Personal Irresponsibility

January 5, 2008

On Bill Moyers’ Journal this week, a commenter noted that the press is spinning Clinton’s third place finish as a “rejection of Clinton”. It is no such thing.

I am not going to vote for Clinton, either, but that is not a rejection of her. I think Edwards is the best candidate for a number of reasons, but assuming he doesn’t get the nomination, I will enthusiastically support Obama, or Clinton. Hell, I’d prefer Mike Gravel over anyone on the other side except maybe Ron Paul. He’s the only Republican who doesn’t seem clinically insane.

If I could appoint a president who represented my values, it would be Kucinich. But any Democrat is yards better than the collection of the blind, stupid and utterly nutty that are running for the Republicans.




Can we have a moratorium on the phrase “Happy New Year”, please? It’s January freaking fifth. You don’t need to say anything to me, at all, really. Sometimes I really wish I was deaf.





Interesting piece about the writers’ strike on On The Media. I really don’t care, because, honestly, I very seldom watch television at all anymore. But the argument from the studios seems to be “well, we don’t know what our revenues are going to be from all this Internet stuff, so we can’t promise you a percentage.” Certainly it is true that whatever the writers get, the actors, directors, and producers will want as well. Let’s say it’s 20% of gross revenues for all of them. The studios will say, “well, what if we can’t make any profits only keeping 80% of gross revenues?” To which I would say, well, then, go out of business. If you can’t make a profit, then you’re too stupid to live. Someone will be smart enough to make money at this, and if it’s not you, well, too bad.

Funny how the Republican corporatists always seem to argue and scream and yell about personal responsibility, except when it comes to them? Why do I have to struggle to pay my bills while big companies get to whine to the government until they get massive tax breaks? Why is bankruptcy and poverty a good motivator for me, but not for a wealthy CEO?


Brilliant, brilliant Hardcore History by Dan Carlin this week, with special guest James Burke. Too good to summarize or otherwise relate here-just get it and listen. It's that good.