tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post3120758287861007184..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: America The Buggered"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-73345984155949556472008-01-18T01:17:00.000-08:002008-01-18T01:17:00.000-08:00Cassandra,Republicans couldn't stand Carter becaus...Cassandra,<BR/><BR/>Republicans couldn't stand Carter because they like their imperialism straight, no chaser. Carter, and the Brzezinski style of controlling the world was not obvious enough. <BR/><BR/>As you point out, he did take on a few things. One you didn't point out was the attempt to clean up the CIA, which led to great anger in the "fun house" (the folks who implement things). These Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-65502471402320198472008-01-17T22:23:00.000-08:002008-01-17T22:23:00.000-08:00Cassie,Thanks for the tour de force post. Just out...Cassie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tour de force post. Just out of curiosity, are you a yank? (full disclosure: i is)<BR/><BR/>BonitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-85013856962298758842008-01-17T05:19:00.000-08:002008-01-17T05:19:00.000-08:00As it applies here, truth" in a sense pertains les...As it applies here, truth" in a sense pertains less to the philosophical concept, than to a narrower notion of comprehending the fact that we have constructed for ourselves, and live in a masssively-complex yet delicately-balanced system and that a minimum of respect to the general rules and boundaries governing the system is required, in aggregate, to preserve the balance and not suffer the fate"Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-35162499225734016272008-01-17T04:21:00.000-08:002008-01-17T04:21:00.000-08:00Well,"May the lights in the land of plenty shine o...Well,<BR/><BR/>"May the lights in the land of plenty shine on the truth someday" <BR/><BR/>Truth can be a bitter pill. Many have decided never to touch it. Should i be angry about it? This i ask myself often. What if it is like with attraction - some just never hit it off with truth. Can they be blamed? Is there anything to be done about it? This shunned lover is going to get everyone - but only Kristiinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345055425351787062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-18802290556207389912008-01-16T19:40:00.000-08:002008-01-16T19:40:00.000-08:00Our social and political leadership are proof posi...Our social and political leadership are proof positive of Darwin's Theory of Devolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-63718149732632147522008-01-16T16:56:00.000-08:002008-01-16T16:56:00.000-08:00dave, ahem thanks for that. I get angry when peopl...dave, ahem thanks for that. I get angry when people slag off Carter. First sign 'o trouble and 'W' was afraid to land his effing plane. Carter - against all sound advice - went to the contol room at 3m island when it was HOT and most informed scientists reckoned the ractor core would soon be enroute to Beijing. THAT took balls. And he cracked Menachem Begin's head and danced upon it 'til he "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-50195990772009682142008-01-16T16:14:00.000-08:002008-01-16T16:14:00.000-08:00Speaking of Carter, America's finest news source, ...Speaking of Carter, America's finest news source, The Onion made the same point you're making here last week:<BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_got_what_america_needs_right?utm_source=EMTF_OnionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-62443683966266275382008-01-16T12:37:00.000-08:002008-01-16T12:37:00.000-08:00Old Vet, The most passionate and voiciferous argum...Old Vet, <BR/>The most passionate and voiciferous arguments that I've voiced since 2004 to the continual whiney protests of "Anne" over at Thoma's have been that unsustainable policy and behaviours will be confronted and clipped by the markets, sooner or later, and that it'll be a whole lot more orderly and managable to pre-empt such an occurance, for if let to fester, then the discounted cost of"Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-15404504283935369482008-01-16T12:01:00.000-08:002008-01-16T12:01:00.000-08:00We've been so lucky to have people who, from time ...We've been so lucky to have people who, from time to time, stopped playing and got serious - like Mr. Carter at that time. And Volcker who killed inflation. But we've run out of luck in 2008, and the meat axe of financial loss and political disarry are going to enforce discipline. Falling Dollar will put a stop to excess of consumption over production, and debt and falling prices will curb Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-36940710183454795642008-01-16T11:21:00.000-08:002008-01-16T11:21:00.000-08:00the abandonment of humour was inspired by the famo...the abandonment of humour was inspired by the famous <A HREF="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htm" REL="nofollow">crossfire confrontation</A> which if you haven't read or seen, you should make a point of doing so."Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-45070943748960901452008-01-16T10:20:00.000-08:002008-01-16T10:20:00.000-08:00A post that hit almost every point I have been try...A post that hit almost every point I have been trying to make to American friends who have asked me who to vote for in 2008. There are no good choices only less bad....and choosing the less bad might delay facing up to reality! <BR/><BR/>It is not only America, the west in general suffers from this problem to a lesser degree from almost the same level (UK) to mild (Germany, Scandos)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560509927575842999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-79098213546362500592008-01-16T09:22:00.000-08:002008-01-16T09:22:00.000-08:00To whom it may concern - As I go back and re-read ...To whom it may concern - As I go back and re-read the post, and The Malaise Speech, yet again, it occurs to me that I still believe it, and under the circumstances, it would have been best if it had been pursued voluntarily. Last time around however, what made things better feel better was not voluntary action, but having a 6'8" tall cigar-chomping FRB chief kick the living daylights out of "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-30150104229757083222008-01-16T08:53:00.000-08:002008-01-16T08:53:00.000-08:00SO what we need is a Supreme Being Figure cut in t...SO what we need is a Supreme Being Figure cut in the <I>Time Bandits</I> mold of the late Sir Ralph Richardson, who can exhort a vision of a more sober reality here upon earth that unlike the shameless evangelical version, would chide and shame "The Faithful" into action here and now. That is but half the problem (people's own behaviour change), for once The Supreme Being can convince The "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-55471101996729519712008-01-16T08:05:00.000-08:002008-01-16T08:05:00.000-08:00At the risk of becoming a serial poster of comment...At the risk of becoming a serial poster of comment,let me make an observation. In 1991, the Gallup polling organization did a survey of U.S citizens, asking the question, How were people created? Of the 96% who had an opinion, 87% chose God. But the reason why I clipped out this survey, and keep it to this day, was because of that 87%, more than half said that people were created within the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com