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Thursday, April 01, 2004. Perhaps I'm being too hard on the American public. And not hard enough on the press. Refers to studies that show that most Americans would have opposed the Bush tax cuts for favoring the rich, but were misled by the Administration, and not enlightened by the press. Similarly, the majority of those who support the Iraq war were (are still? Under the misapprehension that a) we have found WMDs in Iraq or b) that Hussein was in bed with Al Queda or c) that world opinion was with Bush.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004. I have only one thing to add to this. Marvelous piece by Mark Ames, which posits that American voters, especially the white male kind, vote against their own interests out of spite. (Thanks to digby. It's not just spite. It's something more- if I may- existential. From Notes from Underground. What has made them conceive that man must want a rationally advantageous choice? What man wants is simply INDEPENDENT choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016. Politicians are fond of saying that the government should not be picking winners and losers. Paul Ryan said it just the other day. It is a lie that needs to be put to bed once and for all. The truth is that picking winners and losers is exactly and the only thing government does. You don't have to believe in MMM to like free enterprise. Freedom is good, and free people will be enterprising. But we don't need to tilt the board toward the already rich and powerful in o...Polit...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004. AP after GWB military records. It's about time, eh? It just may be that reporters, in general, are no smarter than anyone else, in general. And it's taking most. People a long time to realize what a menace GWB is. He isn't like other presidents that lean a little this way or that way. He's the idiot son of a former president- and that is the only reason he is president- who thinks he's been annointed by God. Para; 7:57 PM. Smoggy enough for you? Trucks, then why can we regulate any.
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Thursday, September 23, 2004. I like conspiracy theories. Grand, sweeping, omniverous ones. I don't believe them, necessarily. But I like them. And for that reason, I'm going to put one out there. It would explain a lot, which is the great thing about conspiracy theories. If it turns out to be true, remember: You heard it here first, folks. Para; 2:20 PM. Safe v. Patriot. In short, it was a truly lame defense of a truly anti-American law, and NPR didn't point it out. Para; 1:35 PM. A Fistful of Euros.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016. People write about the results of the election as if we can have any idea of what the real vote totals were, when we simply can't. We vote, the vote is somewhere around 50/50, and the hackers and vote counters fiddle around the edges. And perhaps there is one group that determines the outcome every time, but perhaps there is competition. Either way, inside players determine the outcome, not voters. Balloting, it's a question of who won the count, not who won the vote. Being be...
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Thursday, January 05, 2017. Revised) Open Letter to President-elect Trump (anyone got an email address for him? Note: Teh Google tells me a number of mostly small news outlets are making the same argument. Dear President-elect Trump,. If you're not careful, repealing Obamacare will be a disaster for you because it will be a disaster for many of the people who voted for you. Here's a better idea than repeal and stall: Medicare For All. What would solve that problem? They will scream "Socialism! Next thing...
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Friday, November 19, 2004. If you can't beat 'em. Para; 1:39 PM. Friday, November 12, 2004. Thanks to Kevin Drum. For pointing to this. I should point out that even though he provided the link, Kevin doesn't believe fraud explains the discrepancy between the exit polls and the vote count: There must. Be some other explanation. I, too, don't want. To believe they could pull this off. But it seems to me that this is a case of "Who you gonna believe- me or your lyin' eyes? Para; 1:40 PM. Boy was I wrong.
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Saturday, January 08, 2005. Mark A. R. Kleiman raises his finger. To Alberto Gonzales for his monarchist stand on torture (and rightly so). This is not a first. Recall Dubya's decision on stem cell research. To paraphrase, "Stem cell lines developed before I uttered the statement I am uttering now shall be deemed lawful, lines developed after these words shall be unlawful.". Para; 9:21 AM. When life gives you dilemmas, make dilemmanade. Clark at ClarkRichardThompson.com. Critique of Capitalism for Kidz!
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Thursday, August 04, 2016. To: Our Governing Elite. To: Our Governing Elite. From: The Unwashed Masses. Re: Boaty McBoatface and Trump. The Boaty vote doesn't prove that we the unwashed masses can't be trusted with democracy, it proves we can't be trusted with mock democracy, like American presidential elections. Let's get this out in the open: You merely pretend to represent us. In short, you represent the 1%. We know that, you know that. But don't worry. We'll end up voting for Hilary. Para; 11:59 AM.
