tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post116302874225239010..comments2024-03-19T06:24:03.045-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: A pleasant surprise, to be pleasantly surprisedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163147629278204162006-11-10T03:33:00.000-05:002006-11-10T03:33:00.000-05:00Alon Levy,Cool. Proportional representation would ...Alon Levy,<BR/><BR/>Cool. Proportional representation would be grand, rewriting the constitution sublime. I wasn't trying to outsmart anyone or any political textbook here, just saying I'd like to get rid of 2-party corporatism via whatever means would work best, which we can most certainly discuss, and I'm willing to listen and learn. Dig?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163122380438856142006-11-09T20:33:00.000-05:002006-11-09T20:33:00.000-05:00Still, I remain convinced that overcoming the 2-pa...<I>Still, I remain convinced that overcoming the 2-party system is crucial to real reform; which means public financing of elections, instant-runoff voting, and abolition of the electoral college. Then we can have 3 or 5 or 7 parties running for office, forming governing coalitions, all that jazz.</I><BR/><BR/>Uh, no. Any political science textbook will tell you that a single-member-district Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163106163970663612006-11-09T16:02:00.000-05:002006-11-09T16:02:00.000-05:00BD - the way I'm thinking about it, once my initia...BD - the way I'm thinking about it, once my initial 'let's read some poetry and bust out the good wine' impulse was fulfilled, is that overall this was America balancing out. We don't like to have one party running the whole game -- at least, not for long. So I think it's all about taking advantage of the pendulum swinging (finally!) the other way, and people feeling somewhat galvanized... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163087745077538642006-11-09T10:55:00.000-05:002006-11-09T10:55:00.000-05:00Heartfelt congratulations from down under! This re...Heartfelt congratulations from down under! This result will be cheered around the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163085809780131802006-11-09T10:23:00.000-05:002006-11-09T10:23:00.000-05:00not that I'm paranoid or anything.-Chickenlittle M...not that I'm paranoid or anything.<BR/><BR/>-Chickenlittle MildredR. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163085734790367872006-11-09T10:22:00.000-05:002006-11-09T10:22:00.000-05:00I'm filled with an intense feeling of confusion, r...I'm filled with an intense feeling of confusion, racked with ambiguity.<BR/><BR/>On the one hand good thigns have happened, but on the other hand bad things have happened, and through all I cna't help but wonder when the next Guy Fawkes-esque terrorist attack will occur to enable the ushering in of full martial law.R. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163049527527153562006-11-09T00:18:00.000-05:002006-11-09T00:18:00.000-05:00I'll be cracking some good non-alcoholic crap here...I'll be cracking some good non-alcoholic crap here, too. It won't solve all our problems, but it damn well moves us away from the abyss. And that's good enough for me today.Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03792779327477619787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163049197039373072006-11-09T00:13:00.000-05:002006-11-09T00:13:00.000-05:00yeah, narrative and policy are good ways to frame ...yeah, narrative and policy are good ways to frame it. personally i'm more interested in the narrative end, so I'm biased, but even so i do think that that's the area that's -really- gone neglected for quite a while. find that and i think the policy will follow.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163049106810745812006-11-09T00:11:00.000-05:002006-11-09T00:11:00.000-05:00--oh!! missed that! WHEEbut has thingie conceded...--oh!! missed that! WHEE<BR/><BR/>but has thingie conceded? does it matter?<BR/><BR/>can we mock and point and call him a sore loser if he doesn't?? not like they'd ever do such a thing were the shoe on the other foot, of course...belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163046853901422412006-11-08T23:34:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:34:00.000-05:00belledame222,Agreed, multiple parties aren't a sol...belledame222,<BR/><BR/>Agreed, multiple parties aren't a solution. I'm more trying to say, we need parties other than these 2 corporatist parties, from both narrative and policy perspectives. Right now the left-right narrative serves, as Chomsky says, to establish the permissible range of thought. Seems like we need to find ways to bust open that range of permissible thought.<BR/><BR/>I suppose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163045955853107982006-11-08T23:19:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:19:00.000-05:00kai slip't. I dunno if multiparties are the solut...kai slip't. <BR/><BR/>I dunno if multiparties are the solution or not, even assuming the bipartisan model that we've had pretty much since the beginning could be overhauled (or what it would take to get there). I mean, the Weimar Republic had multiple parties...<BR/><BR/>It might help. I just don't think it's the bottom line here.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163045820131950352006-11-08T23:17:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:17:00.000-05:00Well, yeah. But in a way those things too are sym...Well, yeah. But in a way those things too are symptoms. There're some really profound shifts going on here; if we don't collectively figure out how to make sense of them, ride them, transform them and ourselves, -evolve,- the backlash will hit back stronger than ever. Those of us who do not want to party like it's 1620 (or 620, or 6 million B.C., pretty much) are gonna have to come up with belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163045770061332762006-11-08T23:16:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:16:00.000-05:00I'm not generally too enamored of the corporatist ...I'm not generally too enamored of the corporatist Dems but there's no denying that this was a big step in the right direction. For whatever reason, it makes me feel a whole lot better about the country. I uncorked a bottle of Scotch; then again, I frankly don't need much of excuse to do that.<BR/><BR/>Still, I remain convinced that overcoming the 2-party system is crucial to real reform; which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163045344457961122006-11-08T23:09:00.000-05:002006-11-08T23:09:00.000-05:00To me, this election puts a significant roadblock ...To me, this election puts a significant roadblock between us and the Very Worst That Could Happen, which is reason enough to celebrate.<BR/><BR/>The Very Worst is sadly still very much a possibility unless and until habeas corpus and the Posse Comitatus Act are restored, unlimited & unregulated domestic spying is shut down, hackable election machines are disposed of, etc. Some (most?) of that ballgamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011432052047279365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163038355049167462006-11-08T21:12:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:12:00.000-05:00o, not ambivalent! just...hm.Have you ever been i...o, not ambivalent! just...hm.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever been in an airport or maybe a train station, where you've been walking and walking and walking, carrying heavy baggage, trying to get to the other terminal to make your next connection? And it seems like you've been at it forfuckingever and you never get any closer? And you get on one of those long horizontal escalator things? And you walkbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163038035882487262006-11-08T21:07:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:07:00.000-05:00...this is rather interesting: somehow in all the......this is rather interesting: somehow in all the brouhaha i missed that we now have our first actual self-described socialist Senator. Bernard Sanders in Vermont. anyone else catch this?<BR/><BR/>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/291587_goodman09.htmlbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163037979422706672006-11-08T21:06:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:06:00.000-05:00Well, one thing we can surely be happy about: peop...Well, one thing we can surely be happy about: <A HREF="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-11-08T150741Z_01_N07478972_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-USA-ELECTIONS-ABORTION-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=SciHealth-C4-Health-2the " REL="nofollow">people of South Dakota voted to repeal that horrible abortion law their legislators passed</A>. So there, stop with the ambivalence and reyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163033744078169652006-11-08T19:55:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:55:00.000-05:00bubbly? I busted out the jagermeister!bubbly? I busted out the jagermeister!Renegade Evolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905949172886730262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163033168223347522006-11-08T19:46:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:46:00.000-05:00truth be known, i've never actually liked the stuf...truth be known, i've never actually liked the stuff that much, champagne. then again i don't suppose i've ever had the truly high-end stuff.<BR/><BR/>some sort of gathering involving food and alcohol and rowdiness is called for though, i think.<BR/><BR/>but not tonight; it's drear and rainy out and i'm pleasantly mellow even without the booze.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163032459411596502006-11-08T19:34:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:34:00.000-05:00well, i'm exhausted from being 1) cautiously hopef...well, i'm exhausted from being 1) cautiously hopeful, 2)waiting up most of the night then, 3)not wanting to seem smug, and 4) reminding myself that i need to wait to see if real change ensues.<BR/><BR/>F*ck that! I admit, that I am very, very, very HAPPY. Why shouldn't we celebrate? If Republicans took their past victories as signs from God, why can't we be happy without qualifiers and ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163032330867961992006-11-08T19:32:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:32:00.000-05:00i think we can enjoy for a moment- and then it is ...i think we can enjoy for a moment- and then it is back into the fray. we have to clean up our political system and our election system. we have some momentum and we need to use it. in the meantime- have a bit of the bubbly and dance a little :)billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163031138611627732006-11-08T19:12:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:12:00.000-05:00my word verification thing red "Idenibubihub" It s...my word verification thing red "Idenibubihub" It sounds like the political party of the Inuits.Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163031082707208322006-11-08T19:11:00.001-05:002006-11-08T19:11:00.001-05:00I agree - it's time for the Democratic party to tr...I agree - it's time for the Democratic party to truly be the liberal party. Stop placating the center and listen to the base.<BR/><BR/>To the Democratic Politicians just elected: Have a spine, ask questions and stop believing the propaganda.<BR/>And for goodness sake, develope some plan for Iraq!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1163031062650734732006-11-08T19:11:00.000-05:002006-11-08T19:11:00.000-05:00I think the whole political system needs a revamp,...I think the whole political system needs a revamp, Dems, Repubs, the whole 9 yards. But if it makes you smile, I'll pour you a glass of cheap Spumanti (sorry, it's all I've got and with 4 kids and Christmas impending, it's all I'm gonna have). Personally, I'm not a Democrat and think the Kennedys should be banned from politics into perpetuity, but a balance of power is a good thing, and worthy Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.com