tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7728852344171671437..comments2024-03-19T01:36:13.744-05:00Comments on Althouse: "In the ’80s and ’90s, a liberal arts graduate who didn’t know what to do went to law school."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35372946471414515662013-02-01T10:07:23.108-06:002013-02-01T10:07:23.108-06:00AllenS ...great project that Jeep, hope your worki...AllenS ...great project that Jeep, hope your working garage is at least a bit heated "-)<br /><br />Best line I've read on this entire thread, so good I am stealing it for use in some local face to face conversations...it is by Bagoh20:<br /><br /><i>The real problem we have now, and which may get much worse, is not that people have nothing to do for pay - new markets will be created the same as ants will always dig - it's that people now want [to be] paid for doing nothing, and getting them that gig is a burgeoning occupation.</i><br /><br /><br />I also must note that from this thread it appears that there is still substantial belief in various myths about military and federal "government jobs", pensions, and security. I get the impression that few have heard of things like "RIF's" or "FERS." I am convinced that few people care about what it is really all about...or where the worst problems lie in bureaucracy. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28602896060770091752013-02-01T09:52:40.230-06:002013-02-01T09:52:40.230-06:00Notquitebuckley,
I think I love you.Notquitebuckley,<br /><br />I think I love you.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16817573694116106752013-02-01T08:29:35.016-06:002013-02-01T08:29:35.016-06:00NotquiteunBuckley said...
"I ain't got th...NotquiteunBuckley said...<br />"I ain't got the words"<br /><br />Ain't that the truth.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83948391547478726352013-02-01T01:41:09.988-06:002013-02-01T01:41:09.988-06:00AllenS, having taken the time to truly understand ...AllenS, having taken the time to truly <i>understand</i> why what happens happens, on a micro level that is more complex than nearly everything labeled or understood as "macro" in at least many decades, is one thing, Milton Friedman showed the unblind.<br /><br />Then, being able to describe why, in real time, on the interwebs where some tiny portion of a very evidence-laden tirade-of-truth dispersed of idiocy without resorting to defiling the man that is Mr. AllenS (by "wrestling with pigs" or whatever internet refutation of untruths our surfing "immanentizes the eschaton" as they say, as it were, he takes it in stride.<br /><br />Since my formative years included the movie "Tombstone" and the line "I ain't got the words" I've dedicated my life to words, in that I want an over abundance of magnitudes heretofore unheard of save God.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69353349793452639672013-02-01T00:15:04.090-06:002013-02-01T00:15:04.090-06:00I find bagoh20 more entertaining, commenting on a ...I find bagoh20 more entertaining, commenting on a blog, and much more informative, than almost anything else.<br /><br />Garage made some good points about, like Rush says, most people's limitations bing self-imposed.<br /><br />Another truism applied to a topical argument/observation.<br /><br />AllenS reminds me more of Uncle Milt Friedman the more I read.Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55671474731018595522013-02-01T00:08:10.145-06:002013-02-01T00:08:10.145-06:00I read. Which is more than anyone can say for you....<i>I read. Which is more than anyone can say for you.</i><br /><br />I too live in CA, and have all my life.<br /><br />My evaluation of Schwarzenegger is that he tried to fix things, by taking it to the voters, realized there was no way he was going to win, so let it fail, and then said "OK, this is what you want, then this is what you will get." It's a Democracy, right?<br /><br />Meanwhile, the state remains incredibly damaged. It has a burgeoning underclass, massive entitlement system, massive taxes, and it treats the people who make the stuff and pay the bills like crap.<br /><br />That hasn't stopped Jerry Brown with his huge liberal appetite from wanting to build a HSR train that no one will use, especially since to get the pretend price tag down to $80B they had to slow it down, or to require 30% renewables by 2020, excluding hydro and nuclear.<br /><br />Regarding "Renewables," what problem are you trying to solve. If it's cutting greenhouse gases, then say so, and make that work, instead of saying "Renewables," except hydro. Can I burn wood? That's renewable, right?Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393170116669470751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83651307132980153052013-01-31T22:44:47.888-06:002013-01-31T22:44:47.888-06:00I don't have the heart to be the one to tell R...I don't have the heart to be the one to tell Ritmo that sometimes... every once in a great while... a politician's words are not reflected in his actions in office.<br /><br />Bless his heart, I just can't be the one to shatter that innocent world-view of his. :)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88002848999873213272013-01-31T22:34:13.023-06:002013-01-31T22:34:13.023-06:00Schwarzenegger is just a libertine Republican
Jus...<i>Schwarzenegger is just a libertine Republican</i><br /><br />Just like your hero, Andrew Sullivan!<br /><br />Before you off your rails on that one, explain your Palin non sequiturd above.<br /><br />Sometimes, Ritmo, I think we should stand face to face: you could spit "Palinist" at me and I could spit "Sullivanist" at you. :)chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83467575606163744322013-01-31T21:46:07.460-06:002013-01-31T21:46:07.460-06:00Maybe you can read about Apollo 11 and start your ...<i>Maybe you can read about Apollo 11 and start your own space program.</i><br /><br />But, but, but that would be <i>hard!</i> The government might not make it easy enough for me! Waaaah!!!Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35711361195253422902013-01-31T21:44:31.538-06:002013-01-31T21:44:31.538-06:00"I read."
Maybe you can read about Apol...<i>"I read."</i><br /><br />Maybe you can read about Apollo 11 and start your own space program.<br /><br /><br />bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91970151234020516242013-01-31T21:44:07.546-06:002013-01-31T21:44:07.546-06:00If we are all going to lapse into genteel poverty ...If we are all going to lapse into genteel poverty and be clients of The State, I am very fortunate to live among a population of experts at this game. I know exactly who to pick as my mentors to get schooled in how to game the system. I would really rather work, but if that is not an option, might as well...<br /><br />Enjoy the Decline! Suckahs!kentuckylizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110491371985845560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70895248707553921602013-01-31T21:42:30.249-06:002013-01-31T21:42:30.249-06:00California isn't really liberal once you get s...California isn't really liberal once you get south of the bay. You just get a stageful of libertine starfuckers who "read" as "liberal" to the rube appeasers. But that's not the same thing. <br /><br />Schwarzenegger is just a libertine Republican - like all the rest of them (behind closed doors). Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87215454896351272782013-01-31T21:39:45.763-06:002013-01-31T21:39:45.763-06:00“I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free en...<i>“I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back, lowering taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican!"”</i><br /><br />Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Hollywood liberal" -- according to someone who doesn't read, but rather, just "talks and listens to people". Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79038613153107498082013-01-31T21:37:14.702-06:002013-01-31T21:37:14.702-06:00I read. Which is more than anyone can say for you....I read. Which is more than anyone can say for you. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77810155267775374402013-01-31T21:34:47.040-06:002013-01-31T21:34:47.040-06:00"Dude, is there anything that you DO have a c...<i>"Dude, is there anything that you DO have a clue about?"</i><br /><br />I'm back home now...in LOS ANGELES. Did you know that it's a city that spent most of the last decade under the Governator, who I voted for, and watched, read about, and listened to everyday for all those years. Maybe you you have some closer experience with him. Do you do windows? bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63584561482560532302013-01-31T21:32:55.297-06:002013-01-31T21:32:55.297-06:00I couldn't care less. I just think they can be...I couldn't care less. I just think they can be honest about practicing what they preach.<br /><br />But I see you are threatened by the idea of someone not having to lie to make their point. I'm not surprised. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83862524601237035712013-01-31T21:29:58.804-06:002013-01-31T21:29:58.804-06:00Geeze Ritmo, you are kinda uptight about people...Geeze Ritmo, you are kinda uptight about people's sex lives. Maybe you're a conservative, a wingnut, a hillbilly, a luddite, a condom hater. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74169552529061763252013-01-31T21:28:05.823-06:002013-01-31T21:28:05.823-06:00A "Hollywood liberal" who makes soaring ...A "Hollywood liberal" who makes soaring speeches about how his primary inspiration for entering politics was Richard Nixon.<br /><br />Dude, is there anything that you DO have a clue about? <br /><br />This Palinesque reduction ad absurdum punditry is so stale that not even mold can grow on it anymore. Even FOX has had enough of her and her stupid black-and-white thinking. It's time for you to move on too, you cockroach. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31444932568122619702013-01-31T21:24:18.184-06:002013-01-31T21:24:18.184-06:00Ritmo, do you realize that you didn't actually...<i>Ritmo, do you realize that you didn't actually dispute any of my points about the Governator. He's always been a Hollywood liberal...</i><br /><br />I disputed your stupid notion that cheating, breaking the government financially and whatever else you imputed to him were ideological traits that Republicans are immune to. <br /><br />And even if they were indeed political traits, Republicans seem to exemplify them quite well.<br /><br />Republicans love to talk about how they have exemplary characters, and how important character is, and then they rub a cop's foot in the airport bathroom, get on a D.C. madam's call list, tell their 2nd wife (not the one dying of cancer) that the extramarital oral sex he had wasn't cheating -- (and also that he doesn't have to <i>believe</i> the "values" he preaches, since his skill is just demagoguing them [yes, Gingrich said that]), and, well, of course I could go on.<br /><br />But that would just disabuse you of your blissful ignorance and bumper sticker philosophies. So why bother? We know that without those things you don't have a thought in your head to speak of. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35292976360073643542013-01-31T20:49:28.882-06:002013-01-31T20:49:28.882-06:00We were told that if we didn't do enough busin...<i>We were told that if we didn't do enough business with them to build their own middle class, then they would have gone to war with us.</i><br /><br />Rewriting history only works with leftists and college students. testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25833661872682306522013-01-31T20:41:23.238-06:002013-01-31T20:41:23.238-06:00Ritmo,
No need for multi-national corporations to...Ritmo,<br /><br />No need for multi-national corporations to be based in the US. They could maintain a US subsidiary and be based in Europe. It happens that corporate headquarters moves. No one bitches that Toyota doesn't create more US jobs. mcculloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168402889404727565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39079355113887046292013-01-31T20:38:53.444-06:002013-01-31T20:38:53.444-06:00Alright, I've hijacked this thread enough. So...Alright, I've hijacked this thread enough. Sorry.<br /><br />I'm going home now. Tomorrow is Friday and payday! I love that combo. We pay twice a month so we don't get that every time. Woohoo! bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65494981469053136372013-01-31T20:38:13.464-06:002013-01-31T20:38:13.464-06:00Propose that they just get the shit taxed out of t...<i>Propose that they just get the shit taxed out of them even higher for doing that. Put in a "low-wage labor" tax to make up the difference for those all important profits.</i><br /><br />Then watch as the company gets rid of its American workforce and reincorporates in Canada or Mexico. :)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88055595780168197612013-01-31T20:38:12.405-06:002013-01-31T20:38:12.405-06:00They could always neuter you ;)They could always neuter you ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68647844535391539902013-01-31T20:36:44.158-06:002013-01-31T20:36:44.158-06:00" if you came crawling to Althouse on all fou...<i>" if you came crawling to Althouse on all fours, they could adopt you!"</i><br /><br />I'm not house trained, and I hump a little when I get bored.<br /><br />bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.com