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Wednesday, November 23. 2011

Weds. morning links

Ten Commandments via Surber


Vanderleun: Since I died, I always have a great day


Glad he is still with us


Class of 2009: College Degrees by Discipline, Sex


Females dominate college graduates, and dominate most areas of study. Where's the outrage?


‘How Can I Get Even With This Man (or Woman) Who Has Just Ruined My Life?’


Teddy Forstmann died. One of the good guys.


Uh oh, global warming loons: here comes Climategate II! Just one sample of the emails:



Mike, The Figure you sent is very deceptive[...] there have been a number of dishonest presentations of model results by individual authors and by IPCC [...]



Watts: Climategate 2.0 emails – They’re real and they’re spectacular!


Follow the money...same goes for us: the ICTSMECE (Internation Cartel To Support More Evil Carbon Emissions) gives Maggie's Farm $2 million/year for our skepticism about settled science. Cash, directly to our secret Cayman Island account. It comes in handy during cash flow jams.


Did the Reagan Revolution Fail?


Perfect Storm the Most Likely Scenario; Is Europe Set to Declare a Chapter 11 in Early 2012?


OWS is driven by greed


They’re Ba-ack… The ‘Weather Underground’ Terror Group Joins #Occupy Oakland Movement


Obama to Occupy Wall St. Protesters: "You are the reason I ran for office."


Good grief.


OWS Following the Woodstock to Altamont Trajectory


TheDC Morning: Dems rely on voter fraud, says Dem


Lessons From Canada: It Fixed Its Fiscal Problems with 7:1 Ratio of Spending Cuts toTax Increases


Massive Crowd Meets Obama’s Arrival In New Hampshire (!)


Mandatory Insurance Is Wrong Fix for Health Care: Ramesh Ponnuru


Student loan bailouts? No, but there is an alternative...


It's about the willing suspension of disbelief:



We have two generations that have been raised to believe that, ultimately, someone else is responsible for the essentials of their lives. They believe they are supposed to retire in their fifties or early sixties, with a pension followed by Social Security. They believe they are supposed to relinquish concern for healthcare costs when they turn 65. They believe that if things get bad enough in their lives, unemployment, and later welfare, will keep a roof over their head and food on the table. They’ve been trained to believe this by a ruling class that has been assuring them since the 1930s that they have the fundamental right to a soft life.


These people do not want to think about a world where these things are not true.


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"Ten Commandments via Surber"

It forgot "Get more than a 2nd-grade education."

"They believe they are supposed to retire in their fifties or early sixties, with a pension followed by Social Security."

Anyone who would imply that the above is 'irresponsible' should be taken out on the street and shot. First off, doesn't this blithering moron understand that the money they're taking from Social Security is THEIR GODDAMN MONEY? And as far as pensions go, that's the company's way of saying, "Thanks for all the great years working for us." Something WRONG with that, asshole?

As for the 'retire at fifty or early sixties' goes, just how old would this cretin like us to be when we retire? 70? 80? 100?

"They believe that if things get bad enough in their lives, unemployment, and later welfare, will keep a roof over their head and food on the table."

Yeah, who'd want THAT in the United States of America, supposedly the 'greatest nation on earth'? Just let the unemployed DIE, is that it? I'm sure the Maggie's readership heartily agrees with this sentiment, given that none of them have spoken up about Bird Dog, Barrie and News Junkie expressing their heartfelt desire that poor people be starved to death by taking away their food stamps.

With sentiments like these floating around the right wing, hasn't it occurred to anyone that maybe the conservatives don't deserve to win the next election?
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-11-23 07:56 (Reply)
Repubs are the Death Party!
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2011-11-23 09:10 (Reply)
"Thanks for all the great years working for us." Something WRONG with that"

Yes, it's unsustainable. Logically and mathematically.

It's the "soft" life that Surber pointed out that people are pining for. You're proving his point. What's wrong with it is that it's not realistic, and Reality responds harshly when you defy her.

No need to insult Surber, he's just the messenger.
#1.2 DrTorch on 2011-11-23 11:37 (Reply)
the existence of Obama shows that the Reagan revolution is indeed lost.
#2 J.T. Wenting on 2011-11-23 08:33 (Reply)
No one comments on the debate posts because most people don't watch them. Registered Repub and I haven't seen one. I'm voting the Republican nominee anyway so what's the point. :)
#3 Tony on 2011-11-23 09:07 (Reply)
In my book, Doc gets commended for the time and effort he put into the posts. They were well done.

However, I reside in a state with a May primary. The candidate has always been selected before that date. I don't have a say in the nomination process so what's the point?

Furthermore, they all tick me off. Watching them would just make it worse. All the GOP candidates are sadly lacking in one way or another. I doubt if any of them have the ability to pull the USA out of what would be known in aeronautical circles as a graveyard spin.

Yeah Doc, your time is better spent doing something else.

Just remember, the readers aren't rejecting you. It is the subject matter.
#3.1 feeblemind on 2011-11-23 09:30 (Reply)
The outrage is that females dominate college graduates and most areas of study but not the useful knowledge majors. Thus we have the crisis that a college degree doesn't lead to a good job.

On the other hand, the females do dominate the education, government administration and health professions which are the growth industries right now. Well, at least until the tax base that pays for it dries up. An economy dominated by cost centers, I wonder how that will work out.
#4 JKB on 2011-11-23 09:23 (Reply)
Yeah I noticed that. Not all of them, but a lot of 'em. Degrees in Correct Thought and Vague but Strident Assertion.
#4.1 T.K. Tortch on 2011-11-23 13:19 (Reply)
Any party that would engage a policy of voter fraud is headed for black uniforms with silver skulls under a big broken cross black and red flag
#5 buddy larsen on 2011-11-23 15:03 (Reply)
Doc, you are in severe need of medication, STAT! You must be thinking of that "Lock-box" AlGore used to yammer on and on and on and on about and think he was speaking truth. Fairness and The American Way impel me to tell you: He LIED. The money you put in--got spent, Mine, too. Everybody I know, and them I don't--theirs, too.

Take two bottles of Jack Daniels, or Johnny Walker, or Jose the Cuervo, and call me in the morning after.
#6 Sam L. on 2011-11-23 23:29 (Reply)

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