"[Romney] also might have prevented Iran from becoming a nuclear military power. Now, we may be fairly confident that Iran will achieve that status, requiring Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to do the same, unless Israel can deal with it itself, as the world, once again united in cowardice, leaves it to the Jews to do its dirty work."Wow. That is, indeed, apoplectic.
So is that five-year-old a reading prodigy, or is that within the realm of normal for that age? Can some current or former owners of five-year-olds chime in?Judging by the asides, it's scripted. The kid has likely had time to learn it rather than read it straight out.
There are five million fewer people working than four years ago, and there is no economic recovery. Inflation is only apparently moderate because the housing industry is bombed out, most other industries are very soft, and interest rates are negligible in an unsuccessful effort to revive economic activity, and this disguises 25 per cent annual gasoline price increases, and double digit annual increases in the price of most of the essential food and milk shopping basket, (and food stamp users have almost doubled to about 47 million, almost as many people as have criminal records thanks to the country's fascistic justice system).posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 1:18 PM on November 8, 2012 [7 favorites]
President Obama has no mandate at all; he may not have as many votes as Governor Romney, did not achieve the endorsement by the voters of any particular program, and the country perpetuated gridlock in government, with the most unimpressive congressional leadership the country has had in over a century. Speaker John Boehner is a nervous, lachrymose bumbler, where some great legislators have sat, (though he is not as utterly hopeless in policy terms as Nancy Pelosi), and Harry Reid is an affront to the memory of previous Senate majority leaders such as Joe Robinson, Alben Barkley, Robert Taft, Lyndon Johnson, Howard Baker and Robert Dole.
This an interesting litmus test, something so full of wrong that if you find one thing about it that makes you go, "Hey, maybe this guy has a point here," then you have found a troublesome source of dumbness within yourself.Yes, the important thing is to never think critically or consider an opposing viewpoint, especially if that viewpoint has any flaws whatsoever. Only listen to things that agree with everything you already believe. Anyone who disagrees with you is stupid.
posted by fleacircus at 4:52 PM on November 8 [3 favorites +] [!]
... the Democrats are the only party that has any interest in human rights or helping the disadvantaged. What the country needs is a blend of economic conservatism, regulatory libertarianism, liberal human rights and leftist but innovative welfare policyI don't think I would vote for this party, but it's a least a party that would offer conservative leaning folks a real choice. The last two elections have shown that the Republic party can no longer win with backwards, hateful, repugnant policies. Much to the chagrin of many mefites, conservatives will continue to exist, and have a role to play in providing competition to liberals in the US. The thing we've been missing more and more of recently is any kind of intelligent, thoughtful conservatism.
And he's right that a national sales tax is the best way to raise revenue.Why the best way? Also, what to say of the idea that taxing people would hurt spending, which I think we desperately need to keep the recovery moving/
posted by Dasein at 4:43 PM on November 8 [2 favorites +] [!]
The now-defunct Canadian satirical magazine Frank dubbed him ‘Tubby’ after Tubby Tompkins, a character in the Little Lulu comic strip. Tubby Tompkins was a rotund and nasty, scheming child of privilege who often became a victim of his own shortcomings. The analogy stuck.The Unsinkable Tubby Black
Not that Conrad ever gave a rap. He was mega-bright, he was filthy rich and he was utterly impervious to the pot-shots and putdowns that percolated up from the little people. He had money, fame and fortune.
And then the roof fell in.
Lord Black of Crossharbour ended up swatting mosquitoes in a cell in a Florida jail. Never in my lifetime has any mortal fallen so far and so utterly.
But here’s the thing.
Conrad Black was not beaten. He served his time like a pro. He never cried the blues or begged for mercy or murmured contrition. He spent $100 million on his defence; still faces over $1 billion in civil suits -- and yet the man is unbowed.
Is he magnificent -- Or deluded?
Maybe he just has sisu in spades. Sisu is a Finnish word that means, roughly, extraordinary bravery and tenacity. The Finns showed sisu when they fought the militarily superior Russians to a standstill in World War ll. I once asked a Finlander to explain sisu to me. “It means having the hide of a rhinoceros,” he told me. Then, after a pause he added:
“And perhaps the brain of one too.”
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