The Impossible Hamster

HT David Roberts over at Grist and Treehugger: A Dialogue Economic Growth's Great Dilemma

I would hate it if scandal sunk any candidate

I want us all to grow up and vote for the person who best reflects our positions on issues, who has similar priorities to ours, who will work to making America the America we want.

The Wright issue is a non issue to me. Never mattered at all.

The Hager issue is a non issue to me. McCain is courting the religious radical right as I would expect of the GOP.

The irrational hatred for HRC coming from both sides is very disturbing. Every time she claims she is the better candidate and would make a better president, there is a segment of Obama supporters who find that offensive (Duh. She's campaigning to win. That's the game one needs to play) and a bevy of "journalists" who will use any insignificant bit of fluff to discredit her.

The incessant parsing of each phrase uttered by each campaign to try to dig a scandal out of it is probably because juicy stories catch our attention, and it's actual work to analyze and compare the candidates positions, and to identify significant issues.


This swiftboat mentality was born GOP but has infected the progressive milieu.

The untouchable Mr Obama

Any attempt to openly discuss Obama's personal and character issues is met with "you are a racist!".
Any attempt to openly discuss Clinton's qualifications is met with "she's a liar"
This campaign is dirty, and the dirt is coming from the GOP and the Obama followers.
I've never seen anything like it.

Breaking News!

HRC scammed Ohio. Proof? We don't need no proof.
We got this schedule here that says she attended a meeting. That's all we need.

Stop the world. I need very much to get off.

Big cars killing the planet

I remember when the tide turned on smoking. In just a few years it went from acceptable to unacceptable.
Public sentiment made a huge difference. Pretty much anybody who could quit did, even though it's terribly addicting.

If that same public sentiment started to frown on or laugh at these people who have a car that's 3 times bigger and uses 10 times more gas than the rest of us, then moved on to the 2 times bigger and 5 times then...
We'd make a huge difference.

How to destroy a government

Make them go broke trying to be something their not.

What caused the downfall of the Soviet Union? They spent all their resources to be a superpower and neglected everything else. It was the cause of their downfall. Reagan gets credit, and he did draw a line in the sand... but the USSR caused their own demise.

OK, so now OPEC is going to reduce production...just as our economy hits a bump! Cooincidence? I think not.
The US depends on that oil. Reduced production will wreak havoc with our economy. The price of everything depends on the price of energy. Stagflation. Remember the Carter years?

The writing is on the wall. We can read it and act, or pay the consequences of the (mostly) republican head in the sand syndrom.

You are warned.

Don't let hate skew judgment

I read a sentence in a novel today... to not hate your enemy because it interferes with good judgment. Very astute observation.
Most of us define our enemies as those we hate.
Step back and look at what it is that defines an enemy... to me it's someone who means me harm. Hate has nothing to do with it.