tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post5026744126046094296..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Train WreckMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-52210192596738603572011-02-27T00:18:53.139-08:002011-02-27T00:18:53.139-08:00So, do you think Amnesty International and Human R...So, do you think Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch will condemn the anti-union laws pushed at the state level?Oalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-5969979624010216702011-02-24T13:38:27.401-08:002011-02-24T13:38:27.401-08:00From Ezra Klein, WaPo:
In it, Walker proposes tha...From Ezra Klein, WaPo:<br /><br /><i>In it, Walker proposes that the right to collectively bargain be taken away from most -- but not all -- state and local workers. Who's left out? "Local law enforcement and fire employees, and state troopers and inspectors would be exempt from these changes." As Harold Meyerson notes, these are also the unions that happened to be more supportive of Walker in the last election. Funny, that.</i><br /> <br />http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/what_is_actually_being_propose.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-80803471549631296382011-02-23T14:48:03.308-08:002011-02-23T14:48:03.308-08:00Harvey Taylor, via email:
Here are a coup...Harvey Taylor, via email:<br /><br /><br /> Here are a couple fo semi-related points.<br /><br /> One aspect of Wisconsin [which preserves a climate/energy relevance] is the sale of state owned energy assets to privateers.<br /> <br />See for details:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/wisconsin-governor-selling-state-power-plants-kochs.php" rel="nofollow"> 2011/02/23: TreeHugger: Wisconsin Governor Selling State Power Plants to the Kochs?</a><br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2011/02/koch-brothers-end-game-in-wisconsin.html" rel="nofollow">2011/02/22: CCP: The Koch Brothers' End Game in Wisconsin: take over state-owned power plants for pennies<br /></a><br /><br />2011/02/22: <a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/02/wisconsins-walker-joins-government-asset-giveaway-club-and-is-rahm-soon-to-follow.html" rel="nofollow">NakedCapitalism: Wisconsin’s Walker Joins Government Asset Giveaway Club (and is Rahm Soon to Follow?)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> With the history of the Roberts Supreme Court, it is questionable whether Tea Partiers [or more generically the radical right] controls only "one branch".<br /><br />-het<br /><br /><br /><br />PS.<br /> A possibly related analysis:<br /> <a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/02/22/what-conservatives-really-want/" rel="nofollow">2011/02/22: BerkeleyBlog: What conservatives really want by George Lakoff</a><br /> <br /><br /> Which ties to the earlier work of Altemeyer and Adorno:<br /><br /> <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/" rel="nofollow">Bob Altemeyer's - The Authoritarians</a><br /><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authoritarian_Personality" rel="nofollow">Wiki: The Authoritarian Personality</a>Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-21143333171575231842011-02-23T13:04:50.403-08:002011-02-23T13:04:50.403-08:00Yeah, the Republicans' stupidity here will eve...Yeah, the Republicans' stupidity here will eventually get them a rolled-up newspaper swat on the nose from their corporate masters. I agree.manuel moe ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878149837118503541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-85761007166326641902011-02-23T12:33:16.311-08:002011-02-23T12:33:16.311-08:00Moe, I'd love to pass the blame around, but I ...Moe, I'd love to pass the blame around, but I think this one rests squarely with the Republicans.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-74426605274029181572011-02-23T11:51:54.033-08:002011-02-23T11:51:54.033-08:00A government shutdown will raise borrowing costs f...A government shutdown will raise borrowing costs for government - federal and state, etc. The pain will be felt everywhere.<br /><br />I would love to blame the Republicans, but immaturity and vacuity have become American virtues.<br /><br />Nassim Taleb (Black Swan) believes we will go back to gold-based currencies and city-states.<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/node/17509373?story_id=17509373&CFID=150736961&CFTOKEN=55507777<br /><br />City-states might be nice - if you have a pot-hole that never gets filled, your highest elected official is never more than a single cow-pat throw away.<br /><br />Very small solace to people who currently rely on the government for their standard of living, which is a prerequisite for human dignity. Depressing.manuel moe ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878149837118503541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-84888370343262898862011-02-23T07:24:54.366-08:002011-02-23T07:24:54.366-08:00Oale, no need to apologize for your media. It is h...Oale, no need to apologize for your media. It is hardly better over here.<br /><br />For most people this will be a bolt from the blue, and (mark my words if you want, this isn't a very high risk prediction) the dominant media will be very careful to play it so that it will be easy to construe it as Obama's fault.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-18967213607525214792011-02-23T04:00:22.242-08:002011-02-23T04:00:22.242-08:00Sadly I think the Republicans and Tea Party types ...Sadly I think the Republicans and Tea Party types in Congress are just crazy enough to force a government shutdown over funding for the EPA and public broadcasting, among other things. Of course as someone who has become reliant on my social security survivor's benefits to keep my house since my wife died, they can be assured that I will never, ever, ever vote Republican for any single office for the rest of my life.Nick Dearthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127455354525847577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-3623740654909102011-02-23T03:26:25.917-08:002011-02-23T03:26:25.917-08:00Since they say a picture is worth a thousand words...Since they say <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48891180@N00/5469060989/in/pool-universalhub#/photos/48891180@N00/5469060989/in/pool-978845@N20/" rel="nofollow">a picture</a> is worth a thousand words, <a href="http://assets.motherjones.com/politics/2011/inequality-p25_averagehouseholdincom.png" rel="nofollow">here's two thousand</a> to help explain things to our international brethren and sistren.Paul Daniel Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633446166342778475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-90764807587909942402011-02-23T02:40:01.290-08:002011-02-23T02:40:01.290-08:00Noted, followed and forwarded some of US news sinc...Noted, followed and forwarded some of US news since media here isn't reporting on the current events there<br /><br />some lighter reading, hopefully:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010-2011_Belgian_government_formationOalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.com