Welcome to another Sunday evening.
Mittens really put his foot in it, didn't he? I can't say I "enjoyed" his remarks, exactly, since they offended every sensibility I have as a semi-decent human being, but I certainly enjoyed the fact that somebody taped him shoving his Bruno Magli firmly into his piehole.
And I really enjoyed the blowback, just a few of examples of which can be found here, here, here, and here.
Oh, and then there was that super-seekrit letter from Ann Romney to her fellow Republicans "discovered" by Andy Borowitz. I loved that one a whole lot.
That’s right, for the next forty-six days, I’m asking you to bite your tongue every time Mitt says or does something idiotic. If you think that sounds difficult, welcome to my world.
On the other side of the political aisle -- well, I don't have anything amusing, per se, but I do have something that I consider a must-read. It's funny, but it's about as black as comedy can get, not least because it's true. Let us not forget: I'm not voting for the other guy either -- and this essay lays out pretty gosh-darned succinctly one of the main reasons why I'm not. I'm not going to quote from this essay, because you really, really, really need to read the whole thing.
How was your week?
Comments
I believe that the dumber the comments that Romney makes, the
more license it gives Obama to go further to the right... where partisans can worship him no matter how right wing his policies are.
So Romney being so stupid and inept doesn't help at all.
Yeah.
It seemingly makes the "voting for the lesser of two evils" fallacy easier for many voters to buy in to. I'm done with that, though.
Yes ... the entire need to run against a ...
... Do-Nothing Congress goes out the window if Obama can cruise to a win based on "we've had over 20 months of sluggish job growth ~ we are not there yet, but at this pace we'll get back to where we were by 2025".
The worse the Republicans are, the worse the Democrats can get away with being. Hell, after George W Bush, we elected a pro-war Democrat just because he was against foolish wars that obviously undermined the long term interests of the Military Industrial Complex (well, I'm paraphrasing, I guess the quote was, 'I'm not again ALL wars, but I AM against STUPID wars!")
Congress will continue to do nothing
because they'll blame each other and the filibuster they both preserve. It will be a good fundraising gimmick, too. 60 votes!
The purpose of Congress
is to re-elect members of Congress. Andrew Bacevich
It pretty much begins and ends there when it comes to predicting congressional behavior.
If the Democrats eke out a win this year ...
... in the Senate (which is looking better than even odds right now, after looking worse than even back in August), there's some faint hope for some mild filibuster reform, if only because the Republicans weren't content to allow even small face saving resume builder bills to pass.
Also, the corporate balance of power will still be 60+ no matter how the close enough to flip contests turn out, so some mild filibuster reform would look more like a small shift in the balance of power inside the Corporate party, rather than a serious threat of an outbreak of democracy.
This election just might be a first in American history
We have two candidates running who seem to have no core set of principles. They both are willing to put everything on the table if it gets them votes.
Clinton / HW Bush.
Obama playing the role of HW Bush, Romney playing the role of "Its the Economy Stupid" Big Bubba Clinton, except the political rhetorical skills line up on the spymaster's side this time.
Programming note .. Sunday Train won't be running this week ...
... something else came up this afternoon, and with Monday morning class, I had to do class prep.
Very bad sports Sunday.
Thank God for vodka.
OT the Emmy's suck
That BS propaganda WOT show Homeland beat Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones? Fuck that!
I was glad Aaron Paul won and Julia Louse Dreyfus for Veep, though. Louie C.K won two as well and well deserved.
Jimmy Kimmel sucks.
Do as I do
and remain ignorant of their very existence. You'll be happier for it. (Seriously, I haven't watched the Emmys - nor for that matter pretty much anything on network television - in years. And I really don't feel I'm missing anything.)
Ahh, yeah. It depends
Sometimes a decent comedian can make it funny. There are good shows with good writing(some based on good books) that make it worthwhile on AMC and HBO, but the best ones are not rewarded as they deserve.
I don't normally watch, but silly me I did for some reason this year. I won't next year.
For me, what I gleaned from twitter about it ...
... was more than enough information. Now that I know that Homeland is another WOTIG show (War On Terra Is Great), maybe TMI.
Yeah, Homeland is a waste, and it's stupid, too.
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My brother reckons its witty irony.
Great suggestion, Bruce.
Thanks.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo won 7 emmys
I was surprised at the shockingly low number of nominations for the Honey Boo Boo. Sometimes this country makes my head hurt. I'll be back in a few minutes, I have to run down to the quickie mart and get a gallon of slurpee..........