Who was it Marty Siefert picked as his running mate in seeking the guv nomination and being out done by the Emmer faction?
These higher-in-the-foodchain Republican people do have interesting comings and goings. Soap Opera quality, so watch the show. "Project GROW." Season finale in CD6, Nov. 2014.
Oh, and Gilmore did use the phrase, "the stale old white boy network." But, the Chairman ...
Who exactly are "the stale old white boys" per Gilmore's screed? Cooper, Hubbard, Vin Weber, Gilmore himself? "Project GROW." Gender inclusiveness now? And that pack, they did NOT give us Emmer. Krinkie, perhaps, but Emmer has roots elsewhere. Who exactly are Gilmore's villians, and why did he choose that term? It's like barking over the "old boy" network in Anoka County by the hound, in going to his favorite Erhart tree. Folks, step up, name names. But that will not happen among those who'd in honesty point at each other. Remember you read it here - Soap Opera. Finale, Nov. 2014.
___________UPDATE___________
"Who is John Galt?"
Better yet, who is Joe Perske?
Judging from an image, they build bridges in Sartell.
More about Talk Radio Tom.
Emmer, sending him to DC as representative of who we are, would be equally insulting to a large proportion of CD6 residents, as was sending Bachmann in that capacity. We need a majority with a learning curve.
One thing I should straighten out, however.
The firm Emmer's video dealt with is wholly apart from the blowhard in the video.
In an earlier post I made a "Tin Men" parting remark that likely is wrong. That Tin Men film was using caricature as comedy and featured two lead characters I imagine to be akin to Tom Emmer. Judging the firm that unwisely made its choice of Emmer as spokesperson, that way, and in a "if they front Tom Emmer they must be like Tom Emmer" sense was uncalled for and judgmental in a wrong way.
The Elk River contracting firm does, in its logo, play the "I Christian" card in using a cross in place of the T in the firm's name as displayed on its website, but aside from that being offensive to some - to me at least - there is every reason to presume they do competent work, their testimonials from regular people are not contrived but are legitimate, and that it is a small business in the struggle of survival that small business faces, day in, day out, and one striving toward doing each job they take on in a credible and positive manner.
Why they would choose to have their case presented to the public by a clown eludes me, but judgment that way vs. doing good workmanship need not partner in a business where particularized expertise and a dedication to doing a job as well as possible are the criteria for a firm. Capability in the narrow service area of remodeling and exterior improvement of single family homes is needed in the community, and if this firm provides that on a regular basis, as a business, there is nothing to criticize or judge harshly and one should hope they prosper.
Talk Radio Tom -- now that's an entirely different matter. He is loud, he offends, he seems to lack constructive thought processes, and he would be trampled and disrespected by people who have power in DC. All of that would be of no help to the district, (that contractor who had Emmer as pitchman included), were the disaster to happen and Emmer were to be sent by a general election vote to DC as "representative of us."
I would not buy a used car from Tom Emmer. The rest of that GOP hopeful pack, Krinkie included, I would say "Show me the CarFax" but it would not be a categorical rejection, as with the talk show blowhard.
The simple fact is we in CD6 need Emmer as our Representative for us in DC as much as we need a breakout of plague in the district. End of story. If the Republicans in their caucus have a death wish to run the blowhard, so be it, the primary is where the GOP candidate will emerge. The caucus and biases within it and between the factions will be irrelevant. Yet I fully expect (while hoping to be wrong) that the CD6 Republicans in caucus WILL go with the Talk Radio maven. I do see that kind of death wish afoot among those folks. It is a bit scary.
However, it is time to move on and press coverage of Emmer's view on military intervention in Syria or his liking or dislike of the shutdown show now playing out in DC, and what positive ideas he has in such directions, seems to be better grist for the media's mill, than hopping all over the spectacle of a dunce with a candidacy sign behind him barking for a local contractor. Highlighting that is improper media attention if done for any reason other than to point out he is a dunce being a dunce. Again.
Okay. True enough. Point made. Now lets all of us move on.
One thing I should straighten out, however.
The firm Emmer's video dealt with is wholly apart from the blowhard in the video.
In an earlier post I made a "Tin Men" parting remark that likely is wrong. That Tin Men film was using caricature as comedy and featured two lead characters I imagine to be akin to Tom Emmer. Judging the firm that unwisely made its choice of Emmer as spokesperson, that way, and in a "if they front Tom Emmer they must be like Tom Emmer" sense was uncalled for and judgmental in a wrong way.
The Elk River contracting firm does, in its logo, play the "I Christian" card in using a cross in place of the T in the firm's name as displayed on its website, but aside from that being offensive to some - to me at least - there is every reason to presume they do competent work, their testimonials from regular people are not contrived but are legitimate, and that it is a small business in the struggle of survival that small business faces, day in, day out, and one striving toward doing each job they take on in a credible and positive manner.
Why they would choose to have their case presented to the public by a clown eludes me, but judgment that way vs. doing good workmanship need not partner in a business where particularized expertise and a dedication to doing a job as well as possible are the criteria for a firm. Capability in the narrow service area of remodeling and exterior improvement of single family homes is needed in the community, and if this firm provides that on a regular basis, as a business, there is nothing to criticize or judge harshly and one should hope they prosper.
Talk Radio Tom -- now that's an entirely different matter. He is loud, he offends, he seems to lack constructive thought processes, and he would be trampled and disrespected by people who have power in DC. All of that would be of no help to the district, (that contractor who had Emmer as pitchman included), were the disaster to happen and Emmer were to be sent by a general election vote to DC as "representative of us."
I would not buy a used car from Tom Emmer. The rest of that GOP hopeful pack, Krinkie included, I would say "Show me the CarFax" but it would not be a categorical rejection, as with the talk show blowhard.
The simple fact is we in CD6 need Emmer as our Representative for us in DC as much as we need a breakout of plague in the district. End of story. If the Republicans in their caucus have a death wish to run the blowhard, so be it, the primary is where the GOP candidate will emerge. The caucus and biases within it and between the factions will be irrelevant. Yet I fully expect (while hoping to be wrong) that the CD6 Republicans in caucus WILL go with the Talk Radio maven. I do see that kind of death wish afoot among those folks. It is a bit scary.
However, it is time to move on and press coverage of Emmer's view on military intervention in Syria or his liking or dislike of the shutdown show now playing out in DC, and what positive ideas he has in such directions, seems to be better grist for the media's mill, than hopping all over the spectacle of a dunce with a candidacy sign behind him barking for a local contractor. Highlighting that is improper media attention if done for any reason other than to point out he is a dunce being a dunce. Again.
Okay. True enough. Point made. Now lets all of us move on.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
More on Emmer being Emmer.
Ragsdale and Brooks of Strib write, i.e., this goes beyond prior carrying of an AP feed.
Well, the guy has not seen anything like Tom Emmer; despite having seen much of Michele Bachmann, as alike to Emmer as two peas in a pod.
Getting the ticket punched? My guess, if you look at that firm's logo, it was Emmer trying indirectly to appease and appeal to the Jesus wing of his party, as Bachmann so often has, and he expected to fully skate on doing it, as Bachmann so often has without anyone else noticing or caring to call it out in mainstream media. Of course that's only a guess.
I doubt Emmer or FitzSimmons will be fully candid with the public about all of what was behind this. As a "for instance" question, did the Emmer campaign pay for the headquarters remodel, report it as an in kind contribution, do the promo video as a quid pro quo in exchange, or just skate entirely on the question (as an ex-hockey player taking too many pucks to the head might try)?
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If the aim was to generate press attention, of any kind, it was a genius campaign move.
The MPP post gave other media links at its end. Add to that CBSlocal, RawStory, Strib's Hot Dish Politics, Bizjournals, PiPress, and even Fox FOX!
What can Krinkie do to top this hummer? Harold's County Record does not have that much universality or circulation, not by a long shot. Of course judging by the kind and degree of press responsiveness, Krinkie may be happy enough with the status quo between him and Emmer. Between the two of them they make Sivarajah look statesmanlike. All she does is govern her county, no Leagues, no revolving door lobbyist status, no Tin Men promos.
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Republicans weigh in on Emmer being Emmer. John Gilmore, at Minnesota Conservative, here. Andy Aplikowski at Residual Forces, here. Gilmore judges more harshly. Aplikowski says we Republicans are all hitched to and pulling the same wagon. He should face to face say that to Kurt Bills. I would like to be there were it to happen, just to hear Bills' reply. Emmer is a thin-skinned nasty buffoon and Gilmore has the judgment and spirit to not say otherwise.
While Gilmore's critique of Emmer is overly gentle, compared to what it might have been, an interesting dimension is Gilmore seeing CD6 as a two horse race, with Krinkie and the other guy from the west side of the district each as inconsequential. There's sense to looking at Krinkie as a one-trick-pony Taxpayer League lobbyist, something I am saying - Gilmore did not mention Krinkie - with Gilmore liking Sivarajah.
I wonder if the Emmerwhiners backers will next be saying of Gilmore that it's none of his business, he's out of district. That was a guess. I did not know whether he's in district or not, but the linked-to profile says so. The point is not where he lives, after all we currently have the idiot Representative we have, who is out of district. The point is Gilmore doesn't suffer fools well, and doesn't like the thought of another Republican buffoon being sent to DC, after the present CD6 one (with her federal pension vested) is not running this time for reelection. At least there is that.
Harry and Jen, read what Gilmore has to say. Again, this link. Brian Lambert did not miss Gilmore's post, and quotes from it at the end of a recent Glean.
Even if the ad was pulled quickly, and even if Emmer didn’t intend for it to air as a commercial, Ryan said the candidate and the company could face severe penalties from the Federal Election Commission. He said that in 2004 a U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois appeared in an ad for his own dairy business — without mentioning his candidacy — and was slapped with a $21,000 FEC fine.
“Creating an ad like this is creating something of value for a candidate,” Ryan said. “The content of this ad contains the most explicit, express advocacy that can exist. It is a textbook example. It says, ‘Emmer for Congress’ in bold letters behind him.”
A national political expert, Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said, “I’ve never seen anything like it, and I have literally watched thousands and thousands of ads. I’ve never seen a combination of political ad and product promo.”
Well, the guy has not seen anything like Tom Emmer; despite having seen much of Michele Bachmann, as alike to Emmer as two peas in a pod.
Getting the ticket punched? My guess, if you look at that firm's logo, it was Emmer trying indirectly to appease and appeal to the Jesus wing of his party, as Bachmann so often has, and he expected to fully skate on doing it, as Bachmann so often has without anyone else noticing or caring to call it out in mainstream media. Of course that's only a guess.
I doubt Emmer or FitzSimmons will be fully candid with the public about all of what was behind this. As a "for instance" question, did the Emmer campaign pay for the headquarters remodel, report it as an in kind contribution, do the promo video as a quid pro quo in exchange, or just skate entirely on the question (as an ex-hockey player taking too many pucks to the head might try)?
___________UPDATE___________
If the aim was to generate press attention, of any kind, it was a genius campaign move.
The MPP post gave other media links at its end. Add to that CBSlocal, RawStory, Strib's Hot Dish Politics, Bizjournals, PiPress, and even Fox FOX!
What can Krinkie do to top this hummer? Harold's County Record does not have that much universality or circulation, not by a long shot. Of course judging by the kind and degree of press responsiveness, Krinkie may be happy enough with the status quo between him and Emmer. Between the two of them they make Sivarajah look statesmanlike. All she does is govern her county, no Leagues, no revolving door lobbyist status, no Tin Men promos.
___________UPDATE___________
Republicans weigh in on Emmer being Emmer. John Gilmore, at Minnesota Conservative, here. Andy Aplikowski at Residual Forces, here. Gilmore judges more harshly. Aplikowski says we Republicans are all hitched to and pulling the same wagon. He should face to face say that to Kurt Bills. I would like to be there were it to happen, just to hear Bills' reply. Emmer is a thin-skinned nasty buffoon and Gilmore has the judgment and spirit to not say otherwise.
While Gilmore's critique of Emmer is overly gentle, compared to what it might have been, an interesting dimension is Gilmore seeing CD6 as a two horse race, with Krinkie and the other guy from the west side of the district each as inconsequential. There's sense to looking at Krinkie as a one-trick-pony Taxpayer League lobbyist, something I am saying - Gilmore did not mention Krinkie - with Gilmore liking Sivarajah.
I wonder if the Emmer
Harry and Jen, read what Gilmore has to say. Again, this link. Brian Lambert did not miss Gilmore's post, and quotes from it at the end of a recent Glean.
THE REPUBLICANS' SHUTDOWN MISCHIEF. Reader help - has the Ramsey VA socialized medicine outlet shut its doors, or has reason prevailed with some way to keep it open to meet appointments schedules despite the GOP?
Strib reports Paulsen might be suffering buyer's remorse on this peccadillo. But he still appears set to take one for the team:
So, also willing to whore to Medtronic. Good for Erik. He knows who butters bread in Minnesota.
But that headline, "willing to 'look at anything' " is encouraging in a way, so even while honked off over the stupid gamesmanship, I figured, take the guy up on his "willingness."
This is his congressional contact website link.
https://paulsenforms.house.gov/contact-me/
I used that page to send an indication of my judgment on the situation. That webpage asks first for, (and will not transfer the message without), private information, some of which I felt okay to provide, but street address, to me that is private enough that I put in "666 Noneofyourbusiness Ave." and the message got through - and if he abuses the franking privilege the way Bachmann has, there will be at least one undeliverable frustration of the guy's propaganda opportunity mill. I did give my email, since if he has staff contact me I can post of it, and if he puts me on a roto-email list, I know how to mark spam as spam. You have to pick a topic, and on quick scanning the list "SHUTDOWN" was not a choice so I picked "Social Security" since I was already in the "S" part of the options list.
Here is my message:
I thought simplicity best, using few words rather than many, but I fear in haste I may have typed an "i" in place of a "u" but otherwise I think the intended message got through, since he claims he's willing to consider anything.
____________UPDATE_____________
Never forget: The VA is single payer, and proof single payer works without bankrupting the coffers in DC.
It is as much socialized medicine as is the well-functioning Canadian system; which in turn is similar to what exists in the rest of the affluent world, aside from our US of A.
Some accepting and using VA healthcare may not have the Mercedes Benz they'd want for themselves, but it surely is no Yugo. It works. Plainly so. Simply so. It exists and is proof of single payer working. Make no mistakes over that truth.
__________FURTHER UPDATE___________
I expect most of those Republicans would as soon as not screw over VA benefits too, but realize it would be political suicide to try it. Kline, as a veteran can tell it as it is to any GOP fellow travelers who might doubt that the VA, and its single payer socialized medicine, is sacrosanct.
So, they simply avoid it as if it were inappropriate to all discussion, and they do that despite it being a glaring beacon of reason for any who think. They aim to delude by channeling the discussion away from what's there to prove them wrong. Bless their mendacity. They have to be that way. They are Republicans.
And, in passing, I would as soon see government bureaucrats "pull the plug on granny's life support," as seeing it as it now is being done by UnitedHealthcare bureaucrats, who everyone knows are far more heartless, enslaved as they are to their bonus plans - i.e., to their greed and shareholder greed, hand in hand against granny staying on the machines unless there proves to be more cash left in play to be funneled their way from her and family. I expect health insurer coverage restrictions and denials are a major cause of death in our nation.
Reporting seems to say so.
Paulsen willing to 'look at anything' to end government shutdown
Article by: KEVIN DIAZ , Star Tribune
Updated: October 1, 2013 - 10:06 PM
[...] The following is a lightly edited transcript of an interview on Tuesday.
Q: Who is going to shoulder the blame for this shutdown?
A: We’re all going to shoulder some of the blame. I took some calls myself in the office. We had about 100 calls in D.C., about 60 in Minnesota. People obviously are saying, “Hey, the government doesn’t need to be shut down.” “Why is this happening?” A handful say, “Stay strong.” It’s a little bit of a mix … The bottom line is it’s not good to have a government shutdown, folks expect government to work …
[...]
Q: Is there a way out besides putting off Obamacare?
A: There is an opportunity where there are Democrats that have indicated that they might support some delays of some components of the health care law, particularly around the individual mandate. However, the one vote that has garnered the most bipartisan support was repeal of the medical device tax. … If we can look at some ideas there, maybe that will break up the logjam.
[...]
So, also willing to whore to Medtronic. Good for Erik. He knows who butters bread in Minnesota.
But that headline, "willing to 'look at anything' " is encouraging in a way, so even while honked off over the stupid gamesmanship, I figured, take the guy up on his "willingness."
This is his congressional contact website link.
https://paulsenforms.house.gov/contact-me/
I used that page to send an indication of my judgment on the situation. That webpage asks first for, (and will not transfer the message without), private information, some of which I felt okay to provide, but street address, to me that is private enough that I put in "666 Noneofyourbusiness Ave." and the message got through - and if he abuses the franking privilege the way Bachmann has, there will be at least one undeliverable frustration of the guy's propaganda opportunity mill. I did give my email, since if he has staff contact me I can post of it, and if he puts me on a roto-email list, I know how to mark spam as spam. You have to pick a topic, and on quick scanning the list "SHUTDOWN" was not a choice so I picked "Social Security" since I was already in the "S" part of the options list.
Here is my message:
Stop being a duck on this shutdown.
I want my check on time.
Tell Kline to stop too.
I thought simplicity best, using few words rather than many, but I fear in haste I may have typed an "i" in place of a "u" but otherwise I think the intended message got through, since he claims he's willing to consider anything.
____________UPDATE_____________
Never forget: The VA is single payer, and proof single payer works without bankrupting the coffers in DC.
It is as much socialized medicine as is the well-functioning Canadian system; which in turn is similar to what exists in the rest of the affluent world, aside from our US of A.
Some accepting and using VA healthcare may not have the Mercedes Benz they'd want for themselves, but it surely is no Yugo. It works. Plainly so. Simply so. It exists and is proof of single payer working. Make no mistakes over that truth.
__________FURTHER UPDATE___________
I expect most of those Republicans would as soon as not screw over VA benefits too, but realize it would be political suicide to try it. Kline, as a veteran can tell it as it is to any GOP fellow travelers who might doubt that the VA, and its single payer socialized medicine, is sacrosanct.
So, they simply avoid it as if it were inappropriate to all discussion, and they do that despite it being a glaring beacon of reason for any who think. They aim to delude by channeling the discussion away from what's there to prove them wrong. Bless their mendacity. They have to be that way. They are Republicans.
And, in passing, I would as soon see government bureaucrats "pull the plug on granny's life support," as seeing it as it now is being done by UnitedHealthcare bureaucrats, who everyone knows are far more heartless, enslaved as they are to their bonus plans - i.e., to their greed and shareholder greed, hand in hand against granny staying on the machines unless there proves to be more cash left in play to be funneled their way from her and family. I expect health insurer coverage restrictions and denials are a major cause of death in our nation.
Reporting seems to say so.
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
With misdirection a developed art form in DC, what else is going on, back burner?
There's been little said about Syria, Putin, Iran, the Excelsior pipeline, or sulfide mining these days.
What's happening?
As in Monica times, what else is being flown in low key?
NSA? Who's asking anymore?
Single payer. Well, gee, that entire question seems to have been lost in the shuffle. Nothing to see there.
Shutdown is today's top song. And it is less who is singing it, as why, and name another tune getting attention on your Internet and mine. Woo.
Almost forgot. The new iPhone.
What's happening?
As in Monica times, what else is being flown in low key?
NSA? Who's asking anymore?
Single payer. Well, gee, that entire question seems to have been lost in the shuffle. Nothing to see there.
Shutdown is today's top song. And it is less who is singing it, as why, and name another tune getting attention on your Internet and mine. Woo.
Almost forgot. The new iPhone.
Six years ago, more or less, is when the Fed began jazzing up the bills to make counterfeiting more difficult.
Or is it from Walt's other barrels? This link. Or - look for involvement of the Koch brothers, Bain, Clear Channel.
Editorial Board of the New York Times calls it as it is. Boehner's the one.
This link.
Blackmail's always been an ugly thing. This Boehner move is no different. May it Zeller out against him, "Zeller" being a new verb meaning to have a negative backlash.
Blackmail's always been an ugly thing. This Boehner move is no different. May it Zeller out against him, "Zeller" being a new verb meaning to have a negative backlash.
"When the storm settles, there's only one clear choice." THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
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This link, to view the headline quote in context.
AP feed coverage by Strib and Tri-City Herald.
Some lines from the Grateful Dead, that I originally recalled thinking of Boehner, but even more Emmer's earned notice:
Come shake the hand.
That shook the hand.
Of P. T. Barnum,
And Charlie Chan.
The AP feed states, "Emmer adviser David FitzSimmons said in a written statement that the remodeler worked on the campaign's new office and the candidate was merely offering a testimonial." We await the illustrious gentleman's presence, here. Presumably it is only a matter of time ... Emmer time is testimony time, so can a testimonial, an Emmer special on YouTube, for enterprises here or here be far behind? That latter firm - heavy duty, top shot, "to fit your operation." It sings "Emmer" to me.
I am hoping to see next a Krinkie testimonial for Micro Control.
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Hat tip to Big E at MPP, this link. Insightful? I believe so.
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Aside from the incident showing Emmer's uncanny ability to be Emmer, I expect Brodkorb's detailing of his investigation of Emmer being Emmer is correct. It is a tempest in a teapot, and should not distract too much from the Emmer, Sivarajah, Krinkie sweepstakes for who might be best for the GOP
Given the fact of Sixth District demographics, progressives cannot minimize the importance of others making a choice among that trifecta of hopefuls, one to be the fall candidate.
Hopefully those people pick dispassionately the best of the three, since the likelihoods are as they are. One Bachmann was one too many. We do not need a repeat.
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A blog view, from the GOP party insiders around Anoka County, here. The St. Cloud guy I cannot take seriously, the other one from over there, Emmer being the one with gravitas - such as it is. The other one is the one with the bible college background, and he'd make a fine dog catcher, somewhere over there. Between the three serious ones, I see Krinkie running a distant third in the primary. Rhonda and Tom are the action.
The trailing horse always wants a debate, the frontrunners want that suggestion to go away. Money can't buy you love, so Honour's looking at Jeff Johnson in that race of regulars. Thompson's a windbag, but ambitious enough to poison the well. Expect more of Mark, as Governor.
Al's almost certain for a reelection, making that GOP consideration largely moot.
DC is full of clowns and wolves with Ted Cruz having a foot in both camps.
Not that Cruz is particularly unique that way, the golfer heading his party is equivalent.
Obama? Playing in the band.
Dayton seems to have nailed it with his cesspool comment.
The entire "reform" of healthcare was a joke from having Big Pharma and single payer off the table at the start, and with Max Baucus having a free hand. Make that a free paw.
Bachmann fits in. Paulsen more so. Kline - all wolf, through and through.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders do not fit in. That is a big BIG part of what's wrong.
I admire the tenacity of each of that pair. They should be the norm. Not the exception.
As things stand, Zygi should move there.
Obama? Playing in the band.
Dayton seems to have nailed it with his cesspool comment.
The entire "reform" of healthcare was a joke from having Big Pharma and single payer off the table at the start, and with Max Baucus having a free hand. Make that a free paw.
Bachmann fits in. Paulsen more so. Kline - all wolf, through and through.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders do not fit in. That is a big BIG part of what's wrong.
I admire the tenacity of each of that pair. They should be the norm. Not the exception.
As things stand, Zygi should move there.
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