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Tuesday, April 21. 2009

What the heck is going on?

On Drudge today:


POLS GONE WILD:
*PAPER: Senator's husband cashes in on crisis;
Feinstein sought $25B for agency...
*TARP INSPECTOR GENERAL WARNS OF 'CATASTROPHIC FRAUD' POTENTIAL...
*Key Dem Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists;
NSA intercepted talk...
*Murtha's Defense Earmarks Draw Questions...
*CONGRESS BATTLES THE BULGE;
MEMBERS BLAME RECESSION FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT...

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 14:27 | Comments (18) | Trackbacks (0)

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What the heck is going on? Business as usual, Barrister. Just business as usual.
#1 feeblemind on 2009-04-21 15:11 (Reply)
Dear Barrister: Within your own realm: please go to this page and then click on the first item in the list--"manual updated April 1, 2009. I think you will be stunned at how easy it is, how complicit the legal community is in adding more distance betwee the people to the law. In this case it is guaranteed that another layer of unionistas, or members of the women's leadership community will now be interpreting the law for all of us.
http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/Clerk/Ex-Parte.aspx
#2 facultywife on 2009-04-21 16:30 (Reply)
Distractions.

Don't worry about Hugo, Limp Wristed Pirate Prattle, Tea Parties? (what Tea Parties?), oh and that little DHS report that pretty much labels every Cop, Border Agent, Vet, Armed Forces Current, Boy Scout, Elected Official and White Christian (but I repeat myself) as a terrorist.

Every time the sheep start to wake up, they will be bombarded by a heap of bad news to befuddle, shrug, and go back to thinking "business as usual" as Feeble points out. Regular folks don't like all the muck, so when things start to chrystalize- muck it up!!!
#3 Phil on 2009-04-21 17:02 (Reply)
What the heck is going on? Nothing. It will all be changed tomorrow and the earth will keep on spinning. With the exception of the TARP, any of that could have been written twenty years ago.

I don't mean the 'twenty years' literally, but when you specialize in bad news, you're going to get bad reactions. Our news services thrive on it, and we the people suffer greatly. I'm no Pollyanna, but until our usual upbeat, positive American attitude comes back, we're going to keep wallowing in this stuff - to our destruction. We'll be the first civilization of modern times to do down over bad news that may or may not be true. How sickening is that to feel as if we have no control?
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#4 Meta on 2009-04-21 19:03 (Reply)
The sickening grip of the hidden hand is a feeling like no other. Is there a special word for it?
#4.1 Phil on 2009-04-21 22:23 (Reply)
Shock.

That's what I'd call it. Like a deer caught in headlights, there's shock before there's action. I think we're in shock. And there's only one way out and that's with ferocity. That's why I don't become overly depressed about the state of affairs or get bogged down in details. You corner an animal long enough, and you end up regretting it. It's all a form of shock. It's the after-effects of it that I look forward to.
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#4.1.1 Meta on 2009-04-21 22:48 (Reply)
What is going on? - it's been far too long since the townspeople got fed up and hanged their politicians. Nothing here that a good rope party wouldn't fix.
#5 NJSoldier on 2009-04-21 21:52 (Reply)
if the new movement needs a logo graphic, i recommend a picture of an old -fashioned straw broom. No words, just a broom.
#6 buddy larsen on 2009-04-21 22:21 (Reply)
NJSoldier ... Don't forget the grand old American way of expressing disapproval; tarring and feathering, then riding out of town on a rail. It worked well for our ancestors, along with confining lesser sinners to the stocks. Ridicule is a powerful weapon, too little used of late.

Marianne
#7 Marianne Matthews on 2009-04-21 23:11 (Reply)
"Ridicule is a powerful weapon, too little used of late."

And here you've struck on it. Along with shame... most powerful weapons.

In a civilized society.
#8 Luther McLeod on 2009-04-21 23:58 (Reply)
These people are making truth of the charge flung at this country for decades now, by the worst of the worst, from Hitler on down, that we are "corrupt capitalists". I have a feeling that's pretty much how we are looking right now, from foreign lands.

As always, Gresham's Law.

Reverse in 2010 or we're most likely history. 'We' being plain old Americans.
#9 buddy larsen on 2009-04-22 03:46 (Reply)
Buddy,

I think we are corrupt capitalists. Who doubts it? What I don't care is what other countries think of us. They can cast the banners of shame, but our political class calls that clout and shrugs it off for another sweet deal. Other countries get rich off us, so let them call us names. I think 'plain old Americans' will save the day; just like plain old Chinese will ruin the day for whatever capitalist notions the Chinese have while we wallow in this mess.

There are four ways a civilization goes down:

Give the people too much - they become complacent.
Don't give the people enough - they revolt.
Takeover from without.
Takeover from within.

I think we hit three of those. Maybe if Obama decides to prosecute President Bush, complacency will end and the stirrings of revolt will thunder across this land. Yeah, how fast can one run in Birkenstocks while holding a hot latte and a copy of the NYT?
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#9.1 Meta on 2009-04-22 09:24 (Reply)
Unfortunately, politicians and those in the media are immune to shame. Bill Clinton proved this fact conclusively. I seriously doubt the Kennedy’s, Clintons, Obama’s, and Barney Franks of this world can be shamed into behaving properly.
#10 NJSoldier on 2009-04-22 07:33 (Reply)
true --no shame --they just push a button and out crawls a plague of garafolos to attack the messenger.
#10.1 buddy larsen on 2009-04-22 09:18 (Reply)
Don't disagree, NJS. I did say in a civilized society. But our media representatives long ago left those shores and they do, still, shape the narrative that most folks see everyday. Though that is slowly changing.
#10.2 Luther McLeod on 2009-04-22 10:35 (Reply)
Here's todays headlines to-the-side on Drudge:

Acting FREDDIE MAC CFO commits suicide...
Crime scene crew, homicide detectives investigating...
Police called at 4:48AM...

Also, North Korea has the largest artillery division. That's because they have no jobs to offer those shiftless mens. What about their Navy? And Susan Boyle refuses to pluck her eyebrows.
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#11 Meta on 2009-04-22 09:31 (Reply)
re the suicide, Yippee! Back to the future!

http://www.etherzone.com/body.html

http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.html

tin hats, black helicopters, and uh...those lists.
#11.1 buddy larsen on 2009-04-22 10:38 (Reply)
oh, Buddy. I saw on that list Brit Hume's son committed suicide during the Clinton years. No investigation??

whoa.. Very sad.
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#11.1.1 Meta on 2009-04-22 10:58 (Reply)

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