tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post4363210101436387408..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Mr. Gore Finds the LinkMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-42340653545098668062011-07-28T09:11:53.154-07:002011-07-28T09:11:53.154-07:00The secret dictatorship link was surprising and cl...The secret dictatorship link was surprising and clever. The Sauron music made me temporarily wish I'd been born with no ears. I was able to quickly hit mute and survive the ordeal.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-38210790823225300022011-07-28T02:16:53.158-07:002011-07-28T02:16:53.158-07:00Back to the train wreck, just reading this in the ...Back to the train wreck, just reading <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/28/debt-crisis-deadlock-world-shares" rel="nofollow">this in the Guardian</a> and thinking about <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/the-cult-that-is-destroying-america/" rel="nofollow">Krugman's take on the whole thing</a>. Question from a UK subject: how exceptional is the current situation? The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/jul/27/west-wing-debt-ceiling-video" rel="nofollow">Gruaniad again</a> linked to a nice little vid from the West Wing on the usual political posturing. But how unique is this particular congress? Have some U.S. politicians always been this solidly, unmoveably ideological, or is something genuinely different happening to America's polity? From over here, it seems pretty scary that the US govt appears so fundamentally broken, but perhaps it's nothing out of the ordinary, historically speaking...?Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-48302244283853108632011-07-28T00:04:11.950-07:002011-07-28T00:04:11.950-07:00I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears._King o...<i>I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears.</i>_King of the Road<br /><br />Must. Not. Suggest. M-80's. Better. Drown. Gore. Out. To. Conservative.Pangolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369503994505817789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-62701549924831865122011-07-27T23:54:58.156-07:002011-07-27T23:54:58.156-07:00"I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears.&..."I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears."<br /><br />This appears, on some cursory research, to be not a good thing.Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-91006870682137201632011-07-27T21:27:43.362-07:002011-07-27T21:27:43.362-07:00It's it's it's *physics* OMG!@It's it's it's *physics* OMG!@Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-88083844679412879782011-07-27T19:36:52.822-07:002011-07-27T19:36:52.822-07:00I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears.I almost stuck lit firecrackers in my ears.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-1313819302517518402011-07-27T08:13:20.190-07:002011-07-27T08:13:20.190-07:00Not to express any enthusiasm for the Murdoch empi...Not to express any enthusiasm for the Murdoch empire, which I agree is a big part of the problem, but it would be a shame to miss Dan Olner's clever link on the grounds of Alastair's appearing to agree with it. It appears Alastair has not actually got the point. <br /><br />Be prepared to click an extra time to get the point.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-29161806384592254302011-07-27T06:22:12.832-07:002011-07-27T06:22:12.832-07:00I should have begun "It is not a secret dicta...I should have begun "It is not a secret dictatorship any more!.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152292130415788120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-37211895435848145632011-07-27T02:47:28.248-07:002011-07-27T02:47:28.248-07:00It is not secret any more! The British cabinet has...It is not secret any more! The British cabinet has just published their meetings with Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, and his henchmen since the new government was formed in the UK last May <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14290322" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />It seems clear to me that they have been regularly paying homage or perhaps just receiving fresh instructions on how the UK should be run.<br /><br />It would be interesting to know to what extent Murdoch is behind the Tea Party's attempt to wreck the the US economy, in order to prevent Obama's re-election.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152292130415788120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-63850985309410644662011-07-27T02:44:41.933-07:002011-07-27T02:44:41.933-07:00Refusing to acknowledge reality when it's kick...Refusing to acknowledge reality when it's kicking you in the teeth? <br /><br />Sounds like we've gone collectively nuts to me.Pangolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18369503994505817789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-70258597035980952462011-07-27T01:36:02.234-07:002011-07-27T01:36:02.234-07:00That Gore link made me suddenly realise the secret...That Gore link made me suddenly realise the <a href="http://www.coveredinbees.org/node/357" rel="nofollow">secret dictatorship</a> we're all living under...Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-64623114301437080842011-07-26T19:10:20.402-07:002011-07-26T19:10:20.402-07:00One of the tragedies is that many people have let ...One of the tragedies is that many people have let Gore be demonized. Perfect he is not, but pretty much on the mark and serious he is.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.com